OT Music Festivals etc. etc.

[FER]

Bagged the missus tickets for Pondlife's farewell tour last night. Was texting a mate who buys n sells tickets to see if he could help me out after Sheffield & Manchester both sold out in minutes, but managed to cop for tickets for Liverpool. General sale today and my mate reckons I got in at the right time. Saw the tickets I bought for £48 on some ticket flogging site for over £100 only minutes after the gigs had sold out!

[the flying pig]

Stone Roses, great albums but absolutley wank live.

Best left in the annals of history

well, for starters brown can't really sing at all. his voice sounds great double [triple?]-tracked to within an inch of its life like on [say] the recorder version of 'i wanna be adored', but, yeah, live not so much.

[Man Called Sun]

well, for starters brown can't really sing at all. his voice sounds great double [triple?]-tracked to within an inch of its life like on [say] the recorder version of 'i wanna be adored', but, yeah, live not so much.

That's true, but I don't listen to the Roses for that. Brown's got buckets full of what most singers don't have, he's fucking cool and he's got summat to say. There's a thousand bands out there who have much better singers but don't attract anything like the hero worship he gets.

[barry white]

Was at the Ally Pally gig in 89, the sound/acoustics were shocking & Brown was poor vocally. Top night though. Fools Gold at the end was a very special moment. I'm sure anyone that goes to the re-union will have a tingle.

[eric olthwaite]

Was at the Ally Pally gig in 89, the sound/acoustics were shocking & Brown was poor vocally. Top night though. Fools Gold at the end was a very special moment. I'm sure anyone that goes to the re-union will have a tingle.

I never saw them, but by reputation all of their 'big gigs' - Spike Island, Glasgow Green and so on - seem to have been notorious for having really, really shit sound. No idea why; maybe the sound man was someone's partially deaf kid brother and they didn't have the heart to fuck him off or summat.

[Man Called Sun]

Was at the Ally Pally gig in 89, the sound/acoustics were shocking & Brown was poor vocally. Top night though. Fools Gold at the end was a very special moment. I'm sure anyone that goes to the re-union will have a tingle.

I never saw them, but by reputation all of their 'big gigs' - Spike Island, Glasgow Green and so on - seem to have been notorious for having really, really shit sound. No idea why; maybe the sound man was someone's partially deaf kid brother and they didn't have the heart to fuck him off or summat.

Him out of Oasis, whatsisname, the older one, he said the sound at Spike Island was shite cos the wind was blowing it all over the place, but it didn't matter cos all them people were there. It was just a massive party. And that's what this'll be like. I hope.

I've been to a couple of gigs at Ally Pally, the sound is awful there innit? I suppose it wasn't built for gigs.

[Quiffy]

Ah, no, I swiped that off their twitter feed. I do love the place though and visit every time I'm back in Leeds. It's their 40th birthday tomorrow too.

jesus there's some memories for me in this thread..

jumbo was the mutt's bits - i remember going to the merrion centre shop at every opportunity as a kid and developing a crush on the dark haired lass who used to work there, she might still but i left leeds 10 years ago. I've seen her at the odd gig i recent years and once got pissed enough to buy her a drink and start rambling at her. i think she had a chap though.

and the stone roses, i was lucky enough to see them at the poly in the summer of '89 and they were awesome that night - the vibe and playing was intense. i play the drums and was totally awe struck by reni who has to be the best drummer i've ever seen - he's not flash but has amazing instinct. it's like he was fully integrated into the rhythm section. genius.

i saw them at the colosseum/T&C a few years later and didn't enjoy it half as much.

[Man Called Sun]

i play the drums and was totally awe struck by reni who has to be the best drummer i've ever seen - he's not flash but has amazing instinct. it's like he was fully integrated into the rhythm section. genius.

I play drums a bit and I've gotta agree there, I haven't heard anyone better. Daybreak is ridiculous.

[eric olthwaite]

Talking of classy revivals...

