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Austin - Texas@Austin City Limits Festival - 24th Sep
da Betaray il mar set 27, 2005 9:01 am
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da Betaray il mar set 27, 2005 9:07 am
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Battle of the Brits:
Coldplay vs. Oasis Dallas concert showdown
Stephanie Garcia
Intern
September 27, 2005
Two of England’s most famous bands paid a visit to the Smirnoff Music Centre last week.
Oasis shook up fans on Sept. 22 and, the next night, Coldplay graced the stage, playing for a sold-out crowd. Two big nights for Smirnoff and fans that can’t get enough of what the United Kingdom has to offer. So, the rock ‘n’ roll gruff of Oasis versus the crooning piano ballads of Coldplay … who was more deserving of the $50 ticket?
In terms of production, Coldplay went all out, with giant screens displaying things such as band members to a bear crawling on all four legs.
All colors of the rainbow were shined into the eyes of the crowd while singer Chris Martin either ran up and down the stage like a child refusing cough syrup.
Oasis took a different approach, nothing too flashy, for they want all the attention on them, or at least singer Liam Gallagher wants all the attention on him.
Strings of Christmas lights were hanging around blocks while bars of red and blue signaled on and off.
While Coldplay’s multi-colored atmosphere was interesting to look at, it distracted from the music. For at least half the show, the screen artwork was more interesting than the band itself.
The most important thing about a gig is the music, of course, and both Coldplay and Oasis delivered the energy to please the groups’ fans. There is no doubt that either knows how to put on a good show, but Oasis has the advantage. Not only has Oasis been around longer, but it is genuinely the better band.
Oasis began the set with “Turn up the Sun†off the group’s latest album, Don’t believe the Truth, which immediately made the crowds’ hands shoot up and I’m not quite sure the hands ever came back down. Liam sang in his Manchester drawl, sunglasses, blazer and Levis in the most arrogant “screw off†hands-in-pockets sort of way, while guitarist and singer Noel Gallagher, in a grey t-shirt and jeans, modestly proved he has much more talent than his brother.
Noel glided through the guitar solo on “Live Forever†and just when you think Liam is staring in aw at his brother, you realize he’s looking directly into a video camera recording the show. Liam leaves the stage a few times, because he cannot handle just standing about the stage while Noel takes over lead vocals on crowd hits such as “The Importance of Being Idle†and “Mucky Fingers.â€
Of course, Oasis played the classics. According to Liam, “Morning Glory†is for the cowboys, while “Cigarettes and Alcohol†is obviously for the alcoholics. I don’t really need to tell you that “Wonderwall†and “Champagne Supernova†were done in prefect tune and grace, but I will anyway. They are two of the best–known songs to come out of the ‘90s, and they are still relevant today and Liam knows it. I’ve never seen a more arrogant man in my life, Liam standing center stage biting his tambourine like a prize dog and his bone just waiting to be adored, like the god he thinks he is. He doesn’t have to wait long at all.
Noel overtakes the throne on the second to last song of the night, “Don’t Look Back in Angerâ€. Noel stepped back for the first chorus leaving it up to the audience to fill in. That song was perfect in just about every way, I’m sure there were some tears flowing by the time Oasis tore into the last song of the evening, a cover of The Who’s “My Generation.â€
So, maybe Coldplay doesn’t have the same reputation of classics as
Oasis, but the audience wouldn’t believe that for one minute. Coldplay walked through the maze of flashing lights and began with “Square One†off the act’s new album, X&Y. The mom and daughter next to me start screaming and jumping up and down shouting “Chris! Chris!†as do many of the fans around, then everyone starts swaying and screaming. The next song, “Politik,†proves to be an early crowd favorite and sends everyone into even more hysterics with the pounding piano and the line “open up your eyes.†Drummer Will Champion is at his best in this song and the crowd spazes out when his giant converse shoe is shown on the screen.
I was surprised to see the band’s debut hit, “Yellow,†played so early in the set. Usually, that’s the type of song a band likes to end with, but Coldplay has apparently moved on. It did, however sound wonderful and yellow balloons filled with confetti came down on the center section of seats. The first single off X&Y, “Speed of Sound†proved to be a bit of a crowd downer, people began to sit down and have private conversations or play with their cell phones, also, I believe this is the song in which a man a few seats next to me vomited.
Coldplay has a lot of slow-paced piano ballad type of songs, which don’t always work too well live, since they have so many of them, it makes for a sleepy audience and people start to lose interest, and this is what I figured the song “Trouble†would do, but it proved me wrong and was actually one of the highlights of the show.
