bags
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 22, 2005 at 03:03 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Sugartastic:
From a far, and with my terrible vision, I thought the keyboardist looked like Vince Vaughn.
You must have been very far away…. ;)
It was GREAT for a summer show to be not sold out. I'm getting pretty weary of every single 9:30 being sold out or really close these days. Although I think Teenage Fanclub deserve a sellout far more than most (their album output is great, though I was less than dazzled by the show).
kosmo
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 05:47 AM UTC
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The Greenbelt Judge gives the Kaiser Chiefs a big OK. Not a very compelling performance in comparasion to Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party or Nic Armstrong. Clearily a product of much studio time, the limited vocabularies of both the singer and guitar player were obvious in a live seeting. In fact my intial reaction was to how thin the group sounded and wondered if a second guitar was called for. As is the case these days, it's a great drummer which takes bands to the next level for me. The Chiefs drummer was good a keeping time but wasn't really propelling them along, if anything he was dragging them down a bit.
Their set really hit a peak midway with "I Predict A Riot" and went rapidily down hill after that. The slow stuff with offkey singing was just cringe worthy. Lots of duff notes in general as the show went on. Maybe the singer's voice is shot from to much touring, but his range tonight was pretty limited.
The band gets style points for energerizing the audience, but the technical skills need some work They'll to get some more material and chops in order to keep my interest past the first album. Wont go out of my way to see them any time soon…
ggw
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 05:49 AM UTC
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Good show on Friday.
The Cribs were entertaining if not musically compelling. It kind of reminds me of ~1998 when there seemed to be dozens of "punk" bands popping up everywhere. Only now there are noisy English garage rock acts. Not that that's a bad thing…I'm just saying.
The Kaiser Chiefs were great. They don't have a lot of material, but I thought they handled what they do have swimmingly. High energy show and that impromptu little prom dance serenade was just precious, wasn't it?
Hats off to the DJ also. That set between Cribs and Kaiser Chiefs was great fun – Heat Wave, Beat It, I'm A Man, Jive Talking, Won't Get Fooled Again, Superstition (the last one holds a coveted spot on the GGW 100 Greatest Songs Ever Recorded list).
ggw
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 05:51 AM UTC
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Apparently "compelling" is the word of the day.
Use it liberally.
kosmo
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 06:08 AM UTC
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well i'm compelled by law to state "i'm old and grumpy" which may have dimmed my view of the Kaiser Chiefs…
sukihaywood
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 06:33 AM UTC
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I loved the show tonight: The Cribs were a great touring match with the Kaiser Chiefs…I loved the KC's set and it seemed like the crowd was pretty thrilled too…What was with all the drunk chicks? Maybe those hyperskinny hipster women ought to eat a little sumptin before all those cocktails and shooters…it was a barfarama in the loo…not to mention other "displays" heh heh… :roll:
thirsty moore
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Re: Calls Will Roll
July 23, 2005 at 02:51 PM UTC
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Made it out to the show due to a friend having a free ticket. I hadn't heard anything from either band before but had a good time. Cribs got a bit old after a while; Kaiser Chiefs saved themselves because the singer's such a character.