The Wanted Man Goes To A Gig * Shocker *
Yep, you read that right, I actually got off my arse this weekend, moreover I actually did something. I went to Manchester and saw an awesome gig, for your reading pleasure (I live in hope) I'll give you a brief rundown of what happened.
Went up with some friends (no, they're not imaginary). Got there as the Subways were playing, great band, gave their album quite a few listens last year. The lead singer actually did gig type things, crowd surfing, climbing the scaffolds surrounding the stage, rugby tackling the drummer etc...
Next band on were Angels and Airwaves (keep saying airways by mistake), not liking this new serious Tom DeLong, I preferred the days when he smiled every now and then. What got me the most was that while talking to a crowd that had been drinking for the better part of the day, having a good time, he starts going on about 9/11 and the Iraq war. The wrong place at the wrong time mate. Not too fond of the music either, not bad as background music but it all sounds like Blink-182 b-sides.
Who was next you ask? Well I'll fucking tell you. The Strokes, rocked my boat so they did. What I love about gigs is seeing the effect songs you like have on other fans and it really was a treat seeing people jump about and play air guitar solos when the Strokes did their thang. My feet were a tapping.
Who finished the gig off? Who were the headliners!!? Jesus, calm down, im just about to get to that. It was the Foo Fighters so it was, old Davey and his band were great. A slight complaint I would make is that they weren't on that long, considering how many top tunes they've got. What they did play was great though, Grohl swapped over drumming duties so the lad could rock out a song and that was good also. They finished off with some purty cool fireworks which I liked, which is odd for me as I usually find that kinda thing too gimicky.
Yes the rain pissed me off a bit, yes I did think that the bangers and mash stall running out of yorkshire puddings was a disgrace and yes I do think twenty quid for a t-shirt is a bit much but overall my world was rocked.
Eeee, you shoulda seen the B&B I stayed at, felt like I was in a seventies sitcom. Nice though.
Went up with some friends (no, they're not imaginary). Got there as the Subways were playing, great band, gave their album quite a few listens last year. The lead singer actually did gig type things, crowd surfing, climbing the scaffolds surrounding the stage, rugby tackling the drummer etc...
Next band on were Angels and Airwaves (keep saying airways by mistake), not liking this new serious Tom DeLong, I preferred the days when he smiled every now and then. What got me the most was that while talking to a crowd that had been drinking for the better part of the day, having a good time, he starts going on about 9/11 and the Iraq war. The wrong place at the wrong time mate. Not too fond of the music either, not bad as background music but it all sounds like Blink-182 b-sides.
Who was next you ask? Well I'll fucking tell you. The Strokes, rocked my boat so they did. What I love about gigs is seeing the effect songs you like have on other fans and it really was a treat seeing people jump about and play air guitar solos when the Strokes did their thang. My feet were a tapping.
Who finished the gig off? Who were the headliners!!? Jesus, calm down, im just about to get to that. It was the Foo Fighters so it was, old Davey and his band were great. A slight complaint I would make is that they weren't on that long, considering how many top tunes they've got. What they did play was great though, Grohl swapped over drumming duties so the lad could rock out a song and that was good also. They finished off with some purty cool fireworks which I liked, which is odd for me as I usually find that kinda thing too gimicky.
Yes the rain pissed me off a bit, yes I did think that the bangers and mash stall running out of yorkshire puddings was a disgrace and yes I do think twenty quid for a t-shirt is a bit much but overall my world was rocked.
Eeee, you shoulda seen the B&B I stayed at, felt like I was in a seventies sitcom. Nice though.
Aww man. Lucky to get tickets to that one. I tried to get them ages ago but the rotten touts must have snapped them up.
One day I will see them, one day.....
Posted by
Anonymous |
11:56 AM
Sorry to hear you didn't get a ticket RD.
Keep the faith.
Posted by
The Wanted Man |
3:13 AM
I love B&Bs. I wish I could say the same about the Foo Fighters. But I just can't get into them. I did try once, but to no avail.
Posted by
* (asterisk) |
10:57 AM
Yeah B&Bs are cool. Shame about the Foos, whats your thoughts on the Strokes?
Posted by
The Wanted Man |
3:17 AM