edgarbroughtonband : Message: Re: [edgarbroughtonband] Re: glad some one agrees

You've raised another point here, Neil - seated gigs that leave the bar open when the band are onstage.

In one such venue just outside Brighton, now closed down, audience members wanting to visit the bar had to walk in front on the stage as

this was the only route.

At a Julian Cope gig there a few years back, he had watched several people walk back and forth carrying beers and obviously got pissed off

with it. During one song, he reached down, lifted two pints out of one guys hands as he walked back and poured them over the guys head!

It drew a massive cheer from the majority of the audience and certainly slowed down the trail of piss heads that were obviously more interested

in beer than music.

Now, I like a drink as much as anyone but there's time for a beer before the gig, during the interval and again afterwards.

There's an old cinema in Bexhill, fair play to the promoter, he's trying to bring bands to a place which is the arse end of the world but if you book

the seats at the back, you get a waitress service all through the gig - the bar is alongside and on the same level as the stage. This means the waitress

has to walk across the stage to and from the bar whilst the band is playing! It also means they have to leave the house lights on so the waitress can

see to go up and down the stairs ! I admit it was Andy Powell's Wishbone Ash I went to see there (slightly dated) and although they did comment

on this bizarre arrangement, on one occasion, getting in step behind the waitress as she carried another tray of drinks, they did take it in good part.

Cheers,

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil
To: edgarbroughtonband@...
Subject: [edgarbroughtonband] Re: glad some one agrees
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:02:40 -0000

I agree wholeheartedly with what you say. I remember from one of the 100 club gigs a woman ( she sounded Polish) who spoke throughout REFUGEE, I couldnt believe it. After the performance had finished Rob said something similar to this woman as well. These people get right up my goat! Why spend the money going to gigs, etc when youre gonna speak throughout songs.

I saw Roger Waters in May 08 at the 02 arena, and this was even worse, as it was all seated, so you can't move away. We had a group of pissed up scousers (no offence to people from Liverpool by the way, but these blokes did your city no good) sitting behind us, and 4 pissed blokes sitting in front, it was a bloody nightmare, up and down throughout the concert, more beers, more food, visits to the toilet, and chatting throughout the songs they didn't like or didn't know.

This sort of thing seems to happen all the time these days, and dont get me started on cinema's!!

Good news from a previous poster about a gig in Aylesbury in July. Any further info/confirmation would be appreciated.

Cheers

Neil

--- In edgarbroughtonband@yahoogroups.co.uk, "stewart" <s.richards87@...> wrote:
>
> TO be specific, ebb played at the musician in leicester late 07 and rob did a solo number. i think its called "REFUGEE" from sing brother sing. its just him and a bass drum beat,very thought provoking and some idiot in the crowd was talking all the way through it. he must of been so loud because rob himself heard him and at the end said "to the person who talked all the way through that F**k you".it has troubled me to this day because i wanted to apologise to rob for that person, even though i didnt know them.if you want to talk stay away from the gig. i am not saying stand in silence the whole time, but theres a time for talking and a time for listening and a time to know the difference. many thanks to everyone for allowing me to air my views. yours STEWART.
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