Fact: Scotland was the first country to host a concert!!!
In 907AD at a trading post just outside of Auchendinny, a local shepherd was eating the leg of a cooked wolf and the sinewy tendon bit made a twanging noise as he ripped it from his mouth...
he then used this tendon bit in a musical way by hitting his 47 piece drum kit with it... the result was that 14 drunk people trying to find their way back to their croft stopped and watched.... and they all clapped after each song to keep warm but this is how applause was invented!!! and hence the concert was born...
all the drunk villagers were cheering and stuff when McBonham played his final song "McYellow McLedbetter".... then they all mccried and left to batter their wives... :( ... and some mars bars
true story
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Dunk are you saying its Mrs. Dunk's fault u didnt go in 2000 ???
no.. it was my fault as well... i didnt get married under duress
nah, bad timing was all it was :(
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Yes i have also heard of the aforementioned "first concert" story!
Barcelona (briefly):
Neil and I walked backstage in Barcelona with the kilts on, grungified of course and with the Scotland flag. Jeff and Mike were playing table tennis with a couple of the tech guys. I told them its been 10 years since ive played but i'd still kick their arses. Mike recognised Neil's tartan trilby hat which we threw on stage in Antwerp and managed to get back after the gig.
"how the fuck did you get that back" haha.
Oh and Jeff asked me if it was true, "Do you wear anything underneath?"
Being an efficient Scot, i gave him a visual answer haha!
They now recognise us at the gigs and in Barcelona we were toying with Mike throughout the concert, it was funny as hell.
I told them its been 10 years since ive played but i'd still kick their arses.
To which they replied 'well it's ten years since we played Scotland... doesn't mean we're gonna do it again'
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
To which they replied 'well it's ten years since we played Scotland... doesn't mean we're gonna do it again'
Hahahahahaha...yeah but im sure i would have.
Yep, we literally walked past all the security and everything. I guess they just thought we were meant to be there because we looked like a cross between mother love bone and the bay city rollers haha.
The promised land... :rolleyes: See you're still 'enjoying' yourself at the gigs! Sorry I missed you guys in Antwerp (though I did see you on Neil's (?) shoulders!). Next time you'll be bumping into Ed backstage!!
Damn i didnt realise you were at the Antwerp concert! I few people came up to me and said:
"i recognise you from the internet"
Hahaha. Yeah we're making as many of the gigs as we can, weekend ones with good links from Amsterdam. I was on Neils shoulders when one of the bootleg photos was taken...i think they photoshop'd me out or made sure i wasnt in it lol.
Verona, Milan, Prague and Berlin to go. I can't wait for Prague, i used to live there but we're only going overnight.
Yeah.. was at Antwerp. Did a 'family' visit in Brussels for the week and took a night off! That's one thing that I miss about living in Brussels, it's being 'central'. I'm done now with the gigs, only because my daughter is back at school and I can't really leave her high and dry! If I was still in Brussels, I could have done Paris with no problems (as you say.. overnight or even the same night!). But once you start to involve flights... it's just too much!
Gotta wait until they come back to England (& Scotland, Wales, Ireland...) and then have a blast!
that first concert anyone remember the loos thats the only thing not to have improved in thousands of years - sanitation and rock n roll just dont go together.
Yes i have also heard of the aforementioned "first concert" story!
Barcelona (briefly):
Neil and I walked backstage in Barcelona with the kilts on, grungified of course and with the Scotland flag. Jeff and Mike were playing table tennis with a couple of the tech guys. I told them its been 10 years since ive played but i'd still kick their arses. Mike recognised Neil's tartan trilby hat which we threw on stage in Antwerp and managed to get back after the gig.
"how the fuck did you get that back" haha.
Oh and Jeff asked me if it was true, "Do you wear anything underneath?"
Being an efficient Scot, i gave him a visual answer haha!
