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Go South
10 Oct 2002, 11:40
For GODS sake... RETIRE!! - And STAY retired!
They've done more farewell tours than they have regular tours.
Someone really should do us all a favour and ensure that this is their final farewell tour.
*BANG BANG*
They have farewell tours as often as Elvis releases new albums.
Go South
10 Oct 2002, 14:33
LOL
carneagles
10 Oct 2002, 16:02
More sendoffs than Dame Nellie Melba.
They can do the "**** Off to China" tour.
wagstaff
10 Oct 2002, 20:03
Probably making up for the 20 years or so they were on hiatus after 1966. And I doubt they'll count the years when The Seekers was headed by Julie Anthony.
wagstaff
10 Oct 2002, 20:06
And by the way, did you know that Seekers' member Athol Guy ran as an Independent for Federal Parliament in the 1990 election?
If he'd won, I doubt whether we would've seen any reunion tours at all.
Go South
11 Oct 2002, 09:10
Originally posted by wagstaff
And by the way, did you know that Seekers' member Athol Guy ran as an Independent for Federal Parliament in the 1990 election?
If he'd won, I doubt whether we would've seen any reunion tours at all.
I bet his electorate are regretting not voting for him now... ;)
AlfAndrews
12 Oct 2002, 02:01
Seekers' farewell tours are part of our great Australian culture ... as Aussie as vegemite ... as Aussie as Dawn Fraser.
Their music is part of the soundtrack to our history ... just like Norman May calling the test cricket on the A.B.C.
The Seekers are as Australian as Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
Y'know ... you wouldn't be an Aussie
You wouldn't be true blue
Unless the Seekers' music
Meant something to you
The Seekers are Australian
I'll give it to you straight
The Seekers are as Australian as ...
.... "How ya goin', mate."
If you couldn't mark a ball
If you couldn't hold a bat
If you don't know where that dog
On his tucker box is at ...
Then you wouldn't be an Aussie
You wouldn't be true blue
Unless the Seekers' music
Meant something to you.
May the Seekers have many more farewell tours. They are as Australian as John Howard ... or Chips Rafferty ...
... they're as Australian as ANZAC Day ... and about as relevant.
Gotta go now ... my flight to Beijing is leaving shortly.
sandeano
12 Oct 2002, 10:22
I saw a snippet of their press conference on the telly the other night and one of the members was aked what the on-going appeal of their music was.
The answer was along the lines of "it reminds people of a less complicated, simpler and happy time in Australia"
Ahh yes. Those great days of the mid 60's. White Australia, Aboriginies not counted as human beings, women kept in the kitchen, 6 o'clock closing, gearing up to Vietnam, Meat and 3 veges, Bolte, Menzies...
Their ongoing appeal speaks volumes.
PrideofSA
14 Oct 2002, 10:56
**** I hate the seekers!
Blues_Brat
15 Oct 2002, 03:22
Originally posted by Go South
For GODS sake... RETIRE!! - And STAY retired!
They've done more farewell tours than they have regular tours.
Someone really should do us all a favour and ensure that this is their final farewell tour.
*BANG BANG*
Its a question of who has said goodbye more often, the Seekers of that Plant Liquidators twot.
Go South
15 Oct 2002, 11:09
Originally posted by Blues_Brat
Its a question of who has said goodbye more often, the Seekers of that Plant Liquidators twot.
LOL... YES.
I also can't count the number of times Mr. Bankrupt has had liquidation and "closing down" sales. You can only "close down" so many times, before it gets boring... ;)
AlfAndrews
15 Oct 2002, 14:45
What a great concept for a band.
You form a band and call it The Liquidators. You then get your first gig and promote it as your farewell gig. And then you get another gig and promote that as a farewell gig ... and so on. Then you do THE big farewell tour ... take a short break to count your money ... and then return for a series of farewell gigs.
You could even bring out an album ... "the Best of the Liquidators". Followed up by "The Liquidators: a retrospective". And then, as a Christmas special, "The All-Time Greatest Hits of the Liquidators" ... but the piece-de-resistance, of course, is the special "LIVE ... Liquidators Farewell Gig" album.
**Let's Liquidate**
Go South
16 Oct 2002, 02:22
Originally posted by AlfAndrews
What a great concept for a band.
You form a band and call it The Liquidators. You then get your first gig and promote it as your farewell gig. And then you get another gig and promote that as a farewell gig ... and so on. Then you do THE big farewell tour ... take a short break to count your money ... and then return for a series of farewell gigs.
You could even bring out an album ... "the Best of the Liquidators". Followed up by "The Liquidators: a retrospective". And then, as a Christmas special, "The All-Time Greatest Hits of the Liquidators" ... but the piece-de-resistance, of course, is the special "LIVE ... Liquidators Farewell Gig" album.
**Let's Liquidate**
Replace the word "Liquidators" with "Seekers" and I think you have REALITY. :)