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The Music Thread Strikes Back

Langers said:
My worst is probably John Squire who was one of the support acts for Oasis at Old Trafford cricket ground. He was fucking dreadful - I was quite looking forward to him as well.
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I saw Squire when he was with The Seahorses at Wolves Civic. They were supported by Third Eye Blind who were decent too. Top gig.
 
As I am SURE you all remember and still love taking the piss about, I went to see Robbie Williams at Knebworth. Now, Mr Williams was actually pretty decent, but the standout worst gig performance I have ever seen simply has to go to Kelly Osbourne as one of the support acts. Outstandingly atrocious.
 
Squire played Champagne Supernova with Oasis at Knebworth.

Never saw The Seahorses live, shame.
 
Oasis have go to be up there as some of the worst gigs I've been to. I've seen them at Loch Lomond, the NIA, the City of Manchester Stadium (I think that's what it was called at the time) and at a festival (I can't actually remember if it was Reading or V!)*. At the first 3, the band looked bored, barely said a word, the crowd was full of knobs and the atmosphere was shit. No idea why I kept going back to watch them! Although, they were actually ok at the festival but I think by then my expectations for them were pitifully low.

*After a quick google, I think it was V 2005.
 
The seahorses were so named because it is an anagram of hate the roses apparently.

One of the many worst support bands I have ever seen was Rockhead, Bob Rocks band who supported Bon Jovi on their Keep the Faith tour. They were a vanity project in every way. It was the NEC, and I'll never forget the cock poseur singer shouting in his american accent "Birmingham, let me see your hands in the air!"

I looked around the crowd at the extremely non-plussed faces all around me, then fell about laughing at the one single solitary hand that raised itself right in front of said singer, with middle finger firmly aloft.
 
"Oasis just stood there and performed" isn't much of a complaint tbf :icon_lol:

That's all they ever did in every gig ever.
 
lemonjelly said:
I have 3 worsts;

1 The Used were $#@!ing awful. It was a freebie, but remains the only gig I ever walked out of.

2 Primal Scream on their 1997 vanishing point tour. 2 issues with this. They played the same $#@!ing song twice. I felt ripped off, same visuals and everything. crowd were arseholes, and the people I went with contained some tossers too, so overall, not a great night.

3 anything at the new birmingham academy, formerly the dome. horrendous venue. I'll not bother going there ever again.
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i'm going there tonight. to see BJM :) fortunately it's the Academy 2 so although same building it's not quite as soulless as the full venue (plus the shit views)
 
lemonjelly said:
I have 3 worsts;

1 The Used were fucking awful. It was a freebie, but remains the only gig I ever walked out of.

2 Primal Scream on their 1997 vanishing point tour. 2 issues with this. They played the same fucking song twice. I felt ripped off, same visuals and everything. crowd were arseholes, and the people I went with contained some tossers too, so overall, not a great night.

3 anything at the new birmingham academy, formerly the dome. horrendous venue. I'll not bother going there ever again.
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I don't mind The Used but Bert McCracken fucked his voice shortly after they got big and he's never been able to hold the big notes/screams down live - so they end up dumbing down most of their songs and that's not really what you pay to see live.

Worst band I ever saw was Bring Me The Horizon, who were supporting Lostprophets (less said the better) circa 2006 era. All they'd ever released up to that point was tracks full of screaming. Live, it sounded like Oli Sykes was vomiting down the microphone for 45 minutes - horrible. Funnily enough, I then saw Bring Me The Horizon live about 3 years ago and they were much, much better now he actually sings. Not my cup of tea but they've definitely improved over the years.
 
nimrod said:
i'm going there tonight. to see BJM :) fortunately it's the Academy 2 so although same building it's not quite as soulless as the full venue (plus the shit views)
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academy 2 and 3 are decent venues. main room is a horror show.
i really love the institute, as log a it isn't too rammed.

thought of a couple more:
spiritualized at the que club, lagwafis tour. just amazing.
chemical brothers at the civic in 1994, not long after cobain shot himself. mega gig. loud, bassy, overwhelmed the senses at a time i was wondering if i was getting bored of gigs.
public enemy - seen them 3 times, and they have been phenomenal every time.
 
I found Chemical Brothers at Knebworth to be the most boring thing ever, and I saw latter era Ken games down here :icon_lol:

Just two nerds playing music I don't care about. Great.

Setting Sun was a good tune but this was before then.
 
The key to enjoying the chemical brothers is probably in the name.
 
tbh i can get that. many electronic bands can easily seem like they're just on stage pressing play on its of computers. plus, that gig was a noel whim, as he loved their debut, whereas their music at that time probably wasn't so suited to festivals. they worked better (and still do imo) in smaller halls, where they can control the atmosphere.

i've lost count of the woeful support bands i've seen.
 
tredman said:
The key to enjoying the chemical brothers is probably in the name.
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I'll disagree strongly with that. I like a lot of music, and have a pretty broad spectrum of taste. Most people will feel I've woeful tastes, but the music I listen to gets regular listens usually because it provokes an emotional response in me. A feeling of euphoria falls into that bracket.

