The War On Drugs - For The Real Love Of It (1 Viewer)

[pete]

Siobhán Kane talks with*Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs who play a sold out show in Whelan's tonight.


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[jay69]

just got offered a ticket for tonight. are they any good ?

 

[rettucs]

I have no idea. Their first album was ok. A few decent tunes and some crud. I haven't heard their second album (I'm assuming they only have 2 albums)

I'm going though. After Kurt Vile last week I'm going to try and keep expectations low

 

[jay69]

great gig. uptempo most of the time. drums and bass sounded deadly

 

[rettucs]

yes, wasn't it great? I loved it, have to say. I only knew about 3 songs from the set. The rest all sounded the same but still great.

What was that song he played before they left before the encore? The one he said was his favourite song ever. I was expecting Whiskey in the Jar or some crap from U2 when he said that.

 

[evil bandit]

I think it was a Waterboys song.

Really enjoyable gig albeit a bit samey, definitely agree about the bass sounding deadly, he was the star of the show !!!

Although that may be down to the fact that I was upstairs and he was the only one I could fully see !! Never seen Whelans that packed before....

 

[pete]

What was that song he played before they left before the encore? The one he said was his favourite song ever. I was expecting Whiskey in the Jar or some crap from U2 when he said that.

I have a really special cover song to play there as well, The Waterboys - we are going to play 'A Pagan Place', it's my favourite song! People for years told me that we sounded like The Waterboys, and I kept finding Waterboys records, and when I had some time off I listened to them obsessively, and I think 'A Pagan Place' is my favourite one, maybe because it is the first one I put on. I had friends who were like, "this sounds like The Joshua Tree" and I was like "yeah, four fucking years before, dude". Fisherman's Blues and all of that is amazing, I felt we had to do a cover for Glasgow and Dublin. Also they really didn't play A Pagan Place live so often, and it's a great song to play. It has a similar War on Drugs thing, two chords alternating through the arrangement with piano and bass, it's going to be amazing.​

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[jay69]

it was a pagan place they covered. mike scott was on the balcony nodding approvingly

 

[rettucs]

not surprised he was nodding. Its better than their version.

I was cock sure I knew the song when I heard to it last night but I just had a listen to it and didn't recognise it at all.

 

[NoNo]

Another excellent gig, only downer was the fool in the front row who threw a bucket of ice over the folks behind him. Band were excellent especially the drummer

 

[rettucs]

only downer was the fool in the front row who threw a bucket of ice over the folks behind him.

that was hilarious if you weren't in the firing line

it was a pile of drunken kids. Gobshites the lot of them.