Number of posts : 360 Age : 32 Location : London Registration date : 2007-07-13
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:49 pm
Ahh yeah that was mine
Well spotted
mc
Number of posts : 1786 Location : Bristol Registration date : 2008-01-20
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:58 pm
I'll be there! - not sure which other bands to check out before the Stooges, anyone got any recommendations?
EmmaUK
Number of posts : 360 Age : 32 Location : London Registration date : 2007-07-13
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:25 am
I'm staying on the mainstage, i like mostly all the bands on there.
Gogol Bordello - Definately see them! But listen to them first, theyre kinda an aquired taste haha. But if you like the sound of them, theyre crazy live.
The Hives are gonna be good - great live.
I've seen The Holloways a few times, theyre always good.
Never seen Supergrass before but i've heard good things.
Wish The Gossip and The Maccabees were on the mainstage, theyre both good.
Donald
Number of posts : 1003 Location : Chelmsford, UK Registration date : 2007-11-22
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:25 pm
The Hives are definitely worth seeing. Gogol Bordello should be good at a festival. They outstayed their welcome a bit when I saw them at Koko. My daughter's keen to see Reverend and the Makers so we'll probably be giving Supergrass a miss.
mc
Number of posts : 1786 Location : Bristol Registration date : 2008-01-20
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:59 pm
Looks like the Mainstage it is then! See you all there. I've done Iggy in the moshpit before so I'll probably be watching sedately from the back this time.
I presume cameras will be allowed in?
JESUS_LOVES_THE_STOOGES Street Walkin Cheetah
Number of posts : 1296 Age : 31 Location : Motor City Registration date : 2007-03-05
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:57 pm
C'mon MC
The mosh pit is crazy ! I know from the NY show.
But don't you wanna catch Iggy ?
Cheers !
Donald
Number of posts : 1003 Location : Chelmsford, UK Registration date : 2007-11-22
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:24 pm
Cameras should be ok. I don't think they'll let video cameras in though.
Steve
Number of posts : 66 Age : 53 Location : Interzone Registration date : 2008-08-22
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:18 pm
Wish I could be there with you all !
EmmaUK
Number of posts : 360 Age : 32 Location : London Registration date : 2007-07-13
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:12 am
I'll be front row Leaving for London tomorrow, see you all there!
Enjoy the show! xxx
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:08 pm
TELL US what you've heard - seen - experienced - links - video's - reports - setlist - photo's - details ALL PLEASE OK!!!?
Donald
Number of posts : 1003 Location : Chelmsford, UK Registration date : 2007-11-22
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:11 am
Pretty good gig. It was a real treat to see them doing Search and Destroy and especially I Got a Right.
This was good but unfortunately I missed the intro...
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mc
Number of posts : 1786 Location : Bristol Registration date : 2008-01-20
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:25 am
Great weather, great day!
I thought they were particularly tight on Funhouse (superb freakout at the end), 1970 and Little Doll. James W is definitely missed on Search & Destroy.
No close ups, I was too far away - these'll do until EmmaUK (did U make it to the front row?) posts hers:
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Donald
Number of posts : 1003 Location : Chelmsford, UK Registration date : 2007-11-22
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:28 am
Stooges hit the stage...
homesickjameswilliamson Modern Guy, Modern Guy
Number of posts : 3439 Age : 35 Location : Stoogeland Registration date : 2007-07-07
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:55 am
looks good donald thanks for posting, i like the design in the screen behind them
sounded like a good gig
its great to hear search and i got a right isnt it?
Nadja
Number of posts : 2617 Registration date : 2007-12-16
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:41 am
nice shots!
sad to hear that James is missed on 'Search & Destroy'!
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:31 pm
Beautiful photo's Donald/Mc...really great THNX! Especially like the ones where Scotty comes out good..smart with that screen...the drummer finally get's a profile.
Thanks for the video, wonderful...you can taste a bit of the atmosphere. But it also seems the audience was a bit tame..were they?
(...waiting for Emma .....)
people
Number of posts : 40 Registration date : 2007-07-07
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:03 pm
i got quite far forward in the mosh pit. It was quite rough, dissapointed that they played skull ring which pales in comparison to ther songs. Search and destroy actuallt sounded pretty good to me
cb
Number of posts : 522 Location : Washington, DC Registration date : 2007-03-06
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:21 pm
Number of posts : 3439 Age : 35 Location : Stoogeland Registration date : 2007-07-07
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:16 am
thats good to know, at his age and everything u'no, u dont know when they may stiop u'no, but good to know
thanks HJW
EmmaUK
Number of posts : 360 Age : 32 Location : London Registration date : 2007-07-13
Subject: Re: Get Loaded In The Park Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:05 am
Hey all!
Just got back earlier so i'm pretty tired, its like 2AM or something, I'll upload the pictures tomorrow when i get stuff sorted out. I got some quite good ones but in the end i just wanted to watch and enjoy it.
I did get front row stayed there all day from 12. Well worth the wait and pain though!
Its nonsense about Iggy getting injured he was fine, did an encore n everything. He did go on the amps etc. a few times but i never noticed him in any pain.
The Stooges were all on amazing form, blew me away again completely, no other band beats them live. It was SO GOOD to hear Search and Destroy and I Got A Right aswell.
Before The Stooges came on their roadies and security built a kinda staircase for Iggy to come down to the crowd easier n stuff which was cool cos he was closer etc.
Security were pretty rough all day, Saw one guy getting strangled and pinned down n carried away which was bad! Dunno what he'd done. When Iggy invited everyone up, after a while security realised he was allowing the stage invasion and let people up fine. They were terrible during Gogol Bordellos set, the singer (Eugene) came into the crowd and was stood on the barriers etc. and we all had to hold him up and security wouldn't let him so he poured red wine on them from the bottle he had and tried to fight them, he just kept screaming "im a grown man let me go!" it was genius.
I was annoyed i didn't get up onstage for the stage invasion but i just couldn't get out cos people were crowdsurfing over me constantly and it was just too crushed to force myself over. Its bad when people are kicking you in the back of the head etc. My body is very battered today. Haha. I tried to use last years trick of telling security i was hurt and wanted out, then run onstage once your out. But they were just bothered about the crowdsurfers. But i can't complain too much cos i went onstage last time i saw them. Its funny watching everyone dancing onstage though (After the gig i overheard a man saying when he went onstage everyone was after Iggy but all he wanted to do was hug the Ashetons and Mike, i loved that cos they deserve more attention!)
I didn't care later about not getting onstage when Iggy came down the front and held my hand and during Skull Ring he once pointed at me when he sang "hot chicks". no joke. It was all so surreal, Stooges gigs always are, it seems at the time its all just too good to be true. At one point Iggy was dancing or something and i was laughing and Steve noticed me laughing and he was laughing at me laughing, if that makes sense, that was cool.
During the gig Iggy was crawling around on the ground at the front, security didn't know what to make of him . He said his usual "I am you" "i need love" stuff, but i don't think i misheard it when he said "you try to be yourself, and no one fucking cares" - something along those lines, he kept shouting it over again at the end of a song, don't think i've heard him say stuff like that before.
But overall it was just an amazing gig, The Hives and Gogol Bordello were amazing as well, but The Stooges just beat everyone.
I'll upload the pictures i have tomorrow, hope everyone else that went ad an amazing time aswell! Hope The Stooges come back soon! xxx
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