I remember being a rather snotty teenager, who "only liked rock music", and believing that guitar music was the only "real" music, and electronic and other pop outfits weren't really talented. Yet I repeatedly found myself hearing new things that I liked and provoked a response in me, and had to challenge my own assumptions. I remember hearing James for the first time, and when I asked my mate what he was listening to, and got the response "James" replied with "I don't like them". Which after a short reflection was abundantly wrong. They're one of my favourite bands.

Music is phenomenal in how different it can be. I might not want to put Master of Puppets, or Burn My Eyes on first thing of a morning when I've woken up. I listen to stuff based on my mood and outlook at the time. Some music can be very seasonal (I have stuff that is more summery, and other stuff that is autumnal, and bits that are suited to winter!) but that flexibility is one thing I love about music.

It's also a phenomenally weak arguement to throw around imo. The Beatles, Floyd, the Stones, indeed virtually all great creative musicians have indulged in widening their horizons and experiences. Their music is heralded as great, timeless and similar?
 
lemonjelly said:
I'll disagree strongly with that. I like a lot of music, and have a pretty broad spectrum of taste. Most people will feel I've woeful tastes, but the music I listen to gets regular listens usually because it provokes an emotional response in me. A feeling of euphoria falls into that bracket.

I remember being a rather snotty teenager, who "only liked rock music", and believing that guitar music was the only "real" music, and electronic and other pop outfits weren't really talented. Yet I repeatedly found myself hearing new things that I liked and provoked a response in me, and had to challenge my own assumptions. I remember hearing James for the first time, and when I asked my mate what he was listening to, and got the response "James" replied with "I don't like them". Which after a short reflection was abundantly wrong. They're one of my favourite bands.

Music is phenomenal in how different it can be. I might not want to put Master of Puppets, or Burn My Eyes on first thing of a morning when I've woken up. I listen to stuff based on my mood and outlook at the time. Some music can be very seasonal (I have stuff that is more summery, and other stuff that is autumnal, and bits that are suited to winter!) but that flexibility is one thing I love about music.

It's also a phenomenally weak arguement to throw around imo. The Beatles, Floyd, the Stones, indeed virtually all great creative musicians have indulged in widening their horizons and experiences. Their music is heralded as great, timeless and similar?
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Crikey, good response to a fatuous comment from me :)

I was more aiming at the live side of electronic music. I've seen chemical brothers live fwiw and like a lot of electronic music - I've been listening to Bonobo a lot recently.

I very rarely comment on this thread much as i don't think a lot of people share my music taste, like you i listen to a lot of music based on mood - particularly i like to listen to African music having probably spent my formative music years there. There's no right or wrong with music, whatever people enjoy and makes them happy is good imo.
 
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I did wonder if I'd taken it the wrong way...:icon_lol:
I have to watch myself, and try stopping myself becoming all music nazi, because I can hate stuff, then a year later absolutely love it. There can be brilliance and turgidity in all forms of music (except C&W, which I really don't like!) I've seen some awesome live electronic bands, my names sakes were amazing, underworld are better live than record (I listen a lot to loads of bootlegs of them live), leftfield were brilliant live.

Agree there's no right and wrong. I post on this thread in the knowledge that most won't like it :) I'm amazed when people do like stuff I post/mention. So I'll encourage you to post more. In order to encourage this, I'll mention some artists I have cd's of you may like without going for the very obvious yousson dour: ismael lo, j.p. marthely, mory kante and salif keita :) Never managed to get into bonobo properly.
 
lemonjelly said:
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I did wonder if I'd taken it the wrong way...:icon_lol:
I have to watch myself, and try stopping myself becoming all music nazi, because I can hate stuff, then a year later absolutely love it. There can be brilliance and turgidity in all forms of music (except C&W, which I really don't like!) I've seen some awesome live electronic bands, my names sakes were amazing, underworld are better live than record (I listen a lot to loads of bootlegs of them live), leftfield were brilliant live.

Agree there's no right and wrong. I post on this thread in the knowledge that most won't like it :) I'm amazed when people do like stuff I post/mention. So I'll encourage you to post more. In order to encourage this, I'll mention some artists I have cd's of you may like without going for the very obvious yousson dour: ismael lo, j.p. marthely, mory kante and salif keita :) Never managed to get into bonobo properly.
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You should try WITCH if you like the above, heard them described as a Zambian version of the Ramones
https://open.spotify.com/album/28FR52kMwgdiIINFuzYP1q?si=a5L1dDq6TvmPfXX3Plbw1w

This is my favourite:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0FQt6KFsoz8yI6mu8clyVG?si=yngys2UeTL2s3ytO1V00ug
 
lemonjelly said:
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(except C&W, which I really don't like!)
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Why do so many people say this ? And usually in the next breath extole the virtues of Dire Straits, where do you think every ounce of Mark Knopflers influence is from ?

Its the same as anything there is good and bad in all forms, I was raised on classic rock, etc.,etc but if I had to list my 10 favorite songs, two of the bands don't even have a guitarist, one song is an opera piece and at least two are from musicals :)

There are things to be absorbed from all forms of music, apart of course The Smiths and UB40, If you want me to divulge government secrets to an unfriendly foreign power, play UB40 on a loop !!
 
Basically to wind up several people on here ?? My only issue with them (Johnny Marr was excellent, by the way) was that at that time when they were 'de rigueur' me being a contrary bastard had to despise them .
 
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