Of Dragons and Dicks
So I went to see Dragonforce in Oxford today (goddammit, why is Oxford so pretty? Lulie, next time I see you, I want you to bring me one of your many pretty buildings, so I can put it on Reading Uni Campus and live in it, annoying any groundskeepers there may be there). It was SO good - Turisas were supporting them, and all my friends are big Turisas fans, so we were all there in the customary red and black Turisas warpaint (even me. Interestingly, also the first time that I would need to be IDed, where I wasn't. Warpaint makes you older!).
Turisas were brilliant - I've only heard a few of their songs before, only one of which they actually played, but still, they were BRILLIANT. They kept the crowd going the entire time, and were overall amazingly entertaining. For anyone who doesn't know, Turisas are a Viking Metal band.
Then after about a 45 minute wait (same length as Turisas's entire set ¬_¬) Dragonforce came on. In their entire set (lasting from about 8:30 to 11:15) I only knew about 4 of their songs - I really need to listen to more music. However, they were still really good. I could complain about the accoustics, and how they'd set the volume far too high for such a small venue, but still, they were great. However, the lead singer is a bit of a twat. Copied and pasted from an msn conversation describing him:
yelling about how much the back of the crowd suck (a lot), funny at first but gets boring and irritating quickly. also he was taking a swig of a bottle of water, then spitting it out on the crowd. again, maybe funny the first time. maybe.
James says:
then he'd chuck the rest of the bottle - water flies everywhere, empty bottle hits someone on head
Thane says:
asshole.
James says:
yeah
James says:
also, he'd spend too much time between songs
James says:
Turisas (they were supporting) were just straight from one song to the next, with pauses only to introduce the next song
James says:
the Dragonforce guy would talk for a bit
James says:
at one point he came into the crowd, asking people to "say something funny". first guy he comes to, just yells into the mic "PLAY MORE SONGS!" and the whole crowd laughs. then the singer guy says "ok, everyone, can I get a fuck you? 3...2....1..." silence.
James says:
everyone agreed with him, pretty muchresponsive than they'd been to Turisas, but for that final song, they went totally bananas. Me and my friend Tes were miming the button combinations on Guitar Hero for the song (we play that far too much), and were singing loudly enough for me to now have rather a sore throat.
So yeah, much fun was had! Can't wait for the Hoosiers (which will, I imagine, be a very different gig)
...I should really go to bed now.
James says: