Re: Fleece

[Sound Lizards <sound_lizards@ho...com>]

Fully endorse Nick's views, the Fleece has well and truly got its soul 
back. Inspired choice of support acts, great mixed crowd - an atmosphere 
most other bands can only dream about and those unique little touches like 
the attention given to the placement of bike lamps (this will be 
meaningless if you weren't there). It's left us hungry for more and 
optimistic about the future. 

Application for a Fleece season ticket already in.

Nigel



From: nevstreet@ho...com
To: blueplanes@bl...org
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 17:17:21 +0100
Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece














Nicely written Mr Walters. Pleasure to read that review of the 
evening :-)
 
Neville
 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Nick 
  Walters 
  To: A Discussion list for The Blue 
  Aeroplanes 
  Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 4:03 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece
  

  Amazing it was!
   
  I was not in the mood for it at all after a 
  post-work real ale session on Friday which left me with a stinking 
hangover on 
  Saturday. This meant that I took it easy (for me) and experienced my 
soberest 
  Aeroplanes gig ever - only 5 pints over the whole evening - and they 
were 
  probably what kept me going right up until the end of Breaking In My 
  Heart!
   
  Missed the first act but caught the Paris Riots 
  and the Yes Rebels. The former had a really tight, powerful sound with 
amazing 
  bass and great guitarist ("he leaves plenty of space - not many 
guitarists 
  these days do that" - Paul Vallis). The lead singer with his shaggy 
locks and 
  Jim Morrison poses played up the total rock star, very entertaining! 
Some of 
  the songs built up to quite amazing crescendos. The Yes Rebels (who used 
to be 
  Fortune Drive I'm told) were also excellent - amazing energy and again 
extreme 
  volume - my poor ears! - with an amazing drummer, who could give John 
  Stapleton a run for his money!
   
  In between acts a female compere dressed in a 
  kind of baroque burlesque music-hall costume introduced the act and 
revved up 
  the audience with, in my opinion, rather too much use of the word 
"beautiful". 
  But still - "it's a good idea to have a compere 'cos most bands are crap 
at 
  telling you who they are" - another pearl of wisdom from the mind of Mr 
  Vallis. 
   
  As we entered we were handed paper aeroplanes 
  (GUESS which colour!) with the intention, presumably, that we let fly 
with 
  them at the band when they took the stage. This, however didn't happen - 
  probably for the best, as they had quite sharp points and could have 
hurt if 
  caught in the eye (or Wojtek's nipple), though Gerard would have been 
safe 
  behind his shades. A blue balloon did the rounds for a bit though, until 
some 
  cunt burst it.
   
  The Aeroplanes took the stage at 10.55, and 
  immediately took of with a storming Broken and Mended, followed by an 
  incredibly storming, blastingly loud, triumphant sort of "greatest hits" 
set 
  which included (in no particular order), Jacket Hangs, Raise The Roof, 
25 
  Kinds Of Love, Yr Own World, Pony Boy (which didn't break anything this 
time, 
  except my eardrums!), Sulphur, a new one I don't know the title of, a 
Rita 
  song, a Gerard Starkey one, Oak Apple Tree, Warhol's 15, Severn Beach 
(don't 
  think I ever heard them do that before!), Fun, and the usual climactic 
  Breaking In My Heart, during which I entered the Death Zone and received 
the 
  requisite number of bruises. 
   
  After the gig Ann Sheldon bounded and twirled 
  (yes, quite literally!) up to us and invited us backstage, and so we 
(PV2 - 
  not the Vallis, the other one)  and 1) trooped upstairs to a bizarre 
  little attic room complete with washing machine. We chatted to Wojtek 
for a 
  bit  - he lives in London and teaches English (not through sex and death 
  I hope) to Bangladeshi kids. Also chatted to Gerard about the popularity 
of 
  the Planes in the States (they're more well known there than other 
Bristol 
  bands e.g. MA) and bands such as the Drive-By Truckers. I tried to 
introduce 
  him to Those Poor Bastards, who are similar to the Truckers but he 
seemed to 
  get the wrong end of the stick and thought I was labelling the Truckers 
as a 
  comedy band. Oh well! And it's not even as if TPB are completely a 
comedy 
  band... anyway. We also asked him about the new album and, although it 
is 
  finished, he told us he is still looking for a label. When PV2 mentioned 
EMI 
  Gerard all but kicked him in the bollocks! Poor PV2. We are truly not 
worthy 
  of Gerard. But my heart sank when he said it could take "6 to 8 months 
to find 
  a label." Wail! Shriek! He knows what he's doing, but he must also know 
that 
  the fanbase is gagging for it. GAGGING!
   
  Anyway PV2 and I left at about half 12 not 
  wanting to hang around, we are only fans anyway, and not mates of the 
band, 
  and it was a privelige to be allowed backstage in the first instance. 
Thanks 
  to Ann for that. According to Rocker the party went on beyond 4 - I 
doubt I 
  would have lasted! 
   
  Outside also managed to say hi to Chris and 
  congratulate him for an amazing evening. And again, I will congratulate 
him 
  here and thank him for what was, truly, a legendary evening. It really 
felt 
  like the beginning of something! Though it was almost the end of my 
  eardums.
   
  Pardon?!
   
  NW2

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