dereko1969 New Member Posts:9  
| 9/6/2006 10:53 AM |
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highlight was pet shop boys, absolutely amazing, poptastic show. gary numan was brilliant, only went in to keep my mate happy (long time fan even went to see him land his mitsubishi zero plane at baldonnel airshow years ago!) and was blown away - though halfway through the thought that he reminded me of ben stiller in zoolander caused havoc in my brain. belle and sebastian and mogwai very very good (i saw b&s years ago in manchester free trade hall and they were useless live then - way better now) broken social scene, hot chip, semifinalists, tapes'n'tapes all impressive, was worried at start of amadou and mariams set that no-one would be there but crowds streamed over for what was a really good set. massive attack were absolute muck, bored the bejaysus out of me.oh pj harvey was great when she played guitar but there were serious sound problems with her piano and drum machine yoke. great vibe to EP very few idiots, great food (yum pieminister) and security excellent too. roll on next year.
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ishrink Basic Member Posts:195
| 9/6/2006 11:02 AM |
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The Yeah Yeah Yeah's have written one truly great songs, Maps, everything else is completely meh. It was the performance of that one song that dragged their show up to average, I was bored for the rest of it. Howling like a banshee and jumping around like a clown does not make you fantastic, if it did we'd all love that Brendan Kilkenny dude.
Y Control was pretty tasty too.
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palaceBasic Member Posts:392
| 9/6/2006 11:11 AM |
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ah... go on, nerraw... you've missed out on a whole genre (and not just a fly-by-night makey-uppy one either, a genuine honest-to-goodness indie stronghold of the last 15 years...
start with slint's 1991 masterpiece, 'spiderland' and move forward from there...
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| 9/6/2006 11:24 AM |
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Ya i was being a little prick about sorry Nerraw .Each to there own in deed .
Still thought they were great ,Karen O would make a great clown and i love her banshee howling !
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May-KayNew Member Posts:38
| 9/6/2006 12:53 PM |
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I was up the front for the YYYs and i cudnt criticise a thing, Karen O is an amazing front woman. And how could u possibly expect her to stay pitch perfect while pulling off the most energetic performance of the weekend??
'Pin' anyone no??
Agree with Pol,luv the clown look and her banshee howling is her trademark.
Mogwai were great.
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benni Advanced Member Posts:947
| 9/6/2006 1:15 PM |
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Nah im not talkin about pitch perfect singing - if your a performer like that you obviously will have a few wobbles n s**t when your runnin around - but when there is quite an obviously massive strain on her voice to reach certain parts of the songs thats a bit bogey - ive seen their live performances on TV too and its always the same - a significant drop in vocal strength so much so that in large parts of the songs you can barely hear if she started singing.
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May-KayNew Member Posts:38
| 9/6/2006 1:19 PM |
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Ok, ill have to agree with u about that, but in my opinion her performance makes up for it.
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| 9/8/2006 2:18 AM |
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I know I'm late here but,...
DJ Shadow, PJ Harvey and Redneck Manifesto - amazing.
Broken Social Scene, Belle + Sebastian - enjoyed.
David Kitt + Bloc Party - utter s**te.
Yo La Tengo - 'little eyes' so lovely but overall disappointing.
The Frames - Same old crap, irritating fans and Glen s**teing on about nothing, sick of this band.
Had to leave early on Sunday - Missed YYY's, Rufus Wainwright, Hotchip + Cut Chemist.
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Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/8/2006 3:19 PM |
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"The Frames - Same old crap, irritating fans and Glen s**teing on about nothing, sick of this band."
question - why did you go an see them then?
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crucifixioNew Member Posts:89
| 9/8/2006 3:48 PM |
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Anybody see the Frames and Damo Rice at the Big Tree last thing on Sunday! They truly confirmed how big a bag of pricks they are. And I quote Glen Hansard here:
"Don't let this feeling go, just keep singing and walk away" (w**ker)
Highlights for me were Bloc Party, YYY's, Rufus, BSS, Tapes n Tapes, Basement Jaxx, Massive attack, Neil Delamare, Joe Rooney.
