Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, Sunday 25th June - a view from a pink blanket

[bogwitch]

gamiila and I met up with freakspawn and _mysteria_ for the last day of the Hyde Park Wireless Festival with the primary objective of seeing Depeche Mode (yep, again

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[mskakaako]

Oooh, cool! This was tailor made for you...Goldfrapp and DM. Looks like you were close too. Lucky girl!

I saw Ok Go! last year when they opened for the Kaiser Chiefs. Hee. I thought their choreographed dance was hilarious and entertaining. I liked how they thoroughly embraced their geekiness. I liked their performance much more than the other opening act, The Caesars.

[bogwitch]

>>This was tailor made for you...

Yep! DM come through again. When I badly wanted to see Sister of Mercy, I got them supporting DM too.

OK Go shpuld have been much further up the bill so more people could have seen them. Good for them!

[earth_vexer]

The Dears being dreary. Time for a nap.
That about sums them up. They have the odd good song, but ultimately they're rather disappointing.

[bogwitch]

You just feel thet could be good, if they just changed... something. I felt the same about Longview.

[earth_vexer]

There's a lack of energy or something. A song of theirs that I quite like is Warm and Sunny Days, but the demo version is *so* much better than the album version. And everything else I've heard is just... blah.

I'm not familiar with Longview. They're British?

[bogwitch]

I'm pretty sure Longview are Britiah, they were supporting Easyworld at The Garage, so I doubt anyone would come over to do that!

I think they were Radiohead-ish. Lots of low, slow soundscape type stuff I think you need to be in the mood for.

[curiouswombat]

My daughter is disappointed that you did't like the Mystery Jets - she points out that only one of them is a Dad - the guy who plays guitar, stylophone, maracas and other random things actually is the dad of the lead singer, who has spina bifida. But she was pleased that you liked the Frattellis - she is a fan. She wouldn't have minded DM either!

[bogwitch]

They all look like dad's anyway! I noticed the singer was disabled, good for him, just not in my ears.

I know there's a buzz around the Fratelli's, but I hadn't heard them. They were suitably grungey which was good.

[curiouswombat]

Me - I know nothink!

Ancient

[nokomarie]

Sorry. Took awhile to get around to you. I once saw YES and was blown away by Steve Howe. He was older than the 1970's posters I'd seen and I always had thought he looked like a dork.

The camera is a terrible liar. Keep up your interest in actual performance, that's all I can say.

Re: Ancient

[bogwitch]

I'm not sure exactly what bit you're referring to. The dad bit? I don't care about the performer's age. DM are hadly spring chickens! The Mystery Jets though were just like that though, the kind of stodgy pub band someone's dad might be in.

Re: Ancient

[nokomarie]

No. I meant that the cameras are liars. Terrible liars. And so are written reports. Go to all real venues that you can.

[gamiila]

How lovely to see photographic evidence of a fantastic day out!

Hung over? I'm sorry, but not surprised, as we did have quite of few of those over the course of the afternoon and evening. Feel better soon, though!

[bogwitch]

You got back alright then?

I was fine, I wasn't drunk beyond that little tipsiness and I woke up okay except for the tiredness. But after a nap the hangover kicked in with a vengence!

[gamiila]

You got back alright then?

Yes, got there in the end. Twas midnight before I got in, but since I'm on sick leave anyway...