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Talking 'bout pop, Britpop
Jul. 8th, 2009 05:42 pmSo last night we went to see The Saturdays, having had the date re-scheduled. I'd not been to Manchester Apollo before and I can see why. It's in an odd place and it really feels like you're in the centre of an industrial estate. Plus a family of lost scousers gave us life half way down the road to the venue, very odd. The stage area and seating isn't too bad, it's just the rest of the place! Anyway, The Saturdays were really good. It was nice watching a pop band in such an intimate venue and they made it look very pretty considering they didn't change the set at any time. And Vanessa has a fair set of lungs on her. So yeah, it was fun. Setlist:
Up (intro)
If This Is Love
Set Me Off
Keep Her
Just Can't Get Enough
Wordshaker
Why Me Why Now (Done in a Mo-town style)
Fall
Beggin' (Acoustic)
Chasing Lights (Acoustic)
Break (The video screen showed clips from their video diaries)
Medley (Shut Up And Drive/I Kissed A Girl/So What)
One Shot
Lies
Work
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Issues
Up
The way back wasn't so fun as I was feeling really rough and the train journey was hell. I felt rough and it kept coming in waves. I didn't know if I was going to throw up or faint. Thankfully I did neither but I was so glad to get home and sleep. I'm off work today as I'm still not feeling 100%, God knows what's wrong with me. I've been spending time with the Girls Aloud box set though, that's made me feel better, as has playing lots of Sonic the Hedgehog.
I forgot to mention in my last entry that to go with my Britpop CD I'd also read through the Britpop edition of Mojo and it made for an interesting read. The one thing that stood out was the immense pressure that bands of that time felt and it's had long lasting effects. Brett Anderson and Justine Frischmann seem tobe really scarred by it all. Whether Britpop is looked at through rose-tinted glasses doesn't really matter, it was clearly a strange time for music.
It was my Grandma's birthday yesterday. I'm used to her being the age she is for obvious reasons but I wrote it in her card and it occurred to me that it's pretty amazing. She's 95, amazing. I sent her a card with a chicken on it as that's our in-joke really. So here's to you Nanna Connie, you're one brilliant Granny.
In other news, me and James are thinking of going to Austria for our holidays. We've found a really cheap deal that seems too good to be true. Doesn't anyone know the place? We're looking at Innsbruck which is in the Alps, but apparently it's easy to have day trips to Germany and other places too which sounds great as it was similar in Iceland and that worked well. It seems really lovely and it's excitingas we didn't think we'd get to go away this summer. Besides, we've got to kept up our reputation for going to unusual places right?
Up (intro)
If This Is Love
Set Me Off
Keep Her
Just Can't Get Enough
Wordshaker
Why Me Why Now (Done in a Mo-town style)
Fall
Beggin' (Acoustic)
Chasing Lights (Acoustic)
Break (The video screen showed clips from their video diaries)
Medley (Shut Up And Drive/I Kissed A Girl/So What)
One Shot
Lies
Work
--------
Issues
Up
The way back wasn't so fun as I was feeling really rough and the train journey was hell. I felt rough and it kept coming in waves. I didn't know if I was going to throw up or faint. Thankfully I did neither but I was so glad to get home and sleep. I'm off work today as I'm still not feeling 100%, God knows what's wrong with me. I've been spending time with the Girls Aloud box set though, that's made me feel better, as has playing lots of Sonic the Hedgehog.
I forgot to mention in my last entry that to go with my Britpop CD I'd also read through the Britpop edition of Mojo and it made for an interesting read. The one thing that stood out was the immense pressure that bands of that time felt and it's had long lasting effects. Brett Anderson and Justine Frischmann seem tobe really scarred by it all. Whether Britpop is looked at through rose-tinted glasses doesn't really matter, it was clearly a strange time for music.
It was my Grandma's birthday yesterday. I'm used to her being the age she is for obvious reasons but I wrote it in her card and it occurred to me that it's pretty amazing. She's 95, amazing. I sent her a card with a chicken on it as that's our in-joke really. So here's to you Nanna Connie, you're one brilliant Granny.
In other news, me and James are thinking of going to Austria for our holidays. We've found a really cheap deal that seems too good to be true. Doesn't anyone know the place? We're looking at Innsbruck which is in the Alps, but apparently it's easy to have day trips to Germany and other places too which sounds great as it was similar in Iceland and that worked well. It seems really lovely and it's excitingas we didn't think we'd get to go away this summer. Besides, we've got to kept up our reputation for going to unusual places right?