[Quiffy]

you know those puffy, fey, indie wastrels belle and sebastian? they've got this video i think some people might enjoy....http://vimeo.com/17135848

just to add....NSFW

[Leeds0269]

i play the drums and was totally awe struck by reni who has to be the best drummer i've ever seen - he's not flash but has amazing instinct. it's like he was fully integrated into the rhythm section. genius.

I play drums a bit and I've gotta agree there, I haven't heard anyone better. Daybreak is ridiculous.

Lets all calm down a bit shall we. Good? Yeah. Best? Nah.

The BEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuISrv2su6U

[Quiffy]

i play the drums and was totally awe struck by reni who has to be the best drummer i've ever seen - he's not flash but has amazing instinct. it's like he was fully integrated into the rhythm section. genius.

I play drums a bit and I've gotta agree there, I haven't heard anyone better. Daybreak is ridiculous.

Lets all calm down a bit shall we. Good? Yeah. Best? Nah.

The BEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuISrv2su6U

keith moon was the sort of drummer i really don't like - with him it's all about the drums being prominent, about showing off what you can do, it's about bombast, crash bang whallop, about competing with the rest of the band. it's much harder to mould your drums round the music and bring out the best in the songs, that requires craft and understanding.

yeah the bloke can drum and that was the style of the day, but it doesn't do 'owt for me.

[Man Called Sun]

i play the drums and was totally awe struck by reni who has to be the best drummer i've ever seen - he's not flash but has amazing instinct. it's like he was fully integrated into the rhythm section. genius.

I play drums a bit and I've gotta agree there, I haven't heard anyone better. Daybreak is ridiculous.

Lets all calm down a bit shall we. Good? Yeah. Best? Nah.

The BEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuISrv2su6U

I honestly reckon Reni's the best of the best. Better than Moon, better than Bonham, even better than him out of Bloc Party. If I could get on YouChoob at work I'd stick a vid of Daybreak up here (and, indeed, watch the one you put up!), but the man's unbelievable. He drums like an octopus.

[eric olthwaite]

keith moon was the sort of drummer i really don't like - with him it's all about the drums being prominent, about showing off what you can do, it's about bombast, crash bang whallop, about competing with the rest of the band. it's much harder to mould your drums round the music and bring out the best in the songs, that requires craft and understanding.

yeah the bloke can drum and that was the style of the day, but it doesn't do 'owt for me.

With you on this. It's like all those cunts who reckon Yngwie Malmsteen is a better guitarist than, say, Johnny Marr, just cos he can play lots of notes dead fast.

It's about the tune, innit.

[SimonB]

Turisas were excellent last night! I had truly forgotten how good metal can be in a small venue, fuck the festivals loud metal in a small dingy club is where it's at

[FER]

So I see Sabbath are reforming and headlining Download next year.

I also note that Metallica are headlining the other night and playing the Black Albumn in it's entirety!!! I would fuckin' love to see that shit! One of the best albumns in its genre, ever!

[Man Called Sun]

I also note that Metallica are headlining the other night and playing the Black Albumn in it's entirety!!!

Still, what the fuck is that bollocks with Lou Reed all about?

[Dods]

I also note that Metallica are headlining the other night and playing the Black Albumn in it's entirety!!!

Still, what the fuck is that bollocks with Lou Reed all about?

Saw that on Jools Holland the other night. What a load of crap. They should both stick to what they do best.

[welshwhite]

I also note that Metallica are headlining the other night and playing the Black Albumn in it's entirety!!!

Still, what the fuck is that bollocks with Lou Reed all about?

Saw that on Jools Holland the other night. What a load of crap. They should both stick to what they do best.

agreed, i also watched it, fucking awful, who will they have with them next-cliff fucking richards?.

[Ponte]

I also note that Metallica are headlining the other night and playing the Black Albumn in it's entirety!!!

Still, what the fuck is that bollocks with Lou Reed all about?

Saw that on Jools Holland the other night. What a load of crap. They should both stick to what they do best.

Aye, complete mismatch. Just didn't work.