Comments on: The Wedding Present – Live, Edinburgh Liquid Room, Wednesday 24th October 2007

By: dtav

dtav — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:56:40 +0000

I saw them in Brussels last saturday, & they blew me away. Had not expected them that impressive. Been to Paris in august to see The great great great Jesus and Mary Chain, and now this. Best gig year in years.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:13:28 +0000

Jesus, you must be the only Weddoes fan I know who likes that one much more than reasonably. I don’t mind most of it, but the classics JC – where are the classics?

By: the vinyl villain

the vinyl villain — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:45:35 +0000

The one bastard thing about being in Canada for 4 months was not getting back in time to see TWP.

Mrs V was an absolute angel though. She went along, had a great time and bought me a t-shirt (something that is a bit of a tradition at TWP gigs)

Top 3 TWP LPS?? In alphabetical order, Bizarro, Seamonsters and Take Fountain (yup, I though the comeback LP was astoundingly good.)

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:22:51 +0000

Tommy! Wow, I really am impressed!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:48:07 +0000

Right then, the t-shirt scores are as follows:
One Tommy (well-loved), a couple of faded Bizarros, loads of freshly minted new ones hot off the merch stand, sadly no Ukranian ones. Top marks to the bloke in the alarmingly-new looking Senseless Things ‘Pop Kid’ number.

PS London is vile.

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:27:05 +0000

“George Best” just kinda kicked the shit out of what was happening at the time of its release with a great big smirk on its chops, which is why it (& “Tommy”) will always have an affectionate little cupboard space in my heart. That said, “Watusi” is a thumping great album. It really should have done the business (as should have “Seamonsters”) but they appear to both have been ever-so slightly one step ahead of their time &, as a result, got lost/buried in the deluge of the immediate years that followed each.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:30:22 +0000

Oooh – proper fan t-shirt contests – the ultimate indie-kid face-off!

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:23:33 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see Gedge and co in front of a London crowd. I’ve seen em umpteen times up here in Leeds and it’s always ace – bit of an emotional crowd, a homecoming and a t-shirt-off (bonus points for Ukranian numbers). Will report back. Good times!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:41:28 +0000

Watusi and Seamonsters are absolutely my favourites. I too am amazed by how little credit Watusi gets. Gedge himself said recently that he doesn’t think George Best is their best album, but for some reason people seem to love debuts.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:29:23 +0000

Oh come on! George Best was good, but I really can’t understand why the two finest Weddoes albums are so criminally overlooked; Seamonsters and Watusi.
The latter being possibly one of the all time greatest forgotten albums of the last 20 years.