Saturday
El Presidente – Main Stage
Thought I better show my support for these guys, since the
keyboard player lives near by and there was nobody else on at that time worth
seeing. Although it was early on (just
after midday), a fair amount of people were present to greet the Scottish five
piece who produced an enjoyable set, playing all their big hits. The lead singer did well to get the best out
of the crowd, with his chat in between songs.
Overall a good start!
Guilimots – King Tuts
Now this is where the decisions began to get tougher!
Guilimots or Wolfmother. In the end
Guilimots, as this is quite possibly the most exciting band in Britain right
now. Their current hit single Made up
love song 43 particularly, went down an absolute storm, in a reasonably full
tent. The lead singer’s energy is second
to none, as if he has restless legs, as they bounce up and down non-stop
throughout the set. The rest of the performance
proved that the Guilimots are not going to be one hit wonders, as there were
many potential singles played to the Scottish crowd. As the lead singer announced the last song, I
was thinking, hang on we might be able to boost over to the nme stage to catch
the remainder of the Wolfmother set.
Only to be hit with a 15 minute (ish) version of Sao Paulo , which was absolute genius and a
great way to end a stunning set. One thing
is for sure, if the Guillemots play T, next year, it will be a lot later in the
day!
The Twilight singers with some guy called Greg – King Tuts
Was quite intrigued to see these guys, as the Ayrshire
martyr (see friends list) is well in to them.
I really enjoyed their power rock and the lead singer’s strong vocals. Was tempted to go and see Billy Bates at this
point, as I saw him earlier in the year supporting Red Snowman at Bar bloc and
was well impressed. However, since Billy
resides in Glasgow ,
I thought it would be easier to catch him some other time, where as the
Twilights come from the good old u.s of a, might not get the opportunity any
time soon.
Hope of the States – King Tuts
This was the second time I have seen these guys, so I had an
advantage that I knew for a fact these guys were awesome live! They played to a pretty much full tent, and
played through a mixture of both of their albums. I forgot how good the violin
is live, most bands the the brass instruments fades into the background, but
not with these guys, they have it up full blast. No competition for these guys, this was
amazing and they really should have been higher up the bill. How, Larrikin love managed to get 3rd
on the bill in the King tuts stage on the Sunday is beyond me, as they are
utter rubbish and not even got an album out.
Hopefully one day HOTS will get the recognition they deserve.
Kula Shaker – King Tuts
Never seen Kula Shaker live, so thank goodness they
reformed! And quite a lot of other people were obviously pleased too because
the tent was pretty much full. They
kicked off with Hey Dude, and if you have heard it, you will know that it is
the best summer song ever! The crowd
erupted into frenzy, it was brilliant.
The rest of the set include some new songs such as Dictator of the free
world, as well as old classics like Govinda, Hush and Tavata. Unfortunately the peasants, pigs and
astronauts album was pretty much ignored apart from Shower your love. So I was slightly gutted they didn’t play
Sound of Drums or Mystical Machine gun; but hey it is great to have them back!
The Zutons – NME stage
After seeing 4 bands on the King tuts stage it was time to
leave and boost over to the NME stage to catch the zutons. We arrived just as they were gracing the
stage. This was the first time I have
managed to catch them live and they certainly did not disappoint. As you would expect they played all there
hits including you will you wont, tired of hanging a round, pressure point and Valerie. You know when a bands getting good when all
the songs they play are starting to sound like anthems, which is exactly where
the Zutons are heading.
Giant Drag
This was my brothers choice, after 5 sets straight of
jumping about, I was getting knackered, so decided to to sit down for this
one. Was an ok set, but to be honest not
really my cup of tea, the women’s voice is so annoying!
Franz Ferdinand
Managed to last 4 songs of Franz Ferdinand before we all got
bored. Coincidently, it was during the
song Walk away, much to our amusement.
All I can say is I am so glad I didn’t buy the second album, as it
really is just a re hash of the first but worse. I did use to like them and have been to see
them four times in the early days, but they have not changed or progressed a
bit.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
I have waited a long, long time to see these guys, probably
since californication came out. However it was still a tough choice with Sigur
Ros and the Charlatans also playing.
Anyway, chillis it was so I wanted to get a good view of this one and managed
it, just in front of the sound desk, there was a wee ledge, so we got a view
right over the massive crowd. It was an
absolute brilliant set, with all the classics.
The crowd were so up for it.
Although I kept shouting for Frusciante to play his solo stuff (cos its
so bloody good), he did play a cover of the Beegee’s “How deep is your love”
which the crowd went mad for. As usual,
the onstage chemistry between Frusciante and Flea was as present as ever, with
there extended jams during some songs.
This is what makes the Chillis stand out from other bands; they have the
talent to take there songs to another level live, instead of just playing the
album back to the crowd. It’s also good
to see that they have not given up talking crap. Eg.Flea “Whats the difference
between me and a blade of grass, NOTHING!”
(you probably had to be there, lol).
Overall a fantastic day, unfortunately had a job interview
on the Monday so only got to see the proclaimers on Sunday, but got right in
the front bit for them and was an amazing atmosphere!
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