Skinny Tie Sensurround (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} stickyhips___) wrote,@ 2007-02-03 11:56:00 |
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| Current mood: |  indescribable |
| Current music: | The Automatic ;; Recover |
It doesn't seem like you mean it, I don't believe that you believe it
February 2nd 2007
Be warned, this is probably going to be long, and quite ranty at bits. For the first gig of the year, let's just say it wasn't exact uneventful.
PRE-SHOW
Kim & I got to the train station at roughly 10 past 4, I went and topped up my phone and we got on the train, pretty hyper by this point. Spent the train journey laughing at fellow passengers... you don't really want to hear all this shite do you?
Anyway, we got to Glasgow about quarter past 5 and went straight to McDonald's (Kim said the Cola tasted like medicine, lol) and for some reason I couldn't really eat through excitement/nerves even though I was fucking starving :/ I hate when that happens. Anyway McDonald's was shite... but Steely the legend texted me to tell me he'd got me a ticket for The Pipettes, CSS and Klaxons. Yes, he's converted me into a Klaxons lover... at least I've got an excuse to wear my new-rave clothes. LOLOL.
We strolled down to the Carling to find the queue was pretty wee at about 10 to 6. I was looking about and couldn't BELIEVE the sheer number of Horrors wannabes. There were View wannabes as well, and I'm not even joking. You WISH I was. LOL Steely - "Any 4 day same jeaners?" LMAO. I was in stitches for ages, although it isn't really that funny.
There was this bloke behind us dressed just like fucking Faris Rotter that kept looking over our shoulders when we were texting. Which was pretty lolz when I texted Kim going "That guy behind us was well trying to see what my text said..."
Mmhm. I'd already got the impression everyone was there for the View :S
"We might as well leave after the View, eh..."
Anyway, eventually we got in... and got King Tuts freebies :P BARRIER. BETWEEN ROB & PENNIE'S PLACE. Exactly where I wanted. Watched the stuff on the screens... spotted Paul Smith at Leeds and had a bit of a spazz! We took a couple of MySpace-stylee photos ala Maysie & Victoria...
Nice, I know.
The chanting started.
The View! The View! The View are on fire!
I shit you not x_x ffs.
Mumm-Ra
"Thanks for turning up so early, we really appreciate it!"
Having debated over the pigeon on top of the amp and who Steve is, Mumm-Ra came on. They wee mildly entertaining - set was near enough the same as the last time I saw them support the Automatic as far as I can remember. They were slashy. And the bassist looked like Ryan Jarman. The only song of theirs I actually don't mind is What Would Steve Do?, the rest isn't very thrilling. What was kinda thrilling though was the abundance of the singer's stomach we saw. He's pretty. Rrr. He dedicated a song to 'the girls down the front' because they screamed at him the whole time. I just grinned XD What's his name? He'd get it. It was lolz when the security were standing with folded arms giving him evils for standing on the speaker.
I really don't get their duck/pigeon obsession though :/
Anyway, whilst I was waiting for The Horrors to hurry up and get on then fuck off again, I had a look to see if I could spy any Automatics on the balcony. No such luck, but I saw the View up there. Sickbagplzkthx. Ten minutes later...
Screaming Girls around me: kjjkfjsffg776ik ITS KIERAN!!!!!!111111!"!11 TEH VIEW!111 *WAVES*
Christ.
The Horrors
I don't think I've ever dreaded seeing a band as much as I dreaded the Horrors. I was seriously worried about just how shite they were going to be.
Now, I have to sat the guitarist is a bit of alright... but looks more like a pretty girl than a sexy boy. He was quite terrifying though. He came down at the front of the stage and did a lot of staring. The whole live show was really a style over content thing. The whole thing is based around the lighting and everything, well, that and Faris being a cunt. They did so much twatting about with the instruments making a lot of noise before actually playing any pwoper music. They suck so bad. At the beginning they had stuff chucked at 'em and got a bit booed (yeah, I was involved =X) but everyone seemed to get into them. What the fuck is with that thing that wears the cape? Oh well. They were pretty lolz. You can't understand a word Faris says though... shite.
