Did You Miss Me?
I must have the giggles at the moment, because I went to see two bands play last week. (gettit? GIGgles! hee hee... I'm so witty.) Which is the reason that I haven't been posting. I've been at home and travelling from their to Manchester. They were both very good, but I'll give you a lovely little rundown of what each was like:
The Cooper Temple Clause
Good Gig! I must admit I was a bit tired for this one, as was my girlfriend Sara, and we couldn't really concentrate or be overly supportive of the band, but then to be honest, as is expected with the crowd that follows the Coopers many of them looked thoroughly unimpressed so we blended in perfectly. All the stuff we knew was fantastic. They did brilliant renditions of 'Talking to a Brick Wall', 'Promises Promises', 'New Toys', 'Blind Pilots' and 'The Same Mistakes'. They're faultless in these older tracks, keeping all the atmosphere and energy of the album versions but with just that little something special that makes it amazing. Two slight dissapointments though, in the fact that they didn't play one of our favourite songs 'Did You Miss Me?' even after we heard the sample that starts it off. Secondly, they played just a little too much of their new tracks, which when tired were a bit har to take in. However, the one song encore that they did of 'Panzer Attack' was incredible. I usually don't really like that song, but they transformed it on stage from an overly violent and noisy track to an almost hypnotic and trance inducing, atmospheric and mildly threatening song. Awesome. Truely awesome.
Funeral For A Friend
Before I talk about Funeral for a Friend I must say about the band who supported them. Good ol' Fightstar! Well, that was good for a laugh! We think, but are not sure (it could have been the first band that played, the Lunapins) they got egged. Really that shouldn't have happened to anyone. Even Fightstar. To be fair, Fightstar were very good, except for Charlie. The backing singers can sing... unfortunately Charlie cannot. The backing musicians can play their instruments... unfortunately Charlie cannot (as far as I could see and hear). They'd be better off without him.
Anyway, on to the main attraction! The welsh boys were fantastic! I knew and was bopping (that's right, BOPPING) along to many of the songs, often singing along. Whether I was in key or not, I don't know, so anyone who was by me and wished they weren't, I'm terribly sorry. They were a great band sounding as good as on their CDs. They announced that they will have another LP for us next year, so I look forward to that greatly! The highlights of the gig for me were, Juneau, Recovery, Streetcar, All The Rage and Escape Artists Never Die. I hope to see the talented lads again at some point.
Oh, I also found out lately that I might have been ignorant in my last blog. The papers may have been having a go at Prescott for playing croquet whilst he should have been running the country. Obviously it is ok to have a go at Prescott for this reason, because this doesn't mean then that he is being raged at for portraying the wrong image, but for being an arse. Which is fair. Because if you saw him on Tax the Fat last night then you'd agree that he's an arse.
Bobbikk
The Cooper Temple Clause
Good Gig! I must admit I was a bit tired for this one, as was my girlfriend Sara, and we couldn't really concentrate or be overly supportive of the band, but then to be honest, as is expected with the crowd that follows the Coopers many of them looked thoroughly unimpressed so we blended in perfectly. All the stuff we knew was fantastic. They did brilliant renditions of 'Talking to a Brick Wall', 'Promises Promises', 'New Toys', 'Blind Pilots' and 'The Same Mistakes'. They're faultless in these older tracks, keeping all the atmosphere and energy of the album versions but with just that little something special that makes it amazing. Two slight dissapointments though, in the fact that they didn't play one of our favourite songs 'Did You Miss Me?' even after we heard the sample that starts it off. Secondly, they played just a little too much of their new tracks, which when tired were a bit har to take in. However, the one song encore that they did of 'Panzer Attack' was incredible. I usually don't really like that song, but they transformed it on stage from an overly violent and noisy track to an almost hypnotic and trance inducing, atmospheric and mildly threatening song. Awesome. Truely awesome.
Funeral For A Friend
Before I talk about Funeral for a Friend I must say about the band who supported them. Good ol' Fightstar! Well, that was good for a laugh! We think, but are not sure (it could have been the first band that played, the Lunapins) they got egged. Really that shouldn't have happened to anyone. Even Fightstar. To be fair, Fightstar were very good, except for Charlie. The backing singers can sing... unfortunately Charlie cannot. The backing musicians can play their instruments... unfortunately Charlie cannot (as far as I could see and hear). They'd be better off without him.
Anyway, on to the main attraction! The welsh boys were fantastic! I knew and was bopping (that's right, BOPPING) along to many of the songs, often singing along. Whether I was in key or not, I don't know, so anyone who was by me and wished they weren't, I'm terribly sorry. They were a great band sounding as good as on their CDs. They announced that they will have another LP for us next year, so I look forward to that greatly! The highlights of the gig for me were, Juneau, Recovery, Streetcar, All The Rage and Escape Artists Never Die. I hope to see the talented lads again at some point.
Oh, I also found out lately that I might have been ignorant in my last blog. The papers may have been having a go at Prescott for playing croquet whilst he should have been running the country. Obviously it is ok to have a go at Prescott for this reason, because this doesn't mean then that he is being raged at for portraying the wrong image, but for being an arse. Which is fair. Because if you saw him on Tax the Fat last night then you'd agree that he's an arse.
Bobbikk
posted by Bobbikk @ Wednesday, June 07, 2006
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