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EXplains why Im a Derby fan too….its the sheep you see (boyo) :oops: :oops: :oops:
@sharongooner wrote:
Im with you on the Clash and Marley. People who did get to see them are so lucky. But isnt that the beauty of music… it lives on and people who werent even born still get to hear and see it.
Ive applied for the Radio 1 big weekend in Kent, but not got any chance of being picked for a ticket. I think there are 30,000 and last year 500,000 registered. It will be more this year now they have revealed Madonna’s headlining.
Oh well… fingers crossed just in case!
Sharon- dont register, just buy them off the touts when you get there- you’ll get a ticket for about £40 (ok, so its not cheap but it gets you in)
Jeez, I shudnt be encourgaing support for scrounging touts should I
Jay-Zee at Glastonbury…don’t quite sound right as headliners but it don’t float my boat either n some obviously like him
Gigs do cost a lot but I don’t drink or smoke- in fact I havent been out into town on a Friday or Saturday night for about 4 years ( :oops: :oops: ) so i do save money that way
V festival this year (one day ticket not two day) set me n the missus back bout £150 but that will be it for this year cos of the nipper- worked out like that its about £12 per month which aint too much
Anyway, I’ve often gone on me own to a gig if there’s no sad person who wants to come with me (tho now Mrs Slayer does come more often than not) n thats even cheaper
I never saw Bob Marley n I never saw the Clash live- two bands I’d remortgage the house to see now (lol also very unlikely as Bob M and Joe Strummer are dead)
@sharongooner wrote:
@slayer wrote:
Lots n Lots n Lots
Metallica, Slayer, Maiden, Anthrax, AC/DC, Poison, Ozzy, Megadeth, Machine Head, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Queensryche, Faith No More, Alice Cooper, Meatloaf, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Marillion, Motley Crue, Quo, Boj Jovi, Judas Priest, Kiss, Van Halen plus lots of metal bands no one will have heard of PLUS
Manics, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Killers, Embrace, Artic Monkeys, Supergrass, Simple Minds, Razorlight, Neil Finn, Paul Weller, The Fratellis, The Coral, Athlete, KT Tunstall, Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Madonna, Elton John, Divine Comedy, Oasis, INXS, Bryan Adams, Amy Winehouse plus lots of bands you won’t of heard of PLUS a personal fave…Norah Jones in Auckland…I can’t list them all but it’s a lot
I don’t get about as much as I used to though :lol:
Thats cheating… there is at least one festival in that lot surely!
:lol: :lol:
There’s more than one Sharon
Monsters of Rock (Castle Donington) every year from 82 to 90 (or there abouts)
V festival (4th year this year)
Live8
Leeds/ReadingPlus a few other nefarious ones on the way that were one off’s
Lots of bands I’ve seen multiple times- Metallica 8 times, AC/DC 7 times, KOL 6 times, Manics 6 times and on and on and on
It’s now that the kids come with me (took the eldest to the new Wembley for the Metallica gig last July and the 3 of them came to see the Arctic Monkeys at Lancashire Cricket ground last August) too if they want too- one is desperate to see AC/DC live and one is pissed off I missed the Leeds tickets this year (Metallica, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold etc)
My 2 year old came pre birth to see Oasis and the Strokes in 2006 (when Mrs Slayer was 8 1/2 months pregnant) so he loves his music too :D – he didnt half kick during Champagne Supernova
Lots n Lots n Lots
Metallica, Slayer, Maiden, Anthrax, AC/DC, Poison, Ozzy, Megadeth, Machine Head, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Queensryche, Faith No More, Alice Cooper, Meatloaf, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Marillion, Motley Crue, Quo, Boj Jovi, Judas Priest, Kiss, Van Halen plus lots of metal bands no one will have heard of PLUS
Manics, Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Killers, Embrace, Artic Monkeys, Supergrass, Simple Minds, Razorlight, Neil Finn, Paul Weller, The Fratellis, The Coral, Athlete, KT Tunstall, Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Madonna, Elton John, Divine Comedy, Oasis, INXS, Bryan Adams, Amy Winehouse plus lots of bands you won’t of heard of PLUS a personal fave…Norah Jones in Auckland…I can’t list them all but it’s a lot
I don’t get about as much as I used to though :lol:
LDM
Welcome to JC- I’m sure you’ll find it illuminating if you stick around.
