What Scene? Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Did any of you 'older' users of this forum attend this gig in Aberdeen during Ride's 'Going Blank Again' tour?I actually feel sick when I hear some of my older chums talking about it! Ride did a record signing in HMV on the day of the gig apparently, and a few folk I know got suspended from school for skiving!Would be interested to hear anyones' stories....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Did any of you 'older' users of this forum attend this gig in Aberdeen during Ride's 'Going Blank Again' tour?I actually feel sick when I hear some of my older chums talking about it! Ride did a record signing in HMV on the day of the gig apparently, and a few folk I know got suspended from school for skiving!Would be interested to hear anyones' stories.......One of my mates stayed in the bar during Verve's set - he still regrets this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Incidently, Verve weren't prefixed by "The" yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Verve were at their best at this time - yet strangely still incredibly average.I was still a 15 year old stuck in Elgin at this point. If I'd been a little older I'd almost certainly have been there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I've had Chelsea Girl in my head for the past forty minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I saw Ride at The Music Hall - I wisnae afa impressed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I actually feel sick when I hear some of my older chums talking about it! Why? (8 characters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Scene? Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Because Ride and early Verve are a two of my favourite bands of all time. I wish I went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I was there. Ride weren't a patch on their earlier Music Hall gig due to the 'Going Blank Again' album, 'Leave Them All Behind' aside, being a definite slide in quality from 'Nowhere'. Verve were pretty great, I'm not sure that they had even had their first single out at that point. They were a far better band on those early 3 singles than they ever were from the debut album on. I distinctly remember Richard Ashcroft robbing one of the cymbal stands and laying it at the front of the stage for kids to hit and inviting the crowd on the stage, cue panic stricken security trying to get a load of folk off the stage.I remember trying to get a Verve T shirt and the guy at the stall asking if I was the person who had asked for one to be put aside earlier as they were otherwise sold out. Naturally I said yes so obtaining a T shirt while some poor twat went without, arf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Scene? Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 See that's the sort've thing I was after!Yeah, a 'Nowhere' - era show at the Music Hall would have been pretty special to me. But hey, such is life! Doesn't stop ye wishing you went though!!!Early Verve to me, 'All In The Mind' through to 'Storm In Heaven', I find incredible. The rest I can live without (a few tracks aside!) 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I wish I were older too. Would have loved to have seen Ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Korps Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 yeah if i was older than 12 in 1992 i'd have loved to have been there, obviously just a bit older so that i was old enough to appreciate it & remember it and maybe designated driver that night so that i didn't get hammered and miss/forget it!wish i'd been there to see the roses at the music hall in 1995 too just when i was discovering some decent music and they were probably on the downslide.then there was that time my brother got tickets for the super furry animals and we forgot about it, wonder if that was any good.managed to see some bands at certain stages which is cool but i think i've fairly gone off topic, sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yeah well, I wish I'd seen the Stones at the Capitol in '84, except I wasn't into them yet, or I wish I'd seen Deep Purple at the Music Hall in '71, my mum never took me cos I'd just been born or something, what sort of an excuse is that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 See that's the sort've thing I was after!I'd be happy to recount my tales of going to see Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue, Simple Minds, Hank Marvin, Newman and Baddiel or The Krankies at The Capitol if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Scene? Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Feel free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 yeah the music hall gig was great, i don't remember much about it though or who the support were. i do seem to recall the twin peaks soundtrack album being played before the bands came on though which added to the atmosphere in the venue. i didn't go to the capitol gig, not sure why but wish i had...edit - gig infonope i still have no recollection of the support at all. pity slowdive didn't make it to the aberdeen gig, that would have been amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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