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"lard" wrote:"TheIntelligentHoodwinker" wrote:Highlight for me – The Lung. Awsome.
Same here, absolutly awesome!!!
"TheIntelligentHoodwinker" wrote:Also, did anyone buy one of those prints? I did and f**king dropped it on the Tube tracks by mistake on the way home. Arrgh!!!!Awww man, bad bad bad… but yeah, i got one. (along with my signed ticket!!!
)dude, we met the guy who made them, if only we had them before the show, we could of got him to sign it for us! lol
"gruntage" wrote:"lard" wrote:"TheIntelligentHoodwinker" wrote:Highlight for me – The Lung. Awsome.Same here, absolutly awesome!!!
"TheIntelligentHoodwinker" wrote:Also, did anyone buy one of those prints? I did and f**king dropped it on the Tube tracks by mistake on the way home. Arrgh!!!!Awww man, bad bad bad… but yeah, i got one. (along with my signed ticket!!!
)dude, we met the guy who made them, if only we had them before the show, we could of got him to sign it for us! lol
yeah man…… but hey, they’re hand numbered anyway……..
"fair_and_fey" wrote:Damn, how much were those prints? I bought a t-shirt at the start then forgot to get one
Ah, already answered in the other thread.
Wow that was an awesome show. I think its great they only played off the first 3 albums coz how else would we have got to hear all those songs had they been playing all their later stuff too? They played nearly all of YLAOM. What more can anyone want? They were certainly a diff sounding band from the Dinosaur Jr of the 90’s. Seemed like a lot of people in the audience near me had not seen either the original line up or even later line ups but they all seemed pretty blown away. I can’t wait for tonight’s show. If last night was anything to go by people won’t be disappointed during this tour
was here a pic in the standard too?
i got one of those prints … it’s v.cool … at first i thought it was big ben/h.o.parliament … but then i realized it was king’s cross/st.pancras
right … if it had a pic, i would’ve popped round to sainsbury’s, but now i won’t bother … thanks for the info …
javro, i thought you were going to be upstairs w/all of us fogeys?
man, i wish i could be there again tonight … i feel a bit left out + bummed out … but boy, am i tired or what? i felt like a bit of a zombie all day and my throat hurt too from all the smoke maybe? i guess i’m just a lightweight
Quote:I think its great they only played off the first 3 albums coz how else would we have got to hear all those songs had they been playing all their later stuff too?i agree. i think it was a real treat + anyone who can should check this tour out before it’s gone …
Thanks tons for all the reviews & show information, sooo jealous.
Can’t wait for July 23’rd when I get to check them out..actually that seems like a lifetime away
Hopefully someone posts the live show audio/video soon!
Heres a link to a recent interview with Murph about the tour…read all about it here
I’ve been at both shows, and both were great, but slightly different.
On the 8th, I had a downstairs ticket and of course I were there early to have a good choice of the spot I’ll be at the show, and also to meet up with rambleon & her husband in front of the venue. it was great to see them again, but not much time to talk because they had upstairs ticket, and upstairs and downstairs areas were kept strictly separate.
Inside the hall I was doubting about what was the best spot. I was totally in doubt of sound quality in front, and also a bit worried about the moshing action, but on the other hand, I came over from germany to see this show, and I wanted to be close. so I decided for the 1st row, and I was right with itI didn’t know the opener, Eugene Kelly, he came with a band, and it was nice, dreamy almost quiet country inspired rock.
but when he left, the excitement increased in every minute, as the stage guys adjusted the dino gear, and the sold out hall filled up fast.and then, right on time they entered the stage and from then on I knew I had exactly the right spot in the first row: a little bit left of center, close to Lou, and just right out of the way of the biggest moshing action. it was clear that the guys around me moved from excitement, not at all aggressively or annoying, it was just evident, that we were all carried by the same enthusiasm
The two patient and polite security guys in front (in the space between the reeling and the stage) had a hard time to pull the stage divers out of the crowd, ad they gave out glasses of water to the exhausted towards the end.
like the others here said before, the band was extremely tight, Murph was throwing himself into the drums and you could almost better feel than hear the bass vibrations.
over it all, J spread the guitar volume. unfortunately the vocals weren’t that clear in front, but still audible, so in general, the sound was ok.towards the end, Lou broke a bass sting & had to exchange the bass, also Murph broke at least one stick. After the show, several used sticks were given out by the nice stage guy mentioned, and you could see the deep notches on the sticks. the guy also gave Lou’s broken string, the set lists, picks and other memorabilia stuff he could find on stage.
I wonder if he was Kevin Sweeney (see topic)
he sat at the side of the stage throughout the show, and was always at hand when J or Lou had to exchange instruments. he was a lot into the music, also clapping & cheering after songs etc.
I’ve never seen a pic of Kyle Spence, but there was a young guy who set up the drum kit at both shows, and I was wondering if it was him(on the setlist we obtained, we asked Bobby Gillespie and another Primal Scream guy to sign. we kept it short and were polite, and the guys were nice and obviously didn’t feel annoyed. And well, Kevin Shields was standing right next to them… and i quickly asked him to sign it, too
…I was so in doubt if it would annoy him, as he came there in private as part of the crowd, and he’s said to be very reserved. but phew, he was all smiling and very nice 😀 he certainly is one of my all time favourite musicians.)and there were 2 guys who were filming throughout both shows, from different spots, and also lots of "crowd Impressions".
…it reminded me of that post: DVD project?yeah … the other primal scream guy was mani, the ex-bassist from the stone roses
unfortunately flying cloud + my husband got the courage to approach bobby g, mani + kevin shields while i was in the loo! and just as i was coming out they were just walking away from them … ha! so i guess i’ll meet them the next time, as they’re usually at j’s london shows …
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