Saturday.
Well we got parking for free due to crap security. Then my girlfriend and I got our bottles of water thrown out of my hands by a fat, toothless security guard. My girlfriend gave the out of shape ugly piece of crap some lip. Sheesh, with all the drugs going about you'd think they'd have better things to be aprehending. Still, these plastic water bottles can be deadly thing eh?
Anyway the bands we caught:
The Dandy Warhols:
My girlfriend's a big fan, but I was quite surprised anyway. A really good performance although the crowd was mostly dead. They played all the hits though and the keyboard player bared her butt. After this we exited the main stage area so as to avoid Starsailor.
We caught No Doubt's performance by default. T in the Park has gone totally moronic because they now seperate the main stage into two seperate areas, and to get into the main area you have to que and no one is allowed in during a performance. Duh! So we ended up queing while No Doubt were on stage. The crowd seemed to love them but I hate the fuckers personally.
Gomez - sat this one out. They're shit and boring art school wank and the most personality -less band I've ever seen.
Primal Scream - disappointing set from the Scream, who played nothing from Screamadelica, and only a couple of songs from Vanishing Point. They premiered new material (not a good idea at a festival) and all the other stuff came from Exterminator. 'Swatstika Eyes' sounded awesome but the audience didn't even pogo to it. But some neds chanted for Oasis throughout...
Oasis - ah yes, the neds were in full force for Oasis. Drugged up to the point of being unable to stand, and - as Oasis fans do - throwing shit about, pushing people over, stomping on people etc, the usual dipshit activities from the primitives that the band tend to attract. We fucked out of the front fast and watched in safety from a few lines back. A brilliant performance from the Gallagher boys mind - far better than when I last saw them. I think people that deny the appeal of Oasis are in denial because they deliver perfectly catchy tunes that everyone can sing as one and feel pretty damn good about. But if all Oasis neds were sent to Afghanastan then I'd be happy.
Other points:
*A band in the new band stage who dressed and acted like The Strokes. You fucking losers - get an identity assholes. *Tom Middleton's Cosmos in the dance tent. Dance neds are funny because they actually can't dance and watching them and this fucknut dance group were fairly amusing. For five minutes.
SUNDAY!!!!
The Hives were AWESOME!!!! Seriously, I've never seen a performance like this, they were GREAT! The crowd lapped it up and when they left a chant went out to get them back on and when it didn't stop The Hives came right back on to rattle through another two songs. Amazing and the best live performance I think I've ever witnessed. They were just amazing and kicked ass!
Sonic Youth - I thought Gomez were the worst band I'd seen live but these guys actually take the biscuit. I stod through the last 4 songs of their set and they fucking sucked. My girlfriend and I just laughed at the sole two people who seemed to enjoy it, while everyone else was obviously just waiting for them to fuck off so Mercury Rev would come on. Utter pish yank drone junk that is well past its sell by date.
Mercury Rev - my performance of the weekend, gorgeous and sublime. Johnathan was pretty taken aback by the amount of applause that followed 'Holes' and 'Opus 40' and 'Goddess on the Highway' were breathtaking.
Ian Brown - man, Ian Brown is the ned messiah! What a stunted group of fans (with exceptions - cheers to a really cool bloke called Ewen who stopped me from falling over at several points in the ned crush). Despite this being a headline performance Brownie only played for 45 minutes, and took to the stage late. What the fuck is up with that? 45 minutes? Hey - fuck you. He same back on to say 'thank you' and that was his fucking encore. Twat. Some good tunes though. His vocals went really awry during 'Golden Gaze' and he sang My Star twice - once without any music. As if to prove he can hold a tune. Set highlight was 'Corpses' but no Roses songs, not even the 'Fools Gold' teaser.
*Biffy Cyro are shit. *Julio Desouza was walking around the camp site with 'My name is Julio Desouza and I'm cool cos I like bands that don't sell more than 5 copies of their LPs' on his t-shirt. The last I saw of the sorry asshole he was having his nuts fed into his mouth by a group of fat bestial elderly women who had decided his 2 second sexual performance earlier in the day was truely desperate.
Anyone else there?
― CALZ, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
You are the biggest fool evah for wasting money on that stupid festival. Bet the ones laughing in the end were the security guards.
― Julio Desouza, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Seriously though squirrelnuts - you were one of the two jobbies jumping up and down to Sonic Youth weren't ya? And Julio - say what you want about Oasis, they've conquered the world while your shit is sitting languishing in the bargain bins of Avalanche Records, picked up only by thosein denial of a good pop tune.
