Reissues delayed again!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/19/bmvalentine119.xml
― CharlieNo4, Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Weren't Ant and Dec available?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: Sonic/MBV - Maybe we'll be treated to some epic-length E.A.R. jamz w/ Kev guitar noodling!
― Pillbox, Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
That would be such a surprising and radical thing for Kev to do.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 19 June 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
as opposed to, you know, reuniting MBV after a decade and a half.
― stephen, Thursday, 19 June 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Seeing them tonight in Camden :-)
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 20 June 2008 07:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, seems really odd saying "I'm going to see MBV tonight."
― aldo, Friday, 20 June 2008 08:10 (fifteen years ago) link
the oddest thing is listening to mbv on heavy rotation in anticipation of seeing them. its pretty much exactly half a lifetime since i last saw them.
― cw, Friday, 20 June 2008 09:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i see we get le volume courbe instead of spectrum tonight though....
― cw, Friday, 20 June 2008 09:45 (fifteen years ago) link
apparently we're getting graham coxon on monday?!
― braveclub, Friday, 20 June 2008 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
the oddest thing is listening to mbv on heavy rotation in anticipation of seeing them
Those EPs are stunning.
― Venga, Friday, 20 June 2008 10:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Right, so when the 2CD "Loveless" with lovely sleevenotes does come out, will it get to number one in a "Travelling Wilburys" kind of way?
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2008 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i've got free tickets for tonight but i'm not sure i can be bothered
― DG, Friday, 20 June 2008 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
what are you, kevin shields or something?
― grimly fiendish, Friday, 20 June 2008 12:08 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no my cover is blown
― DG, Friday, 20 June 2008 12:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Grouty xpost: well, Pacific Ocean Blue is number eight in the album midweeks so who knows?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 20 June 2008 12:12 (fifteen years ago) link
really? nice one.
You know, a few years ago you'd get reissue albums do well chartwise, e.g. the Virgin reissue of "My Generation"
When the deluxe issue came out, a much better package (the Virgin one was excellent too), it did not register.
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2008 12:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Who is Tuesday support band?
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
The Wurzels
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
with their version of "to 'ere knows when!"
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Kiss Yr fear, (oo arr oo arr) Your red button Falls from my mouth
Slip Yr dress (oo arr oo arr) Over yr 'ead, Its been so long To 'ere knows when, arr, To 'ere knows when, arr...
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
(banjo solo)
― Mark G, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
It was a bit unusual, but we all loved it.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
actually Dale's now come up with an alternative stock expression for not liking/playing a record: "they were a strange lot, weren't they?" (cf. Sigue Sigue Sputnik last Sunday).
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I am semi-deaf and have a hideous ringing in my ears. They started off quite noisy, but seemed to keep cranking up the volume as the set went on. I forced my way into the jumping pack of loons at the front for Soon and Feed Me With Your Kiss, but You Made Me Realise (which they finished with, obviously) was just plain nasty.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 20 June 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2595895077_290409685b.jpg
Not the most stunning image, I'll grant you, but it'll do after a more than 16 year wait.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
that's all I can hear
― Porkpie, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainzep/2596726106/
Not sure if those links will work, but there's a few seconds' worth of low-quality phone video footage of 'No More Sorry' and the 'holocaust' bit of 'You Made Me Realise' (with an extremely brief cameo by me).
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I am an idiot who posted the same link twice. this is the footage of You Made Me Realise I am going to attempt to crash and hope that the 'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' which is afflicting porkpie too turns out to be temporary.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
judging by that fooytage, you were abiut 20 feet from us!
that eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee really isn't going away
― Porkpie, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
oops bad typage
― Porkpie, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I am an idiot who posted the same link twice ...erm, and got the name of the song wrong as well. It's 'Lose My Breath'.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Britishers: any variations on the setlist (from the 13th, posted above) tonight, other than "no more sorry?"
"Come in Alone" perhaps?
― Pillbox, Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:36 (fifteen years ago) link
They didn't play 'No More Sorry'. I was shellshocked/drunk and just thought 'first side of Isnt't Anything, female vocals, slow one...' and got the wrong name.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I still can't believe folks are posting about FUCKING MY BLOODY VALENTINE SHOWS!!! Good times, these.
