Best Gig You Ever Saw? (1 Viewer)

[old]

Slayer & Nuclear Assault. Damn the fact that I was away for that.

Okay, I have a question. I was at Malkmus in the Ambassador and I thought it was one of the worst things I had ever seen. Sound was bad, music and performance were self-congratulatory and throwaway, that bird of his desperately jiggling her tits and shouting was just horrific. I just can't see what anyone could have liked about it.
I went home and sold my Pavement records on Ebay.

The question is: is it because I am old?
What was I missing?

 

[Hector Grey]

damn your foreign hide, old. it was THE gig of the twentieth century.

the slayer one. not the malkmus one.

 

[krystal]

Originally posted by rumpus
Ben Folds Five at the Red Box.
Stephen Malkmus at the Ambassador
Elliott Smith at the Funnel.

are you....are you lot all deaf / blind? That was one of the worst gigs I have ever, ever had the misfortune to attend. That stupid fucking cow of a girlfriend of his, hogging the limelight and utterly convinced all the applause was for her. GRR ARGH. Plus the sound was nothing short of atrocious. And this is not coming from a 'oh Pavement were much better' bitter perspective, I fucking adore the Jicks and went to London to see their first European show, sans, I might add, Nightmare Burd, and it was EXCELLENT. And shortly after the Ambassador show I saw them at Reading, with very much toned down irritating cow-girl and it was a far better gig.

So now.

 

[krystal]

Originally posted by kirstie


are you....are you lot all deaf / blind?

Except for Old. He's the man.

 

[rothko]

I'm old too, and was also at that Malkmus gig.

Totally agree, it was horrendous.

Like you said sound, attitude of band and superfluous annoying Malkmus girlfriend were all awful.

A lazy, shameful, deeply disappointing gig.

poo poo

 

[steveamanakick]

Erin McKeown - Preachers, Limerick. Best Gig ever
Neil Young - the Point. Other Best gig ever
Rocket From the Crypt - Dolans
Acid Mothers Temple - Dolans
Kristin Hirsch - HQ
Check Engine were fairly feckin cool too i s'pose

 

[krystal]

Originally posted by rothko
I'm old too, and was also at that Malkmus gig.

Totally agree, it was horrendous.

A lazy, shameful, deeply disappointing gig.

poo poo

*Taaaao*dally.

 

[old]

Originally posted by Hector Grey
damn your foreign hide, old. it was THE gig of the twentieth century.

the slayer one. not the malkmus one.

It's at this point I usually wheel out my anecdote about meeting them in Heathrow and getting their autographs two days before the Dublin gig, but even I'm bored of it by now.

I still say Suicidal Tendencies and MOD in Top Hat was great though.
And Faith No More and Prong.

 

[Hector Grey]

i was at that mod suicidal tendencies thing. i missed most if not all of it due to tongue wresting with various luvvlies. tyhen i got billy milanos autograph and the polis kicked me off teh train on teh way home. grand days.

 

[uncle_meat]

The Muffin men, a tribute to Frank Zappa in Whelans in May,
Carter USM in the Mean Fiddler in '97,
George Clinton and Funkadelic in the Red Box in 01
Warlords of Pez in Whelans last week
Melt Banana, Wire, Oxes and the Breeders in ATP
oh, and Elastica. Anytime anywhere. (Justine, I Love you)

 

[flashpants]

Sun Ras Arkestrea _ Red Box
Faith no more - The Point
Any Steerage gig

 

[hop]

Originally posted by flashpants

Any Steerage gig

i already told ye, NO YOU CANNOT BE IN MY BAND

godammn

 

[rothko]

Originally posted by uncle_meat

oh, and Elastica. Anytime anywhere. (Justine, I Love you) [/B]

The Chalets are the New Elastica

 

[flashpants]

Damn you Hopper, DAMN YOU TO HECK. I'll get into your pesky band yet, do you require a dancer?

 

[pee pee]

the breeders, the tivoli, around 93/94?
orbital , feile cork, '96?
orbital, the olympia, '99
belle & sebastian manchester town hall, '97
rod stewart, earls court, '99

and the chalets are *not* the new elastica.
we wash occasionally, like.

 

[Monkey]

Beck - witnness 2000

 

[nine]

Originally posted by Monkey
Beck - witnness 2000

jaysus,i don't know about that....

maybe it's because i was waiting for leftfield and was dreading david gray...

 

[Monkey]

David Gray wasn't on after Beck. Travis were, i can't remeber who I went to see instead The Happy Mondays maybe. I thought he was great anyway, Beck that is.

 

[snakybus]

Elliot Smith, the Red Box

The Magnetic Fields, Vicar Street

 

[nine]

Originally posted by Monkey
David Gray wasn't on after Beck. Travis were, i can't remeber who I went to see instead The Happy Mondays maybe. I thought he was great anyway, Beck that is.

i'm not sure if you're right there,were travis not on sunday....

in any event,david gray or travis?whats the fuckin difference.

don't get me wrong now,i've nothing against beck,just i wouldn't have thought that it was a "best gig ever" show.