Biffy Clyro TBC...discuss.

[Andy_47]

I went to Download the year SOAD played mostly to see that saturday lineup and was disappointed with System. Didn't look like they even wanted to be there. Set started well but it just faded and I got bored. People around me went from going nuts to just listening. I left just before the end and some drunker people looked like they were having a good enough time. I'm in no rush to see them again. I can say I have and that's enough.

Biffy have been excellent every time I've seen them. From supporting RHCP to last year at Download, they've gotten better and better.

[Yellow_Fellow]

In fairness, if System didnt look like they wanted to be at Download, I understand. I wouldn't want to be at Download either.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Am I? When did I say that?

[kev1664]

I went to Download the year SOAD played mostly to see that saturday lineup and was disappointed with System. Didn't look like they even wanted to be there. Set started well but it just faded and I got bored. People around me went from going nuts to just listening. I left just before the end and some drunker people looked like they were having a good enough time. I'm in no rush to see them again. I can say I have and that's enough.

Biffy have been excellent every time I've seen them. From supporting RHCP to last year at Download, they've gotten better and better.

[jump]

Well it seem pretty much the opposite from where I was in the crowd for SOAD. Great atmosphere and people going mental all the way through the set. By far and away the biggest crowd of the weekend too. .

[SOAD]

Well it seem pretty much the opposite from where I was in the crowd for SOAD. Great atmosphere and people going mental all the way through the set. By far and away the biggest crowd of the weekend too. I personally thought they looked well up for it on stage. Lots of interaction between all band members.

As for biffy at download last year, I think they were totally let down by the majority if the crowd. Probably the worse atmosphere I've seen for them out of the 6 times that I have seen them. They didnt play particularly badly it just seems the crowd were not up for them.

[kev1664]

In fairness the other headliners were Linkin Park & Def Leppard.

[kev1664]

On the biffy appearance. I hope they don't have the stupid delay cameras they had set up for their download set. The screens were about 3 seconds behind what they were actually doing on the stage. I didn't particularly like the in face camera shots they were broadcasting from their mic stands either. They can however keep the pyro and air blasters went wel with the songs.

[SOAD]

In fairness the other headliners were Linkin Park & Def Leppard.

[SOAD]

On the biffy appearance. I hope they don't have the stupid delay cameras they had set up for their download set. The screens were about 3 seconds behind what they were actually doing on the stage. I didn't particularly like the in face camera shots they were broadcasting from their mic stands either. They can however keep the pyro and air blasters went wel with the songs.

[thejimbola]

It was weird seeing Linkin Park at Download after seeing them at 07. They had one of the biggest headliner crowds I've seen in 07 and then a fairly meagre crowd in 11... weather was terrible mind but that shouldnt stop people from watching the last band of the weekend.

[Yellow_Fellow]

On the biffy appearance. I hope they don't have the stupid delay cameras they had set up for their download set. The screens were about 3 seconds behind what they were actually doing on the stage. I didn't particularly like the in face camera shots they were broadcasting from their mic stands either. They can however keep the pyro and air blasters went wel with the songs.

[kev1664]

Thought the pyro etc was brilliant... hope they keep that going... they seem to have had some great stage set ups over the last couple of years... would be nice if they got some live strings also since they use them on quite a bit of their music.

[LondonTom]

Watching them in toilets

[2rare2die]

Because they've all already seen them. You're assuming all of those people that were watching were SOAD fans, who'd pay 95 quid to see them again. Not everyone in the crowd will have enjoyed it enough to go again.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

So you've never wanted to see a band more than once? Yeah some of the people at Download won't have been impressed by them, and some of those that were may not want to go to R+L, but I'm not sure how you can say that the amount that would want to see them again would be insignificant. It may well be in peoples minds that the band may not stay together, so you may find that there are people who would jump at the chance of seeing them again while they still can.

[Mouseboy11]

Full string orchestra doing that golden rule...Jesus.

[Yellow_Fellow]

Or Living Is A Problem oh god.

[thejimbola]

Say there was 50,000 watching them. Say 30,000 enjoy it and would see them again. Say 20,000 of them will go to R&L. That's barely a dent.

I was also mainly objecting to the point all of them would want to see SOAD again.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

What does this mean? I don't understand. There was a good 40-50,000 people watching SOAD at Download. Why would any of them NOT want to see them again?

Edited January 15, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[thejimbola]

I was saying that there was nothing in the SOAD performance that would put anyone off seeing them again. Unless someone doesn't like their music anyway, but then I doubt they would have been watching them (especially with Alice Cooper on at the same time). You seemed to be suggesting that only a small proportion of the people who saw them would consider going to Reading/Leeds if SOAD played there, which doesn't really make much sense.

I wasn't saying that everyone watching was a SOAD fan, but a lot of those that loved it tended to be those who hadn't seen them before when they were at their best. I just didn't understand your original point about insignificant numbers or something...

[kev1664]

I was saying that there was nothing in the SOAD performance that would put anyone off seeing them again. Unless someone doesn't like their music anyway, but then I doubt they would have been watching them (especially with Alice Cooper on at the same time). You seemed to be suggesting that only a small proportion of the people who saw them would consider going to Reading/Leeds if SOAD played there, which doesn't really make much sense.

I wasn't saying that everyone watching was a SOAD fan, but a lot of those that loved it tended to be those who hadn't seen them before when they were at their best. I just didn't understand your original point about insignificant numbers or something...

[SOAD]

I would also wager that the vast majority at download that year would have been seeing them for the very first time.

Edited January 15, 2013 by SOAD

[mrtourette]

I can't believe we're arguing about whether all, some or none of SOAD's Download crowd enjoyed it and would buy a ticket for R&L, enjoyed it and wouldn't buy a ticket for R&L, didn't enjoy it but would buy a ticket for R&L or didn't enjoy it and wouldn't buy a ticket for R&L, and all in a Biffy thread. How the hell is there ever going to be a satisfactory answer to that?

[thejimbola]

I can't believe we're arguing about whether all, some or none of SOAD's Download crowd enjoyed it and would buy a ticket for R&L, enjoyed it and wouldn't buy a ticket for R&L, didn't enjoy it but would buy a ticket for R&L or didn't enjoy it and wouldn't buy a ticket for R&L, and all in a Biffy thread. How the hell is there ever going to be a satisfactory answer to that?