They now recognise us at the gigs and in Barcelona we were toying with Mike throughout the concert, it was funny as hell.
ace !! so now the whole band recognise you by the family jewells !!!! LOL
love the ""cross between mother love bone and the bay city rollers"" hahaha too funny
enjoy the rest of your shows and bring us mORE gossip
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Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
Yep, we literally walked past all the security and everything. I guess they just thought we were meant to be there because we looked like a cross between mother love bone and the bay city rollers haha.
That's cool! Congrats - I love hearing stuff like that.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
yes we invented all of the above things.... including McCready's guitar virtuositinous
I got the Glasgow boot the other night... Ed has to stop on Given To Fly doesnt he? just to ask if "everyone is up" ... crowd sound frickin mental... Damn you wedding and honeymoon :mad:
nah i thought he forgot the lyrics!i was there and havent listened to the boot for a wee while though!My first gig ever, oh and best!
so come back to scotland pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee x
nah i thought he forgot the lyrics!i was there and havent listened to the boot for a wee while though!
i relistened to it again last night.... he does indeed stop halfway through the song as there are people on the ground... he doesnt sing again until they are all up...
he's a good lad really isnt he?
whoever started this thread deserves a medal...or a cornetto..... its Fucking AWESOME \m/ ... mon the Scots
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
We invented Guinness, and we know how to spell "whiskey" which is unrefutable proof that we're cooler
you can't grow fucking potatoes... there are tribes in outer patagonia who have no hands that can grow potatoes in concrete... its the easiest thing to grow since mould
plus Ireland is so cool that everyone fuckin emigrates to find a 'better life'........... or potatoes!!!!! which grow in abundance elsewhere, especially on patios in Argentina!
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
you can't grow fucking potatoes... there are tribes in outer patagonia who have no hands that can grow potatoes in concrete... its the easiest thing to grow since mould
plus Ireland is so cool that everyone fuckin emigrates to find a 'better life'........... or potatoes!!!!! which grow in abundance elsewhere, especially on patios in Argentina!
funniest post in a long while
its not often i laugh out loud on here, but you sir, have made it happen:)
you can't grow fucking potatoes... there are tribes in outer patagonia who have no hands that can grow potatoes in concrete... its the easiest thing to grow since mould
plus Ireland is so cool that everyone fuckin emigrates to find a 'better life'........... or potatoes!!!!! which grow in abundance elsewhere, especially on patios in Argentina!
Aww dunk, if Ireland's so 'uncool', how come your first thread about Scotland has suddenly turned into one about Ireland?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Aww dunk, if Ireland's so 'uncool', how come your first thread about Scotland has suddenly turned into one about Ireland?
cos stupid fuckers like you are posting shit about Ireland in it...
When PJ announce they are playing here next year you'll all be jumping over and visiting here for the shows... so shut up
and its not my first Scotland thread big gob...
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
cos stupid fuckers like you are posting shit about Ireland in it...
When PJ announce they are playing here next year you'll all be jumping over and visiting here for the shows... so shut up
and its not my first Scotland thread big gob...
Oh? the rest must have been so interesting that I just... missed them!!!???
And yes, I will be jumping over to visit . Will Mrs. Dunk mind having me sleep on the couch?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Oh? the rest must have been so interesting that I just... missed them!!!???
And yes, I will be jumping over to visit . Will Mrs. Dunk mind having me sleep on the couch?
course she'll mind.... Al has already booked it and she'll not want any mess on her suite
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
course she'll mind.... Al has already booked it and she'll not want any mess on her suite
I don't think Al would mind sharing
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Mrs Al would.... plus i dont think my couch would take the strain
also you cant stay here as we have plain wallpaper.... you'd be fucking lost !!!
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Mrs Al would.... plus i dont think my couch would take the strain
also you cant stay here as we have plain wallpaper.... you'd be fucking lost !!!