Martin even told a childhood story about his love for Phil Collins while his dad was trying to educate him on Johnny Cash, he then went on to sing a cover of Cash’s “Ring of Fire,†which got a lot of love from the crowd. But as amusing as that cover was, “Clocks†was the crowd favorite. It’s surely one of the most energetic songs Coldplay has to offer. Martin’s vocals stayed pretty consistent through out the whole show, even on the high notes.
The band closed with the epic sounding motions of “Fix You†and cell phones glowed in the mist of the thousands of fans for one last time. All four members dressed in black gathered at the front of the stage to bow, blow kisses, and wave goodbye, while I couldn’t help but think—why didn’t they play “Shiver�
The Bottom line: Coldplay is a bit too dramatic and Oasis just wanted to play some rock ‘n’ roll. Oasis is well worth the $50. No light show required.
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Web Exclusive
Battle of the Brits:
Coldplay vs. Oasis Dallas concert showdown
Stephanie Garcia
Intern
September 27, 2005
Two of England’s most famous bands paid a visit to the Smirnoff Music Centre last week.
Oasis shook up fans on Sept. 22 and, the next night, Coldplay graced the stage, playing for a sold-out crowd. Two big nights for Smirnoff and fans that can’t get enough of what the United Kingdom has to offer. So, the rock ‘n’ roll gruff of Oasis versus the crooning piano ballads of Coldplay … who was more deserving of the $50 ticket?
In terms of production, Coldplay went all out, with giant screens displaying things such as band members to a bear crawling on all four legs.
All colors of the rainbow were shined into the eyes of the crowd while singer Chris Martin either ran up and down the stage like a child refusing cough syrup.
Oasis took a different approach, nothing too flashy, for they want all the attention on them, or at least singer Liam Gallagher wants all the attention on him.
Strings of Christmas lights were hanging around blocks while bars of red and blue signaled on and off.
While Coldplay’s multi-colored atmosphere was interesting to look at, it distracted from the music. For at least half the show, the screen artwork was more interesting than the band itself.
The most important thing about a gig is the music, of course, and both Coldplay and Oasis delivered the energy to please the groups’ fans. There is no doubt that either knows how to put on a good show, but Oasis has the advantage. Not only has Oasis been around longer, but it is genuinely the better band.
Oasis began the set with “Turn up the Sun†off the group’s latest album, Don’t believe the Truth, which immediately made the crowds’ hands shoot up and I’m not quite sure the hands ever came back down. Liam sang in his Manchester drawl, sunglasses, blazer and Levis in the most arrogant “screw off†hands-in-pockets sort of way, while guitarist and singer Noel Gallagher, in a grey t-shirt and jeans, modestly proved he has much more talent than his brother.
Noel glided through the guitar solo on “Live Forever†and just when you think Liam is staring in aw at his brother, you realize he’s looking directly into a video camera recording the show. Liam leaves the stage a few times, because he cannot handle just standing about the stage while Noel takes over lead vocals on crowd hits such as “The Importance of Being Idle†and “Mucky Fingers.â€
Of course, Oasis played the classics. According to Liam, “Morning Glory†is for the cowboys, while “Cigarettes and Alcohol†is obviously for the alcoholics. I don’t really need to tell you that “Wonderwall†and “Champagne Supernova†were done in prefect tune and grace, but I will anyway. They are two of the best–known songs to come out of the ‘90s, and they are still relevant today and Liam knows it. I’ve never seen a more arrogant man in my life, Liam standing center stage biting his tambourine like a prize dog and his bone just waiting to be adored, like the god he thinks he is. He doesn’t have to wait long at all.
Noel overtakes the throne on the second to last song of the night, “Don’t Look Back in Angerâ€. Noel stepped back for the first chorus leaving it up to the audience to fill in. That song was perfect in just about every way, I’m sure there were some tears flowing by the time Oasis tore into the last song of the evening, a cover of The Who’s “My Generation.â€
So, maybe Coldplay doesn’t have the same reputation of classics as
Oasis, but the audience wouldn’t believe that for one minute. Coldplay walked through the maze of flashing lights and began with “Square One†off the act’s new album, X&Y. The mom and daughter next to me start screaming and jumping up and down shouting “Chris! Chris!†as do many of the fans around, then everyone starts swaying and screaming. The next song, “Politik,†proves to be an early crowd favorite and sends everyone into even more hysterics with the pounding piano and the line “open up your eyes.†Drummer Will Champion is at his best in this song and the crowd spazes out when his giant converse shoe is shown on the screen.