In my drunken state I forgot to see the Rapture and repeatedly kicked myself on Monday when I finally realised I missed them. The weekend was so good I have a chest infection as a result.
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/8/2006 4:01 PM |
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"Don't let this feeling go, just keep singing and walk away" - I wonder would people be so pishposhing of this if Wayne Coyne / PJ Harvey / Win Butler / Michael Franti / Karen O / Dublin Gospel Choir had said the same thing?
just playing devil's advocate here...
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 9/8/2006 4:05 PM |
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Absolutely
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 9/8/2006 4:14 PM |
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To be honest I can't hear them saying it really, it was a Glen special but I'm not really up for Frames bashing etc. either, as you say if you don't like them stay away. It was funny on saturday, the The Big Tree stage area was Damien Rices home turf for the weekend but there was a guy wandering around in there on Saturday with a T-shirt with the slogan "Damien Rice is a c**t" ...... I guess some people just love to hate .....
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| 9/8/2006 4:17 PM |
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your rite una !!Stop dogging hansard ..saw the lads play in the hotpress tent before there electric arena gig and he actually came across honest and not like the spa face ,opinionated up his own arse ego maniac iv been led to believe he is ..and even though im not a frames fan the arena gig had a great athmosphere especialy with human pyramids and drunkenness ..
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| 9/8/2006 4:25 PM |
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Didnt see rice play any of his 40 gigs over the weekend but im guessing the same 10 songs sounded the same at least the frames have a few albums. they sound a bit samey but at least there trying !!! In the interview glen was preety open about the songs and wasent precious in offering advice or dooging his own songs even admited that putting two old frames songs on his solo attempt was a bit silly and that he got a bit excited in the studio . It was nice to see the anti hansard persona . Rant over .
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tommythecatzNew Member Posts:43
| 9/8/2006 4:26 PM |
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In fairness Micheal Franti would definitly be prone to spouting this kind of remark but at least he's all hippy dippy. Glen Hansard is irish; you can't get away with that kind of remark if your irish, unless of course you're bono...
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Originally posted by Una
"Don't let this feeling go, just keep singing and walk away" - I wonder would people be so pishposhing of this if Wayne Coyne / PJ Harvey / Win Butler / Michael Franti / Karen O / Dublin Gospel Choir had said the same thing?
just playing devil's advocate here...
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| 9/8/2006 7:23 PM |
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Mogwai!!! WOW.So good.
Highlights - redneck manifesto, Jape, YYYs, dancing at Basement Jaxx, hot chip, p j harvey, aberfeldy, our picnic table and stove, air mattresses, earplugs!
But Mogwai - you can't fault that
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 9/8/2006 7:47 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
"Don't let this feeling go, just keep singing and walk away" - I wonder would people be so pishposhing of this if Wayne Coyne / PJ Harvey / Win Butler / Michael Franti / Karen O / Dublin Gospel Choir had said the same thing?
just playing devil's advocate here...
Yes, of course. Even Franti wouldn't stoop to such a cringeworthy remark and this from a uber-hippy who has been walking around barefoot for the last 6 years!
Hansard says these things 'cos he is a buffoon of the highest order. |
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 9/8/2006 7:51 PM |
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Originally posted by illyad
Mogwai!!! WOW.So good.
Highlights - redneck manifesto, Jape, YYYs, dancing at Basement Jaxx, hot chip, p j harvey, aberfeldy, our picnic table and stove, air mattresses, earplugs!
But Mogwai - you can't fault that
Welcome to the world of Mogwai, my friend, probably the best band on the planet right now. They're so good it's actually scary. |
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milkmanBasic Member Posts:119
| 9/9/2006 4:35 PM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Welcome to the world of Mogwai, my friend, probably the best band on the planet right now. They're so good it's actually scary.
nah, can't agree with that.
i've seen them three times now, and after twenty minutes of their gig in EP i just went "feck this".
interesting music, but it just doesn't interest me.
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