"BRITISH BANDS MADE CHORUSES IN THE 90'S, WHEN NO-ONE IN THE US WAS BOTHERED"
Cullen Omori, Smith Western's
Suede are a band I instantly liked from the moment I heard them...I got transfixed on watching their music video's online. Without even watching them again I can remember a lot of velvet, leopard print and oddly cropped jackets on men that were embracing rock&roll femininity to the MAX. And I loved it. This english band are, for me, one of those bands you can say were the best of the British in the 80's. Brett Anderson, the lead singer with his long black hair, pale complexion and retro 90s hooped earring I heard my Dad sported back in the day...... is the description of cool at that time of Glam Rock for me. And it is not just me that's saying it, Suede were described as The Best New Band in Britain once - their antics attracted the attention of the music press and kick started the Brit Pop movement in the 90's.
"She's in Fashion" is a favourite... a recent favourite at that. "She's the face on the radio, she's the body on the morning show and she's the colour of the magazine. Oooooooo, She's in Fashion"... I have to say these the lyrics I here people singing after me when I'm just walking the streets, what can I say. I joke! Chilled and quite eclectic you can sit and listen to Suede all day if you liked. At no point do you need to jump up and switch to the next song, their albums are really well put together so you can just kick back and relax with no interruptions.
Reunion you ask? Well of course, they had a little break in recent years but in 2010 they got back together briefly to play one off gig(s) and the trio are imminently rumored to possibly hopefully (please?) get back together. I never got to see them live but would love to track them down even for a quick hello. I will run past barriers, in a non stalker massive fan kind of way, just to see this band!
"Beautiful Ones" has got to be in here has it not? I'm trying to keep myself from sounding all caught up in myself and talk about songs like "Wild Ones" and "Trash". All wicked tracks but I don't know who is reading this babble do I?! So......."Here they comeeee, the beautiful ones" How many times can I dramatically sing the chorus and pretend I'm on stage dragging the mic around? Not for much longer! "Filmstar" of 1997 is a track that I feel differs from a lot of their stuff, punked up and rocky they add a touch more Glamour for the 90s crowd. OH HOW I WISH I WAS THERE! That voice, that crowd and Ohhh that guitarist. (Had to get my groupy comment in did I not?)
So if you haven't listened, listen. And if you have, listen again.
FiftysAtHeart xx
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