From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #495 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Saturday, June 28 2003 Volume 02 : Number 495 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:58:27 -0500 From: "Martha Smith" Subject: seven-seas Guardian Glastonbury article http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/glastonbury2003/story/0,12902,986683,00.html The last two paragraphs are about the Bunnymen. Sun shines for De La Soul Martin Clark Friday June 27, 2003 Just me, myself and 115,00 festival goers: De La Soul at Glastonbury 2003 Fighting the forces of nature is one thing and the sands of time another. As the heavens open, the Inspiral Carpets are fighting both. The early 90s indie boom might be a decade ago but the Inspirals are still here. Fans might question the intelligence of booking them on the Pyramid Stage, but from the band's perspective it's a smart move: it's the driest seat in the house. Sadly their set is fairly dry too, heavily reliant on hits of yore and moderate glories long since past. Neither new enough to be fresh or old enough to ride nostalgia, the Inspiral Carpets plough on and give it their all. The placidity of the audience speaks volumes. Only their biggest tunes generate a reaction. Saturn V, Dragging Me Down and a Mark E Smith-less Behind the Counter get hands-in-the-air from the die-hards at the front. Clint Boon's Doors-y organ riffs still catch the ear but as an event it's hardly Hendrix at Woodstock. "This is our new single, Comeback Tomorrow," they finally announce in vain. Even if they made a comeback today, they'd still be no less last decade. If an antidote to the weather were needed, you couldn't have asked for a more musically cheerful bunch than Athlete. A four-piece in the British indie-power-pop mould, they fill the happy-gap that Blur and Dodgy have since left behind. Athlete do a fine line in sleek radio singles and Hot In Here couldn't be more appropriate. With its "making the most of the true British climate" lyric, the anthem cuts through the drizzle 'n' gloom over the Other Stage. The band break into an impromptu a cappella, enticing the crowd into an optimistic state of mind. "Look over there," remarks one reveller in a fit of boundless optimism, "it's blue sky." But the rain continues to fall as Athlete set about proving they're more than a singles band. Away from the sing-a-long niceties of their known hits (especially Rockscene) there's a musical depth to their sound including electro beats and Theramin squeals. If they continue like this, Athlete should be running away with new fans. The true kings of the climate, however, are De La Soul. Rappers rocking the Pyramid stage, they even produce the unthinkable: the first sun of Glasto 2003. It's not as if they even need the climate's blessing. By the time the rays shine through, the US trio are generating enough warmth of their own. Since their seminal 1989 album 3ft High and Rising, the band have always had a place in the British public's heart. Today they give back to that public, drawing the biggest crowd yet and making them work. Laughing in the face of previous bands dour indie shoe-gazing, they divide and conquer to rapturous applause. Hits old and new like Say No Go, Me, Myself and I and Ain't All Good are welcomed with a sea of hands-in-the-air. Funk licks and boundless energy prove a winning formula, even if singing a cappella they're no barbershop. As part of the early 90s Native Tongue movement, De La stood for anti-commercialism and anti-violence in rap. With the bling bling boys now so dominant - appropriately muddy Somerset couldn't be less bling - De La's message has never been more relevant. Hip hop: music for the people - even white folks in fields. Liverpool's finest, Echo and the Bunnymen, played to rain-soaked crowds earlier in the day. Ian McCulloch was in chatty form, inviting the entire crowd home to Liverpool for a nice cup of tea. "Anyone here from Gateshead and Newcastle," he asked. A few cheers. "Sorry. Your city's crap," he teased, proud of his home city's recent European Capital of Culture accolade. Their 40-minute set went down well, especially Bunnymen classics The Killing Moon and the Cutter and a funky cover of Lou Reed's Walk On the Wild Side. The set finished with a version of sorts of James Brown's classic Sex Machine, complete with Mick Jagger-style gyrations. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:10:12 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: RE: seven-seas Interpol heehee & thers probably plenty more drunkeness hapening over in glastoland right now-- shanme you missed british Sea Power - I caught them over in Southampton almost a year ago & they put n a good show their new cd is pretty good too.... >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Noose Boy > >>I was very drunk and in the same state now. I guess I am, and have been >>a drunk for many years. Top gig though, surprised by the big turn out. I >>missed British Sea Patrol who were support. ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:12:18 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: seven-seas WARNING ! - OTOTOTOTOTOTOT Raj -- You Are A Tart !! ;-) looloo >>-----Original Message----- >>From:> Noose Boy >>Sent: 26 June 2003 00:19 ) >> >> >>They were indeed kisses, coupla drinks and I'm anyones ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:16:29 +0100 From: "looloo" Subject: seven-seas OTOTOT Festie Bashing sorry I have to agree with Red -- I'm really not into the festie thing at all when i can i go along to the freebie at cambridge each year (missed it this year cos it clashed with Cave)-- but thats very low key - no crowds & its ok but i just caught some of glasto on the telly cos kev was watchin -- & looking at the sea of people just said NO WAY would i want to be there -- & even if you're down the front it isn't going to have the same atmosphere as seeing a band at a venue etc etc no its just not for me .. looloo >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Red >>Sent: 27 June 2003 01:05 > >>Not interested in Glasto! I don't like festies! >>Too many people...too short of a set list. >> >>Red ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #495 ********************************