tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post7207103414268846348..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: but really this all sounds quite meaningless...swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-78364369693968831772008-02-18T20:56:00.000+00:002008-02-18T20:56:00.000+00:00isn't Kate Nash shagging him of the Gary Numan...isn't Kate Nash shagging him of the Gary Numan hair in the Cribs?<br><br>5x5 was interesting, and it was very revealing going back and seeing what I thought back in May of these bands that I was now watching. In the main I thought I did OK. I stand by what I said about DIOYY? as, listening to the MP3 again, they sound a lot less potent on record than they did live. I also read a review of the JLATJJJ album that tried to make a case for them being a lot more interesting on record than they are live, and I suppose I can hardly deny that I didn't rubbish them at all in my 5x5 review. They were appalling at Nottingham though, and Joe Lean looked like a little boy lost, except for when he was able to strike a pre-rehearsed pose.<br><br>Perhaps the NME should get you to do the booking for next year's tour? <br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-58063238571701306642008-02-18T17:51:00.000+00:002008-02-18T17:51:00.000+00:00It's interesting going back to 5x5 (I've j...It's interesting going back to 5x5 (I've just posted my own review of the Leicester date on TAoN) and seeing how it measures up now we know more about the bands. It was fun (almost) seeing the post-DIOYY? hysteria slowly die down during Joe Lean's set (a band compared variously to Josef K and Los Campesinos! in 5x5, somehow) - it's telling that their best song was their set-opening instrumental. Having a look around, they don't seem to have had a good tour review from anyone.<br><br>The Cribs do show up something, I think, in that there's bands around who just have that energy and intensity and consequently get a larger and much more fervent (and physical) audience than sales would suggest - the Maccabees is another good example. I'd hoped Marr would turn up too as the two gigs he'd done had been on Saturday nights, but maybe Leicester University wasn't glamorous enough. (Kate Nash and at least one of Kasabian were there, though)Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-51778337704748701512008-02-14T02:17:00.000+00:002008-02-14T02:17:00.000+00:00Yes, must have been interesting with three of the ...Yes, must have been interesting with three of the four bands having appeared on 5x5. Does It Offend You, Yeah? were my favourite of the three on there, though The Ting Tings were OK too. Can't say any of them really got me excited, though. And I don't get The Cribs either.<br><br>Re: the breaking band thing - it can make for a very weird gig. I saw the 2004 tour in Birmingham, and it was bizarre that Franz Ferdinand, flush with the success of 'Take Me Out', were first on but actually arguably the most popular act of the night. Strange that they refused to rearrange the bill in the circumstances.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008553685046831301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-31189647670419035202008-02-13T20:48:00.000+00:002008-02-13T20:48:00.000+00:00well, Johnny Marr would have been an almighty bonu...well, Johnny Marr would have been an almighty bonus, and I would have loved to hear him play "Panic"... although really there can only be one singer of that song, can't there? Not the bloke from the cribs, anyway.<br><br>STswisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-80433228858877008162008-02-13T20:44:00.000+00:002008-02-13T20:44:00.000+00:00A no show from the mighty Marr? Disappointing. I&#...A no show from the mighty Marr? Disappointing. I've been eagerly awaiting your review just in case. I guess Glasgow just got lucky.Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11858850210791504996noreply@blogger.com