Comments on: The Go-Go's, Pere Ubu, The Police, and dozens more live, c. 1982 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: nuschu http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1623411 nuschu Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1623411 Taken down due to copyright violation.. yay... Found the second half on a French site, I guess they can't share the first half because of more copyright claims... http://www.wideo.fr/video/iLyROoafZIe7.html Taken down due to copyright violation.. yay… Found the second half on a French site, I guess they can’t share the first half because of more copyright claims… http://www.wideo.fr/video/iLyROoafZIe7.html

]]> By: Carlos Bastidas http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1623283 Carlos Bastidas Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1623283 You just made my day. I didn't know this movie but It was wonderful to see all of  this act live. Love The Police and Klaus Nomi.  You just made my day. I didn’t know this movie but It was wonderful to see all of  this act live. Love The Police and Klaus Nomi. 

]]> By: Dv Revolutionary http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1623130 Dv Revolutionary Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1623130 Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen it and it was wonderful.  Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t seen it and it was wonderful. 

]]> By: beaker http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1623065 beaker Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1623065 Love the Wall of Voodoo tune "Back in Flesh" from this compilation.   Metronomic beat, surf guitar, and a frantic, disturbed Stan Ridgeway,  Love the Wall of Voodoo tune “Back in Flesh” from this compilation.   Metronomic beat, surf guitar, and a frantic, disturbed Stan Ridgeway, 

]]> By: tcdurbin http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622313 tcdurbin Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622313 Other favorites from the era include "Breaking Glass" starring Hazel O'Connor, and "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" with Diane Lane (among others) Other favorites from the era include “Breaking Glass” starring Hazel O’Connor, and “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains” with Diane Lane (among others)

]]> By: CliffordS http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622238 CliffordS Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622238 The actual concerts were filmed a couple of years earlier, 1980 I believe.  You can see Darby Crash in the audience during the Oingo Boingo set so it couldn't have been any later. The actual concerts were filmed a couple of years earlier, 1980 I believe.  You can see Darby Crash in the audience during the Oingo Boingo set so it couldn’t have been any later.

]]> By: Henry Merckx http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622224 Henry Merckx Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622224 Fun. Odd how the American bands never got their sartorial styles right. The UK bands always look cool, or look the part, while the American bands (and fans) always look kinda dumb or confused, as exemplified by the crowd-surfing chicks with poodle hair in 1982. Fun. Odd how the American bands never got their sartorial styles right. The UK bands always look cool, or look the part, while the American bands (and fans) always look kinda dumb or confused, as exemplified by the crowd-surfing chicks with poodle hair in 1982.

]]> By: yupgiboy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622194 yupgiboy Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622194  The DVD isn't remastered, has random chapter stops and is missing one performance (Splodgenessabounds performing "Two Little Boys"). It's still essential and the second greatest concert film ever made. TAMI is still the greatest. URGH is like TAMI, The Next Generation.  The DVD isn’t remastered, has random chapter stops and is missing one performance (Splodgenessabounds performing “Two Little Boys”). It’s still essential and the second greatest concert film ever made. TAMI is still the greatest. URGH is like TAMI, The Next Generation.

]]> By: Ron Davidson http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622113 Ron Davidson Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622113 I loved this album in college (and since). This is the first time I've seen the video -- makes it even better. Back when music was good and fashion wasn't (although I liked Klaus Nomi's outfit). I loved this album in college (and since). This is the first time I’ve seen the video — makes it even better. Back when music was good and fashion wasn’t (although I liked Klaus Nomi’s outfit).

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622094 timquinn Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622094 glen, are you sure? I don't remember seeing you there. Pere Ubu and Gang of Four the same night. The Clash were just the dessert. glen, are you sure? I don’t remember seeing you there. Pere Ubu and Gang of Four the same night. The Clash were just the dessert.

]]> By: harrisonicus http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622061 harrisonicus Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622061 Yay! Yay!

]]> By: CliffordS http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622057 CliffordS Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622057 With your trusty camera I imagine. With your trusty camera I imagine.

