MANICS 2!
Another fantastic show last night. I was in almost the same spot (3rd row back, slightly to Nicky's right). Same set list except that in the acoustic interlude we got 'Small Black Flowers' and 'This is Yesterday'. After 'Small Black Flowers' James thanked us 'for being gentle and respectful'. It really was impressive that the entire venue hushed for the acoustic songs. And the crowd -- well, you hear that LA crowds are passive? Not for the Manics! The place was packed and the audience was totally into it. Two women in front of me had a Welsh flag that they held up for Nicky, who gave them a thumbs up.
We also got to hear Nicky tell us that JFPL was one of British Airways' featured albums for a while 'but then they took it off. Apparently they got a lot of complaints that "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" was offensive. But they've still got the Coldplay album on there. How fucking offensive is that?'
And James introduced 'This Joke Sport Severed' by saying, 'Ehhh ... I did a demo of this while Sean and Nicky were off having their supper. They came back, listened to it, and said, "It sounds like fucking Coldplay, you fucking prick!"' [I love the way James said 'prrrick', honestly.]
[ETA: Nicky was wearing a Hole tshirt (cover image from 'Live Through This') under a white jacket. And the last song before they took the stage was 'For Lovers'. **loves**]
Also, one of my new favourite things is the way James sings 'lollipops' in LBN. Right up there with Nicky saying 'slutty' on the Everything Must Go DVD.
AND! James thanked us and said 'hopefully we'll be back for the next album!' which got an extremely loud cheer from the crowd.
I wore my 'if you tolerate this' shirt from Orphan Lyrics and got several compliments on it. I was hoping that since it was from the charity website it wouldn't make me that girl. Plus, it looks good on me. What?
Probably the best two gig-going nights of my life. Thank you, Manics, for being so superbly and completely wonderful.
We also got to hear Nicky tell us that JFPL was one of British Airways' featured albums for a while 'but then they took it off. Apparently they got a lot of complaints that "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" was offensive. But they've still got the Coldplay album on there. How fucking offensive is that?'
And James introduced 'This Joke Sport Severed' by saying, 'Ehhh ... I did a demo of this while Sean and Nicky were off having their supper. They came back, listened to it, and said, "It sounds like fucking Coldplay, you fucking prick!"' [I love the way James said 'prrrick', honestly.]
[ETA: Nicky was wearing a Hole tshirt (cover image from 'Live Through This') under a white jacket. And the last song before they took the stage was 'For Lovers'. **loves**]
Also, one of my new favourite things is the way James sings 'lollipops' in LBN. Right up there with Nicky saying 'slutty' on the Everything Must Go DVD.
AND! James thanked us and said 'hopefully we'll be back for the next album!' which got an extremely loud cheer from the crowd.
I wore my 'if you tolerate this' shirt from Orphan Lyrics and got several compliments on it. I was hoping that since it was from the charity website it wouldn't make me that girl. Plus, it looks good on me. What?
Probably the best two gig-going nights of my life. Thank you, Manics, for being so superbly and completely wonderful.