Guardian REview

jb · Post by jb » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:25 pm

Guardian review of the RFH gig here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/ ... 75,00.html

radioshack · Post by **radioshack** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:08 pm

Pisses me off that people dismiss Spiritualized as being passed it. The last 2 albums are totally frowned upon as well. I bet half these reviewers didn't listen to them more than once.

The press seem to be more enraptured theses days by musicians who don't bother to turn up to their own gigs, so let's leave them to it then, eh?

roger plywood · Post by **roger plywood** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:39 pm

radioshack wrote:Pisses me off that people dismiss Spiritualized as being passed it. The last 2 albums are totally frowned upon as well. I bet half these reviewers didn't listen to them more than once.

The press seem to be more enraptured theses days by musicians who don't bother to turn up to their own gigs, so let's leave them to it then, eh?

i know what you mean. the british press seem to get a hard on whenever that twat out the libertines takes a shit, scores some smack or calls off sick.

i don't get it at all.

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:04 pm

Aw come on Roger. He does hang out with the right people andat the right places though. Hes dead stylish too.

roger plywood · Post by **roger plywood** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:28 pm

orbital, i'm just jealous that dot allison and sadie frost never come to paisley.

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:39 pm

Rodge. They dunno what theyre missin mate. More fool them

roger plywood · Post by **roger plywood** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:47 pm

morrissey is playing the town hall in paisley soon, maybe he'll bring some of the luvvies up here.

i can't wait to see their faces. they'll think they've walked onto the set of planet of the apes. there's nothing here except kappa tracksuits, methadone and chinese students*

* just to clarify, this isn't a racist slur. it's just that paisley uni must have some sort of exchange scheme going on and as i live near the uni i see more chinese dudes than locals. which is definitely not a bad thing.

simonkeeping · Post by **simonkeeping** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:56 am

The NME have officially stopped reporting on any other band other than the libertines.

News just in: Pete Doherty prefers Sainsburys own cheese slices to Dairylea!

Carl Barat however says he really likes Pete, but he did once punch him in the torso. "but it was a sort of play fight".

More as it comes in.....

lazer_guided · Post by **lazer_guided** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:51 am

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 84,00.html

The Breeze · Post by **The Breeze** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:53 am

roger plywood wrote: there's nothing here except kappa tracksuits, methadone and chinese students*

* just to clarify, this isn't a racist slur. it's just that paisley uni must have some sort of exchange scheme going on and as i live near the uni i see more chinese dudes than locals. which is definitely not a bad thing.

Cocklers

jason_godman · Post by **jason_godman** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:43 pm

I understand what you people are saying about the press coverage of the libertines but as someone who follows them religiously I can tell you that Pete is not the sort to hang out with Sadie Frost to get noticed. More accurately, he is surrounded by psycophants and crack buddies. The press has a lot to write about him because he is unfortunately selling his soul for drug money by getting relatively little to open up his fragile heart.

Carl on the other hand does hang out with the cool kids and gets relatively little press coverage.

mainline · Post by **mainline** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:02 pm

The thing about the Libertines is that they're just not that amazing, I really wanted them to be, which might be why I just think they're average, but it does seem to be a case of style (and hype) over any substance (other than crack).

Starfish · Post by **Starfish** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:24 am

radioshack wrote:Pisses me off that people dismiss Spiritualized as being passed it. The last 2 albums are totally frowned upon as well. I bet half these reviewers didn't listen to them more than once.

I always get the impression that the press think Ladies & Gentlemen was Spiritualized's first album.