]]> By: glen E. friedman Ⓥ http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622052 glen E. friedman Ⓥ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622052 it was actually filmed at several locations including the Whisky in Hollywood and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - i was there ;-) it was actually filmed at several locations including the Whisky in Hollywood and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – i was there ;-)

]]> By: mrfantasy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622049 mrfantasy Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622049 XTC performing live. I think they stopped performing live a few years later. XTC performing live. I think they stopped performing live a few years later.

]]> By: Michael Wiik http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622048 Michael Wiik Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622048 The live version of Klaus Nomi's 'Total Eclipse' in this movie is imho much much better than the studio cut. The live version of Klaus Nomi’s ‘Total Eclipse’ in this movie is imho much much better than the studio cut.

]]> By: blixa http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1622010 blixa Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1622010 Yes! I saw this in the '80s and loved loved loved it. I'd check the internet from time to time to see if it was available, and finally picked up a terrible copy a few years ago. Just bought it again! Yes! I saw this in the ’80s and loved loved loved it. I’d check the internet from time to time to see if it was available, and finally picked up a terrible copy a few years ago. Just bought it again!

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621998 BDiamond Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621998 Saw this back in grad school. Cool then, cool now. Saw this back in grad school. Cool then, cool now.

]]> By: sdmikev http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621991 sdmikev Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621991 oh, man, this made my day, thank you! oh, man, this made my day, thank you!

]]> By: Abelard Lindsay http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621973 Abelard Lindsay Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621973 When I was in college, Student Activities would drape a huge sheet down the side of the union building and project 3rd and 4th run movies on Friday nights. One week they showed URGH! Right in the middle of the Cramps' number, a group of people came out of the Union dressed like a bible study group or something - real Stepford outfits. They look up and see a 20-foot Lux Interior, rubber pants rolled down so the top of his bush was showing, rolling his eyes and fellating a microphone. Aghast, the menfolk steered the womenfolk away as fast as they could without running. To this day, I treasure that shit. When I was in college, Student Activities would drape a huge sheet down the side of the union building and project 3rd and 4th run movies on Friday nights. One week they showed URGH! Right in the middle of the Cramps’ number, a group of people came out of the Union dressed like a bible study group or something – real Stepford outfits. They look up and see a 20-foot Lux Interior, rubber pants rolled down so the top of his bush was showing, rolling his eyes and fellating a microphone. Aghast, the menfolk steered the womenfolk away as fast as they could without running.

To this day, I treasure that shit.

]]> By: Tribune http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621968 Tribune Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621968 silly people don't want my money - US only for the DVD-R. Looks like there are a few resellers who will charge a premium to Canada. Or have some fried with a US postal box.... They really don't like this concept of me give money you give product directly. silly people don’t want my money – US only for the DVD-R. Looks like there are a few resellers who will charge a premium to Canada. Or have some fried with a US postal box…. They really don’t like this concept of me give money you give product directly.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621940 niktemadur Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621940 No matter how many interesting bands flew under my radar in the 80's for future discovery, every single time I go back to The Police and am astonished, over and over again.  Man oh man, were these guys good. However, even then I cannot say that The Police are my favorite 80's band, that dubious honor belongs to Talk Talk. No matter how many interesting bands flew under my radar in the 80′s for future discovery, every single time I go back to The Police and am astonished, over and over again.  Man oh man, were these guys good.
However, even then I cannot say that The Police are my favorite 80′s band, that dubious honor belongs to Talk Talk.

]]> By: Frank LaFone http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621925 Frank LaFone Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621925 I'm pretty sure I listened to the soundtrack to this around 7,000 times in two years.  I think I eventually bought an album from every act in this movie. I’m pretty sure I listened to the soundtrack to this around 7,000 times in two years.  I think I eventually bought an album from every act in this movie.

]]> By: IslandFunKen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/07/the-go-gos-pere-ubu-the-po.html#comment-1621921 IslandFunKen Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204419#comment-1621921 This movie, and its soundtrack, influenced my music taste like nothing else before or since.  The recently released DVD is definitely worth owning - proper aspect ratio, great sound, and much much cleaner than the old (or nth generation) VHS release. This movie, and its soundtrack, influenced my music taste like nothing else before or since.  The recently released DVD is definitely worth owning – proper aspect ratio, great sound, and much much cleaner than the old (or nth generation) VHS release.

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