I was surprised to see the band’s debut hit, “Yellow,†played so early in the set. Usually, that’s the type of song a band likes to end with, but Coldplay has apparently moved on. It did, however sound wonderful and yellow balloons filled with confetti came down on the center section of seats. The first single off X&Y, “Speed of Sound†proved to be a bit of a crowd downer, people began to sit down and have private conversations or play with their cell phones, also, I believe this is the song in which a man a few seats next to me vomited.
Coldplay has a lot of slow-paced piano ballad type of songs, which don’t always work too well live, since they have so many of them, it makes for a sleepy audience and people start to lose interest, and this is what I figured the song “Trouble†would do, but it proved me wrong and was actually one of the highlights of the show.
Martin even told a childhood story about his love for Phil Collins while his dad was trying to educate him on Johnny Cash, he then went on to sing a cover of Cash’s “Ring of Fire,†which got a lot of love from the crowd. But as amusing as that cover was, “Clocks†was the crowd favorite. It’s surely one of the most energetic songs Coldplay has to offer. Martin’s vocals stayed pretty consistent through out the whole show, even on the high notes.
The band closed with the epic sounding motions of “Fix You†and cell phones glowed in the mist of the thousands of fans for one last time. All four members dressed in black gathered at the front of the stage to bow, blow kisses, and wave goodbye, while I couldn’t help but think—why didn’t they play “Shiver�
The Bottom line: Coldplay is a bit too dramatic and Oasis just wanted to play some rock ‘n’ roll. Oasis is well worth the $50. No light show required.
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da Betaray il mar set 27, 2005 9:08 am
Rolling Stone Review of ACL
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Imagine spending an entire year planning a party for close to 200,000 guests, and coming this close to having the damned thing crashed by an act of nature. That was the nightmare -- or, putting things in proper perspective -- colossal headache facing the organizers of the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, which this year happened to fall on the same weekend that Hurricane Rita slammed into the Texas coast.
On Wednesday -- some forty-eight hours before show time -- the forecast was grim. While the landlocked city of Austin would have been spared a direct hit, Rita was still expected to pack enough punch deep into the heart of Texas to necessitate the cancellation of at least part of the festival, which in four short years has eclipsed even the venerable South by Southwest as the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World's most anticipated throw-down. In the aftermath of Katrina, nobody would have dared called a little rain on ACL's parade a tragedy. But fearing the worst, everyone was braced for a bummer.
And then Rita shifted ever so slightly to the east. Festival promoters Capital Sports and Entertainment officially announced that all three days were a go Thursday evening, and from the first fiddle lick by Friday opener Asleep at the Wheel to Sunday closer Coldplay's final piano note, not a single drop of rain splashed down on the festival ground's fifteen acres of Zilker Park. "The Lord works in mysterious ways," observed an exuberant Buddy Guy during his Saturday afternoon set, flashing an ear-to-ear grin and unleashing a celebratory storm of his own that was fat Chicago blues in form but unadulterated zippity-do-dah in spirit. A few acts, including Americana hype magnet Kathleen Edwards, R&B diva Betty Lavette and Columbian rock en espanol outfit Aterciopelados, had to cancel due to Rita-induced travel hassles. And in lieu of rain, festival-goers (65,000 a day) were pounded with brutal heat -- 101 degrees Friday and Saturday and a record-high of 108 on Sunday. But all things considered, ACL '05 went off without a hitch.
Or, to quote singer Liam Gallagher's sign-off at the end of Oasis' Saturday night set: "Nice one."
Coming at the tail end of the summer concert season, the ACL Festival has yet to achieve the same level of national press attention as such similarly sized fetes as Bonnaroo and Coachella. But for sheer stylistic range, no other fest comes close. Following the eclectic model of the thirty-one-year-old PBS music series from which it takes its name, ACL's 2005 lineup offered hot-off-the-buzz-list indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie, the Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand; Southern rock and jam stalwarts the Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic; and alt-country A-listers Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett and John Prine. Throw in a stage devoted almost exclusively to gospel music (and New Orleans refugees like trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), a heaping helping of local and regional favorites (from frat-friendly Texas country singer Cory Morrow to Austin rockers the Real Heroes), the "Austin Kiddie Limits" stage for the little folks, and at least one super-sized mega act for the masses (Coldplay this year, following the likes of R.E.M. and Sheryl Crow in years past), and ACL succeeds mightily as a festival capable of pleasing almost everyone without succumbing to bland mediocrity. The food and ticket prices aren't too shabby, either.
