We need some new Underworld material!

[holden]

is it just me, or has attendance, or at least active posting, in these dirty forums really fallen off recently? Some of this could be attributed to the recent holidays. But it's now mid-January. So many of the threads haven't had any comments for several days, sometimes no posts in a sub-forum at all in that time.

We need some new Underworld to discuss, or something to kick-start 2009!

[Jan]

dirty forums need a reboot... to get rid of all the approximately 8000 fake members and ugly forum names like "world/2" and "noise/2"
Also, what about reorganizing the forum structure. Example of just three forums:

1) Underworld (including live!)
2) Music
3) Everything else (general discussion board)

...and have an archive section, where one can view and search all the posts from before the reboot.

[dubnobasswithme]

i've noticed the same sorts of trends. i'm sure when some new stuff starts to come out (note that today's UWlive update finds R+K in the studio), folks will start getting chatty again.

i haven't been posting much because the forums are blocked at my new job (not that i posted a lot before the switch, but still....)

[patrick]

i think Jans ideas are pretty solid. I think it goes it waves and right now we are kinda stagnating because the forums are a bit spread out and such...

[myrrh]

When the forums first started, that is how they were. It then spread out from there as everyone ended up talking about everything else.

[dog]

Sadly they've not done anything really worth mentioning for over 10 years. AHDO was ok but OWB... at least nothing to attract new fans.

[holden]

Originally Posted by dog

Sadly they've not done anything really worth mentioning for over 10 years. AHDO was ok but OWB... at least nothing to attract new fans.

Um, that's your opinion. I respectfully disagree. Whether you like the latest albums or not, the last ten, heck, the last 5 years, have been very prolific and filled with "firsts" for Underworld. For example:

-regular web radio broadcasts
-art jams in Japan and NY
-collaborative soundtracks
-internet-only EP releases
-a bunch of live recording via LiveHereNow and Underworldlive.com
-the Book of Jam collections

That's just off the top of my head. And as for attracting "new" fans? Yeah, the crowd at every Underworld concert is filled with geezers

[bas_I_am]

Originally Posted by dog

Sadly they've not done anything really worth mentioning for over 10 years. AHDO was ok but OWB... at least nothing to attract new fans.

Hmmmmm. . . Don't tell that to my 19 year old daughter and her friends - they can't stand the stuff before AHDO. To quote my daughter, "It lacks soul."

[dog]

True they are one of the hardset working acts around, but maybe its quantity over quality? But like everything its totally subjective. I just think other bands out there are doing a lot more exciting things.

It sounds like i'm hater but i've so many UW cds, downloads, etc i've lost count.

[dog]

Originally Posted by bas_I_am

Hmmmmm. . . Don't tell that to my 19 year old daughter and her friends - they can't stand the stuff before AHDO. To quote my daughter, "It lacks soul."

Ah what! Dubno and STITI were nothing but soul!