Re: Xmas Gig

[Philip Rush <philip_rush@ye...fsnet.co.uk>]

Don't be pissed off.  I didn't think I was gloating.

It wasn't all brilliant.  We arrived just before nine and had to wait  
nearly fifteen minutes for something to begin.  There were three  
support acts, culminating in Rita Lynch, and - I have to be frank  
here - none of them was rubbish at all!
Then just a short enough delay to buy a copy of LIT4 - interesting,  
Gerard reciting Blake over tracks from a 1969 concept album, yes,  
that makes sense - and another Guinness and then we had to sit  
through - well, more stand and dance through - ninety minutes or so  
of Blue Aeroplanes hits.  And, and this is interesting, Wojtek told  
me personally that tonight he was "impersonating the kids of a fan".
Then we had to drive for nearly thirty minutes to get home and make  
some hot-chocolate-and-brandy before going to bed with our heads  
ringing.
So, it wasn't all completely brilliant.

"Hullo?  Hullo?"




On 8 Dec 2007, at 10:34, Andy Keulemans wrote:

> And so the gloating begins…
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> I had to settle for a consolatory listen to Beatsongs, whilst my 2  
> and 4 year old kids did their best to impersonate Wojtek.  
> (Actually, they weren’t bad)
> Pissed off,
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> Edinburgh.
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> ak
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> From: blueplanes-bounces@bl...org [mailto:blueplanes- 
> bounces@bl...org] On Behalf Of Philip Rush
> Sent: 08 December 2007 09:21
> To: A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Xmas Gig
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> 3 am.  Top job.
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> '25 kinds of love' it is.  It's too many;  it's not enough.  You're  
> right I think about the contribution from Rita Lynch on that.  Very  
> tidy.
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> Also enjoyed the whole guitar shop look to the thing, where despite  
> Rodney's Rickenbackers, Angelo won again with a quite gorgeous and  
> beautifully amplified and mixed f-hole Tele.
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> My recollections of the set list are always coloured by the fact  
> that I can't remember it.  And the order is very blurred again.   
> Anyone help?
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> Broken & Mended
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> Warhol's 15
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> Tree Full of Starlings
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> Outdoor Miner
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> Weightless
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> ... and Stones
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> ?  Something else around here
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> Coats
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> Jack Leaves and Back Spring
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> Fun
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> Yr Own World
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> 25 Kinds of Love
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> 38 Divinity
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> Jacket Hangs
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> Bury your Love like Treasure
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> Breaking in my heart
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> I hadn't realised that Stockhausen had died.  Hmm.  I also don't  
> know how next year's being a leap year affects the calculation.
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> Philip
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> On 8 Dec 2007, at 03:00, Rockerq@ao...com wrote:
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> Fantastic gig! Best line-up I've seen for years - great to see  
> Angelo, Rodney and Dave back in the fold! Not forgetting Wojtek of  
> course! Good to see that time hasn't slowed him down the way it has  
> me!
> Thanks to the guy outside the gig who sold me his absent mate's  
> ticket for a fiver!
> Karlheinz Stockhausen said: "We should listen to old music one day  
> a year and the other 364 days we should listen to now music." Since  
> he died today I reckon it was pretty apt to see the Aeros - even if  
> they played more the one day than the 364.
> For me, Angelo made the gig tonight - "Weightless" being a  
> particular high - even if he couldn't quite remember how to get  
> into "...And Stones" in one pass! And the one new track sounded  
> great - possibly "25 pounds" - with Rita Lynch sharing vocal duties  
> with Gerard L. Other highlights were "Warhol's Fifteen" and a  
> fantastic version of "Police (38 Divinity)" without the backing  
> tapes but with 5 full on guitars hitting "that" chord over John L's  
> best pounding beat!
> Angelo also managed to play the entire intro to "Breakin in your  
> heart" in the wrong key -  so when everyone else came in it sounded  
> like they'd got it wrong - but we'd forgive him anything for the  
> solo in ".....and stones"! I heard someone in the audience shout  
> "who's that fucking guitarist and where have you been hiding him?"  
> and the answer came back from stage left "That's Angelo - usually  
> we can't afford him", which made me laugh.
> Surprisingly little from "Altitude" tonight.
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> After the side projects of "Harvest" and "Lit 4" I for one can't  
> wait to hear some new material from the Aeroplanes! On tonight's  
> evidence they rock!
> Cheers!
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> rocker
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