Travis in Bangkok from Daily Xpress with video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/2008/07/31/entertainment/entertainment_3848.php
omg I saw my hand waving scottish flag.*lol*
Travis and Simple Plan video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=719&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
Flowers in the window video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=714&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
Why does it always rain on me video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=715&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
and interview Dougie Payne.
http://www.dailyxpress.net/2008/07/31/entertainment/entertainment_3850.php
By Ramona Varma
DAILY XPRESS
Published on July 31, 2008
Indie-popsters Travis and Simple Plan traded|big hits at Impact Arena on Tuesday night, but|only one band was left standing by the end
Who would have thought that a musical slugfest of sorts would turn into such an enjoyable experience?
Ding, ding.
Round one at Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani on Tuesday night, and Simple Plan came out swinging with the sing-along anthem "Generation" from their self-titled 2007 album. Lead singer Pierre Bouvier bounced out dressed like a schoolboy, complete with knee-length shorts and grey tie. Luckily for the grown women among us, the rest of the band members were dressed as adults.
Through no less than 15 songs, their boyish energy never flagged, the audience jumping in time to raucous numbers like "Shut Up", "Jump", the thumping "Your Love is a Lie", and "Save You", which Bouvier said was "saved" for a special debut on stage in Thailand.
At 9pm, Simple Plan leave the ring. The crowds are well lubricated with Singha and ready for round two.
The 'invincible' band
Ding, ding.
It's 9.15 and there's a disembodied voice bemoaning the state of the world, but injecting the crowd with some hope. Enter Travis.
After the hour of brashness at the hands of Simple Plan, the Scotsmen bring us down to earth with a gentle jab for an opener in the form of the studio-fresh "Chinese Blues" from "Ode to J Smith".
Next comes a blast from the past with "Pipe Dreams" from 2001's "The Invisible Band", and then they take us even further back with the 1999 hit "Writing to Reach You". They have the audience hooked fast with the tune's jangly guitars, machine-gun-fire chorus and that ever-interesting question: "What's a Wonderwall anyway?" Anybody notice a dig at Oasis?
Landing big hits
Connection made, frontman Fran Healy and his three bandmates - guitarist Andy Dunlop, bassist Dougie Payne and drummer Neil Primrose - keep the crowd engaged with the uptempo "Selfish Jean" from last year's "Boy with No Name", before calming us down with sweeter jingles and prepping us for the much-played "Closer". The crowd-swell builds to a surge with "Flowers in the Window" and some 5,000 voices round off the evening in chorus to the tune of "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
Travis, named after Harry Dean Stanton's character in the film "Paris, Texas", don't have to demand reaction. They earn it through the delivery of an attention-grabbing, 19-song set list of emotion-filled, slowburn melodies.
The winner? Travis, of course.
The organisers deserve a mention, too. They did, after all, give us three-hours of pure fun
omg I saw my hand waving scottish flag.*lol*
Travis and Simple Plan video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=719&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
Flowers in the window video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=714&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
Why does it always rain on me video
http://www.dailyxpress.net/specials/vdo/showvdo.php?id=715&name=Entertainment&cateid=21
and interview Dougie Payne.
http://www.dailyxpress.net/2008/07/31/entertainment/entertainment_3850.php
By Ramona Varma
DAILY XPRESS
Published on July 31, 2008
Indie-popsters Travis and Simple Plan traded|big hits at Impact Arena on Tuesday night, but|only one band was left standing by the end
Who would have thought that a musical slugfest of sorts would turn into such an enjoyable experience?
Ding, ding.
Round one at Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani on Tuesday night, and Simple Plan came out swinging with the sing-along anthem "Generation" from their self-titled 2007 album. Lead singer Pierre Bouvier bounced out dressed like a schoolboy, complete with knee-length shorts and grey tie. Luckily for the grown women among us, the rest of the band members were dressed as adults.
Through no less than 15 songs, their boyish energy never flagged, the audience jumping in time to raucous numbers like "Shut Up", "Jump", the thumping "Your Love is a Lie", and "Save You", which Bouvier said was "saved" for a special debut on stage in Thailand.
At 9pm, Simple Plan leave the ring. The crowds are well lubricated with Singha and ready for round two.
The 'invincible' band
Ding, ding.
It's 9.15 and there's a disembodied voice bemoaning the state of the world, but injecting the crowd with some hope. Enter Travis.
After the hour of brashness at the hands of Simple Plan, the Scotsmen bring us down to earth with a gentle jab for an opener in the form of the studio-fresh "Chinese Blues" from "Ode to J Smith".
Next comes a blast from the past with "Pipe Dreams" from 2001's "The Invisible Band", and then they take us even further back with the 1999 hit "Writing to Reach You". They have the audience hooked fast with the tune's jangly guitars, machine-gun-fire chorus and that ever-interesting question: "What's a Wonderwall anyway?" Anybody notice a dig at Oasis?
Landing big hits
Connection made, frontman Fran Healy and his three bandmates - guitarist Andy Dunlop, bassist Dougie Payne and drummer Neil Primrose - keep the crowd engaged with the uptempo "Selfish Jean" from last year's "Boy with No Name", before calming us down with sweeter jingles and prepping us for the much-played "Closer". The crowd-swell builds to a surge with "Flowers in the Window" and some 5,000 voices round off the evening in chorus to the tune of "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?"
Travis, named after Harry Dean Stanton's character in the film "Paris, Texas", don't have to demand reaction. They earn it through the delivery of an attention-grabbing, 19-song set list of emotion-filled, slowburn melodies.
The winner? Travis, of course.
The organisers deserve a mention, too. They did, after all, give us three-hours of pure fun