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Alan Cynic

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  16. why do bands from Aberdeen fail ?

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    a propos de rien (except the last post)... I met a nice psych-folk loving couple here in new york who when they learned I was from scotland their first question was. Do you know 'The Kitchen Cynics'? I think that qualifies as 'made it'

     

    Think the Americans get hoodwinked by the 'Let's Go' travel guidebooks, which has this bizarre paragraph on page 495...

     

    'In the 1970s and 80s, Scotland has played a significant role in the development of popular music, launching The Rezillos, The Skids, Average White Band, Glasgow's Orange Juice, Edinburgh's Josef K, and the record label Postcard, which favored Byrdsy guitar chimes and winsome coy-boy singers.  Although mainstream rock claimed popularity during the early 90s, producing groups like The Wake, The Proclaimers and Aberdeen's Kitchen Cynics, Scottish punk rages once again. Slampt and Vesuvius record labels promote Scottish bands, including the suggestively named Yummy Fur and Lung Leg, while the quiet folk-rock of Belle and Sebastian wails throughout Edinburgh and Glasgow.'

     

    Let's maistream rawwwwwwk, guys!  Bagsy the red snapper!

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  18. Bands / artists you have been lucky enough to see live...

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    Fair enough.

    Additions to my list.....

    Billy Fury

    Rolling Stones (mid 70s)

    Love

    Bob Cooney

    Link Wray

    Dylan

    Only Ones

    Richard & Linda Thompson

    Kinks (70s)

    Barney Kessell (sp?)

    Les Paul

    Ones that got away.....Nico at Univ. Union (didn't know she played til a few days after the gig).

    Jeff Buckley...had the UK tour dates sticker on my copy of Grace, and considered traveling to see him, but decided I'd wait til he came up here :(

  19. Bands / artists you have been lucky enough to see live...

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    Id agree, festival sets are where its at for me, because most of the time the band has to play the good songs, the casual crowd are not interested in some rare b side from an EP twelve years ago that five people bought, so they tend to avoid them as much as possible. One of the best sets i have seen in recent years was Jimmy Eat World at T, they just blasted through hit after hit, nae bullshit. One of the worst i have seen was Blonde at Rockness a few years back, they were playing okish, then came out with the line "oh we're going to play some new stuff for you now" and half the crowd walked off to something else.

    Seems like an argument for festival crowds being shite! :)

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