:rolleyes: True! So your walls are as plain as Scotland then?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
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In 907AD at a trading post just outside of Auchendinny, a local shepherd was eating the leg of a cooked wolf and the sinewy tendon bit made a twanging noise as he ripped it from his mouth...
he then used this tendon bit in a musical way by hitting his 47 piece drum kit with it... the result was that 14 drunk people trying to find their way back to their croft stopped and watched.... and they all clapped after each song to keep warm but this is how applause was invented!!! and hence the concert was born...
all the drunk villagers were cheering and stuff when McBonham played his final song "McYellow McLedbetter".... then they all mccried and left to batter their wives... :( ... and some mars bars
true story
Dunk are you saying its Mrs. Dunk's fault u didnt go in 2000 ???
Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
no.. it was my fault as well... i didnt get married under duress
nah, bad timing was all it was :(
Barcelona (briefly):
Neil and I walked backstage in Barcelona with the kilts on, grungified of course and with the Scotland flag. Jeff and Mike were playing table tennis with a couple of the tech guys. I told them its been 10 years since ive played but i'd still kick their arses. Mike recognised Neil's tartan trilby hat which we threw on stage in Antwerp and managed to get back after the gig.
"how the fuck did you get that back" haha.
Oh and Jeff asked me if it was true, "Do you wear anything underneath?"
Being an efficient Scot, i gave him a visual answer haha!
They now recognise us at the gigs and in Barcelona we were toying with Mike throughout the concert, it was funny as hell.
BTW - have you now abandonned your beloved Scotland for Amsterdam?
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Hahahahahaha...yeah but im sure i would have.
Yep, we literally walked past all the security and everything. I guess they just thought we were meant to be there because we looked like a cross between mother love bone and the bay city rollers haha.
"i recognise you from the internet"
Hahaha. Yeah we're making as many of the gigs as we can, weekend ones with good links from Amsterdam. I was on Neils shoulders when one of the bootleg photos was taken...i think they photoshop'd me out or made sure i wasnt in it lol.
Verona, Milan, Prague and Berlin to go. I can't wait for Prague, i used to live there but we're only going overnight.
Gotta wait until they come back to England (& Scotland, Wales, Ireland...) and then have a blast!
ace !! so now the whole band recognise you by the family jewells !!!! LOL
love the ""cross between mother love bone and the bay city rollers"" hahaha too funny
enjoy the rest of your shows and bring us mORE gossip
Astoria,Dublin,Reading 06,Wembley 07,Sheapards Bush & o2 09 thats multiple Jamgasms!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
nah i thought he forgot the lyrics!i was there and havent listened to the boot for a wee while though!My first gig ever, oh and best!
so come back to scotland pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee x
i relistened to it again last night.... he does indeed stop halfway through the song as there are people on the ground... he doesnt sing again until they are all up...
he's a good lad really isnt he?
whoever started this thread deserves a medal...or a cornetto..... its Fucking AWESOME \m/ ... mon the Scots
Oh, and bonnie Scooootland is not cool enough to boast the ancestral roots of a certain Michael McCready.
Proud member of the European Touring Bus 2006!
I'll drink to that
If Scotland isnt cool enough then where is??? Scotland is the coolest place in the universe. Ireland i'm sure is a close second...but not too close.
We invented Guinness, and we know how to spell "whiskey" which is unrefutable proof that we're cooler
Proud member of the European Touring Bus 2006!
you can't grow fucking potatoes... there are tribes in outer patagonia who have no hands that can grow potatoes in concrete... its the easiest thing to grow since mould
plus Ireland is so cool that everyone fuckin emigrates to find a 'better life'.....
its not often i laugh out loud on here, but you sir, have made it happen:)
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
cos stupid fuckers like you are posting shit about Ireland in it...
When PJ announce they are playing here next year you'll all be jumping over and visiting here for the shows... so shut up
and its not my first Scotland thread big gob...
And yes, I will be jumping over to visit
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
course she'll mind.... Al has already booked it and she'll not want any mess on her suite
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Mrs Al would.... plus i dont think my couch would take the strain
also you cant stay here as we have plain wallpaper.... you'd be fucking lost !!!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you