Explosions In The Sky, Barras, Glasgow, Sunday, 27/1/08

Ewan_C · 22nd August 2007, 09:47 PM

Seems like a rather large venue for them, should be cool though!

stuartmaxwell · 22nd August 2007, 11:36 PM

eluvium supporting

neilcoalesce · 28th January 2008, 04:54 PM

Immense night. Great to be back in the Barras again for the first time since Anthrax*

Eluvium were interesting.

Explosions were spectacular. Faultless set. Can't have been far off sold-out. Nice to see a good use for that most maligned of musical instruments, the tamborine. Bash it off your guitar while it's lying on the floor - it makes a great noise.

Gig only marginally marred by people yapping throughout. One particular stupid bint near me was so bad that a guy standing next to me told her to shut the fuck up, resulting in a lively verbal exchange. What happens? The guy gets escorted out by security (thankfully 3/4 way through the last song so he didn't miss much). Some people just shouldn't leave the house, or breed.

(* Just realised, that makes it sound like the Barrowlands Ballroom suffered from contamination by Anthrax spores. It didn't. I meant the popular thrash metal combo)

Afro Joe · 28th January 2008, 05:10 PM

Eluvium was ok, but a lot of his stuff just merged into sounding exactly the same. His records are no bad.
Explosions were great. First time I'd seen them, didn't think for a second they'd play Greet Death. Excellent stuff.

gabrillowise · 28th January 2008, 05:11 PM

I wanted to go to this, after missing them when they played in Edinburgh a couple or so years ago. They apparently had a bad crowd there too, heckled for having slight technical problems. What's the point in paying to see a band if you don't like them enough to pay attention?

Next time

*Lyndsey* · 28th January 2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabrillowise

They apparently had a bad crowd there too, heckled for having slight technical problems. What's the point in paying to see a band if you don't like them enough to pay attention?

Nobody got to see the band in Edinburgh because the band has four members, only three guys played.

: : Scott : : · 28th January 2008, 05:54 PM

Yeah, it wasn't exactly a slight or subtle technical problem. If you know what they sound like, you can imagine how their sound would be affected by one guy not playing anything for the whole set. Were the crowd supposed to pay attention to the absence of his input?

They were still okay but deserved the mild heckling they got and took it sportingly, the guy with the sound issues pantomiming frustration to an amusing effect.

gabrillowise · 28th January 2008, 06:53 PM

Based on the fact that you both replied with defensive arguments within a minute of each other, would I be right to assume that you were taking part in the shouting?

Sorry, my post was just what I heard from somebody else who was there and thought they played well despite the problems they had. It seems they don't get very sympathetic crowds.

Ugh.

: : Scott : : · 28th January 2008, 07:09 PM

Nah we read this thread together and agree that your sentiment incorrectly reflects the reality of the situation. We certainly weren't heckling them even through, as I mentioned, they would arguably have deserved it. If you go and see a four piece instrumental band you like and one of them can't play, it's not good; especially if you like them.

Listen to them with only the left stereo channel on and see if you like it as much.

Edit: To put it more succinctly to avoid shitting up this thread; with a band like EITS, if you like them just as much with a musician missing you don't like them that much.

gabrillowise · 28th January 2008, 07:36 PM

Whatever you say.

Like I said, it was somebody else who told me that. Somebody who must have seen the situation differently. Don't take it so personally.

28th January 2008, 04:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
neilcoalesce Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Muppet Labs Posts: 1,408	Immense night. Great to be back in the Barras again for the first time since Anthrax* Eluvium were interesting. Explosions were spectacular. Faultless set. Can't have been far off sold-out. Nice to see a good use for that most maligned of musical instruments, the tamborine. Bash it off your guitar while it's lying on the floor - it makes a great noise. Gig only marginally marred by people yapping throughout. One particular stupid bint near me was so bad that a guy standing next to me told her to shut the fuck up, resulting in a lively verbal exchange. What happens? The guy gets escorted out by security (thankfully 3/4 way through the last song so he didn't miss much). Some people just shouldn't leave the house, or breed. (* Just realised, that makes it sound like the Barrowlands Ballroom suffered from contamination by Anthrax spores. It didn't. I meant the popular thrash metal combo) Last edited by neilcoalesce : 28th January 2008 at 08:29 PM.

28th January 2008, 07:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
: : Scott : : Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 7,138	Nah we read this thread together and agree that your sentiment incorrectly reflects the reality of the situation. We certainly weren't heckling them even through, as I mentioned, they would arguably have deserved it. If you go and see a four piece instrumental band you like and one of them can't play, it's not good; especially if you like them. Listen to them with only the left stereo channel on and see if you like it as much. Edit: To put it more succinctly to avoid shitting up this thread; with a band like EITS, if you like them just as much with a musician missing you don't like them that much. Last edited by : : Scott : : : 28th January 2008 at 07:18 PM.

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28th January 2008, 05:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,298	Eluvium was ok, but a lot of his stuff just merged into sounding exactly the same. His records are no bad. Explosions were great. First time I'd seen them, didn't think for a second they'd play Greet Death. Excellent stuff.

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gabrillowise Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: the forest haven Posts: 2,059	I wanted to go to this, after missing them when they played in Edinburgh a couple or so years ago. They apparently had a bad crowd there too, heckled for having slight technical problems. What's the point in paying to see a band if you don't like them enough to pay attention? Next time

28th January 2008, 05:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
: : Scott : : Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 7,138	Yeah, it wasn't exactly a slight or subtle technical problem. If you know what they sound like, you can imagine how their sound would be affected by one guy not playing anything for the whole set. Were the crowd supposed to pay attention to the absence of his input? They were still okay but deserved the mild heckling they got and took it sportingly, the guy with the sound issues pantomiming frustration to an amusing effect.

28th January 2008, 06:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
gabrillowise Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: the forest haven Posts: 2,059	Based on the fact that you both replied with defensive arguments within a minute of each other, would I be right to assume that you were taking part in the shouting? Sorry, my post was just what I heard from somebody else who was there and thought they played well despite the problems they had. It seems they don't get very sympathetic crowds. Ugh.

28th January 2008, 07:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
gabrillowise Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: the forest haven Posts: 2,059	Whatever you say. Like I said, it was somebody else who told me that. Somebody who must have seen the situation differently. Don't take it so personally.