paul calf
05-04-2003, 07:47 PM
well after saturdays call off due to waterlogged feild,we feared the worst that one big weekend might turn into one big disapointment,but the orgenisers got there act together and sunday went ahead with large metal plates to stand on.
so off we went myself sister and friend arriving a little late just missing dirty vegas but arriving in time to see aqualung.
aqualung never really heard much about this band other than the theme tune to a car advert that always has me humming along so i was pleased that they were so good live.
they opened with a cover of a beach boys track "god only knows" thats always good to get the crowd on your side,they then moved into their own stuff and rather nice it was too the standouts being "strange and beautiful"(the theme to the car ad) and their new single"if i fall".so all in all a nice set got a thumbs up from the 3 of us anyway.
next came the coral and to be honest they left me a bit so what,musicly they were good enough they just reminded me of so many bands from cast too supergrass,i could'nt tell you what any of the songs were called because the singer never told us,but they were all pretty samey,and got a little boring after a while especially the closing number that had a 15 minute instrumental finish that would have been better knocked down to 2 and filling the gap with a couple of better songs.so they got a thumbs side ways on from the 3 of us.
badly drawn boy came next with the reliable old wooly hat and furry beard,"i'm the only fuckin manc playing today so you lot better like it" he anounced and i have to say we did,his set was a mixed bag of song from his last couple of albums,mixed in with rambling about his wife and kids,who made their customary apearance at his gig,the standout songs in his set where"have you fed the fish"and silent sigh"it was a very strong set from a very good performer,so got a thumbs up from us all.
the white stripes the reason i got up in the middle of the night to go que in the piss wet manchester morning last week,could they possibly live up to expectations,could they live up to the build up they have had from other people on this site,the answer is an emphatic yes.
this band were nothing i have ever seen before magical music coming from such a small amount of instruments,pantomine faces being pulled between jack and meg giving the feeling that these two are so good they could do all this in their sleep,songs that had such depth and texture that you couldnt help but get sucked in.
the set itself was a real mix they did about 40 minutes and covered most of their sounds from"hotel yorba""dead leaves on a dirty ground" on the white blood cells album to "seven nations army"and the standout song for me throughout the whole day "in the cold cold night" this is a band i am sure i will be going to see many more times they are a real breath of fresh air to a pretty stale music scene right now and one i am growing to love.
they got a mssive thumbs up from us all and everyone in the big tent in which they performed.
after they had finished we decided not to stay and watch the steriophonics there was no way they could top what we had just seen with a couple of crappy sinalong tunes and a dodgy rod stewart cover so we decided to go for a walk to a pub and discuss the days events.and it was decided that it had been a very worthwhile effort to get the tickets to see such a talented band from the other side of the pond and one we shall repeat again if the chance comes our way again.
:D
so off we went myself sister and friend arriving a little late just missing dirty vegas but arriving in time to see aqualung.
aqualung never really heard much about this band other than the theme tune to a car advert that always has me humming along so i was pleased that they were so good live.
they opened with a cover of a beach boys track "god only knows" thats always good to get the crowd on your side,they then moved into their own stuff and rather nice it was too the standouts being "strange and beautiful"(the theme to the car ad) and their new single"if i fall".so all in all a nice set got a thumbs up from the 3 of us anyway.
next came the coral and to be honest they left me a bit so what,musicly they were good enough they just reminded me of so many bands from cast too supergrass,i could'nt tell you what any of the songs were called because the singer never told us,but they were all pretty samey,and got a little boring after a while especially the closing number that had a 15 minute instrumental finish that would have been better knocked down to 2 and filling the gap with a couple of better songs.so they got a thumbs side ways on from the 3 of us.
badly drawn boy came next with the reliable old wooly hat and furry beard,"i'm the only fuckin manc playing today so you lot better like it" he anounced and i have to say we did,his set was a mixed bag of song from his last couple of albums,mixed in with rambling about his wife and kids,who made their customary apearance at his gig,the standout songs in his set where"have you fed the fish"and silent sigh"it was a very strong set from a very good performer,so got a thumbs up from us all.
the white stripes the reason i got up in the middle of the night to go que in the piss wet manchester morning last week,could they possibly live up to expectations,could they live up to the build up they have had from other people on this site,the answer is an emphatic yes.
this band were nothing i have ever seen before magical music coming from such a small amount of instruments,pantomine faces being pulled between jack and meg giving the feeling that these two are so good they could do all this in their sleep,songs that had such depth and texture that you couldnt help but get sucked in.
the set itself was a real mix they did about 40 minutes and covered most of their sounds from"hotel yorba""dead leaves on a dirty ground" on the white blood cells album to "seven nations army"and the standout song for me throughout the whole day "in the cold cold night" this is a band i am sure i will be going to see many more times they are a real breath of fresh air to a pretty stale music scene right now and one i am growing to love.
they got a mssive thumbs up from us all and everyone in the big tent in which they performed.
after they had finished we decided not to stay and watch the steriophonics there was no way they could top what we had just seen with a couple of crappy sinalong tunes and a dodgy rod stewart cover so we decided to go for a walk to a pub and discuss the days events.and it was decided that it had been a very worthwhile effort to get the tickets to see such a talented band from the other side of the pond and one we shall repeat again if the chance comes our way again.
:D