2019 Headliners

[Nobody Interesting]

There is a pattern.

Emily looks at The Thingy and chooses a date based on any slight sign of  a pattern. As February almost showed a Friday type pattern she decided to do the next announcement in March. 

I blame The Thingy

All hail The Thingy

#thereisnopattern

[Ayrshire Chris]

11 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

By all known laws of the Thingy we should have something, anything, in the next 48 hours.

Only 37 hours to go and counting 

[sadimmock]

I do think that there is something in that and that it is becoming more common. I could speculate that this is driven by relatively few “festival type” bands sticking around for long enough to build name recognition. Anyway who knows!

Anyway back onto headliners. Gaga please Mr.E. 

[Hugh Jass]

20 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

There is a pattern.

Emily looks at The Thingy and chooses a date based on any slight sign of  a pattern. As February almost showed a Friday type pattern she decided to do the next announcement in March. 

I blame The Thingy

All hail The Thingy

#thereisnopattern

She's going to announce on 1st March to spite us isn't she?

[Livvy13]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

She's going to announce on 1st March to spite us isn't she?

It is a Friday after all ? 

[Nobody Interesting]

14 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

She's going to announce on 1st March to spite us isn't she?

 

11 minutes ago, Livvy13 said:

It is a Friday after all ? 

Now that has been posted it will be Tuesday afternoon next week...................

 

Damn, now I have said that so it won't be!

[briddj]

1 hour ago, Zacko said:

With The Streets I feel like in the past four or five years there's been a big recognition of how influential the first three albums are.

Remember seeing them at Boardmasters 09 (I think) when I was about 17 and really enjoying it, but not really having a clue outside of Fit But You Know It.

It wasn't until I went to Uni that I really started to appreciate the albums as a whole, and the influence they've had. Almost like he needed to go away to come back sort of thing? 

There's nothing bigger than a comeback where they say "fuck it, I'm just going to play the hits and not realise a new album no one will buy".

 

[Hugh Jass]

3 minutes ago, briddj said:

There's nothing bigger than a comeback where they say "fuck it, I'm just going to play the hits and not realise a new album no one will buy". 

 

Worked for the Stone Roses.

[Yellow Chicken]

On 2/18/2019 at 12:22 PM, H.M.V said:

What happened with the chickens and their predictions? @Yellow Chicken where are you? Didn't care for that @Blue Chicken 

 

Friday.

[briddj]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Worked for the Stone Roses.

Going by Ian Brown's solo album, and their two singles, probably for the best.

[zeppelin]

12 minutes ago, briddj said:

There's nothing bigger than a comeback where they say "fuck it, I'm just going to play the hits and not realise a new album no one will buy".

 

In saying that, I think there are plans for an album:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/consequenceofsound.net/2018/11/the-streets-call-me-morning-stream/amp/

[H.M.V]

5 minutes ago, Yellow Chicken said:

Friday.

You were always my favourite. ?

[Doug85]

6 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Worked for the Stone Roses.

Longer than I thought too, they got a good 4 years out of that reunion. Faded after 2013 really though. Heaton park in 2012 was still one of the best gigs i've ever been to (not for vocals or anything) but purely for excitement, atmosphere and crowd generally just getting involved- it just all clicked however at Glasgow Green in 2013 and subsequently The Etihad in 2016 they got progressively worse on the same set list. 

[Hugh Jass]

4 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

Longer than I thought too, they got a good 4 years out of that reunion. Faded after 2013 really though. Heaton park in 2012 was still one of the best gigs i've ever been to (not for vocals or anything) but purely for excitement, atmosphere and crowd generally just getting involved- it just all clicked however at Glasgow Green in 2013 and subsequently The Etihad in 2016 they got progressively worse on the same set list. 

I made a conscious decision, which with the benefit of hindsight I cannot fathom, not to bother with Heaton, thought it would be shit and full of sad cases in bucket hats lobbing piss around, but by all accounts it was genuinely brilliant. Went to Finsbury the year later and really enjoyed them, never bothered afterwards, really should have seen them at their first reunion shows.

[KeithRichardsWavedAtMe]

7 minutes ago, Doug85 said:

Longer than I thought too, they got a good 4 years out of that reunion. Faded after 2013 really though. Heaton park in 2012 was still one of the best gigs i've ever been to (not for vocals or anything) but purely for excitement, atmosphere and crowd generally just getting involved- it just all clicked however at Glasgow Green in 2013 and subsequently The Etihad in 2016 they got progressively worse on the same set list. 

Saw them at Heaton, Finsbury and Wembley in 2017 and performance level wise 2017 may have been the best, but it was looking like that'd be their last gig anyway even at the time so it's possible they worked their nuts off to deliver a great set and it worked. Heaton was still the pinnacle though

[Chef]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I made a conscious decision, which with the benefit of hindsight I cannot fathom, not to bother with Heaton, thought it would be shit and full of sad cases in bucket hats lobbing piss around, but by all accounts it was genuinely brilliant. Went to Finsbury the year later and really enjoyed them, never bothered afterwards, really should have seen them at their first reunion shows.

