Blur setlist?

[Fico]

Originally posted by lily1:
  i've been humbled this monday morning, rhett!     i wonder if david segal will write back with the same response?    
 
 so i wonder if fico was able to score extra tickets? there were a fair bunch of folks milling about looking for extra tickets.

A great show all around... I got tickets 5 minutes before the show started but made my way to front (stage right) with ease.... I haven't bought Think Tank but the new songs faired better live than what I have heard on record...and the Post fella nailed it when he said Damon can sing pretty much whatever he wants with his voice.. Alex James proved what I've said so many times..he is by far the most underrated bass player in Brit-pop.. for my money he is the best and I would know a bit of that being a longtime bass player meself... I think it was a good time.. the band was in good spirits and the crowd was as lively as a DC crowd will get for a non nu-metal, emo or punk show...
 
 as Frank the Tank would say "I saw Blur, they were glorius"... Good times..

[poorlulu]

Originally posted by Rab:
  .  I last saw Blur at the SECC in Glasgow I think in 1995 and I think Sat's show was definitely on a par.  

that was also the last place and time i saw them........
 it was a great show, and damon is still beautiful,  and that reviewer is a knob

[markie]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
 

Originally posted by Rab:
 [qb] .  I last saw Blur at the SECC in Glasgow I think in 1995 and I think Sat's show was definitely on a par.  [/b]

Was it really 1995? Have I really known Poorlulu 8 years? It was the great escape tour wasnt it? So I guess it must have been.
 
 I think they could have arranged the setlist much better. The show never gained momentum because of the new songs being crap. They shoulda played one old song to get everyone going then a bunch of new songs and then all the ols songs back to back.
 
 As it was I got all excited by an old song and then, "I am so sorry lately" shite.
 
 Oh and BTW if one of those laser spots shine in your eyes if you move your head about 6 inches it wont be in your eyes anymore. Anyone who goes to lots of concerts knows that though, right?

[myuman]

Maybe some of our better schooled here can compose an editorial of sorts to the post.  The reward is not as much to stick up for Blur (many more bands I'd rather back) but to "put a sock in" a critic that obviously wasn't "there".  This type of journalism should not be tolerated... I'm not responsible for my opinions, but a professional critic is (should) be.

[markie]

The problem is, if you go back and read the review again, ignoring the stupid stuff at the start about the lighting, it is not such an unreasonable review. But then it is clear that neither the reviewer or I are that fond of think tank. Nor for that matter of bands that reinvent themselves every album just for the sake of reinvention.

[Jaguär]

Instead of writing to Jenkins, you should write to the Editor. Jenkins doesn't care what any of us think but his Editor does.
 
 Wonder if he's just pissed because maybe he was snubbed at the dressing room after the show and wasn't allowed in for an interview. Hard to say but it could be revenge.
 
 Or maybe Jenkins needs some vitamin A in his diet.
 
 And I still like Think Tank, especially Moroccan Revolutionaries Bowls Club.
 ________________________
 
 Bunnyman, I have a friend who is a professional golfer and he works his ass off.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Critics who review shows generally don't seek interviews with the bands after the show. Unless he also writes for another publication, I don't see why he would be seeking an interview, since, thankfully, the Post doesn't normally consider interviews with cult status bands like Blur newsworthy.
 
    Why would you write a letter to the editor complaining about a concert review? It's entirely one person's opinion.
 
 

Originally posted by Jaguär:
  Instead of writing to Jenkins, you should write to the Editor. Jenkins doesn't care what any of us think but his Editor does.
 
 Wonder if he's just pissed because maybe he was snubbed at the dressing room after the show and wasn't allowed in for an interview. Hard to say but it could be revenge.
 
 Or maybe Jenkins needs some vitamin A in his diet.
 
 And I still like Think Tank, especially Moroccan Revolutionaries Bowls Club.
 ________________________
 
 Bunnyman, I have a friend who is a professional golfer and he works his ass off.

[jadetree]

who is Jenkins?

[Wordsworth]

My husband and I attended the show and LOVED it. (Worst part: $4.00 for a beer.  Can you tell I don't get out much?!) As for the Post's David Segal: Sounds to me as though he took a cue from the Jayson Blair school of journalism and did not actually attend.  If any of y'all write to Segal, know this: To lump him in the same league as The NYT's disgraced scribe Jayson Blair is gonna hurt, so please use the comparison selectively and responsibly.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The Post music reviewers are constantly getting their facts screwed up. I think it's just a matter of them putting their good reporters onto real stories, and paying some freelance hacks to write their music reviews.

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by Bob Pollard:
  who is Jenkins?

Okay, wrong guy. I was confusing him with the Idlewild reviewer. You get the idea.
 
 And Rhett, if they didn't care at all about music reviews, they wouldn't publish them in the first place. The point is letting the paper, who wants our business, know that they are assinging someone who is not doing his job responsibily. There are plenty of other good journalists out there who would love to have his job and the paper knows it. No, music doesn't compare to front page news but they also know that the readers want their entertainment too.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Do any of you really pay 35 cents to read the music reviews?
 
 

Originally posted by Jaguär:
   

Originally posted by Bob Pollard:
  who is Jenkins?

Okay, wrong guy. I was confusing him with the Idlewild reviewer. You get the idea.
 
 And Rhett, if they didn't care at all about music reviews, they wouldn't publish them in the first place. The point is letting the paper, who wants our business, know that they are assinging someone who is not doing his job responsibily. There are plenty of other good journalists out there who would love to have his job and the paper knows it. No, music doesn't compare to front page news but they also know that the readers want their entertainment too. [/b]

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Do any of you really pay 35 cents to read the music reviews?
 
   

Originally posted by Jaguär:
   

Originally posted by Bob Pollard:
  who is Jenkins?

Okay, wrong guy. I was confusing him with the Idlewild reviewer. You get the idea.
 
 And Rhett, if they didn't care at all about music reviews, they wouldn't publish them in the first place. The point is letting the paper, who wants our business, know that they are assinging someone who is not doing his job responsibily. There are plenty of other good journalists out there who would love to have his job and the paper knows it. No, music doesn't compare to front page news but they also know that the readers want their entertainment too. [/b]

[/b]

I've known plenty of people to buy a newspaper solely for the purpose of the entertainment section, for whatever reason. Sometimes it's to get movie or event listings. The point being is that the big wigs want a good paper from front to back, especially in this day and age when hard copy newpapers are having sales problems. They do have competition and some of it is free.

[mjnova]

Other Segal highlights for the last year or two:
 
 -Bashing Sigur Ros for singing in jiberish
 -Bashing Godspeed You! Black Emperor for being too dull
 
 This man should get a pulitzer.
 
 And the thing is, he clearly likes rock bands, I remember positive reviews of the Hives and Elvis C, but anything that's challenging and he resorts to cheap shots.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by mjnova:
 anything that's challenging and he resorts to cheap shots.

you make it sound like Markie is David Segal