On the BNP issue, the majority of people in this country care not one jot what creed, colour or race you are…if you’re English mate then I’m afraid you’re stuck with it. You wave the flag, you sing God save the Queen (unless you’re a republican that is), cheer for whichever footie team takes your fancy, slate whichever government is in power as being incompetent etc etc
In other words, you don’t have to justify to me why you’re English….you just are n thats it- whether you like it or not!
What most English people (of all colours, creed etc) find disturbing is a mass unplanned immigration with no cohesive national policy on education, health, housing, law and order etc. hence some communities have been changed beyond recognition by uncontrolled immigration.
Whether we are a power house economy does not detract from the fact that certain sections of our society struggle to make a positive impact (British Pakistani/Bangladeshi contribute less in taxes and take more in benefit than virtually every other community- British Indian contribute more in taxes and take less in benefit than virtually every section of the community including white british).
“Britishness” is whatever you make it and has changed and evolved over many centuries- as said before, we are an original mongrel nation made up of so many component parts- however sometimes change is quicker than is desirable for people to deal with
As for the BNP- its too simplistic to say BNP supporters are those who are unable to progress and unable to accept responsibility for the dire lives they lead totally fails to understand wholesale societal disenfranchisement and impotency at massive enviromental changes (personal and impersonal) and is a typical corporate view- it is no different that me saying British Pakistani Islamic radicalisation is caused by their total failure to integrate into British society and accept a British way of life and only seeing an outlet through trying to create something they understand from something they dont
As for poltiical correctness- classic failure to understand the hostility towards political correctness is nothign to do with race, colour or creed and everythign to do with with the failure to understand that Christmas is Christmas and if you don’t like, then Im really really sorry but you’ll have to learn to live with it- I wouldnt wish to call Diwali by some other name and neither would I wish to call Christmas by some other name- thats called living together harmoniously and not bending over backwards to accomodate once culture AT THE EXPENSE of another
PC breeds discontent because it’s barkingly stupid- being anti PC is nothign to do with supporting the BNP
And yes I do know all about minorities- my kids have a BWI mother and I’m white through n through :wink: (although I do have a little welsh in me somewhere)
Your point is still lost on me Wasp
This march was ALL communities in Bradford- yes, thats right, British Muslims waving the flag of St George alongside all others.
If your point is that the parade was stopped from going through the area of the riots then its true it was, but the organisers were offered decent alternatives they could have taken (which not ideal would still have made pukka TV and media headlines)
Should we be able to march whereever and whenever we want? Maybe we should and maybe this would have gone a long way to supporting a more harmonious society in Bradford….n maybe it wouldnt
we’ll never know
Very true Pete
In fact, if you went out into the street and asked 100 people who they supported politically and then asked them all when St Georges day was, the response from Conservative, Labour, Libs and BNP supporters would be pretty much the same- “doh?”
PB
I’ve had a google on this one and its a bit more interesting than you’d think
This parade was a joint community (Muslim, CoE, Hindu- all then feckers) parade, with predominantly children, many of whom had already made the cross of St George flag etc.
Now credit where’s it due in Wasp’s direction (even if she didnt mean it like this) but this parade is EXACTLY the sort of thing we SHOULD be doing
ALL communities coming together to wave the Cross of St George- now if that ain’t a good thing (and it was suggested by a Bradford Police support officer who is also a Muslim) then I’m a dutchman
So you’re right Wasp- barking decision and one which is a real shame as it really would have brought all the communities together
It always black n white PB :lol:
I’d be interested to know who the organisers were
It’s really no better than an Orange parade through Nationalist parts of Belfast and in some ways both sides (ie the extremes) are no better.
The fact they were offered alternative routes in Bradford to “celebrate” St Georges day and didnt want to take them up on the offer really says it all
