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It certainly was.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovesblue
An emotional evening, as Underhill said earlier in the thread, it was the sound of our youth and last night provoked a lot of nostalgic memories. I even enjoyed my missus company for a few hours.
Cast, Ashcroft and then Oasis. Great night.
What kind of sophistry is this?Quote:
Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
There has always been plenty of guitar bands around but not mainstream. If you lad loves that type of music, tell him to listen to James & The Cold Gun, Slate, Eurekas, Soundwire, The Family Battenburg, Pigion Wigs, Dactyl Terra. All welsh bands. He might not like any of them, but there are plenty of guitar bands about :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
His son has probably played alongside a few of those bands, very talented Bass player :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovesblue
This was posted on the Bristol City forum towards the end of last year. They're quite complementary.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
The last poster in the thread said... "Unfortunately, Cardiff leaves Bristol in the shade and the gap is getting wider"
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/227649-...omment-5003718
He said we were jealous of the Poznan as he made the crowd do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mps1
Hope you stood your ground butt?Quote:
Originally Posted by Underhill1980
I felt for the Brazilian couple next to me a little as he looked at me and I said "not a fuucking chance, sorry butt..." but me, my lad and even the wife all fuucked that suggestion off.
I remember doing the Poznan on that day we beat his mob.Quote:
Originally Posted by Underhill1980
Floor tickets just went up from under $500 on Friday to $875 today. I'm waiting until the last minute. I hope it rains. I've got a poncho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Haha poor little Brazilian lad. Night ruinedQuote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
I boycotted that season but I imagine that was a good momentQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Some might say it was beating the jacks, but beating Man City was the highlight of that season for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Underhill1980
I see what you did there 😁👍Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Ah right, i read it as he was watching gigs not playing. I might have seen him on the local scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
That day will live forever in our memories.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovesblue
Yeah I will do likewise.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
I can’t imagine 2 nights at the MetLife not having reasonable tickets available.
8,20 for a pint of heineken
Had to get a bus from outside the castle, earlier, The Thompson Twins were playing at the time, "Hold Me Now" sounded pretty good and from the crowd singing, it seemed a decent attendance, Human League the headline act.
So many big gigs going on here this summer, James, Smokey, stevie wonder this week…..
Cruzcampo mate, big difference 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
I was quite astounded reading this, especially as Return of The Mack, stopped A Design for life being number 1 in the charts…not that The Manic Street Preachers could or ever wanted to be associated with Britpop, they certainly benefited from the zeitgeist.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiVis
I think that African Bluebird is, like many ashamed of where they come from and of those who grew up in predominantly white areas and celebrating anything positive from it.
White council estates embraced Hip Hop massively when I was a kid.
I got paint all over my Nike Wind Runner doing the worm that my mother had to work nights for to pay for.
I guess you’d rather a period between 1994-1998 dominated by Erica Badu, interspersed by The Fugess and Run DMC’s comeback before we moved on naturally to Jurassic 5.
This kind of of shit is beyond problematic.
It breeds racism and hatred.
You really should be be pilloried for this kind of divisive shit!
It’s a load of sanctimonious clap trap is what it is. There were loads of females in bands in Britpop. There were female leads, all female bands and the girls were just as big as fans of the mainstream Britpop bands like Oasis, Blue Pulp. Etc as the boys. Blur even sang about Boys and Girls ffs :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by HiVis
And if he wants to talk about misogyny there’s no more misogynistic and male aggression than from the rap culture of that era, which was dominated by the blacks who Britpop apparently held back.
Britpop was the worst things to ever happen to the music industry is one of the worst and most baffling takes I’ve ever read about the genre.
I've seen the clip doing the rounds of Acqueisce (as in the professionally recorded clip, not on someone's phone) and, fair play, they sound excellent.
Whatever you think of Oasis they can't be accused of phoning it in - unlike a lot of bands who've been doing comeback tours recently.
I saw them in 2000 and they seem similar or even better 25 years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead
I always thought Elastica and Sleeper were class, and they certainly weren't male led bands.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
I wuz there too... I remember something had happened , didn't they have a fall out?Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Was " lucky" enough to get two "premium" or some word similar in the ballot. £500 each . They were as far away and as high as you can get from the stage .. the only thing premium was the price .. Few months ago I decided I wasnt that bothered and sold them through ticketmaster for the price I paid. Had a look last week and tickets were £200 odd, not cheap but much cheaper than mine.
Sounds like it was a good gig though.
Sleeper are playing the Tramshed in September. I saw them, think it was last autumn, play an acoustic gig at The Gate in Roath. They were excellent and Im glad they're doing a bigger tour this time around.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiVis
I think Smokey has been pulled because of his legal issues in the USA.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
What a gig, and Friday was the best day too. it was electric! If you think they're over rated, you're simply not a fan, Anyone who loves the music and follws them, Friday and saturday was 20 years worth waiting for.
You’re never going to convert the haters. Seen a guy ranting on Facebook about the price of a pint in the stadium and 1. He didn’t go to the gig and 2. He is teetotal and has been for 30+ years. ****ing idiot. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave St
Just an excellent event. Atmosphere was brilliant. Seen several gigs spoilt by football “lads” using gigs to have a pop at each other but it was nothing like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
Cardiff and the stadium can be proud of itself hosting such an event.
I know the beers were expensive, but isn't that just how much it costs at these sort of events now?Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
When they play here, beer will be a lot more than £8 a pint.
Cardiff city centre the pints are north of £7 in some places these days anyway, unless you drink in Spoons and even they put their prices up apparently. By the time I got down there 4pm the pubs were rammed and everyone was out on the street so I didn’t even bother trying to get served. I had a few cans on the hour train journey down and had a few cans from the Tesco express on St Mary street. The atmosphere in the street was great. Got talking to some young lads over from Ireland who would have been too young first time around. It was just a great vibe. I’ve ruined too many events being pissed or off my head so I wanted to remember this oneQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
It was’nt a big mark up considering it was a stadium event. Wembley will be a lot more than £8 I’d imagine.
People just like to find anything possible to criticise. The gig was great so now people are not picking about the price of a pint, or Noel’s ex wife leaving early to beat the traffic.
Pathetic.
The social media prattle is part of the deal because it's not just a concert but an Event. And it has to be to match the expense and investment people make - you're not just an attendee but helping to build the aura.
Funnily enough, was just listening to a podcast about the 40th (ugh) anniversary of Live Aid and that was probably the start of this kind of thing.
Anyway, not looking to rain on anyone's parade. Hope everyone had a lovely time.
It's Hywel Maggs mate. He was a good friend of my Dad's before he passed away. (My Dad that is. Hywel is still around.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
As you say, standard fare for a pint these days at least £6/7 and that’s places just out of the centre. The wife’s Gin was about £12 the other day and that was in the three arches…..shocked it was only £8 inside for such an event. Definitely one for the history books last weekend and they seem sharper than they ever were when they used to get on it…..Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
These gigs have certainly put Cardiff ‘on the map’…..and a great homecoming for Cardiff born Andy Bell !
We just need a football club that matches the city it’s in…..:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
The Arches and the Birch are far too expensive but we sometimes do go in Birch as one for the road when coming home from town, on Fridays err indoors meets me in town around 16.00 and we head back around 22.15/22.30 on the bus, pint of shipyard in spoons @ £3.00 is good value and both with bus passes, it's a reasonably inexpensive night outQuote:
Originally Posted by goats