Main points - Faris came to the front of the stage and was leaning over at us, shouting/singing/whatever, and spat on my face. Cunt. So when he later came down off the stage and up to the crowd, I got him back by scratching him across the lower back, hitting him on numerous occasions, and pulling his hair. It was awful. All wiry. Waaaaaay too much hairspray x__x
Anyway, he decided to do a Ricky Wilson except more twattishly - he started to clamber up the wall thingy at the side, and had security pulling on his leg. He got away though, and some girl in the upper standing pulled him up onto the balcony, and 5 minutes of more fannying about later, he reappeared onstage.
So, they were.. entertaining, but musically they're about as interesting as watching paint dry.
After this, I was slightly confused when Peter Hill & Jamie etc. came out to set up, but I was being a bit thick and didn't think much about it, instead choosing to scream "PETERRRRRRRR!!!", but I didn't get his attention D:
So by this point the View-bumming was getting ridiculous, this bint behind me tried to nick my place at the barrier, and Kim lost hers :/ So she went to the loo and said she'd come back. I wrestled myself my space back with the help of the girl to my right, hehe. So then, the lights went down. And I swear, my fucking heart sank when out walked...
The Automatic
So. The View were going to be fucking headlining. I was furious about this for a number of reasons:
•The Automatic were supposed to be the headliners. And I'd heard no different about the order of the bill. I gathered this was because the View are local and therefore would be headlining as most folk seemed to be here for them. But..
•I found this to be fucking annoying anyway, because since a lot of folk were only there for The View, they'd have left straight afterwards and would've left people there for the Automatic in peace, and not near ruined the whole thing by creating such a shit atmosphere.
Well, they're on now, I thought, despite a mixture of disappointment and anger almost clouding the whole thing.
The set started with By My Side, followed by Raoul, then On The Campaign Trail. They played all of the album other than Team Drama, plus two new songs, since their fucking set was cut bloody short.
The band were brilliant - really energetic, they played their hearts out. You could tell they were more than a bit disheartened though. Why?
The View! The View! The View are on fire!
We're only here to see The View!
Sometimes I really am fucking ashamed to be Scottish - yes, we have some good bands, but let's face it, the View aren't one of the better ones. The way the Automatic were treated was pretty damn appalling, booing and chanting for the View and shit. I looked along the front row and I was the only person singing. I really was just oblivious to what the hell was going on.
The band really weren't happy with the whole thing (is it any fucking wonder?), Rob made a couple of comments about it, one that particularly stuck in my head:
Rob: *through mixture of cheering and booing* Did you like Mumm-ra then?
Crowd: *don't change*
Rob: *nods* Did you like the 'orrors?
Crowd: *bit of cheering*
Rob: I guess you're looking forward to the View then... *shrugs*
Crowd: *goes mental*
Me: *facepalm*
What else?
Crowd: The View! The View! etc.
Pennie: We're the Automatic!
Frost: This song's called Keep Your Eyes Peeled... which you probably should do.
There was also one point when Rob came down to the bit infront of the stage, and me and a few girls near me all started screaming and stuff at him. The other side were still shouting for the View. Rob saw us and smiled, and stuck his tongue out at all the View-bumming cunts. I thought that was brilliant XD
You Shout You Shout You Shout You Shout seemed very relevant given the circumstances. So much trash on the radio today.
Some cunt behind me was shouting abuse at/about Rob as well, so he got a piece of my mind. :) Some of the folk in there wound me right up, there were more than a few "fuck off"s dished out.
I made sure I had a fucking good time though - I just completely went for it. Singing, screaming, cheering, dancing like a looney. Made sure everyone round about me was aware I'm an Automatic fan.
