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« on: January 08, 2006, 01:58:58 PM » |
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Isn't it about time we started running the annual book on what the opening number of the gigs will be? (room there for a tasty accumulator on the what song/which bass player double, I reckon...). With OTNH hardly being the 'new' album this time round, do you think the set will still be based around it, or is there scope for pulling a few surprises out of the magic bag of tricks? Or a Folk Award-inspired trawl through "L and L" perhaps? Oh, hell, I know it won't make a scrap of difference and it always ends up with Chris mentioning that he's been to a rehearsal and we're all wrong, but has anyone got any theories? My eventual trip out to Cambridge or not will probably rest on advance reports of what's on offer this time round.
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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2006, 03:08:57 PM » |
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Isn't it about time we started running the annual book on what the opening number of the gigs will be?
My eventual trip out to Cambridge or not will probably rest on advance reports of what's on offer this time round.
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« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2006, 03:49:39 PM » |
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Oh, hell, I know it won't make a scrap of difference and it always ends up with Chris mentioning that he's been to a rehearsal and we're all wrong ooooooH, that's hardly fair! - I'll hopefully be going to the first night, but wouldn't spoil a thread like this, even if I was given a set-list in advance. Which I doubt.... |
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2006, 04:56:29 PM » |
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Heehee... I've seen you with a set list Chris!!!! (Thanks for letting me see it...  ) |
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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2006, 05:03:20 PM » |
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I can't remember when - the Cropredy warm-ups maybe - but never for the Wintour....
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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2006, 05:37:04 PM » |
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Crop warm up.. by the bus station  |
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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2006, 06:49:53 PM » |
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What's on offer? Just the usual excellence I expect mic Key word there Hon' - "usual". Tell me 'Reynard The Fox' is back in the set and that'd probably stir me to at least get upstairs and check to see where my credit card is. First reports come in that it's the same set as last year only starting with 'Travelling By Steam' and I'd probably still check my card, but only to see if I can pick up the new CD online rather than at the merch stall. Someone says that the first set is a whole "L&L" retrospective and the second set features "Bonaparte's Retreat" with strobe lights and a Ric Sanders echoplex wig-out and I'd probably be checking the car keys to see if I can get there and start queueing now. I think there's a lot to be said for having a boyhood fan actually in the band...I sometimes like to think of Chris Leslie turning up to rehearsal and saying "Guys, you know I've always wanted to do 'Babbacombe Lee' in it's entirety...how about this time out...?". Be a laugh, would'n' it?  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2006, 07:04:37 PM » |
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Tickets bought for Cambridge. Mic and I will see you there Skirky, should you make a decision to attend.... As for set list........Yeah, it would be nice to hear different stuff o'course, but I will be thrilled to bits whatever they perform. Easily pleased, that's me  Gower Flower  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2006, 07:34:37 PM » |
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Key word there Hon' - "usual".
Ah yes, definitely the key word as in, the excellence will be as usual As for what I'd like to hear: The Game Pieces, Banbury Fair, Don't Leave Too Soon, (Don't Despise)The Deserter, From A Distance, Genesis Hall, Rosie, My Girl, Knights Of The Road... Just for starters you understand mic |
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2006, 07:43:01 PM » |
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I just hope they continue to rest Matty....the way the set concluded in the Autumn would certainly get me out again.....
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2006, 08:33:06 PM » |
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they're not coming to manchester so i wont bother either  esp after last years lacklustre set  it would be nice if skirky's wishes came true ,them i might try southport or burnley  but i fear it will be more of the same  tell you what though , re matty, i'd settle for them to play it straight and not bugger about with it its a gag that only really works the first time you hear it |
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2006, 09:09:29 PM » |
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It is a well guarded secret but he first tune played will be the Frog Up The Pump medleay as everyone knows Gottle of Geer should have won the award not Liege and Lief |
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2006, 09:12:24 PM » |
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Get your flak jacket on mate..... |
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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2006, 10:03:02 PM » |
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they're not coming to manchester so i wont bother either esp after last years lacklustre set it would be nice if skirky's wishes came true ,them i might try southport or burnley but i fear it will be more of the same tell you what though , re matty, i'd settle for them to play it straight and not bugger about with it its a gag that only really works the first time you hear it Not taking the road north to sunny Blackpool then Jim? |
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« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2006, 10:15:58 PM » |
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As for what I'd like to hear: The Game Pieces
I may be avoiding that gig  Yes, they may be well rehearsed on OTNH, and there are three cracking songs on there, but it would be a poor show not to make the use of the back catalogue. even a rusty performance of Babbacombe Lee or Poor Will... would be preferable to another polished outing of Wassail Song - probably the case for most Fairporters. I really don't plan to go to any more gigs apart from Cropredy if the setlist doesn't change. Show Of Hands have a moderate back catalogue, and vary things quite a bit. Fairport have a HUGE back catalogue...  |
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« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2006, 10:18:16 PM » |
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Oh yes, please rest the Wassail Song. It's just a tad over-exposed right now and needs a few tours left in the shadows.
Hey, here's an idea - maybe some NEW stuff?
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« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2006, 08:35:53 AM » |
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I'd like to see the first half completely made up of old material - a mixture of very old and very rarely played songs/tunes. (Babbacombe Lee or L & L would fit the bill nicely but I'd settle for other stuff!) Chris While as guest singer. The second half would be completely made up of new material - a combination of songs/tunes written by band members and non-band members, with a few 'new' traditionals thrown in. The encore would consist of Matty Groves (done in the way Jim describes) and Meet On The Ledge. I know it won't happen because it would require much rehearsal time, which has not been available as most band members have been busy with other projects right up to Christmas.  We've got tickets for Tunbridge Wells on 4th Feb. |
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« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2006, 11:59:23 AM » |
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Ooh, I do like these threads... Completely irrelevant to what we actually get, of course, but they while away the weeks... What I'd like would be something along the lines of an instrumental half and an old/rare stuff half. Only having been to the last 3 tours there's loads and loads of stuff that used to be "overplayed" that I haven't actually heard live... Tickets already acquired for The Stables on 8th Feb... Dragging a couple of newbies with me, to see if their brains go fizzzz like mine did the first time. Thinking about the newbies, a good selection of everything would be favourite! But not the Deserter. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2006, 05:51:33 PM » |
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But not the Deserter.
Which one, Sandy's or Simon's ? I like them both incidentally, which just goes to show...... Steve |
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« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2006, 06:35:02 PM » |
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I really would love to see/hear Simon doing (Don't Despise) The Deserter...it is one of my all time favourite tracks mic |
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