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Fantasy NW Festival line-up.

Postby WoodlandParkPunk » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:28 am

Pretend you are a promoter. You can have any 6 acts play at your festival. Living or dead, you name the bands and they will perform from their prime year/s. Who are they? List 1-6 with #1 the opener.
1) Tears for Fears
2) Missing Persons
3) Spandau Ballet
4) Flock of Seagulls
5) The Cars
6) DEVO
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Postby DayGloJo » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:36 am

1. Thompson Twins
2. Blondie
3. Souxsie & the Banshees
4. The Pretenders
5. The Cure
6. Peter Gabriel

[8D]
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Postby Bitter Almonds » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:06 am

Using a real time period with bands that existed at the time:

1982

1. The Smiths
2. Heaven 17
3. The Human League
4. ABC
5. Japan
6. Roxy Music[8D]
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Postby edisonoside » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:12 am

1983

1. Wall of Voodoo
2. A Flock of Seagulls
3. Bauhaus
4. The-The
5. Kraftwerk
6. David Bowie
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Postby waukena » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:14 am

1979

6. Iggy Pop
5. The Ramones
4. The Jam
3. The Stranglers
2. Tom Robinson Band
1. The Clash
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Postby marie3 » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:43 am

The Jam
The Clash
The The
Echo and the Bunnymen
Yaz
New Order
ALtered images
I know that is 7 but I couldn't help it.
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Postby enzfan » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:13 am

1. Haircut 100
2. Missing Persons
3. Yaz
4. ABC
5. Split Enz
6. Berlin

I would have the original MTV vj's mc the gig
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Postby WolverineSyr » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:20 am

From a purely fun danceable show point of view:

1. Blondie
2. Ramones
3. B52s
4. Lene Lovich
5. Plimsouls
6. Romantics
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Postby DayGloJo » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:31 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
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1. Blondie
2. B-52s
3. Ramones
4. Lene Lovich
5. Plimsouls
6. Romantics

would
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Postby NuWaveRx » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:25 am

Assuming all original members are in fighting form:

1. ABC
2. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
3. Smiths
4. INXS
5. A Flock of Seagulls
6. Big Country

I saw all of the above back in the day except for the Smiths and ABC and they all put on great s
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Postby design_femme » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:47 am

in no particular order of line-up:

1) Kraftwerk
2) Killing Joke
3) Big Country
4) Bauhaus
5) Echo & The Bunnymen
6) Nitzer Ebb

mine are coming from all different styles… I'm afraid I might've accidentally set off a formula for backstage fights.
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Postby WolverineSyr » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:55 am

yeah, those echo & the bunnymen guys send a shiver up my spine.
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Postby zalasta » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:26 am

1. Human League
2. Real Life
3. The Fixx
4. Eurythmics
5. Pet Shop Boys
6. The Cure
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Postby waukena » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:52 am

Kim baby, you [i]never[/i] cease to amaze me...kinda on the same level as that weird thing growin outta the neighbor's dog's butt...you know you're probably gonna be revolted but you just gotta look anyhow...
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Postby dtradio » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:33 am

A totally dead-led festival:
1) Ian Dury & The Blockheads
2) Big Country
3) Lords Of The New Church
4) The Clash
5) The Waitresses

..cause we'll never see them again
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