Gillie on 11/12/2007 at 20:14
At least some of these bands are worth watching as is Led Zeppelin.
Led tickets were as gold dust I believe. I would love to see them myself as well.
Then there are the Rolling stones who keep on going.
Nothing wrong in liking Bon Jovi either. :p
Apparently they would not play Wembley as last time when they booked up
The new arena was not finished. Never been the O2.
Bon Jovi are playing at Twickenham. It should be a good Gig.
Like as said before you do not expect to pay good money then get a rubbish set.
crunchy on 11/12/2007 at 21:56
Quote Posted by Shug
he's looking rather jocular there
and informal!
ercles on 11/12/2007 at 21:59
Christ, the Chaser ceased to be funny so long ago.
Tocky on 12/12/2007 at 01:33
Kick yourself for missing Zepplin if you want but THE HIVES played a little dive called Proud Larrys not 15 miles from me and I missed it this past summer. I didn't even hear about it till it was too late. I console myself thinking the place was so small I wouldn't have been able to get in the door anyway. But DAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMIIIIIIIITTTTTT!
They recorded some of thier new BLACK AND WHITE album at Sweet Tea studios here in lil ole Oxfordssippi and shit I hate I missed them because it is the best thing I've heard all year. Give it a listen and you'll know that "yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I was right all along". I heard it befo and Ima hear it some mo. And if you don't believe me then you got it all... wrong.
They got cheerleaders on it crissakes.
ercles on 12/12/2007 at 04:18
I have to say I side with the general consensus of the reviews on "Black and White" in that it is just more of the same which is kind of dull. And I absolutely loved previous albums from these guys.
jtr7 on 12/12/2007 at 04:44
The fan vids have hit YouTube. I don't know, yet, if any of 'em are worth watching, though.
Stitch on 12/12/2007 at 04:45
Re: ercles
Actually, I'd argue The Black and White Album suffers because they spend about half the album trying to sound like anybody but the Hives, which, as it turns out, doesn't work so well. It's unfortunate, because they've reached that point where they have to expand what they do to justify their relevance.
Next time let's hope they expand successfully.
Tocky on 12/12/2007 at 04:54
I would be a bit more generous and say that from song 6 on they were more experimental and as such it's more of a mixed bag. But come on. You have a stick up your ass if most of it doesn't get you singing along. I admit "giddyup" was a strange homage to Devo but even it was so outlandishly over the top that it was fun. They make me feel good. I likes em.
Cheerleaders man!
demagogue on 12/12/2007 at 10:17
I liked the little write-up in the NYTimes on this
Quote Posted by NYTimes
Unlike Mick Jagger, Mr. Plant — the youngest of the original members, at 59 — doesn't walk and gesture like an excited woman anymore. Some of the top of his voice has gone, but except for one attempted and failed high note in “Stairway to Heaven” (“There walks a
la-dy we all know ...”), he found other melodic routes to suit him. He was authoritative; he was dignified.
As for Jimmy Page, his guitar solos weren't as frenetic and articulated as they used to be, but that only drove home the point that they were always secondary to the riffs, which on Monday were enormous, nasty, glorious. (He did produce a violin bow for his solo on “Dazed and Confused” during that song's great, spooky middle section.)
