Guilty Pleasure Number 2
I've been in denial about this one for 35 years.
Can't believe a week has passed since I arrived at EOTR. This time last week I was probably experiencing the thrills of Californian heavy blues duo Deap Vally (think I previously mis-spelt their name - apologies go out to DV). They warned the audience it was going to be loud (unusual) and it was. The warm-up night audience generously lapped it up and unlike Dinosaur Jr who were similarly loud/heavy on the final night (more later) there wasn't a melody in sight. That's no good for me in 2013. In truth it never has been. As I said last week there 5 bands on the night all from the Communion record label/promotions roster including soon to be Boro faves Catfish and the Bottlemen . The singer, Van McCann (I'm not buying that's real) is a genuine hoot and a half as well so Teesside people join me at The Westgarth on 8 October. Overall I counted up that I saw 50 bands/artists over the 4 days and much of it very good or better ...
In denial? Why? It's always been a fine song.
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Punk rock and all that!
ReplyDeleteThere was a lad at school used to have Lindisfarne written on the back of his haversack. Quiet lad Ian Walker I think he was called.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there was a kid on our road really into them. I always like the idea of their Christmas shows at Newcastle City Hall and if punk hadn't come along I probably would have gone.
DeleteIt's a lovely song!
ReplyDeleteIt really is and for an old sentimentalist like me there's something about those pre-punk songs that I discarded that now make them quite special.
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