Of course, like any festival of this magnitude, the too-much-of-a-good-thing factor does take its toll. On paper, a three-day weekend packed with 130 different acts -- many of whom would command a $20-$40 ticket on their own -- sounds too good to be true. It is. Trudge from stage to stage (eight in all) in triple-digit heat to catch some or all of your favorites, and the ultimate live music experience becomes a marathon endurance test. The schedule runs like clockwork, which sometimes entails missing the better half of a Franz Ferdinand or Lovett show to trek a quarter mile across the park to catch part of Wilco or the Black Crowes. A genuine, historic rock & roll event, like the first official, full-band performance by the legendary psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson (of 13th Floor Elevators fame) in two freakin' decades, ends up getting pummeled by the incongruous, sub-Franz racket being made by Britpop hype-of-the-week Bloc Party one stage over. Enthuse to friends about the greatest Spoon show you've ever seen, and they won't shut up about the by-all-accounts equally good Thievery Corporation performance they opted for instead. And by weekend's end, unless your name is Flash, the list of bands you wanted to see but didn't (say, Drive-By Truckers, Rilo Kiley, the Black Keys . . . hell, even Blues Traveler) can be as depressing as the list of ones you did (ranging from many of the aforementioned household names and buzz acts to new favorites like Ireland's terrific Frames) is impressive.
But all that -- like the quibbles about the heat throughout a three-day party that coulda been rained out -- is nitpicking. It's like fussing that all of the songs Franz Ferdinand previewed from their forthcoming second album sounded just like the songs on their first album, when they're all still catchy as hell. It's like scratching your head at the appeal of Death Cab, while thousands of blissed-out Cutie fans might have even less use for a Guy like Buddy. It's like bemoaning that Erickson maybe didn't sound as larger-than-life as you imagine he must have thirty years ago, or that Liam, for this particular performance, sounded like only the second best singing Gallagher brother in Oasis (or, less charitably, that he sounded like shit). Erickson still delivered the goosebump goods on "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Starry Eyes," and Oasis still came off like the biggest fookin' band on the planet ten years after the fact. Coldplay, by comparison, played out like little more than a pretty light show. But it did make for lovely exit music -- the perfect, pillowy nightcap to an exhausting but ultimately bummer-free weekend. Nice one, indeed.
RICHARD SKANSE
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Imagine spending an entire year planning a party for close to 200,000 guests, and coming this close to having the damned thing crashed by an act of nature. That was the nightmare -- or, putting things in proper perspective -- colossal headache facing the organizers of the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, which this year happened to fall on the same weekend that Hurricane Rita slammed into the Texas coast.
On Wednesday -- some forty-eight hours before show time -- the forecast was grim. While the landlocked city of Austin would have been spared a direct hit, Rita was still expected to pack enough punch deep into the heart of Texas to necessitate the cancellation of at least part of the festival, which in four short years has eclipsed even the venerable South by Southwest as the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World's most anticipated throw-down. In the aftermath of Katrina, nobody would have dared called a little rain on ACL's parade a tragedy. But fearing the worst, everyone was braced for a bummer.
And then Rita shifted ever so slightly to the east. Festival promoters Capital Sports and Entertainment officially announced that all three days were a go Thursday evening, and from the first fiddle lick by Friday opener Asleep at the Wheel to Sunday closer Coldplay's final piano note, not a single drop of rain splashed down on the festival ground's fifteen acres of Zilker Park. "The Lord works in mysterious ways," observed an exuberant Buddy Guy during his Saturday afternoon set, flashing an ear-to-ear grin and unleashing a celebratory storm of his own that was fat Chicago blues in form but unadulterated zippity-do-dah in spirit. A few acts, including Americana hype magnet Kathleen Edwards, R&B diva Betty Lavette and Columbian rock en espanol outfit Aterciopelados, had to cancel due to Rita-induced travel hassles. And in lieu of rain, festival-goers (65,000 a day) were pounded with brutal heat -- 101 degrees Friday and Saturday and a record-high of 108 on Sunday. But all things considered, ACL '05 went off without a hitch.
Or, to quote singer Liam Gallagher's sign-off at the end of Oasis' Saturday night set: "Nice one."
Coming at the tail end of the summer concert season, the ACL Festival has yet to achieve the same level of national press attention as such similarly sized fetes as Bonnaroo and Coachella. But for sheer stylistic range, no other fest comes close. Following the eclectic model of the thirty-one-year-old PBS music series from which it takes its name, ACL's 2005 lineup offered hot-off-the-buzz-list indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie, the Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand; Southern rock and jam stalwarts the Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic; and alt-country A-listers Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett and John Prine. Throw in a stage devoted almost exclusively to gospel music (and New Orleans refugees like trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), a heaping helping of local and regional favorites (from frat-friendly Texas country singer Cory Morrow to Austin rockers the Real Heroes), the "Austin Kiddie Limits" stage for the little folks, and at least one super-sized mega act for the masses (Coldplay this year, following the likes of R.E.M. and Sheryl Crow in years past), and ACL succeeds mightily as a festival capable of pleasing almost everyone without succumbing to bland mediocrity. The food and ticket prices aren't too shabby, either.
