With 1 Month To Go To The o2 Gig, What Do You Want/Expect From It?

[ZiZi]

What do you expect the opening song in the 1st half to be? Motown Junk
What do you expect the closing song in the 1st half to be? Motorcycle Emptiness

What do you expect the opening song in the 2nd half to be? Found That Soul
What do you expect the closing song in the 2nd half to be? Design For Life

Who do you expect will guest with them on stage? Nina, Gruff, that gospel choire and the violins from the JFPL-tour!

How Many Wire costume changes do you anticipate? 3

and on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? 10²

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Originally Posted by sim

Martin Hall said to Manicbird and Quinbo they're not sure about filming it. They're erring on the side of not filming as it's added pressure when they just want to enjoy the gig. But he didn't say an all-out no! There's hope yet!

They shouldn't be worrying about that, if they just have fun it will be fun to watch. Fuck ups, rants, JDB costume changes and all.

[sim]

Originally Posted by Napoleon Bonaparte

They shouldn't be worrying about that, if they just have fun it will be fun to watch. Fuck ups, rants, JDB costume changes and all.

I'm with you there. Some of their best gigs have been very rough around the edges. But I can't blame them for not wanting to be filmed.

[Futurologist]

I reckon with the number of people there, most of the concert will end up on Youtube as mobile footage anyway.

Is excited!

[sim]

Originally Posted by shug

I reckon with the number of people there, most of the concert will end up on Youtube as mobile footage anyway.

Is excited!

True, and increasingly, it's very good quality. There are some great vids of the Wolves gig from May. We might even find someone to edit bits together!

[Nature's Discontent]

With one month to go until the National Treasures gig:

What do you expect the opening song in the 1st half to be? - You Love Us
What do you expect the closing song in the 1st half to be? - Everything Must Go

What do you expect the opening song in the 2nd half to be? - Found That Soul
What do you expect the closing song in the 2nd half to be? - A Design For Life

Who do you expect will guest with them on stage? - Nina Persson, Gruff Rhys, Ian McCulloch?

How Many Wire costume changes do you anticipate? - 3

and on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? - About 6, at the moment.

[Midlands_Junk]

Originally Posted by sim

True, and increasingly, it's very good quality. There are some great vids of the Wolves gig from May. We might even find someone to edit bits together!

Aye, it would be amazing if someone could tie everything together over some high quality audio like in this really impressive and nifty Radiohead fan-filmed gig.

[The Quatercircle]

Originally Posted by everlasting

Also I reckon they'll release an audio recording of this gig for fans....on a limited edition £999 cassette version!

I know you joke but don't give em ideas.

[Takk]

Originally Posted by Littlesue

I'd be rather angry if they trashed stuff, some people have to do do proper jobs to save for things they want so its a bit sick when you see someone smashing something up because they think it looks cool, anyway they are too old to do stuff like that now

they'll have to pay if they do it, so i don't see the issue really.

[sim]

Originally Posted by Midlands_Junk

Aye, it would be amazing if someone could tie everything together over some high quality audio like in this really impressive and nifty Radiohead fan-filmed gig.

Hmm, maybe that's a whole other thread! I'm sure if we got enough people together, we could get HQ footage of the whole gig.

That's your project

[Dancing Kirby]

Fans managed to get the whole lotta Led Zepplin's O2 concert on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvwSqzSjAY

[Bathtub]

Originally Posted by Littlesue

I'd be rather angry if they trashed stuff, some people have to do do proper jobs to save for things they want so its a bit sick when you see someone smashing something up because they think it looks cool, anyway they are too old to do stuff like that now

I'm 100% with you on this. I have always found the trashing of instruments to be a particularly pathetic sight. It spoilt the end of a great gig when they did it at Brixton on KYE tour and it does with any band. I don't see the point, "ooh you've broken your guitar on the 5th attempt, how punk rock." That they can afford to pay for it is barely the point, it's plain sub-adolescent idiocy, it's never been cool.

[begging_to_be_cool]

Originally Posted by Bathtub

I'm 100% with you on this. I have always found the trashing of instruments to be a particularly pathetic sight. It spoilt the end of a great gig when they did it at Brixton on KYE tour and it does with any band. I don't see the point, "ooh you've broken your guitar on the 5th attempt, how punk rock." That they can afford to pay for it is barely the point, it's plain sub-adolescent idiocy, it's never been cool.

It was fucking cool at the Astoria on December 21, 1994. They're a bit old for all that now though.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Dreadful to encourage it I know but The Joy Formidable hiking up a Welsh hill, playing their song and then trashing their instruments for one of the vids for Whirring is rather ace. Sorry.

[2004567]

The only instrument smash I appreciate is that of Paul Simonon's bass on the London Calling cover.