J & MC in London
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J & MC in London
Anyone else going to this?:-
http://www.nme.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/29237
Got my tickets last night and am well looking foward to it. Anyone catch them at the Meltdown festival?
http://www.nme.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/29237
Got my tickets last night and am well looking foward to it. Anyone catch them at the Meltdown festival?
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Ads wrote:Anyone else going to this?:-
http://www.nme.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain/29237
Got my tickets last night
Which tickets did you go for Ads, upstairs or downstairs ? I imagine downstairs will be thumping and upstairs a little less so, but at least you can have a sit down up there.
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Hmm, now I regret not going. Last time I saw Jim Reid play it was absolute crap so I decided not to bother...Ads wrote:They've still got it. Fucking brilliant gig. Highlight was probably the encore of Darklands, 9 Million Rainy Days and the extended version of Reverence but the whole thing was just great.
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Sorry to disagree but it was a complete waste of time.
They opened with a brilliant feedback riddled version of Never Understand and at that point i thought i was in for a good night.
How wrong i was.
It gradually detoriorated in to a total parody of the Mary Chain.
OK, so you can play your instruments, i dont care, just hit the frickin' pedals and make some noise.
They came across like a bad covers band.
Half assed versions of classic songs cleaned up for a new generation.
Psychocandy is one of the most important and influential albums of my generation, to think that the noise revolution was started by the two idiots that shambled on stage on friday night beggars belief.
oh yeah, and now we know where all the pies have gone...William ate them.
They opened with a brilliant feedback riddled version of Never Understand and at that point i thought i was in for a good night.
How wrong i was.
It gradually detoriorated in to a total parody of the Mary Chain.
OK, so you can play your instruments, i dont care, just hit the frickin' pedals and make some noise.
They came across like a bad covers band.
Half assed versions of classic songs cleaned up for a new generation.
Psychocandy is one of the most important and influential albums of my generation, to think that the noise revolution was started by the two idiots that shambled on stage on friday night beggars belief.
oh yeah, and now we know where all the pies have gone...William ate them.
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Are you referring to their Meltdown performance from '98 at RFH? If so, I was at that gig, but I thought they were pretty bad. They kept having equipment problems and just couldn't get it together. Hopefully, you're talking about a more recent RFH Mary Chain gig.jesus son wrote:I saw them at Meltdown and they were superb, RFH was not the best type of venue for them but Brixton should be great. One of those bands where they're either fantastic or they get demoralised and it appears they're just going through the motions.
Personally I really really enjoyed the gig. I'm glad I went as I think they put on a great show. There's always something special about seeing an 'old school' band live.
I do agree that it was perhaps lacking in the feedback department somewhat however. But, saying that, the majority of their albums aren't drenched in feedback are they...
I do agree that it was perhaps lacking in the feedback department somewhat however. But, saying that, the majority of their albums aren't drenched in feedback are they...
Re: J & MC in London
Saw them at the Electric Picnic in Ireland and was disappointed,not that i was expecting much anyway, and i say this as a Mary Chain fanatic who rates them along with the Spacemen as my all time faves. Jim still has it but William's a bit of an embarrassment at this stage. With that extra weight surely he could've leaned a bit heavier on the pedals!Although to be fair i did sing along to every song which is something i never do at gigs so i got enjoyment from it alright. i just think alot of people might be trying to convince themselves they saw something amazing after spending lots of cash to travel to see them, and yes i was lucky enough to see them twice the first time around so maybe that has something to do with my p.o.v, in 1989 amazing in 98 they looked and sounded like a band on the verge of splitting up and a couple of months later they did! Cant wait for the rarities boxset though.
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