2021 Headliners

[Matt42]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Welcome to an Arctic Monkeys gig

Welcome... to the age of the understatement 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Something about repeating the same mistake and expecting different results.

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Welcome... to the age of the understatement 

THAT’S A SEPERATE BAND ALTOGETHER!!!

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

THAT’S A SEPERATE BAND ALTOGETHER!!!

I tried

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Something about repeating the same mistake and expecting different results.

I’m confused because the only place I hear AM’s sets getting a bad rep is on here...

I saw them in 2013 and they were good. Not a gold standard headline set... but the setlist was good

[SwedgeAntilles]

23 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

On a related note, it’s only when typing them out you realise how fucking long some of their titles are!

I did laugh at WDYACMWYH, ridiculous.

[Hugh Jass]

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

I tried

And I respect you for it.

[SwedgeAntilles]

1 minute ago, Matt42 said:

I’m confused because the only place I hear AM’s sets getting a bad rep is on here...

I saw them in 2013 and they were good. Not a gold standard headline set... but the setlist was good

It's also been discussed on here previously that that set also went down well with the TV audience (including me). They're not popular on this forum but AM in 2021 would be an extremely well-received booking I imagine. 

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I did laugh at WDYACMWYH, ridiculous.

It’s probably quicker to just type the whole thing out than go through the mental gymnastics of checking all the letters are correct.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

I’m confused because the only place I hear AM’s sets getting a bad rep is on here...

Probably cos it's the only place where past Glastonbury sets are discussed at any length.

[Matt42]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

It's also been discussed on here previously that that set also went down well with the TV audience (including me). They're not popular on this forum but AM in 2021 would be an extremely well-received booking I imagine. 

Yeah they are a popular booking at any U.K. event. Especially since they’ve decided to stagger out their appearances. Feels like they are harder to see now than they used to be. Believe it or not there will be thousands of fans who have never seen them.

 

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Probably cos it's the only place where past Glastonbury sets are discussed at any length.

What!? You’re telling me that people in real life don’t debate between themselves who the missing sub in 2020 was?

[Hugh Jass]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Probably cos it's the only place where past Glastonbury sets are discussed at any length.

Always amuses me that you proprogate the “AM bombed at Glastonbury” myth more than anyone and you weren’t even there... It’s one of those things that only a few people on eFests seem to say yet somehow has become gospel.

I was there and I enjoyed them.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Alright Lammo

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

Alright Lammo

Lammo wishes he was me.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Lammo wishes he was anyone else but Lammo

[Matt42]

I think AM criticism is usually based on the fact that they refuse to fade in relevance. I can’t really think of any other band that is STILL a big deal with teenagers. Whether you were a teen in 2006 or a teen in 2020 they are still a big deal with your age group. I can’t really think of any other act with that kind of longevity.

Whether you like Alex turner or not, the guy isn’t going anywhere. Whether he’s 17 or 40 he’s an idol to the kids.

(not saying that AM for kids - the point I’m saying is they still aren’t seen as ‘old news’. They seem to continuously gain new fans).

Edited August 21, 2020 by Matt42

[CaledonianGonzo]

I used to work with a Wellend and in-between telling me about his John Power (from Cast) gigs and travelling to London to see The Jam exhibition he would tell me that the Arctic Monkeys were the last ever good band.

[dentalplan]

54 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

They seem to continuously gain new fans).

They gained zero new fans with the last album and they lost fans when Alex Turner shaved his head.

[dentalplan]

Why do you flat earthers think that the reception of their last headline set is from people who weren’t there and don’t like the band? They are a popular band on here, that’s why we all went to see them shit the bed.

[CaledonianGonzo]

As Lammo has observed, I wasn't there to see them shit the bed.  But I have been there to see them shit the bed on on other occasions.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Rare photo of Dental and CalGon. Glastonbury 2013. Friday night. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Except it's weebaws mumbling on about his "propeller"

[Quark]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Except it's weebaws mumbling on about his "propeller"

You leave those bairns alone.  They're my favourite people on t'interwebs at the moment. The lad on the left also does great BB King / someone's dropped a nasty eggo facial expressions.

[Hugh Jass]

31 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Why do you flat earthers think that the reception of their last headline set is from people who weren’t there and don’t like the band?

Because it’s mostly driven by one guy, who by his own admission wasn’t there and doesn’t like the band.

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, Quark said:

You leave those bairns alone.  They're my favourite people on t'interwebs at the moment. The lad on the left also does great BB King / someone's dropped a nasty eggo facial expressions.

I have no beef with the reaction twins. Or indeed In The Air Tonight.