― Pillbox, Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
got my glasgow tickets this morning. get the fuck in.
i might take earplugs, just in case. whaddya think, people who've seen the show? sensible precaution or just plain wussy?
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 21 June 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Sonic Boom again, apparently. Just talking to someone who was at the Roundhouse last night, he told me they were handing out earplugs? Apparently it's advisable for the noise meltdown at the end.
― Matt #2, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, there were free ear plugs available, which I foolishly didn't take advantage of. I still feel a bit deaf in one ear.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:15 (fifteen years ago) link
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!!!!
That was transcendant...
Sorry, but to anyone who just plain IGNORED the signs everywhere saying WARNING EXTREME NOISE AND STROBES, FREE EARPLUGS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST and didn't take advantage, I'm sorry, but you are just plain stupid and deserve to have hearing damage. Did you think they were kidding?
I got special wax earplugs for comfort and was very glad of them. I took them out during You Made Me Realise just to see what it was like, and lasted a second and a half. You're not supposed to listen to that song, you're just supposed to *feel* it. It's just a total body experience, I swear to god, I felt it in my bones.
really pissed off about the support band situation. Le Volume Corbe are just the most mediocre band I've seen in years. Excruciating. And to hear that Spectrum are supporting tonight! Argh! Especially as there was a rumour going round that it was that whole 2/3 of Spacemen 3 thing with Will playing with them - NO, THAT IS FALSE. Had to phone him to check, but no, he's on tour with the BJM in Denmark. It's just Sonic Boom tomorrow. (Dont' know who his current band is.)
But wow. It was well worth the 15 year wait. Lose My Breath! Thorn! SLOW!!!! OMFG!!!!! We were lucky, though, we had front row seats on Bilinda's side. So grateful for that.
― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
To repeat: YOU ARE NOT WUSSY TO USE EARPLUGS. YOU MADE ME REALISE IS *DESIGNED* TO BE EXERPERIENCED WITH EARPLUGS. It's about the physical feeling, not the sound.
― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
(P.s. I saw Carsmile Steve and Ricky T and Cabbage downstairs but had no way of getting their attention save throwing my earplugs at them.)
― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:36 (fifteen years ago) link
heh. thanks, kate: your advice is appreciated. wire pretty much deafened me for a day a few years back (my own fault for standing right in front of a stack) and ever since then i've been a little more aware of the damage i could be doing to my ears.
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
grimly, do you know anyone who can take my pair of 3 july barrowlands tix off my hands? i can't make it up to glasgow anymore (but don't panic, i'm seeing mbv in london on tuesday!)
― CharlieNo4, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Those struggling with ear damage may wish to go see this guy instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y2WFH3KtUY
― Mister Craig, Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll ask around and see -- don't think it'll be too difficult. can't promise anything, natch.
bugger: didn't know you were planning on coming up. would have been good to meet/drink.
that's a point, actually: who's going to the july 3 show? i'm off all day (yay for my new part-time position!) so will be up for FAPery etc, pre- and post-gig.
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost, natch. sorry.
thank you sir. 30 squids each innit x
― CharlieNo4, Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
also: another mate has one spare ticket for the july 2 gig in glasgow, if anyone's interested. e-mail me.
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 21 June 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
They ran out of earplugs at the merch stand last night, although we arrived there just before the band started. I'll take my Etymotics to the other gigs I think, although I haven't felt any ill-effects from last night (this isn't a good sign. Really should get my hearing checked out).
and further to the guitar confusion above: on YMMR Kevin played a Jazzmaster. Bilinda has some beautiful Mustangs.
That was everything I wanted it to be. Manchester and Glasgow to come, although I fancy another night at the Roundhouse..
― Bocken Social Scene, Saturday, 21 June 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
wire pretty much deafened me for a day a few years back (my own fault for standing right in front of a stack) and ever since then i've been a little more aware of the damage i could be doing to my ears.
The same thing happened to me at a J Mascis gig a few years ago. My head felt like it was in a fishbowl for three days. I've worn plugs to (almost) every gig I've been to ever since, and I actually enjoy shows more now, since the plugs cut out a lot of the distortion from shitty PAs.
― MacDara, Saturday, 21 June 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link