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Oasis_Dublin wrote: »3. T-Shirt price - not the band's fault, fine, but 30 quid for a t-shirt?! Are you taking the piss? Just your bog standard t-shirt with 'Blur' on it, or one with an Irish date in which the venue was incorrectly printed. I know they are a mainstream band, hellbent on taking every cent that they can from the punter, but give us some credit.
5. Milky - Why weren't they selling these on their own?!?! They could have sold thousands!!!
On 3, unfortunately this is the norm for most gigs involving any sort of established act these days. If it's any consolation, I was at a gig in Stockholm a couple of weeks ago and the shirts were about €38.
Regarding 5, I thought I did see Milky for sale on his own (for a fiver!) at one of the merch stands.0 -
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Oasis_Dublin wrote: »I think it IS worth criticisng them. But then, hey, I've seen them a lot more than most people. Therefore, I'm entitled to my opinion.
As I said, very enjoyable show. It just smacks of laziness that they couldn't be arsed to throw in something a little different.
Most people?! Is that why the pit was empty and the cues for the bar were around the corner for her set?! She was a bad support act. Most people felt the same (see, I can generalise too!).
Simple! Christ, I really hate the ilk of people who engage in putting "simple" at the end of sentences like that.
Anyway, I didn't buy a t-shirt. Apart from misspelling 'Irish Museum of Modern Art', they were a rip off. It was a list of gripes, not stuff I moaned about but then did anyway.
Again, I never called into question the calibre of the songs they actually performed (I'm starting to think you didn't actually read what I originally wrote). It could have been longer though. And, as mad as it sounds, they probably could have gone past the curfew by a few minutes. Like some form of "rock and/or roll" band, if you will.
SIMPLE :eek: :eek: :eek: :rolleyes:
:mad: :cool:
Ooh, so you've seen them "more than most" and thus you are entitled to an opinion, what a snobbish remark. Does that mean people who've only seen them a couple of times should be disregarded then? I saw them in the RDS in the summer of 1996, supported by Supergrass, does that qualify me?
I was behind the pit for BFL and it was far from "empty". The bar queues were
around the corner throughout. Have you not read the pages of posts about it? And she was terrific. (my opinion)
Oh and try to use a spellchecker next time. It's simple. 0 -
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Ooh, so you've seen them "more than most" and thus you are entitled to an opinion, what a snobbish remark. Does that mean people who've only seen them a couple of times should be disregarded then? I saw them in the RDS in the summer of 1996, supported by Supergrass, does that qualify me?
I was behind the pit for BFL and it was far from "empty". The bar queues were
around the corner throughout. Have you not read the pages of posts about it? And she was terrific. (my opinion)
Oh and try to use a spellchecker next time. It's simple.
Did I say that other people weren't entitled to opinions? No, I clearly did not. I merely said that I was entitled to an opinion because I had seen the band quite a few times. If you don't want to read what people have to say and would rather argue with what you wish they had typed, then go argue with yourself and save us all a bit of bother!
The bar queues were not around the corner throughout!! You were down at the pit wall, enjoying sh*t for lashes. You couldn't have possibly seen the disinterested punters!
I misspelled queue. You got me. In the interest of stooping to your vastly inferior level, this link is for you to study before you come back to us. Enjoy :pac:0 -
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Oasis_Dublin wrote: »Did I say that other people weren't entitled to opinions? No, I clearly did not. I merely said that I was entitled to an opinion because I had seen the band quite a few times. If you don't want to read what people have to say and would rather argue with what you wish they had typed, then go argue with yourself and save us all a bit of bother!
The bar queues were not around the corner throughout!! You were down at the pit wall, enjoying sh*t for lashes. You couldn't have possibly seen the disinterested punters!
I misspelled queue. You got me. In the interest of stooping to your vastly inferior level, this link is for you to study before you come back to us. Enjoy :pac:
Everyone I talked to at the gig thought she was great. I wasnt a fan of hers prior to the event but was seriously impressed with her. Also the queues for the bar weren't around the corner and the pit empty like you suggest
pit was 3/4 full at least and I got served at the bar during her set in no time flat which was great cuz I was able to go back into the rapidly filling pit to see a support act most were enjoying 0 -
Also the queues for the bar weren't around the corner
One of you is saying they were around the corner all day and night; the other is saying that there were no queues during Bat for Lashes!
I had my pit pass, and enjoyed a few pints during Bat for Lashes. But boy, did I have to queue to enjoy them!
Mad this, but EVERYONE I talked to at the gig said she was absolutely woeful. Crazy how we happened upon such different opinions at the same gig!!!!!!!!!0 -
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Oasis_Dublin wrote: »One of you is saying they were around the corner all day and night; the other is saying that there were no queues during Bat for Lashes!
Aye weird, one person is going on about how blur put no effort into the setlist etc yet everyone else thinks it was a great one :pac:Oasis_Dublin wrote: »Mad this, but EVERYONE I talked to at the gig said she was absolutely woeful. Crazy how we happened upon such different opinions at the same gig!!!!!!!!!
Simple. Small sample size, if ye only talked to one person and that person happened to be yourself or someone equally as displeased with the support and they said they didn't like Bat for Lashes (see how it is spelled without the immature cussword ) then 100% of people you talked to didn't like her.
Now I was talking to a few different groups of people throughout the day and after the event on way into town and they all enjoyed her bar one who was on the fence.
And they all saw Bat For Lashes more than most so they are entitled to their opinions :rolleyes:0 -
Aye weird, one person is going on about how blur put no effort into the setlist etc yet everyone else thinks it was a great one :pac:
Simple. Small sample size, if ye only talked to one person and that person happened to be yourself or someone equally as displeased with the support and they said they didn't like Bat for Lashes (see how it is spelled without the immature cussword ) then 100% of people you talked to didn't like her.
Now I was talking to a few different groups of people throughout the day and after the event on way into town and they all enjoyed her bar one who was on the fence.
And they all saw Bat For Lashes more than most so they are entitled to their opinions :rolleyes:
They put some effort in, obviously. I never said they put no effort in. It was just very lazy. The sort of laziness that makes Liam Gallagher look prolific.
But it is weird that you can't even agree on how many people in the crowd were bothered to go see Bat for Splashes (lolz) over queuing for a beer!
You've obviously studied sociology or political science anyway!
Bizarre that you spent the entire day of a Blur headlined gig chatting to people about a truly woeful support act. It almost seems unbelievable.
Did any of those people see Bat for Lashes in 1996 with Supergrass? If not, then their (probably) extremely well thought out, considered, well-punctuated, individual opinion (from the pit!) is to be discarded. Surely that much is obvious, at the very least!0 -
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The childish arguments in this thread are both hilarious and downright stupid in equal measures!
Good to see the boards bringing out the best in people!
Thankfully I availed of the ignore function and now I don't have to read the childish rubbish spouted by a certain poster a few pages back. I'd recommend it.0 -
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