Going out is good
Mar. 24th, 2006 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pandopI had the last minute chance to go to see The Levellers last night, and I am really glad I went. It was an absolutely brilliant concert, and it was really good for me to make a spur of the moment decision and go out.
I was also a good girl and didn't spend £15 on a t-shirt (me not spending, what progress!)
I also discovered that I am getting really spoiled by the selection of nice ciders available in Morrisons, Strongbow is now tasting almost as bad as Dry Blackthorn does <shudder>.
It was quite disturbing to work out that it is 10.5 years since I last saw them though.
Some thoughts on the concert:
1: It is very nice to know the individual names of the support act, it would really help if you told us who you were as in your group name. As it happens I would be wanting to avoid them, but this would be even more irritiating if I had actually liked you.
2: Leeds Met venue bods, yes I like The Clash, indeed I like them quite a lot. However, that doesn't mean that you have to play nothing but The Clash between the bands. A little variety would be nice.
3: Again, Leeds Met venue bods, please think again about the system for taking drinks through into the concert. I appreciate why you don't want rigid plastic glasses in the concert area, but perhaps you could serve the drinks in flexi-glasses, instead serving them in rigid glasses and then having eveyone transfer their pints into flexi glasses before they go in.
4: Kudos to the security for being such good crowd-surfer-catchers. It was really impressive, especially in such a small venue. Also, well done for managing to remain polite despite being kicked in the face a few times.
5: The Levellers were fantastic, it was a real 'best of' track list, and I am so jealous of the energy they still have. For me, the highlights were: Men-an-Tol, Forgotton Ground, Beautiful Day (and I loved the introduction 'for spring - if it ever gets here') and the encore of One Way of Life, and Liberty.
6: The strangest sight in Leeds must have been 1000 people watching a digeridoo player in kilt, very red knee highs, a white shirt and flourescent orange hair. Yes, we know digeridoos are phallic. No need to labour the point so - and I really hope you were wearing something under that kilt ....
I was also a good girl and didn't spend £15 on a t-shirt (me not spending, what progress!)
I also discovered that I am getting really spoiled by the selection of nice ciders available in Morrisons, Strongbow is now tasting almost as bad as Dry Blackthorn does <shudder>.
It was quite disturbing to work out that it is 10.5 years since I last saw them though.
Some thoughts on the concert:
1: It is very nice to know the individual names of the support act, it would really help if you told us who you were as in your group name. As it happens I would be wanting to avoid them, but this would be even more irritiating if I had actually liked you.
2: Leeds Met venue bods, yes I like The Clash, indeed I like them quite a lot. However, that doesn't mean that you have to play nothing but The Clash between the bands. A little variety would be nice.
3: Again, Leeds Met venue bods, please think again about the system for taking drinks through into the concert. I appreciate why you don't want rigid plastic glasses in the concert area, but perhaps you could serve the drinks in flexi-glasses, instead serving them in rigid glasses and then having eveyone transfer their pints into flexi glasses before they go in.
4: Kudos to the security for being such good crowd-surfer-catchers. It was really impressive, especially in such a small venue. Also, well done for managing to remain polite despite being kicked in the face a few times.
5: The Levellers were fantastic, it was a real 'best of' track list, and I am so jealous of the energy they still have. For me, the highlights were: Men-an-Tol, Forgotton Ground, Beautiful Day (and I loved the introduction 'for spring - if it ever gets here') and the encore of One Way of Life, and Liberty.
6: The strangest sight in Leeds must have been 1000 people watching a digeridoo player in kilt, very red knee highs, a white shirt and flourescent orange hair. Yes, we know digeridoos are phallic. No need to labour the point so - and I really hope you were wearing something under that kilt ....
