PSA: 6 Music festival on iPlayer

EricTheWeary

Not much of interest to me but acts include the Manics and Johnny Marr who have their following on here. 

badlydrawnbanjo

I’ve just witnessed the Manics murdering Madonna. 

roberty

Little Simz is well worth watching. Idles arecnext on my list

RocknRollDave

badlydrawnbanjo said:

I’ve just witnessed the Manics murdering Madonna. 

Nowhere near as badly as they murdered their own Methadone Pretty on that same gig.

Philly_Q

badlydrawnbanjo said:

I’ve just witnessed the Manics murdering Madonna. 

If only.

LPManic

Not cool with the Manics bashing in this thread. JDB is a guitar hero for us all. 

english_bob

I watched most of the Khruangbin set while I did the ironing the other night. Can't quite decide what to make of it. Very funny, and they're a tight band, but it was a bit samey after 40 minutes.
Liked the hip-hop bassline medley though. Whole place singing ODB's "Got Your Money".

Lebarque

LPManic said:

Not cool with the Manics bashing in this thread. JDB is a guitar hero for us all. 

If only he could sing...

MagicPigDetective

LPManic said:

Not cool with the Manics bashing in this thread. JDB is a guitar hero for us all. 

Agreed! For context, this gig was upstairs in Clwb Ifor Bach, a Cardiff establishment and one of my old haunts, and for the Manics, a tiny venue, near their hometown, a venue they’ve never played before. It was a special gig for them. It looks to me they were in the moment and feeding off that energy, rather than caring about how they would sound to a radio audience. I’ve seen them a few times and it’s always a suberb gig. JDB ability to play guitar and sing is astounding. 

darthed1981

The Manics are my favourite band.  The fact they stand for something, while chopping and changing genres and navigating their growth in age, while being quite sad at how the world works, has always chimed with how I feel.  If I had an iota of their talent, I might have written "Postcards from a Young Man" in my 30s.

JDB is one of the 90s best alternative rock musicians.  Whatever genre they seem to pass by he sort of switches all the way from Slash to Lindsay Buckingham and back again via the Clash... love the man.

Despite this, I have to say, JDB in the few months seems to be sort of speaking not singing lyrics, I'm actually a bit worried about his voice.  What do you think @LPManic as a fellow fan?

RocknRollDave

I stand by my previous post: JDB (a massive influence and hero for me back in the day) was terrible on Methadone Pretty, in terms of vocals. Absolutely miles off pitch. If ever there was a case for in-ear monitoring, that was it. Hugely increases your chances of hearing the pitch of instruments clearly without the distorting effects that volume has, and in turn increases your chances of pitching your vocals.

To add some positive spin, his guitar sound on the Holy Bible anniversary shows was possibly the finest I’ve ever heard live. Think he was using a Matchless combo, amongst others.

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

Not much of interest to me but acts include the Manics and Johnny Marr who have their following on here. 

Did I imagine it, or did Johnny sing “Now I know how Johnny Marr felt…” in Bigmouth Strikes Again?

darthed1981

RocknRollDave said:

To add some positive spin, his guitar sound on the Holy Bible anniversary shows was possibly the finest I’ve ever heard live. Think he was using a Matchless combo, amongst others.

JDB is a massive gear nut.

I love the guy, I'd be terrified meeting him, despite everyone saying how nice he is!

munckee

I'm watching the pixies set right now on the big telly through the sounds bar - glorious.

darthed1981

I like that two humbucker tele thing JDB is using there at the start...

darthed1981

OK... just watched Wet Leg's set.

Clearly under instructions not to swear, the brunette lost it after saying "fuck" twice during recent single "Ur Mum" in a really endearing way.

I'm a little bit in love with her now.