James?

[sime]

1 hour ago, sime said:

Well you know, Betamax was the better quality of videotape It was the porn industry using VHS which led to that becoming the dominant video. Teletext rules!

At least, that's the rumour. Others say it was due to VHS tapes having longer recording times. Any questions on videotapes, please do not hesitate to ask me

[T-Mouse]

Do they do Born of Frustration much these days? I can safely say thats one of my all time favourite songs. Couldnt ask for a better start to me Friday at Glasto than hearing that

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

Do they do Born of Frustration much these days? I can safely say thats one of my all time favourite songs. Couldnt ask for a better start to me Friday at Glasto than hearing that

Depends. They did it in Manchester last month but I can only remember it once in the previous 4 times I had seen them. It was there all the time pretty much though before hand.

They literally decide what they are going to play on the day.

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

Do they do Born of Frustration much these days? I can safely say thats one of my all time favourite songs.

In that case you'll flip your wig when you hear Simple Minds.

Edited March 22, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[Yokel Again]

Great to see they have been playing Out to Get You..... bloody brilliant tune!

[Guest]

They played it at Academy 2 last month and Delamere Forest last year. They did not play it at the Castlefield or on any of the 2 previous appearances at the Arena in Manchester. Don't think they played it at V when I seen them. 

To be fair I must have seen James 15 times over the years and the set lists have been totally different, even when on the same tour. Can't remember the last time I seen they play How Was It For You, or even She's A Star for that matter

[SwedgeAntilles]

Had a listen to them on the walk to work this morning. Tomorrow's a cracking track.

[T-Mouse]

Sit Down, Laid, Born of Frustration, Tomorrow, Come Home, Shes a Star, Say Something, Sometimes.

This is the extent of my James knowledge. If we got a few of these id be very happy. If you could recommend one album to start with, what would you recommend?

[MoilyX]

I'd implore anyone who likes James from their greatest hits to check out ’La Petite Morte' as that is a superb album and shows they aren't a retro 90’s band doing the circuit just to milk their past glory.

From memory the opening slot is ~45 minutes, isn't it? They'll do 2-3 off 'Girl...' as it's their current album but expect the rest will largely be greatest hits.

Edited March 22, 2016 by MoilyX

[gorfield]

This would be a better headliner in my opinion than the dross we have

[Squonk]

Saw them at Festival No 6 last year, very good. Worth listening to the brand new album and the previous one on Spotify, both very good

[mungo57]

I have heard of James (obviously) but never really listened to them (knowingly), thought I'd give them a go on Apple Music (singles collection or similar) and it turns out I know the majority of the songs. 

I will definitely go and see them first thing Friday. Good stuff.

 

[chrislfc]

As brilliant as their back catalogue is; they've gone very Killers on their last two albums.

I predict they'll open with Human and finish with Mr Brightside.

Should be decent.

  

[chrislfc]

12 hours ago, ICGenie said:

They did Fred Astaire at Manchester last month, it was absolutely magical

Great song live that.

[Yokel Again]

Will dig out my greatest hits - forget how many great tunes they've had actually. 

Say something, say something..... anything..... :-)

 

[Gucci Piggy]

2 hours ago, sime said:

At least, that's the rumour. Others say it was due to VHS tapes having longer recording times. Any questions on videotape, please do not hesitate to ask me

Where does it place in your ranking of In Rainbows tracks? 

[ClementsMike]

I saw them years ago at a Solar Eclipse festival. Very mixed crowd, certainly not a hardcore fanbase, they played Sit Down - but a stripped down, slow, semi acoustic version. I've considered them a bunch of pretentious w*nkers ever since.

[MoilyX]

24 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

I saw them years ago at a Solar Eclipse festival. Very mixed crowd, certainly not a hardcore fanbase, they played Sit Down - but a stripped down, slow, semi acoustic version. I've considered them a bunch of pretentious w*nkers ever since.

Don't ever go to a live gig, then. Keep it to yourself but it's a little-known secret that bands don't always play the album versions when they play live! 

Alternatively take an MP3 player and listen to the album version of the song they start to play. That way you won't be disappointed by their brazen pretentiousness at daring not to adhere so strictly to the 'correct' version of the song,

[justperfect]

I'll miss the "why don't james ever get asked to play" comments next year

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, justperfect said:

I'll miss the "why don't james ever get asked to play" comments next year

Whens the last time the Mondays played?

[ClementsMike]

19 minutes ago, MoilyX said:

Don't ever go to a live gig, then. Keep it to yourself but it's a little-known secret that bands don't always play the album versions when they play live! 

Alternatively take an MP3 player and listen to the album version of the song they start to play. That way you won't be disappointed by their brazen pretentiousness at daring not to adhere so strictly to the 'correct' version of the song,

I'll bear that in mind. 

However, when a band that is 'commonly' known for a massive anthem, and then play a gig that was selling tickets cheap to ram in the general public to cover the costs, then play it at the end of a set in which they could have had everyone singing along  finishing the gig on a high, but choose to play a limp, weak version that makes everyone shuffle away disappointed, then its maybe not as 'clever' as they think.

[MoilyX]

13 minutes ago, ClementsMike said:

I'll bear that in mind. 

However, when a band that is 'commonly' known for a massive anthem, and then play a gig that was selling tickets cheap to ram in the general public to cover the costs, then play it at the end of a set in which they could have had everyone singing along  finishing the gig on a high, but choose to play a limp, weak version that makes everyone shuffle away disappointed, then its maybe not as 'clever' as they think.

Or maybe they've got so many other hits that they can afford to change up a setlist and not just trot out the same predictable set just to appease those who only care about hearing the one song they'd heard of before the gig?

[jimmyt]

I love the acoustic, Larry and Tim version of "Sit Down". When they did it at the Albert Hall about 4 years ago, with a fanfare from the upper tier and the two of them playing while ambling into the back of the arena before climbing on the mixing desk, to launch the show it was utterly magical. Hilarious that James are getting called out for not playing their anthem properly but Radiohead are always given a free pass to ditch all of their more authentic tunes.

[DGrant261]

The setlist will probs be very similar to this from Kendal last year, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/james/2015/lowther-deer-park-penrith-england-23f64cc7.html

[sime]

2 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Where does it place in your ranking of In Rainbows tracks? 

Not sure. I like it but I prefer Nude.