I caught Rob's eye a few times and sang the words back to him - he smiled at me a few times. Hopefully he realised somebody cared. I blew him a kiss at one point as well XD SHHH I'M NOT A FANGIRL. XDDDDD He grinned. He was looking good. As usual.
Pennie seemed really pissed off, I think he was ready for just walking off at one point. I saw Peter Hill at the side of the stage as well. Still didn't get his attention >O
Set highlights: Seriously... I Hate You Guys was brilliant, as was Keep Your Eyes Peeled, and That's What She Said. Oh and the "whole town" bit in Monster was fabulous.
I really enjoyed the Automatic's set, despite the fucking shitty atmosphere which left me feeling a bit cold :/ I nearly died during Recover, though. But yeah. And Keep Your Eyes Peeled. Everything.
Onto my photos, which aren't brilliant - I got a grand total of NONE of Frost (makes up for last time I suppose when nearly all of them were Frost) due to my camera being shit/View fans trying to get to the front despite hating the Automatic/where I was.
Like this one.
MmmmmmmmmRob.
My camera being mega ghey
Love that one.
Iwan! No Hoff on teh drumkit tonight :(
As some of these would display, I am a brilliant photographer.. LOL
Happy, I know.
Pffft
Kinda Frost.
LOL I dunno what happened there o_O
Wonderful. My camera sucks.
I've already messaged all four of the Automatic on MySpace apologising for the way they were treated last night. Seriously, I felt thoroughly ashamed to be a part of that crowd.
Post-Show
I hung about after The Automatic went off to try and get a setlist - this utter bint next to me got it despite being a View fan who had been shouting for them all the way throught the Automatic's set. I was not fucking impressed.
Because I hung about, people had crushed to get to the front for the View. And like fuck I was staying for them. So I tried to get out. Would any cunt move? Would they fuck. So some girl tried to get a security guard to get me out. Tosser was like "oh you'll just have to go out the back", cue me all "how the fuck am I supposed to do that if nobody will bloody move?" So he tries to get everyone to move, which doesn't happen. I ended up screaming and shouting at him for being a useless cunt. Seriously, the security guards in that place are utter wankers. Eventually I shoved past about 8767342237879900990 drunks and got out to see Kim standing at the side. I had a massive rant to her about how ridicuous everything was.
We fucked off realising that Kim had lost her jacket and phone in the crowd. I bought an Automatic t-shirt (I was £1 short) x_x and we left, asked some security guard what to do about the jacket... etc. Then we left the venue and went a wander round the side. Some bloke stopped and asked me the time and if I had a lighter. We got round the side of the Academy where some girls were hanging around.
"FROST! FROST! C'MERE! FROST!"
Turns out it was the girl who's in NME this week with Jamie T - they'd also left early because of the View.
Girl: We didn't stay for the View, we hate them
Frost: Really? YESSS!!!! *puts arms in air*
Girl: *rambles about how she's from Dundee but hates the View etc*
Frost: Aww man *dishes out hugs to us all*
Me: *looking at him* The View fucking suck!
Frost: *massive shit eating grin*
I later discovered that the reason for the grin may not have been that, but we'll get to that.
So, we all got pictures taken with Frost - he is seriously lovely.
Frost: So you're not going back in then?
Everyone: NO!
Heee. He looked all happy.
Kim and I with emo boy Frosty. ILOVEFROSTILOVEFROSTILOVEFROST.<3<3
So after that I said really lamely "thanks, Frost" and he grinned at me again. The Dundee lasses continued babbling to him, I looked about for Rob but couldn't find him (I wanted to give him a cuddle and say that some of us do care about them and not the View). And I still couldn't get Peter's attention >O
We buggered off and got in the car after that. WHERE I DISCOVERED MY SHIRT WAS WIDE FUCKING OPEN, AND MY BRA WAS BEGINNING TO SUCCUMB TO GRAVITY. So basically, I pretty nuch flashed my tits at Frost by accident. Oops.
Oh yeah, and rest assured another angry letter will be heading NME's way.
::Kat:: xx ♥
