Andrew Duggan
Tue, 26 May 1998 06:06:14 -0400
Thought I'd weigh in with my Haigh Hall story. It was interesting to compare and contrast my story with the others who've already posted. As somebody has said there were a few arseholes (or snidey gits as RA put it) who paid 20 odd quid to get pissed and have a fight in a muddy field but the majority of the crowd were good natured. I spent most of the night stood just to the right of the mixing booth and the other thing I noticed was that I seemed to be the only person singing the songs off ANS. I guess you have to expect that when a band 'cross-over' but it was a bit of a let down when they first walked onstage and RA shouted "This is Music" and everybody cheered but didn't know the song. The band sounded superb (or maybe 'in fine fettle') and that's the main thing. The 12 minute wall of sound of BSS was amazing, as was the extended Come ON. I especially liked the dig at Vauxhall (who really did steal _that_ rif to ride the Verve wave) just before BSS. The program did seem a bit empty with the cancellations and maybe somebosy could tell me just how pissed that John Martin geezer was. Did anybody actually do that Mexican wave he was after? Beck was good though, I didn't expect him to dredge up I'm a looser, but he did and the crowd loved it. As has been said Beck was maybe out cooled by his DJ who managed to get an ordinary record to play 'eye of the tiger' and 'smoke on the water'. Words fail me - I'm off to get one of those white polo neck tops. All in all a top gig and the Verve were amazing. The slight tarnish on the day was not provided by the weather, which was a bit crap, but by the dickheads who can't resist the opportunity to get completely pissed up and miss the whole thing. I'm off to suck some strepsils now - yelling come on prior to the encore took its toll. Andy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To be removed from the list, send a message with the word "unsubscribe" in the body to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------