If I've said it once, I've said it many times - Julio is the arsehole in the a club who sits sipping his beer cos he feels he's too self important to boogie to S Club 7.
If you keep doing this Julio then eventually you're gonna have to pay to lose your virginity.
you, sir, are tossers.
― stevie, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Case closed. Victory is mine. Bye losers.
― Barnaby, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
That sentence belonged a paragraph later, boyo.
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I've better things to do with my time than argue with this guy. He clearly has no social life.
In kind response to the person who asked what a ned is. It's someone who tucks their tracksuit into their socks, gets wasted and starts fights for a living.
Cya losers.
― stirmonster, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Its a West of Scotland (mainly Glasgow) term for what other parts of the UK call 'scally'.
Most large Scottish festivals seems to have a high ned quotient as they all like Oasis and Primal Scream and stuff like that. They all hate Sonic Youth though and they are surely going to have a rough time on Day two of Gig on the Green.
― Alexander Blair, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
''Seriously though squirrelnuts - you were one of the two jobbies jumping up and down to Sonic Youth weren't ya? And Julio - say what you want about Oasis, they've conquered the world while your shit is sitting languishing in the bargain bins of Avalanche Records, picked up only by thosein denial of a good pop tune.''
Never seen SY live though 'eric's trip' is far better than anything any other band on T in the park could ever manage. Ever. You are just such a Tory you could never hear it. No wonder you like deaf mules like Ian brown as you are probably one yourself.
''If I've said it once, I've said it many times - Julio is the arsehole in the a club who sits sipping his beer cos he feels he's too self important to boogie to S Club 7.''
And you're just the sort of guy who buys recs based on how much it sells rather than looking at the content.
''Frankly, I've never come into 'touch' with such a bunch of pretentious wenkas and I think you should all be aware that I was personally contacted by some other (irregular) postees on this forum after my Sleeper thread who proceeded to tell me what a bunch of ill- humoured pretentious knob ends people like Julio are.''
I bet you haven't got much of a life. I mean, you keep coming back for more ridicule. You love it though. abt the ppl contacting you in support all I can say is that they must be sleeper fans like yourself. Either that or they haven't heard that abomination. Or you're lying actually.
''I've better things to do with my time than argue with this guy.''
well, why don't you go away then. But you're still mad as I gave you such a beating last time that you have to come back for more.
But I am the one who will stop. After all, indie is dead and I don't talk to the dead. see you in the next life and don't forget to vote 'New' labour at the next election.
The only way you 'win' shit is to accuse me of bullshit like homophobia (spell it right you twat) which is actually highly offensive to me and, I would presume, my friends of this persuasion.
And I vote neither Labour or Tory and never have done. Not that's it's any of your business anyway you fucking music Nazi.
But before I go to leave you to your miserable, no life existence (two seconds after I post you posted your dumbass response. Why? BECAUSE THIS FORUM IS YOUR LIFE. IT IS ALL YOU HAVE. YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH ME. I MAKE YOUR LIFE WORTHWHILE LOSER BOY) I will say you really are the saddest asshole ever. Seriously man, get a life. You need to go to a club and dance your sad wee nerdy ass off instead of locking yourself in your room listening to 'Stereo Fuck You Pissants' or whatever else obscure wank you've decided to conjure up in a pathetic attempt to remain alternative to everyone else. God you have such a high opinion of yourself.
However, it wouldn't shock me one bit if you are as I expect you to be:
A middle class little New Labour asshole whos mummy and daddy has a nice £20 thousand something job and two cars in the drive way and who have sent you to uni to 'enhance your life experience'. I bet you come home every weekend to have your washing done (if you don't actually live at home) and have made zero mates.
For your own good Julio, fucking wake up.
― , Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Most appropriate.
But if all Oasis neds were sent to Afghanastan then I'd be happy.
Steady on.
man, Ian Brown is the ned messiah!
No indeed.
If you liked the Hives I suggest Rocket From the Crypt for you. You'll find the experience a vast improvement.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
''For your own good Julio, fucking wake up.''
here we have a SLEEPer fan telling me to 'wake up'. Moron!
― Tom, Monday, 15 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Each makes about as much sense as the other.
P.S. In case you're too dipshit to understand I don't think you're a racist and I also think you're fucking well aware that I'm not homophobic.