Re: Fleece

["Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk>]

All he said about the Truckers is that "they do the same sort of thing we 
do."

NW2
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Vallis 
  To: Blue Aeroplanes List 
  Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece


  I've been quoted enough in Nick's post (and in context, obviously Nick 
would not survive long in journalism) not to need to add too much more, 
but to echo everyone's thoughts that it was a superb night.
   
  That was, for me, the best set they've played in quite a few years.  
Broken and Mended has always been a favourite opener for me - I love the 
riff and it was great to have Rodney there playing it on his Ricky.  Raise 
The Roof still sends shivers down my spine as the chorus kicks in - always 
so much better live after the album version was a let-down in my opinion.  
All those harmonies just lift it to another level, even better than when 
the Larder sisters were in the band (anyone know what happened to them by 
the way?).  The same happened with Bury Your Love Like Treasure.  I don't 
think anyone has mentioned that Jack Leaves and Back Spring was played, 
mainly Gerard, John and Rodney on acoustic.  Excellent.
   
  The "other" members' songs were all great - Rita's, Gerard Starkey's 
(which really rocked) and of course Fun, another favourite of mine.
   
  What did Gerard say about the Drive By Truckers?  They are a big 
favourite of mine.  Seen them three times, and thinking seriously about 
heading to either London or Birmingham in November to catch one of their 
gigs on their current tour.  Also saw former DBT Jason Isbell at a small 
gig in Bristol not long ago.
   
  Great to meet up with the travelling contigent as well - names are never 
my strong point, particularly after a few beers, but Phil, Nat and 
(briefly) Gordon.  And I also ran into an old friend Fran, who doesn't 
look a day older than when I first met her over 25 years ago.
   
  Finally, it was particularly great to hear Severn Beach as that was the 
song that started it all for me, stumbling slightly drunkenly across the 
field at the Ashton Court festival one year in the second half of the 80's 
some time, and hearing this song drifting across.  I was intrigued and 
bimbled over to watch the rest of the set.  And the rest is (cat scan) 
history....
   
  PV1
   

   

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  From: nickw@bl...co.uk
  To: blueplanes@bl...org
  Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:03:12 +0100
  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










    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Andy Keulemans 
    To: andrewbrown@bl...ch ; A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes 
    Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece


    Use one of the usb turntables that everybody appears to have and 
convert said item to a very poor quality digital format and mail it out to 
everybody who missed last night’s probably amazing gig so that we can 
rejoice/moan about hearing it.

    ak




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    From: blueplanes-bounces@bl...org [mailto:blueplanes-bounces@bl...org] 
On Behalf Of andrewbrown@bl...ch
    Sent: 30 September 2010 19:06
    To: blueplanes@bl...org
    Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece



    ...and more nice chances:
    We were clearing out stuff from various moves that'd never been opened 
& I came across a tape of a Planes concert recorded off BBC radio in about 
1992 or so that I feared lost years ago. Amongst other gems it has the Boy 
in the Bubble with Gerard singing "every generation throws another fucking 
hero up the pop charts". Never truer.


    ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----
    Von: paul_vearncombe@ho...com
    Datum: 30.09.2010 18:41
    An: "Blueplanes"<blueplanes@bl...org>
    Betreff: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece

    Here's another one who can't wait for Saturday.  Don't really 
understand why people are getting so eggy about the details - aren't we 
all on the same side here?  Mental note for the next dinner party - never 
discuss religion, politics or low loss digital music formats.
     
    Anyway, in other news - I've just come back from a trip to the USA and 
on the plane I was messing about with the entertainment programs.  There 
were a couple of compilations of music from British cities - there was a 
Manchester one, and a Bristol one, which featured Aeroplane Blues as one 
of the tracks.  Which was nice.
     
    PV2
     


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    From: chris.sharp4@vi...net
    Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:31:45 +0100
    To: blueplanes@bl...org
    Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece

    Nice one Rocker! 



    That reminds me...



    Bristol City Council granted the licence changes we requested last 
month so we can open until 4am Thu, Fri & Sat every week if we want. They 
also agreed to remove the restriction on children. This means anyone who 
is 16 or 17 is allowed in the venue at any time as long as they don't 
drink alcohol. It also means anyone under 16 can stay in the venue until 
midnight if accompanied by an adult.



    We're happy to let you spin those tunes until 4am if you want Rocker. 
Let's see if there's anyone hard core enough to still be there at the end!



    ...and if any of you want to bring your kids to their first Aero's gig 
- no problem!



    Another thing I realised at the rehearsal last weekend - this is the 
first gig I've ever done with Rod in the band. I absolutely adore Broken & 
Mended - always have. It's brilliant to play even though it's not the most 
straightforward bass line I've ever had to learn. Oh and I'd forgotten how 
difficult Pony Boy is too! Ok thats enough of the set list leaks.



    See you Saturday



    Chris







    On 29 Sep 2010, at 23:26, Rockerq@ao...com wrote:



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      And another spoilt child takes his ball home - Chris, ignore these 
immature criticisms, the vast majority of people on this list are fully 
behind you in this venture. The Fleece has been wasted as a venue for well 
over 10 years so it is obvious that it will take a bit of time to turn it 
around.

      And for the people who were complaining that it was too noisy **AT A 
ROCK GIG** I can only quote Bob Dylan's famous indirect riposte to the 
shout of "Judas" from the audience (as most on here will probably know he 
turned to his band and said "Play it fucking loud" before they ripped into 
"Like A Rolling Stone").

      It is ace that the launch gig tickets are selling so well!

      For anyone who is coming along, my friend Ian and I are "Getting 
Together", Bristol's finest Northern Soul night, and we will be playing 
vintage soul vinyl between the bands, and indeed after the bands - so if 
enough people stick around after the Aeros' set we can promise to give you 
something upbeat and danceable!

      Hope to see a lot of you there!

      Rocker



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