Of course, like any festival of this magnitude, the too-much-of-a-good-thing factor does take its toll. On paper, a three-day weekend packed with 130 different acts -- many of whom would command a $20-$40 ticket on their own -- sounds too good to be true. It is. Trudge from stage to stage (eight in all) in triple-digit heat to catch some or all of your favorites, and the ultimate live music experience becomes a marathon endurance test. The schedule runs like clockwork, which sometimes entails missing the better half of a Franz Ferdinand or Lovett show to trek a quarter mile across the park to catch part of Wilco or the Black Crowes. A genuine, historic rock & roll event, like the first official, full-band performance by the legendary psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson (of 13th Floor Elevators fame) in two freakin' decades, ends up getting pummeled by the incongruous, sub-Franz racket being made by Britpop hype-of-the-week Bloc Party one stage over. Enthuse to friends about the greatest Spoon show you've ever seen, and they won't shut up about the by-all-accounts equally good Thievery Corporation performance they opted for instead. And by weekend's end, unless your name is Flash, the list of bands you wanted to see but didn't (say, Drive-By Truckers, Rilo Kiley, the Black Keys . . . hell, even Blues Traveler) can be as depressing as the list of ones you did (ranging from many of the aforementioned household names and buzz acts to new favorites like Ireland's terrific Frames) is impressive.
But all that -- like the quibbles about the heat throughout a three-day party that coulda been rained out -- is nitpicking. It's like fussing that all of the songs Franz Ferdinand previewed from their forthcoming second album sounded just like the songs on their first album, when they're all still catchy as hell. It's like scratching your head at the appeal of Death Cab, while thousands of blissed-out Cutie fans might have even less use for a Guy like Buddy. It's like bemoaning that Erickson maybe didn't sound as larger-than-life as you imagine he must have thirty years ago, or that Liam, for this particular performance, sounded like only the second best singing Gallagher brother in Oasis (or, less charitably, that he sounded like shit). Erickson still delivered the goosebump goods on "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Starry Eyes," and Oasis still came off like the biggest fookin' band on the planet ten years after the fact. Coldplay, by comparison, played out like little more than a pretty light show. But it did make for lovely exit music -- the perfect, pillowy nightcap to an exhausting but ultimately bummer-free weekend. Nice one, indeed.
RICHARD SKANSE
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da OASISMANCHESTER il mar set 27, 2005 9:34 am
Penso che,per un concerto live,non sianoproprio paragonabili oasis e coldplay.
Troppo superiori siamo..
Troppo superiori siamo..
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da Betaray il mar set 27, 2005 9:40 am
infatti nonostante Liam avesse qualche problema con la voce
le recensioni hanno stroncato i COldplay nel senso che li trovano eccitanti come la camomilla e non sono paragonabili live a i Bros neppure se Liam rimane muto
le recensioni hanno stroncato i COldplay nel senso che li trovano eccitanti come la camomilla e non sono paragonabili live a i Bros neppure se Liam rimane muto
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da Betaray il mar set 27, 2005 9:45 am
OASISMANCHESTER ha scritto:Live i coldplay sfiorano l'umiliazione...
sono bravi però manca quel quid che gli effeti speciali alla u2 che utilizzano non gli rendono
anche se li reputo la miglior band brtiannica ed il miglior grupppo degli ultimi 2000 anni
grandissimi
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da quizzy il mar set 27, 2005 10:52 am
ADDIRITTURA!
meno male che scherzi....
meno male che scherzi....
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"We've only got half a dozen good bands in England -- there's Oasis and there's five Oasis tribute bands." Noel
LA COCAINA E' IL METODO CHE HA INVENTATO DIO PER DIRTI CHE HAI TROPPI SOLDI
Some singers try to be cool; Liam Gallagher doesn't do trying; he just is. If John Lennon were still alive, he'd want to be Liam Gallagher.
"We've only got half a dozen good bands in England -- there's Oasis and there's five Oasis tribute bands." Noel
LA COCAINA E' IL METODO CHE HA INVENTATO DIO PER DIRTI CHE HAI TROPPI SOLDI
Some singers try to be cool; Liam Gallagher doesn't do trying; he just is. If John Lennon were still alive, he'd want to be Liam Gallagher.
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