new pete thread :D

[Roadkill]

True. Doherty's talent is debatable and he is a transient figure.

He wouldn't be if he kicked the bucket now, though. He'd end up being immortalised, despite having done preisely nothing to deserve it, and we'd all have to read endless laudatory pieces about his 'creative genius' for years to come.

Everything he has done might be irredeemable shyte, but at least while he's still alive everyone goes 'Oh, there's that coked-up waste of space trying to sing again,' and doesn't take any notice.

 

[xenon]

It would do his career the power of good if he were to die. Look at what death did for the careers of Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake.

Afraid that would be the case. His reputed talent would be warped into some kind of perceived genious.

I'm not sure whether it's PD himself that annoys me or the vommotus fauning he seems to atract. I'm not just refering to the OP either.

 

[skunkboy69]

I think he's the most over rated pop (yes pop) star since Steps

 

[lights.out.london]

I'd do his g/friend.

 

[nino_savatte]

He wouldn't be if he kicked the bucket now, though. He'd end up being immortalised, despite having done preisely nothing to deserve it, and we'd all have to read endless laudatory pieces about his 'creative genius' for years to come.

Everything he has done might be irredeemable shyte, but at least while he's still alive everyone goes 'Oh, there's that coked-up waste of space trying to sing again,' and doesn't take any notice.

Nick Drake wasn't immediately popular after his death, so maybe there's some sort of hope for PD yet.

 

[Roadkill]

Nick Drake wasn't immediately popular after his death, so maybe there's some sort of hope for PD yet.

True, but virtually no-one had heard of Nick Drake at the time he departed this life, whereas there's been no shortage of coverage of drug-addled wanker Docherty's shenanigans recently...

 

[nino_savatte]

True, but virtually no-one had heard of Nick Drake at the time he departed this life, whereas there's been no shortage of coverage of drug-addled wanker Docherty's shenanigans recently...

I can't argue with that. PD doesn't have his talent either.

 

[lights.out.london]

Nick Drake wasn't immediately popular after his death, so maybe there's some sort of hope for PD yet.

Nick Drake had some modicum of talent. Slightly whimisical for my punky ears, but beautifully crafted songs all the same.

 

[ohmyliver]

yeh i really love them.

also bjork, erykah badu, and captain beefheart.

i am looking for some new obsessions though, dubbers - i am thinking Ian Dury - he has always impressed me, but i aint completely familiar.

if anyone has some really good recommendations, just say here

Arthur Lee
Theophile Gaultier

 

[ViolentPanda]

Arthur Lee

Problem is that Cheesy thinks Jim Morrison is another great poet like her Peteykins, 'n' that The Doors are great, so Arthur and his boys would probably blow her mind.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Cheesy thinks Jim Morrison is another great poet

I can just about forgive people for liking the doors music, but Morrisons lyrics and poetry is shockingly bad.

 

[lights.out.london]

I just stopped in on this thread to confirm that

Kate Moss' b/friend is still alive
he is still a junky
some hate him
some love him
some don't give a dead junky's used syringe either way
he still doesn't have a killer song in his smack polluted body

All is as it should be.

 

[futha]

time for heroes is a killer fucking song in my eyes

edit: or should that be ears

 

[moomoo]

Cant remember whether he has a kid or not...

Yeah he has, by Lisa Moorish iirc.





This bit of useless information comes to you via Heat Magazine

 

[Sweaty Betty]

Yeah he has, by Lisa Moorish iirc.





This bit of useless information comes to you via Heat Magazine

oh her....

thank you oh heat lover

 

[holteman]

been away what ....9 months...cheesy still doing these threads!!!!!!!

 

[DrRingDing]

i cant stop loving his music, his spirit, his words, his camaraderie.

Pete Doherty is a true rock star and i will stand as a loyal fan forever!

there is nothing anyone can say which will stop me loving him as an artist, and i believe he is, like Syd Barrett, in the purest sense.

i think i have a vantage point to comment on this, because i know my syd very well, and he is better than pete and the ultimate songwriting artist, IMO.

pete isnt that far behind though, in terms of the way he can enchants and captivate his audience.

If you like pete, show your appreciation here!

Cheesey I love syd but I haven't listened to any of Pete's stuff.

Where does one start?

 

[futha]

Cheesey I love syd but I haven't listened to any of Pete's stuff.

Where does one start?

if you wanna try pete doherty just listen to the first and second libertines albums for a good start. dont bother with babyshambles.

 

[DrRingDing]

if you wanna try pete doherty just listen to the first and second libertines albums for a good start. dont bother with babyshambles.

I saw bambleshambles at glasto one year anr and thoughtnthey were fucking good

 

[futha]

I saw bambleshambles at glasto one year anr and thoughtnthey were fucking good

ive never seen em live mate. i liked the first two singles but the album wasnt for me.

 

[rekil]

Cheesey I love syd but I haven't listened to any of Pete's stuff.

Where does one start?

By filling your ears with concrete.

 

[BLOCwknd]

bollocks

 

[118118]

pete docherty: he's cute. what more is there to say

shrug. i went thru a phase of liking them tbh. i was at the time listening to about 16 hours a day of radio 1 tho. i shit you not.

 

[Spion]

been away what ....9 months...cheesy still doing these threads!!!!!!!

yep, and she never had anything to say about him that a fawning 14 year old wouldn't. And she claims to be a writer too, and always goes on about Lester Bangs. Please Cheesy, if you're gonna harp on about the artistes whose names you have scrawled on your schoolbag at least have the decency to make a good case for them

 

[Sweaty Betty]

Who the fuck is lester bangs????

 

[Teepee]

This thread is both informative and fascinating

 

[Teepee]

Who the fuck is lester bangs????

It's a ricky martin B side

 

[Sweet FA]

Who the fuck is lester bangs????

Lester Bangs was a music journo in the 70's, writing in a gonzo Hunter S Thompson style.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

Nice tache!!!!!!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Who the fuck is lester bangs????

He was a music journo and critic who wrote some of the most hilarious and insightful music journalism of the 1970s. The emphasis is on "hilarious", though.

There was a "best of" sort of thing published called "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" which is worth picking up if you see a copy on a charity shop shelf.