The Stone Roses/Ian Brown

Great gig, and from my lofty view you could see the whole ground bouncing, especially towards the end of the set

I thought Ian brown sounded fantastic and surprisingly in tune for the most part - much better than at Heaton park - but listening back to some of the vids I took he sounded well off. Weird
 
They were at their best on friday night the crowd were brilliant decent weather for most of it dont get me wrong the other nights were good but just something about the friday gig

Love them or hate them to witness made of stone live will live with me forever as someone said earlier it was spine tingling the whole gig had a brilliant atmosphere

Funny to see 50 year old blokes who must have been to jd sports before the gigs wearing ellesse track tops and bucket hats but with big bear bellies lol
 
Went last night. Absolutely superb!!

Town was hammered and buzzing all day. Wanted to see the Courteeners but with the lousy weather decided to sack it off and stay in town. Got in just as Public Enemy were finishing, they sounded great.

Then the Roses came on, like a few have said, it was spine tingling!! Loved it. Never seen them live before. Never caught them bitd and was on holiday for the Heaton Park shows. Seen Ian Brown a few times and his voice can be ropey but the songs, atmosphere and Squire pull him through. Knackered and bad head today but well worth it
 
chaddblue said:
Went last night. Absolutely superb!!

Town was hammered and buzzing all day. Wanted to see the Courteeners but with the lousy weather decided to sack it off and stay in town. Got in just as Public Enemy were finishing, they sounded great.

Then the Roses came on, like a few have said, it was spine tingling!! Loved it. Never seen them live before. Never caught them bitd and was on holiday for the Heaton Park shows. Seen Ian Brown a few times and his voice can be ropey but the songs, atmosphere and Squire pull him through. Knackered and bad head today but well worth it
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You didnt miss much with the courteeners they were fcuking dreadfull he is a worse singer than ian brown and the 40 min set they did was shocking apart from what took you so long and not 19 and liam fray is such a fcuking wanker
 
Samsdad said:
Funny to see 50 year old blokes who must have been to jd sports before the gigs wearing ellesse track tops and bucket hats but with big bear bellies lol
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I would imagine many were wearing their 80's originals.While i'm a few years off 50.....the roses were our era,our band..... and ive still got my trackie tops tucked safely away for that opportune moment :-)

Glad to hear the shows went well for the majority.
 
Samsdad said:
You didnt miss much with the courteeners they were fcuking dreadfull he is a worse singer than ian brown and the 40 min set they did was shocking apart from what took you so long and not 19 and liam fray is such a fcuking wanker
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The Courteeners are a decent turn live and Fray tends to actually sound like he does on their records. While they didn't smash it last night, to say they were dreadful is pushing it IMO.

As for the Roses, well Brown wasn't as bad as I feared. I Wanna Be Adored was fine, then he went a bit downhill on a couple of numbers but pulled it back after that. It was an enjoyable gig and a lot of that was down to the crowd who were up for it - town was buzzing beforehand and the Northern Quarter was hammered.
 
badmash said:
Didn't he say some shit Rag joke about the Etihad being full?

Or am I imagining it??
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No your right.
He said something along the lines of "I could make a joke about seeing blue seats"
 
mayo31 said:
Hence the reason I sold my tickets. After initial excitement I heard the new song and remembered his vocals last time and thought bollocks I saving £200 plus if you count the full day cost.

spoiling the memories for me now. I get youngsters new to them going if you hear that first album as it a classic but nothing much since
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Wasn't excited before gig, but Friday night didn't spoil memories, in fact the buzz in the stadium for the whole set did the opposite. Brought me right back to being under the starry sky at Spike Island as an 18 year old. The only difference was they were a much, much tighter and accomplished instrumumentally on Friday. Yes Brown meandered with his tones but wasn't expecting anything else. Even better for me was that they got The musically monotonous and basic songs such as Elephant Stone and Mersey Paradise ( I know they're mysteriously anthems to a newer generation) out of the way early. Great set, built up to their more accomplished numbers, amazing atmosphere, left bouncing for hours, so glad that I went. You should have gone!
 
M18CTID said:
The Courteeners are a decent turn live and Fray tends to actually sound like he does on their records. While they didn't smash it last night, to say they were dreadful is pushing it IMO.

As for the Roses, well Brown wasn't as bad as I feared. I Wanna Be Adored was fine, then he went a bit downhill on a couple of numbers but pulled it back after that. It was an enjoyable gig and a lot of that was down to the crowd who were up for it - town was buzzing beforehand and the Northern Quarter was hammered.
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Yeah let me re-phrase that not dreadfull ... absolutely fcuking wank and thats coming from someone who has seen them more than enough times ... :-) opinions bud its all about opinions
 
Samsdad said:
Yeah let me re-phrase that not dreadfull ... absolutely fcuking wank and thats coming from someone who has seen them more than enough times ... :-) opinions bud its all about opinions
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True enough mate - I thought their gig at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool back in 2013 was one of the best I've ever attended. It was fucking manic in there but we somewhat wisely stood near the back and had loads of room to bounce around while having easy access to the bar - flares were going off everywhere lol.

Going back to the Roses, As much as I've been critical of their live performances - Brown in particular as I feel the other 3 have it pretty much nailed - they do have an incredible aura around them. To sell the best part of a quarter of a million tickets over 4 dates is astonishing. It is a little odd though because they weren't drawing anything like those kind of crowds in their late 80's/early 90's pomp. Wasn't there something like 27,000 at their most famous gig? I know a fair few young 'uns have latched on to them but it was still mainly older fans in attendance when I was there on Sunday.
 
Any blues going to be at MSG next Thursday for their stateside gig? My first two trips to NYC from Detroit were for City friendlies now the third trip is for the Roses, I was Mancunian in a former life.
 
M18CTID said:
True enough mate - I thought their gig at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool back in 2013 was one of the best I've ever attended. It was fucking manic in there but we somewhat wisely stood near the back and had loads of room to bounce around while having easy access to the bar - flares were going off everywhere lol.

Going back to the Roses, As much as I've been critical of their live performances - Brown in particular as I feel the other 3 have it pretty much nailed - they do have an incredible aura around them. To sell the best part of a quarter of a million tickets over 4 dates is astonishing. It is a little odd though because they weren't drawing anything like those kind of crowds in their late 80's/early 90's pomp. Wasn't there something like 27,000 at their most famous gig? I know a fair few young 'uns have latched on to them but it was still mainly older fans in attendance when I was there on Sunday.
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It's true. Something like 30kiat Spike Island. But you have to take in to consideration that the Roses were coming out of an indie scene where playing to 3,000 was seen as a big gig. I'm not sure the Smiths or New Order did anything bigger than the G-Mex, apart from Glastonbury. Their popularity now can be attributed to the explosion of British bands in the 90s who carried the Roses legacy in their wake. They're probably the last band to achieve success by word of mouth. The enormous success, however, of a band such as Oasis was due in part to the Roses resetting expectations as to what an indie (ish) guitar band could achieve. Oasis at Knebworth and other huge Britpop (hate that term) gigs of the 90s were the conclusion of what the Roses started with Spike Island.
 
I had an evening of brilliant reminiscences at Albert square chophouse with Steve adge Atherton yesterday. Steve was the first Roses tour manager and he is going to publish a book about his time with the band, Manchester life before and after the eighties, a few City tales and how it is near impossible to recreate the kind of atmosphere bands inspired then. Our very own (in an audience of 150) Paul Lake was also enjoying Adge's mad tales.
 
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