I did exactly the same. Not really sure what I was thinking, although did enjoy them at Finsbury. 

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, Chef said:

I did exactly the same. Not really sure what I was thinking, although did enjoy them at Finsbury. 

I nearly didn't go, but had my arm (very slightly, admittedly) twisted and enjoyed it immensely.

[Mouseboy11]

1 hour ago, Zacko said:

With The Streets I feel like in the past four or five years there's been a big recognition of how influential the first three albums are.

Remember seeing them at Boardmasters 09 (I think) when I was about 17 and really enjoying it, but not really having a clue outside of Fit But You Know It.

It wasn't until I went to Uni that I really started to appreciate the albums as a whole, and the influence they've had. Almost like he needed to go away to come back sort of thing? 

Yeah I agree with you her, definitely noticed when I went to uni a lot of people my age were getting into the The Streets around that time. I’m 22 so a little bit young for them first time round, although I was aware of them.

I remember there being a ‘Original Pirate Material’ anniversary clubnight while I was at uni and it sold out straight away, was really surprised then where that interest had come from.

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, Chef said:

I did exactly the same. Not really sure what I was thinking, although did enjoy them at Finsbury. 

Finsbury was brilliant, I'd never seen them before (but had seen Brown a few times which had tempered my enthusiasm a little) but was shocked by how good he sounded and how tight the rest of the band were.

Took my dad who was a huge fan of theirs back in the day but never got to see them and he loved it too.

Still wish I'd gone to Heaton though.

[Zoo Music Girl]

I absolutely loved The Streets' first album, was pretty obsessed with it back in the day. I liked the second, not sure it would stand up now as well? And then lost interest. I'm guessing any Glasto set will be OPM-heavy? Open with Turn The Page maybe? Weak Become Heroes is genuinely still one of my favourite songs so I'd be there for it I reckon, even if it does mean a trip to stinky Other. Will have my work cut out persuading 'Im Indoors along though.

[Hugh Jass]

10 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Yeah I agree with you her, definitely noticed when I went to uni a lot of people my age were getting into the The Streets around that time. I’m 22 so a little bit young for them first time round, although I was aware of them.

I remember there being a ‘Original Pirate Material’ anniversary clubnight while I was at uni and it sold out straight away, was really surprised then where that interest had come from.

I was at uni the first time it came out, really feeling my age now...

[sadimmock]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I was at uni the first time it came out, really feeling my age now...

I was already a post-grad. Feel ancient! 

[jyoung]

8 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

I absolutely loved The Streets' first album, was pretty obsessed with it back in the day. I liked the second, not sure it would stand up now as well? And then lost interest. I'm guessing any Glasto set will be OPM-heavy? Open with Turn The Page maybe? Weak Become Heroes is genuinely still one of my favourite songs so I'd be there for it I reckon, even if it does mean a trip to stinky Other. Will have my work cut out persuading 'Im Indoors along though.

This.

First record is a 'cult classic not bestseller' to use Skinner's own words. I've been playing it loads recently, gearing up for the potential OS headline slot and it is his masterpiece.

A Grand Don't Come For Free is decent like you said but the Hardest Way To Make A Living / Computer and Blues definitely lack that punch (some of the lyrics on Everything Is Borrowed are insane so I give that a bit more clout).

I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder and in The Streets absence, people have been able to look back at the early stuff and recognise it's impact. I suppose when they were last playing they were still wheeling out new stuff which was probably sticking out the set at live shows. 

Set lists now though contains nothing but bangers (not anthems ).

Edited February 27, 2019 by jyoung

[keeponrockin]

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-andy-anderson-dead-cure-14059834

RiP

[priest17]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

I absolutely loved The Streets' first album, was pretty obsessed with it back in the day. I liked the second, not sure it would stand up now as well? And then lost interest. I'm guessing any Glasto set will be OPM-heavy? Open with Turn The Page maybe? Weak Become Heroes is genuinely still one of my favourite songs so I'd be there for it I reckon, even if it does mean a trip to stinky Other. Will have my work cut out persuading 'Im Indoors along though.

I still reckon you could argue that the second is only just behind the first. Well I could anyway ahah. The third is genuinely a stinker with the odd decent moment (and to be fair Never Went To Church might be their best) and the fourth went down really badly which is probably why they were so far down bills in '09. Computer and Blues raised their stocks a little though I reckon.

There's a great Streets live album from halloween 2002 on Spotify now, worth a go.

 

Also Stone Roses at Heaton Park is probably the third best gig I've ever been to (overtaken since by Oh Sees and Nick Cave since).