Re: The Idlewild Thread.

Stu · Stu on Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:04 pm

Wull_1977 wrote:I've actually not met them! What are they like in person?

Colin is the BEST Very Happy

I love him. He's funny, proper made me laugh the first time I met him. Roddy is nice too, didn't seem too talkative the second time I met him, but that was after the Northampton show where the crowd had been unbelievably shit so he was probably pissed off about that... there were basically about 3 people down the front actually doing anything. Finally got a moshpit going during the encore tho which was nice. Rod is a dude as well, quite happy to chat and answer questions. And Gareth and Allan are really lovely guys, I was chatting to them for a while after the Northampton show... Gareth actually took those pictures of myself and Rod and Allan.

Liz · Liz on Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:06 pm

Wull_1977 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ByMhjeuIU Actually It's Darkness, just amazing.

That's of my favorites from them!

This version really rocks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2zV5XciM8E

Punk Girl · Punk Girl on Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:07 pm

Awesome! I love the Fleece....Ash did a Glasto warm-up there a few years back...gutted I missed it

The new song was good from what I remember Cool

I'm trying to work out what year it was when I first saw Idlewild at Camden Dingwalls...it could have been 1998....10 years!!! Christ...

Stu · Stu on Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:09 pm

Punk Girl wrote:Awesome! I love the Fleece....Ash did a Glasto warm-up there a few years back...gutted I missed it

The new song was good from what I remember I'm trying to work out what year it was when I first saw Idlewild at Camden Dingwalls...it could have been 1998....10 years!!! Christ...

The Fleece is awesome! So intimate. Altho I imagine it's less awesome if you're stuck behind one of those stupid poles... however I was right up against the stage thanks to a guy who recognised me off Youtube and allowed me to squeeze onto the front row Very Happy

:D:D I wish I'd been able to see them at one of their early shows :( must've been fucking mental.

Actually It's Darkness is good but Roddy hates it. Hence, they no longer play it live.

Liz · Liz on Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:24 pm

Stu wrote:
Punk Girl wrote:Awesome! I love the Fleece....Ash did a Glasto warm-up there a few years back...gutted I missed it

The new song was good from what I remember I'm trying to work out what year it was when I first saw Idlewild at Camden Dingwalls...it could have been 1998....10 years!!! Christ...

The Fleece is awesome! So intimate. Altho I imagine it's less awesome if you're stuck behind one of those stupid poles... however I was right up against the stage thanks to a guy who recognised me off Youtube and allowed me to squeeze onto the front row :D:D I wish I'd been able to see them at one of their early shows :( must've been fucking mental.

Actually It's Darkness is good but Roddy hates it. Hence, they no longer play it live.

Is The Fleece where the KOKO gig was?

Here's a professionally-shot You Held The World In Your Arms - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i_rrMtgaOiU&feature=related

I wish they'd still play Actually...and Everyone Says You're So Fragile.

dustin · dustin on Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:10 pm

Here are a few pics that I took the only time I was able to see them back in 2005.

I think I remember Roddy saying in a blog post a few days after the show that if and when the tour the states that they would probably skip the midwest because of poor turn out.

Jed · Jed on Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:13 pm

Idlewild are in my top 10 bands ever.

Someone just needs to hide Roddy's Garth Brooks CD and give him a Smiths one.

Jed
pretty please

ROONEY · ROONEY on Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:16 pm

Awesome thread. I love Idlewild. They are probably my joint second fav band along with Travis, Terrorvision and Oasis. Yeah I have a few second favs alright!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcU2c-0rSoc&feature=related

My fav Idlewild song probably. Really need to see them live again soon.

Wull_1977 · Wull_1977 on Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:59 pm

I posted that already you stupid "tim"

INTERNET MALE · INTERNET MALE on Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:13 am

ROONEY wrote:Awesome thread. I love Idlewild. They are probably my joint second fav band along with Travis, Terrorvision and Oasis.

The Bronze Medal was written about this level of faint praise clap

Wilkesandliberty · Wilkesandliberty on Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:31 am

I always get terrorvision and television mixed up...........shouldn't really but hey

tigger · tigger on Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:28 am

Liz wrote:
Stu wrote:
Punk Girl wrote:Awesome! I love the Fleece....Ash did a Glasto warm-up there a few years back...gutted I missed it

The new song was good from what I remember I'm trying to work out what year it was when I first saw Idlewild at Camden Dingwalls...it could have been 1998....10 years!!! Christ...

The Fleece is awesome! So intimate. Altho I imagine it's less awesome if you're stuck behind one of those stupid poles... however I was right up against the stage thanks to a guy who recognised me off Youtube and allowed me to squeeze onto the front row :D:D I wish I'd been able to see them at one of their early shows :( must've been fucking mental.

Actually It's Darkness is good but Roddy hates it. Hence, they no longer play it live.

Is The Fleece where the KOKO gig was?

Here's a professionally-shot You Held The World In Your Arms - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i_rrMtgaOiU&feature=related

I wish they'd still play Actually...and Everyone Says You're So Fragile.

The Koko is a club in Camden, London. The Fleece is (or was when i went there years ago) a pub in Bristol. Alix would know more being from there. Alix, is it still The Fleece and Firkin? Do they still sell Dogbolter?

Punk Girl · Punk Girl on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:32 am

I believe it's just called 'The Fleece' now. I don't know if they sell Dogbolter! What is it?

tigger · tigger on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:52 am

Dogbolter is a beer that the Firkin pubs sold. There were loads of these pubs in London. And each one started with the letter F. ie Fox and Firkin, Flounder and Firkin etc. They were fantastic traditional style pubs always with a piano. Bare wood floors. Old geezers with amazing stories to tell. And they brewed their own beer, one of them had a micro brewery in the cellar and you could see the beer being brewed. Im gonna look it up now, see if company still going. Bet it got bought out by a big company.

Punk Girl · Punk Girl on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:56 am

tigger wrote:Dogbolter is a beer that the Firkin pubs sold. There were loads of these pubs in London. And each one started with the letter F. ie Fox and Firkin, Flounder and Firkin etc. They were fantastic traditional style pubs always with a piano. Bare wood floors. Old geezers with amazing stories to tell. And they brewed their own beer, one of them had a micro brewery in the cellar and you could see the beer being brewed. Im gonna look it up now, see if company still going. Bet it got bought out by a big company.

Yeah there was another Firkin in Bristol too but someone got murdered there and it closed down. Shame really...it was one of the few 'proper' pubs in the centre of town.