what do you want NO's next album to sound like?

Now there's an idea to sell NO to a new generation - a tour of all the malls, a la Tiffany. I can just see it - have a few cooking demo's, maybe a short fashion show and then a 30 min NO gig. Pretty soon you'll have Crystal and BLT blasting out of all those soccer mom 4x4's across the nation.

The drums - faster but slower.

As far as a mall tour goes, they'll have to hope that their sound isn't too muudy or harsh. I was forced to sit through an O-Town concert at a mall 3 years ago, and the accoustics - with the singing, the harsh samplers, the fact that they cornily came out of an elevator - were bad. But, so was standing with over 200 screaming fans.

Originally posted by Sean Taugher "Hello, Northridge Fashion Center!"

"Let's rock the fooking housewares department!"

Originally posted by Push Now there's an idea to sell NO to a new generation - a tour of all the malls, a la Tiffany. I can just see it - have a few cooking demo's, maybe a short fashion show and then a 30 min NO gig. Pretty soon you'll have Crystal and BLT blasting out of all those soccer mom 4x4's across the nation.

hey c'mon no one would be able to resist bernard's striking good looks, and imagine NO touring socal, New Jersey, Minnesota; it would be awesome; I would then have a reason to go to the mall rather than just going to buy over-priced pretzels

Damn mallrats...

If the production on Here to Stay and Vietnam (hey, I said production, they didn't write it) is any indication we're in for a treat.

-I'd like to be surprised. I was pleasantly surprised with Get Ready, I didn't expect the sound to be that rocky and I liked it, it was like hey ! they're doing something else again. And I didn't complain about the guest vocalists because that was something else they've never done before (but once was enough). Unlike Republic, which was something Electronic had done already, but better. -I'd like to feel emotion from it-again something missing during the Republic era. -I'd prefer a more guitary sound, if Barney can manage it. -And I'd like a proper tour of continental Europe in front of long-awaiting fans, possibly places they've never played before, and I mean tour, not appaearances on festivals, where there's a mish-mash of their fans, other people's fans and people who just come to get drunk and drugged and wonder around a field.

I'm convinced, they'll do it absolutely the right way

More stripped down, a minimal sound. Less polished as well, a bit ramshackle, with clattery drums and lots of "space" in the sound. Mean, low, propulsive bass. I think the rockier, more guitar-oriented approach of Get Ready may well be repeated. They've already done the electronic stuff, and there's plenty of room for exploring a rockier sound within the NO context.

Originally posted by Chase Damn mallrats...

"where gonna bust up that stage like a high-school kegger!"

If the production on Here to Stay and Vietnam (hey, I said production, they didn't write it) is any indication we're in for a treat.

exactly what i was getting at.

Originally posted by Captain Chaos I'm convinced, they'll do it absolutely the right way

Just like they did with Republic

don't be so pessimistic... you're going to give yourself angina.

Originally posted by Sean Taugher don't be so pessimistic... you're going to give yourself angina.

I'm a pessimist, that's my flaw; I always expect the worse so that I'll never be disappointed

you'll be disapointed when you get SARS! that's what pessimisim gets you! and then you can't ride the bus with the other kids. they make you stay inside all day and subject you to every note ever recorded by Herman's Herrmits and ABBA, simultaneously!

wow, so cal fans popping out of the woodwork

another angelino...

Originally posted by Chase If the production on Here to Stay and Vietnam (hey, I said production, they didn't write it) is any indication we're in for a treat.

Progressive techno-reggae. Yeah baby!

/TLV

Originally posted by DreamsNeverEnd wow, so cal fans popping out of the woodwork

hey what part of LA are you from?

Originally posted by Sean Taugher you'll be disapointed when you get SARS! that's what pessimisim gets you! and then you can't ride the bus with the other kids. they make you stay inside all day and subject you to every note ever recorded by Herman's Herrmits and ABBA, simultaneously!

That doesn't sound so bad.... "Dancing Queen...." :D

simultaneously played along side "Mrs Brown, you've got a lovely daughter"?

Ok that's bad, but there could be worse; I could be stuck in a room listening to former celebrity bands

Originally posted by Sean Taugher don't be so pessimistic... you're going to give yourself angina.

...and then he'll never have to date again.

They should move Hooky from playing the bass to playing the electric tuba, make Stephen play a stage full of timpanis each tuned to a single note, give Barney a day off by using Ian Curtis' unused lyrics and send him off for more of whatever they were smoking on 'Fine Time,' stick Gillian in the corner so she can hold Stevie's timpani mallets, sell Phil Cunningham to Depeche Mode, have guest appearances from such noted personalities as Robert Smith and *gasp* Vince Clarke, and work each song into some sort of Kraftwerk cover. Solid gold hit, baby. And throw in some Movement-style production.

when gillian isn't holding stephen's mallots (he'll only need two), she can play marimba, vibes, glockenspiel, cretalis, bell chimes, xylophone, and gong.

Originally posted by Sean Taugher when gillian isn't holding stephen's mallots (he'll only need two), she can play marimba, vibes, glockenspiel, cretalis, bell chimes, xylophone, and gong.

You forgot the bongos and the mandolin

jesus! why don't you just ask her to grill you up a steak while she's at it? :D

Originally posted by Sean Taugher jesus! why don't you just ask her to grill you up a steak while she's at it? :D

I thought making food for those who still win the bread was a given. I mean, she is a woman.

oh, the joy of posting on a male-dominated message board...

raw meat in one hand, bell-chime hammers in the other. what a sight!

Originally posted by Sean Taugher jesus! why don't you just ask her to grill you up a steak while she's at it? :D

I thought she was Wonder Woman, of course she can cook during performances

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope They should move Hooky from playing the bass to playing the electric tuba, make Stephen play a stage full of timpanis each tuned to a single note, give Barney a day off by using Ian Curtis' unused lyrics and send him off for more of whatever they were smoking on 'Fine Time,' stick Gillian in the corner so she can hold Stevie's timpani mallets, sell Phil Cunningham to Depeche Mode, have guest appearances from such noted personalities as Robert Smith and *gasp* Vince Clarke, and work each song into some sort of Kraftwerk cover. Solid gold hit, baby. And throw in some Movement-style production.

It seems absurd but I liked the idea a lot :D

the one point in the entire post that i agree with is getting rid of phil cunningham... but only if he is replaced by Gillian.