The Church

curmudgeoness

What can I say? I love The Church. I have loved The Church for nearly thirty years, even if I have not been able to keep up as well with more recent releases.

I just missed hearing about their US tour -- I'm bummed, because I would have loved to see things like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHfbDrh ... ure=relmfu
(yes, that is over eleven minutes of awesome)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiIuOM8DbSY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJAXWKAZLkM
-- I remember literally running to the record store when Starfish was released in 1988. You all probably know "Under the Milky Way," but I happen to think that this song is nothing less than amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gn_06Bq ... re=related
-- A shimmering song from their masterpiece, Priest = Aura.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFGjiZ9H3Pw

When most people think of The Church, they seem to think 80's, synthesizers, etc. -- which is a damn shame. These guys rock.

curmudgeoness

Their HOF speech is pretty damn funny, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXym18r5 ... er&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EezurXZ ... cI&index=3

catefrances

of skins and heart was my fave album for a while back in the 80s.and unguarded moment is still one of my fave songs.

curmudgeoness

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/feature ... mphony.htm

Bumping this because I love the band. I also think they are relevant to discussion of how bands like PJ turned away from what the music industry wanted.