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(2004 – 2006)
Many have wondered how two performers as volatile as Bernard Butler and Brett Anderson who had at one time nurtured such hatred for one another, were reunited after all this time. Anderson describes getting together with former bandmate Butler as such, “We went out for a drunken night. I’d called him and we went out for a curry and got drunk. Then the next day he came over with these tracks and that was that”.
Though Butler and Anderson had not spoken since the days of Suede, Anderson claimed getting back in gear with Butler was not difficult. The band decided on being named after a line from a Philip Larkin poem, “Femmes Damnées”, which ends with the line: “The only sound heard is the sound of tears”.
Anderson also had this to say about the renewed partnership with Bernard Butler: “For years and years after Bernard left Suede it was me running the show, but now the stakes are raised. I feel like we are duelling with each other, in some kind of friendly competition. When we were at our best it was always like that, each trying to better each other.”
The band played their first ever live show on December 14, 2004 at the Oxford Zodiac. Things went as expected for the “new” band, and most new songs were received well by those attending the first set of shows. When asked during a concert by a fan to play the famous Suede song,The Drowners, Anderson replied saying, “Did somebody say they want us to play The Drowners? They came to the wrong gig”.
Anderson also had this to say about the renewed partnership with Bernard Butler: “For years and years after Bernard left Suede it was me running the show, but now the stakes are raised. I feel like we are duelling with each other, in some kind of friendly competition. When we were at our best it was always like that, each trying to better each other.”
The band played their first ever live show on December 14, 2004 at the Oxford Zodiac. Things went as expected for the “new” band, and most new songs were received well by those attending the first set of shows. When asked during a concert by a fan to play the famous Suede song,
The Drowners, Anderson replied saying, “Did somebody say they want us to play The Drowners? They came to the wrong gig”.
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gypsywoman01 wrote:
Please vote for Brett as "Best Male Artist" on the People's Choice Awards 2012 http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=110031
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Peechitto wrote:
Yup, the tears were gerat, but i'mway more excited bout the suede reunion.
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jrbgeog wrote:
They really need to make some more music together. This album was a very pleasant surprise back in 2005. Frankly, I feared the worst, given the decade that had passed since DMS. But they surprised me. This isn't as good as those first two Suede albums, or the accompanying singles and b sides, but it is pretty nice.
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Bornactdie wrote:
heartbreaking scyyyyykoooo.
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lastflower wrote:
I want a Tears reunion just to get decent versions of Berlin and Europe After the Rain lol.
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Pooydatigru wrote:
Better than Suede. Sometimes..)
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lindadox wrote:
lol @ skeletondead. people are so delusional about bernard (i love him but ... move on already). suede are perfect rn.
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skeletondead wrote:
I'd be more excited by a Tears reunion tour than the current Suede get together sans Butler.
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Kill_Noir wrote:
Hi everybody! We are young band and just cool guys :) . Listen to our music on http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Lie+Makers
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a_q_u_a_r_i_u_s wrote:
join my group http://www.lastfm.es/group/Gentlemen+Sophisticated+Music
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jeromeusj wrote:
can someone send me the link to download their album
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cs81 wrote:
WTF??! Why did no one tell me about this?
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iAmTerrified wrote:
sexy voice <3
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Brianainfire wrote:
My music lovers!
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juleshughes wrote:
As dark as the ocean, as cold as the rain! (L)
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bluemy wrote:
@tgodd the bio on his myspace was just joking and not written by himself.
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tgodd wrote:
u guys read bernard butlers myspace page? "If I'd known Brett was going to turn out to be such an arsehole, I'd have made him into a carburator instead of a musician."
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jeromeusj wrote:
where can i find the link to download their albums ...
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Francis_Avery wrote:
Happy Birthday, Brett!!))))
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hanifadi wrote:
we are the lovers!
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