Jump to content

Recommended Posts

StraferJack Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> People been to both saying sound was much better

> than at Hyde park last year?

>

> My other half always gives out to me for reviewing

> sound at a gig.


I'm with LadyStrafer on this, the part of the looking over the concert where someone opines 'Yeah, but the SOUND was terrible/sh!t/poorly mixed/required acoustical dampers/the soundman summarily executed and thrown to the dogs/could have done with a bit more bass/treble/Jack Daniels or class A's in the drummer, always leave me all shuffle-footed and hangdog and eager to change the subject to the bass player's marital problems.

Inside I'm always thinking 'it sounded OK to me'.

I just don't really know what to add. Once I can discern the opening riff, most of the lyrics and the solos, which in my experience I can, all's well.

An outside show where the wind is taking everything round the back of the next village? I could get that, but it's why I don't attend them sorts of overblown fetes.


But then at a concert I'm always unjaded and in the moment/groove/somewhat pissed, so I reckon I'm just the sort of good egg the band is looking for.

Hyde Park in particular has always been terrible sound wise. It's basically a wind bowl surrounded by buildings. That and residents complaining is of several reasons why Live Nation quit promoting gigs there after 10 years. I'm keen to see if the new lot have improved things (I have Stones on 13th) but I'm not expecting too much given reviews to date.


I saw The Boss there just a few years back. He was super fit and managed a 3 hr set with ease. I think I mentioned it on here but got some stick because you were all too cool for school. But it was impressive.

Just checking out Costello at Glastonbury. TV coverage looked pretty awful but the Radio 6 recording sounded much better. Then in considering my good and bad Costello experiences remebered I saw him on 27 December 1980 with an amazing lineup at the NEC


Squeeze

Madness

Rockpile

Selector

UB40 (in the brief year or so when they were phenominal)

And John Cooper Clarke as compare

?5.50 equivalent maybe to ?35 now


And it was a great Saturday as we beat the red scum as well 3-1 Great late Xmas pressie

"Hyde Park in particular has always been terrible sound wise. It's basically a wind bowl surrounded by buildings. That and residents complaining is of several reasons why Live Nation quit promoting gigs there after 10 years. I'm keen to see if the new lot have improved things (I have Stones on 13th) but I'm not expecting too much given reviews to date.


I saw The Boss there just a few years back. He was super fit and managed a 3 hr set with ease. I think I mentioned it on here but got some stick because you were all too cool for school. But it was impressive."


Ah yes, otta "tedious shite, shouts bloke"


He changed his tune last week. He was like that with pixies too. ;-)

Everyone invited today to the party in Vauxall next to the Catholic Church 1PM - 4PM if you keep quite not to disturb the neighbours then you got the job if you don't you best friend Viviana will have the job. Oi oi I am hurt very hurt but where is the job where I am sure Viviana and Flor will be very happy they are poor Women. They have being looking for work for almost 3 years. Can we do it now are you ready. OK I will wonder around a bit more until arrived :(
  • 2 months later...

Ooooh, watching Jools.

Not sure which is more excruciating, Kanye West's earnest gospel take on his 'ghetto' music, neatly and acoustically packaged for the chattering classes to knock one out to, or Sting's typically misplaced attempt, well, to do anything, but in this case rediscover his heritage. Apparently the unthanks feature on his new album. Anyone interested. Do yourselves a favour. Buy an unthanks album.

El Pibe Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> How weird woody, your docu is narrated by that

> bloke of suffer weidersen pet, whilst on the other

> Jools show, jimmy nail is fawning around sting.

> Dare I use the s word?



I was talking about the C4 thing too rather than the B2 thing - thought you were referring to an early Sting-Paula yates clip... he is still a twonk.

maxxi Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> watching the 50th anniversary of Please Please Me

> - wtf? Joss Stone?...Ian Broudie?.. please make

> the pain stop... Paul Carrack!? No you dick,

> no!.... Glen Tilbrook? ah, mmn, yeah, okay fine.

>

> ETA: Mick Hucknall?!??!? what a dirty low down

> trick, absothoroughlylutely NO.


Awwww really? I thought they did a fine job tbh. Beverley Knight was something else and all the others you'd mentioned did it justice. Not people I'd usually buy records by, but good for something like this.

  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Thanks for all of the thoughts. I have a letter from searches which outlines the scope of work but doesn't mention any work guarantee as far as I can see. I agree that next step is to check directly with the major works team. Tim .
    • I thoroughly recommend Jay from JK Electrical Contractors who is an NICEIC registered. NICEIC is the UK's leading certification body for the electrical contracting industry and conducts regular audits and assessments on all its members. It is the specialist trade body which certifies professional electricians.  Jay completed the installation of a 19 way consumer unit for us and works to the highest standards and our entire electrical installation is now fully compliant with 18th Edition of the electrical wiring regulations. Before installing the new CU he traced and corrected faults that had developed over the last 25 years -some of which were my DIY bodges that were non-compliant.  We now have an installation that is 100% safe and  reliable . His contact details are :- 0208 150 6450 [email protected] Here is what he installed for us.
    • I fully support this petition, however it will need to be shared far & wide to be effective. Also there is always a huge amount of interest / objection during the festival, but not so much when they start consulting for the next one, usually around January. It's crucial that everyone that has been impacted makes their voice heard then.  A couple of points which may be good to include in the wording (if it is still possible to amend?) - The total tickets sold are way more than 3000. The licence allows a capacity of up to 9,999, but this may include staff & performers etc. The published attendance for 2024 was:  Friday – 8,999 / Saturday – 9,512 / Sunday – 9,422 So that's c.28,000 people trampling & littering our park over three days - people who have no need or desire to take any care or consideration of our park.  - Gala claim for 2024 that "62% of all ticket holders were from Southeast London and 18% of these were from hyper-local postcode areas SE15 and SE22." So a bit of maths shows that means that around 89% of attendees were not what most people would term 'local'... - Gala have ambitions / plans to extend the number of event days to 6, over two weekends. They applied for a licence for this in 2024, but then withdrew it. Instead they added a "free" event, billed as a community day, to the existing 3 day festival, thereby increasing the event days to 4.  This would appear to be an attempt to set a precedent for increasing the number of event days, and it's inevitable that they will attempt to secure the 6 days they desire for 2026, to increase their profits further. Two weekends in a row of noise, disturbance & disruption would be unacceptable, plus an extra c.18,000 trampling & littering the park... - The site size has been increased. The claim is that it is to compensate for lost storage space due to recent flood alleviation works, but the area has increased by more than the area lost, and appears to have been used for attendee activity rather than site storage. Gala have often stated that the festival can only be located in the park because the footprint has been designed specifically for that area, and yet this year the footprint had been amended & extended without any apparent issues. Surely this proves that it could be relocated?  Apologies, I just can't help going into rant mode on this issue, but hopefully some of the above may be helpful in increasing the argument presented by the petition?
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...