The Psychedelic Furs - Peel Session 1979 

I completely agree with you Nap. I think that if The Psychedelic Furs had only ever recorded "Sister Europe", "India" and "Heaven" then they'd still be one of the greatest bands ever 🧡

@@christopheradderley45 India has my favorite intro of any song Sister Europe is Perhaps My favorite furs song. shame theyve never got radio play

1st lp..&,Then that fkin Movie came out Pretty in punk..😢😮By the 3rd President.Gas..😢

Imagining Christopher Walken stopping the recording for MOAR SAX! I'm just not hearing enough SAX! Now one more time but MOAR SAX!

i was a kid listening to the radio. think it was on thursdays. was it ?

Yes, then. It was extended beyond anyone since

sister europe

I know im randomly asking but does any of you know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow lost the password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.

@Conner Nehemiah Instablaster :)

Turned out worse than anyone but you understands, bugger, big love for John xxx

*Still* very much missed.

Better than the swedeslol

there's so much good stuff affordable is a relative term!

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It is indeed great. But the session has been available on CD since 1999.

Honourable, wish it helped.. didn't think he'd be replaced. His dedication and taste certainly aren't. RIP JP xxx

Forgot to say RIP John Walters, he also had that ear, so rare it makes me so bemused. Furs, excellent. Peel, Walters bet you didn't now music would virtually die without you...RIP xxx

thats so badass

Better than Stan ridgeway lol

Definitely

they seem more relaxed. The mix is certainly better, you can hear the instrumentation much more clearly.

They always seem to be with the peel sessions and not just the furs.

good question.

+MISTERJOHN JOHN , Bravo Sir, imho There are songs on Every Album including the Solo's that = Anything On the 1st 2 &or Build On Them.

dan thefan OK. ;~)

I'll take your word for it, & let you know. Thanks, mate

Pretty int pink!?

Paddy Campbell You're welcome Paddy...always good to have people here who know and appreciate what they're listening to

Paddy Campbell indeed....thanks to the people at Vibracobra 💖

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I'd like to add my thanks too.

Paddy’s gratitude I shared by many others, Vibracobra. Thanks for all these treasures from beloved bands.

yes...and pressure to fit that image no doubt sanitized their sound...couldn't have that dark, raw, sexy, trippy sound on American Top 40 radio...no sir. Clean it up and make them a boy band instead...Pretty In Pink was the death knell of the sound that made them interesting at all.

new wave+sax

@@patrickcannady2066 The album and film versions of Pretty and Pink were significantly different. The latter sounded more like US top 40 stuff at the time.

@@JohnMoseley which I hated! I hated that 1980s AT40 sound, with its tinny, saccharine mix of overpowering drums and screechy vocals, no matter who was singing. UGH. Hate hate hate! Give me the fuzzier, balanced, warmer sound, with strong distorted guitar of the Furs' first couple of releases. I mean for fuck's sake, it's rock and roll, not fucking nursery rhymes. Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick...

@@patrickcannady2066 Yeah, I agree. I didn't express an opinion, but the film version was essentially vandalism.

They actually sound a hell of a lot like X Ray Spex at times!

Good point.

And the guitarist used a very evocative pedal effect(or something). Dreamy but kind of dark.

@@written12 Roger Morris and John Ashton both used a mix of effects, including delay, flanging and chorus.

No arguments from me... all they have a ominous moody texture, fresh. FRESH and really bone tingling sensation! I played this song to death... I just loved the moodiness and intelligence! This has soul, this has body and unique intelligence about it... (I am from Calgary, AB Canada... Thanks for bringing this to RU-vid)

They were from London, or it's suburbs.

75

Butler would regularly sing variations in the lyrics back then...as the other tracks also show...and was still singing variable lyrics when I saw them live on the Talk Talk Talk tour...besides...the session was recorded before the first album

On occasion. He invited whoever he liked, within practical constraints.