Andy Bell's next career move?

[Fugitive1979]

In fact, I'd rather pan-fry my testicles - whilst they are still attached.

*Takes a swig of his Chianti, and has a look in the larder for some fava beans*

[Patrick Bateman]

His next career move? Downhill uphill gardening.

http://www.europeangayskiweek.com/

[Danny C]

European Gay Ski Week, oh man, you couldn't make this shit up

[Undertaker]

A gay cruise and now a gay slalom. At least it's a free holiday and plenty of lycra.

[Undertaker]

[Undertaker]

Who's this multi-tasking?

[Flaffer]

I hope he doesn't take a tumble and up in a roll

[Undertaker]

Such a stale joke. No bun intended

[Patrick Bateman]

Anyway let's think positively. Everybody must sign this petition so that Erasure get played on every radio station in the world instead of N-Dubz.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/newerasurereleases/

[redsock]

Anyway let's think positively. Everybody must sign this petition so that Erasure get played on every radio station in the world instead of N-Dubz.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/newerasurereleases/

Where the hell have these N-Dubz retards come from anyway ?!?! I've seen them interviewed a couple of times now, and I have to say I don't think I've seen a more ignorant and gormless pair of tw@ts in my life!!
Somehow, they were chosen to promote an anti-bullying campaign a short while ago, and then the little one promptly goes and sends abusive text messages to a woman because she dared criticize them on some show!! You just couldn't make this up !

[Undertaker]

Anyway let's think positively. Everybody must sign this petition so that Erasure get played on every radio station in the world instead of N-Dubz.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/newerasurereleases/

WTF? Is someone taking the piss?

Didn't know they had access to the forum from Broadmoor and the great Doctors surgery in the sky.

*Edit* I've just seen who's started it. So it's deadly serious. Only a handful of people have signed and some are 'Anonymous' so how's that achieving anything? I thought that stuff like charts didn't matter with Erasure fans? Why all these campaigns? They started a petition up a few months ago, begging for Justice with the Outstanding Contribution Brit Award. Now they are obsessing over possible changes to the charts, hoping to be number 1 on Wednesday

First time i've read that forum for a while, what the hell is going on in that petition topic and a few others? S t e p h....(oh f*** that) is threatening to sue people LMAO and keeps going off on one, along with another character thats gone wild . Their stress is ace. It's more chaotic than someone shouting ''he's behind you'' at a Pantomime for the Paranoid Schizophrenics.

I've come across some characters on other forums, even on here over the years but that place is like happy hour at a David Icke conference.

[Flaffer]

I love the fact that is related to erasure fans 'needs'. Maslows hierarchy will have to be rewritten.

Talk about stating the obvious - I'm sure erasure would love to be featured on every top tv show, problem is who really wants them on.
Big videos, big posters, big adverts and big campaigns cost money, sorry to state the obvious stephano (hah hah, I've written your name in lower case) and chums Mute/EMI is a business, it ain't gonna piss away money when it'll make next to no difference to sales (see also PSB).

As for interviews neither Vince or Andy come across particularly well in interviews (Clarke seemingly only coming alive in interviews for technological and muso-y mags) and as such broadsheets are gonna be reticent. Mr Bells tales of working class hardship and making it from the ghetto always bring a smile though.

This goes on a rogue erasure fan will end up with a dirty bomb threatening to explode it unless Fearne and Reggie announce erasures second number one single. Breath of Life (Chemical warfare mix) - now theres a thought.

[JSDOUVRES]

Funny thing is that there exists many similar characters here like what Undertaker describes in his post above, but of course that passes him by!
Have PSB fans started off similar stupid petitions? You bet your life they have but then again we are talking about Erasure here so there will always be this bitter pathetic attitude towards them.

[Undertaker]

I love the fact that is related to erasure fans 'needs'. Maslows hierarchy will have to be rewritten.

Talk about stating the obvious - I'm sure erasure would love to be featured on every top tv show, problem is who really wants them on.
Big videos, big posters, big adverts and big campaigns cost money, sorry to state the obvious stephano (hah hah, I've written your name in lower case) and chums Mute/EMI is a business, it ain't gonna piss away money when it'll make next to no difference to sales (see also PSB).

As for interviews neither Vince or Andy come across particularly well in interviews (Clarke seemingly only coming alive in interviews for technological and muso-y mags) and as such broadsheets are gonna be reticent. Mr Bells tales of working class hardship and making it from the ghetto always bring a smile though.

This goes on a rogue erasure fan will end up with a dirty bomb threatening to explode it unless Fearne and Reggie announce erasures second number one single. Breath of Life (Chemical warfare mix) - now theres a thought.

One of the biggest problems i see is that they are never together. They are supposed to be a professional duo. One lives in America in a log cabin, the other is doing karaoke on a boat, selling buns and doing karaoke on the piste (yeah, whatever). Have they always worked like that? Meeting up in a hotel to write songs for a week? Maybe thats why the last decade has been poor. I'm sure they didn't meet up once every 6 months to write The Innocents.

Flaffer is right about the promotion. Their albums are selling next to nothing in Britain and even worse abroad. It is a shame because i'm sure they are still capable of a good record if they got good backing but is it worth the gamble to back them?

[JSDOUVRES]

Their time has gone, simple as that, I don't think it makes any difference whatsoever what kind records they produce, they are an eighties band simple as that. Just take a look at a large number of eighties bands who if anything do worse than Erasure are now, Yes the PSB are just hanging in their by their teeth but for how much longer who knows. If they didn't have all the promotion surrounding the Brit award then it's fair to say that "Yes" would have done much less well than it did, without doubt and I'm sure the duet with Gaga and Flowers helped them too. Christmas got to number 40 for Christ's sake!
PSB have been able to stay in the media spotlight which has helped them a lot but just look at how they perform abroad in countries where they were once very popular, not too popular now.
Let's be happy that groups we like (or don't in most people's minds here) are still around to make music and the thing I find really annoying and ridiculous is that the same old people have a go and criticise based on record sales while at the same time going on about how much the chart's don't mean anything these days anyway, look at the top 20 today and half of it is not too great to be fair but it sells. The record buying public has changed but the attitudes of some of the older people certainly hasn't.