Best NYE ever

Gav · #1 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 10:10 AM

Normally I hate it , as Paul said , its a young mans night .The endless taxi queues,pubs jammed to the rafters,beer upped to extortionate prices and the inevitable violence and projectile vomiting witessed on the route home.

So for the second year running , me and Mrs gav went gigging.The Frames seem to play a NYE gig most years, last year we booked Killarney and watched em ,this year they played Vicar street in Dublin. They didn't come on stage till 11:30 but had the excellent songwriter Mark Geary to entertain me before they did .Have said this a lot last year but it was one of the best gigs I've been to.
Halfway through the second set , the band ,who'd been chugging beer all night went off stage and the truly talented Damien Rice came out and played a set while the band sat on the side watching and then joining in with background music. They then did a tribute to Pink Floyd ( partly induced by Waters gig in cork that the lads had been at) and the whole show ended with Mic Christophers Heyday with Rice, Geary and the other supportband all joining in ...blew me away .Gig finished at 2am ,And even better was that I had been at the venue since 8 ,so had a major belly full of booze and the mrs was driving so no taxi queues...I don't think I've ever enjoyed a NYE so much and as long as I have control over my bowel movements and can hear without electronic aid ,I'll never pub it on NYE again .Gigs all the way for me now

Apart from Paul for obvious reasons , anyone else have as good a night ??

Wig · #2 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 10:20 AM

Sounds Like a great night Gav. I went to a house party and got absolutly smashed!! Then I fell down the last 2 or 3 stairs in the house and I've done something to my ankle. I had to miss the match yesterday because of it and It's still killing me now.

rondeco · #3 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Gav

Normally I hate it , as Paul said , its a young mans night .The endless taxi queues,pubs jammed to the rafters,beer upped to extortionate prices and the inevitable violence and projectile vomiting witessed on the route home.

So for the second year running , me and Mrs gav went gigging.The Frames seem to play a NYE gig most years, last year we booked Killarney and watched em ,this year they played Vicar street in Dublin. They didn't come on stage till 11:30 but had the excellent songwriter Mark Geary to entertain me before they did .Have said this a lot last year but it was one of the best gigs I've been to.
Halfway through the second set , the band ,who'd been chugging beer all night went off stage and the truly talented Damien Rice came out and played a set while the band sat on the side watching and then joining in with background music. They then did a tribute to Pink Floyd ( partly induced by Waters gig in cork that the lads had been at) and the whole show ended with Mic Christophers Heyday with Rice, Geary and the other supportband all joining in ...blew me away .Gig finished at 2am ,And even better was that I had been at the venue since 8 ,so had a major belly full of booze and the mrs was driving so no taxi queues...I don't think I've ever enjoyed a NYE so much and as long as I have control over my bowel movements and can hear without electronic aid ,I'll never pub it on NYE again .Gigs all the way for me now

Apart from Paul for obvious reasons , anyone else have as good a night ??

Sounds class! For some reason I think you're from cork and if I'm right did your missus have to drive there after the gig? If so she's a legend. The frames are magic. Best iirish band atm. Is mark geary the young fella who was in that band who I cant think of the name of with the hot guitar player?

Gav · #4 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by rondeco

Sounds class! For some reason I think you're from cork and if I'm right did your missus have to drive there after the gig? If so she's a legend. The frames are magic. Best iirish band atm. Is mark geary the young fella who was in that band who I cant think of the name of with the hot guitar player?

I am from Cork but Live in Dublin so it twas only a 20 minute drive home for her .
The frames are superb .People listening to their albums don't get the whole picture,its Live pperformances that make the band

a few you tubes here for anyone interested.Been to all these gigs but didn't kake the videos

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Superfint

Mark Geary is a solo artist

http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/markgeary/index.html

Dirk · #5 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by rondeco

Sounds class! For some reason I think you're from cork and if I'm right did your missus have to drive there after the gig? If so she's a legend. The frames are magic. Best iirish band atm. Is mark geary the young fella who was in that band who I cant think of the name of with the hot guitar player?

That was Mark Greany from JJ72. Her name was Hilary Woods.

Stu Monty · #6 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dirk

That was Mark Greany from JJ72. Her name was Hilary Woods.

They sucked in a really bad way. Went to see them live in Manchester on the NME tour and it was like listening through the opening of a cell in Guantanamo Bay.

Stu Monty · #7 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 03:41 PM

Just going off the mention of Damien Rice I found the first decent live clip of 9 Crimes on youtube this morning if anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGT_5IkrgE

Can't wait for a Lisa Hannigan solo album if and when one comes in the future.

Gav · #8 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Stu Monty

Just going off the mention of Damien Rice I found the first decent live clip of 9 Crimes on youtube this morning if anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGT_5IkrgE

Can't wait for a Lisa Hannigan solo album if and when one comes in the future.

she was sounding well the other nite I can say ...check her out on the Cake sale album as well

www.thecakesale.com

Stu Monty · #9 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Gav

she was sounding well the other nite I can say ...check her out on the Cake sale album as well

www.thecakesale.com

Cheers Gav. Not really into that "Some surprise" tune but I like a lot of the people involved there so I reckon I'll get that.

Thomo123 · #10 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Stu Monty

Just going off the mention of Damien Rice I found the first decent live clip of 9 Crimes on youtube this morning if anyone is interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGT_5IkrgE

Can't wait for a Lisa Hannigan solo album if and when one comes in the future.

Bit of kate bush and beth orton in her vocals. One of my favourite tunes at th mo.

Gav · #11 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Stu Monty

Cheers Gav. Not really into that "Some surprise" tune but I like a lot of the people involved there so I reckon I'll get that.

Pity , I think its a very good duet with yer man from snow patrol but yeah the rest of that albim is very good ,one of the Irish albums of the year and al charity as well ..Have you heard the glen Hansard/Mark�ta Irglov�, The Swell Season ??
http://www.myspace.com/theswellseason

Seriously recommend giving it a listen, a beautiful album.Its the soundtrack to Czech Director Jan Hrebejks film "Beauty in Trouble".

Owen · #12 (**permalink**) 2nd January 2007, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Gav

she was sounding well the other nite I can say ...check her out on the Cake sale album as well

www.thecakesale.com

I've had elbow-tit with her. Ace.

She was the bassist. And is one of a pair of twins. TWINS!!