belle & sebastian is a pretty good legacy act
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
I get that logically, I just super hate them
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
I thought everyone in Belle & Sebastian died
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
maybe that was just a dream
you're thinking of their infamous stand-up set
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
gonna make big bucks by smuggling in no-doz and jolt and selling them right before the B&S set
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
(because they are a snooze)
boy with the arab strap had some jawns IMO
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
OTM, but it's weird that you're using the Swedish spelling
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
well played
― pandemic, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
damn
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
wtf jordan defending belle and sebastian
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
consistently worst taste in music on ILM
― Mordy, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
i think j0rd was just saying the booking was smart, in terms of the festival
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm, one of the more popular indie bands of the last 20 years headlining one of the more popular indie festivals?
― tylerw, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah obv you'd have to be totally clueless to things like "indie rock" and "the internet" if you think that's a bad booking from a business standpoint
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
thats some real "Who's Bonny Bear" shit from n/a
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
it was less "why now" and more "that band sucks"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
sinister development
― buzza, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
i mean yeah i think belle & sebastian is a solid band too, but they're a much better headliner from an objective standpoint than some of the bands that were on the bill last year
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
i mean even if you don't think they are straight fire beautiful song you have to admit their place in the bookish fancypants UK indie canon
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
no one has argued that this is a bad business decision! everyone's just saying they're shitty!
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
the friday night headliner last year was feist, the worst act out of r. kelly/belle & sebastian/bjork is >>>>>>>>> feist from both a business and quality perspective (imo)
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- Quite true, that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Feist > Belle and Sebastian; that shit is str8 garbage
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
you know, i'm a mild feist fan i guess, but my wife loves her, anyway i got good tickets and took her as a surprise...and i have to say, feist was probably the artists that most exceeded my expectations as a live act....it was pretty rocking, and her band and arrangements were great, she played a lot of fingerstyle electric on a les paul jr that was cool.
this was a really nice small amphitheater though, she seems more suited to a venue like that
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
idk to me they feel like they're from a different era. nothing wrong w/that necessarily but it's like when there's a metalfest and the headliner is Testament I'm like, fuck yeah I rep for Testament but that's past-master stuff not Where It's At Now y'know? at any rate if anybody needs me I will be marshalling all forces to try to persuade or compel R to play U Saved Me from beginning to end as his entire set
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone ever done a "major headliners are only allowed to play the other headliners' songs" concert?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
belle & sebastian are the new neil young
― :C (crüt), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
btw as far as gate numbers go I fucking guarantee you Feist does bigger U.S. business than B&S, B&S not even remotely on Feist's level in those terms
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
No one argued otherwise but thanks for bandsplaining
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
...
― castle grayscale (Lamp), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
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― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
i think for PF demo that b&s is a bigger draw than feist but i of course that's just a hypothesis
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
time to test it
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
i assume that the headliner with the least drawing power gets put on friday (or is it sunday?), so i guess we'll see how the bands are slotted
― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
this is gonna be crazy
― zero dark (s1ocki), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
bandsplaining!!!
― Mordy, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
a+ whiney. this is as good as tumblr whites!
― s.clover, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
no, no its not
― castle grayscale (Lamp), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
tumblr whites is all-time
― pandemic, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
ok, sorry, didnt see that jordan was dumb enough to think belle and sebastian could fill more seats than feist
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
apology accepted
― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 1 February 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol learn to read
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm starting a pitchfork music festival gate numbers gambling ring. there will be a smoked meats raffle in the betting tent.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 February 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
FWIW, pretty sure Feist plays smaller theatres in Chicago than B&S does.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
Though B&S tours a fractions as much, so it's hard to say if they sell out bigger places due to pent up demand or what.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Fraction, sorry.
Fwiw, the last two times Feist has played a theater in Chicago it has been at the 2,500 capacity Riveria. B&S's most recent appearance was at the 3,600 capacity Chicago Theater (they played the Riv in 2006).
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 February 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link