Rude Lissie Fans

Sorry Sir HC, but the Stone Roses DID indeed play an encore, and it was one their very first at the time as a way of saying "sorry" for the fuckup at Gaston Hall the earlier night. They played "Fools Gold".

bearman wrote:
Sorry Sir HC, but the Stone Roses DID indeed play an encore, and it was one their very first at the time as a way of saying "sorry" for the fuckup at Gaston Hall the earlier night. They played "Fools Gold".

Okay, I was there for Fools Gold, but I did not remember it being an encore.  But then again, my memories are a bit fuzzy on the whole thing.

At the time I knew some of the physical plant guys at Georgetown, and they said that Ian tried to push the PA off stage and toss the microphone through the stained glass window because he didn't want seats where they played. 

I have a pretty classic story about that gig. I was one of the first few people in line, and was outside the hall when the Roses were sound-checking. At a certain point the music stopped and Ian came out and walked right up to me and says, "mate, you need to tell the crowd that the gig is off. The PA is crap, and we can't do the show. We'll do the gig tomorrow night somewhere else." I'm just like "EXCUSE ME?" I figure it's Ian Brown talking, so I turn around and yell at the top of my lungs to the now growing line and am greeted with shouts of "fuck you" and "you've got to be fucking kidding me". I was with 3 other people that I had somehow started to talk and bond with, and we ended up taking refuge with the Roses. Somehow I followed them as people start freaking out and started getting confrontational. Some had traveled from Atlanta and other places, and they were pissed. I manage to end up on the tour bus and they told me they were staying at the Ritz in Dupont Circle. They signed all my CDs I had with me, and Ian commented about my "Stand Still" bootleg and asked me where I got it because he wanted one. They asked what there was to do in DC, so I just said "well, there's an English-style pub around the corner from your hotel called the Brickskeller". So they suggested that we meet up there. I met back up with my other new "friends" and the band went back to the hotel to chill out for a bit. We walked by the hotel and recognized a couple roadies, who said "go fetch the band". I remember calling up to Ian's room and he said they were just going to chill with a big bag of weed. So we got to hang with their roadies instead. It was such a surreal evening. The next night was the show at WUST, which was fantastic. Mani was the coolest.

Now THAT's a story!

I remember at Gaston Hall that night walking up a stairwell where I saw Ian Brown by himself . . . it was jarring.  He was SO British Rockstar-y with his big head on a tiny body, his kind of weathered but still boyish look and seemingly age inappropriate moddish (?) haircut.  That brush with greatness alone was awesome.

I thought I remembered them ending with Fool's Gold encore but wasn't positive.  If memory serves, like on the US album, it wouldn't have hurt to have ended with I Am The Resurrection (although I do love Fool's Gold) . . . I Am The Resurrection was Epic . . . and Fool's Gold was cool but a bit off - in particular I think I recall the imposter/antichrist in place of Reni and/or drum machine loop wasn't quite on point

You guys are as bad as a bunch of blockheads worshipping their football jock heroes.

LOL…whatever. It's a funny story from when I was 20 years old. Lighten up and have a good laugh. I am past caring about celebutards now, back then I was having an "Almost Famous" moment. I'm glad I'm not as jaded as some other people when it comes to music though.

James wrote:
You guys are as bad as a bunch of blockheads worshipping their football jock heroes.

Could be beer.

Jaguar wrote:

James wrote:
You guys are as bad as a bunch of blockheads worshipping their football jock heroes.

Could be beer.

Or you could just adopt an one of your favorite artist's name as your screen name…

Thanks for the suggestion, Chaz.

chaz wrote:

Jaguar wrote:

James wrote:
You guys are as bad as a bunch of blockheads worshipping their football jock heroes.

Could be beer.

Or you could just adopt an one of your favorite artist's name as your screen name…

I don't know who that is but he's not nearly as fuckable as this indie rock dreamboat.