The venue, the Oxford Carling Academy, was on a high street so the fat arsed tour buses had to park on the side of the road. The Ting Tings came on first, opening with 'Great DJ', which I'm sure will be played to death on Radio 1 over the next month. They played a good set and got the crowd going, even if they used a sampler for bass and keys for half of their songs – the kids at the front made a bit of a school disco out of it really.
Next on was Does It Offend You, Yeah? Who played for a hectic half an hour, started the first pits of the night and rolled through juicy tunes like 'Lets Make Out' and 'We Are Rockstars' – they were better than when I saw 'em last year and I'd be well up for seeing them again sometime soon.
About half an hour later, Joe Lean and the – lets play the same chord over and over again, but really, really fast – Jing Jang Jong came on and played their instrumental opener 'Tougher Terrible', which was packed with sharp riffs and banging drums, probably their best tune because their front man doesn't actually sing in it. That said, Joe Lean was absolutely wankered, and the Jing Jang Jong did a good job tolerating is stupid dancing and huffing and puffing. 'Lucio Starts Fires' probably got the biggest reaction from the crowd – Indies wanting to be Joe Lean, and the Cindys wanting to be in him.
At this point I was absolutely buzzing with excitement, I turned round and found myself stood a few metres away from crazy, crazy Kate Nash, she came into the crowd to watch her BF play but got hounded by her adoring fans so departed backstage. The Cribs finally took to the stage, signalling cheers with their pints and ripped into 'Don't You Want To Be Relevant?' closely followed by 'Our Bovine Public'. Ryan then told a story of how the last time they came to play in Oxford he managed to scar himself, then carried on playing consecutive crowd favourites like 'Mirror Kissers' and 'Men's Needs'; after 'The Wrong Way To Be' he jumped into the crowd, I knew he would do it so I was prepared, this didn't stop him landing right on top of me. After chaotic outro to the same tune, red lights flashed on the stage and Gary introduced the legend Johnny Marr onto the stage and did a quality rendition of The Smiths classic 'Panic', he then helped them out on 'Moving Pictures' and 'I'm A Realist', the later of which I crowd-surfed to - which was bloody epic coz it was like 'AND YOU DREAM THAT'S THE SAME THING, THAT'S THE SAME LIFE YOU LEAD!!!!!!!!! OMG IM CROWD SURFING, SHIT BETTER HOLD MY PHONE, OMG JOHNNY MARR WTF ITS DA CRIBS WOAAAAAAAH STROBE LIGHTS!'…yeah. And then they played 'Be Safe', a projected video of Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth came up and he spoke his spoken-word piece of the tune – an epic ending to an epic set.
P.S Merry Christmas Josh
P.P.S The Cribs are better than The Pigeons
The Cribs played:
Don't You Wanna Be Relevant
Our Bovine Public
Hey Scenesters
Baby Don't Sweat
Girls Like Mystery
I've Tried Everything
Mirror Kissers
Woman's Needs
We Can No Longer Cheat You
Another Number
Men's Needs
Ancient History
The Wrong Way To Be
Panic w/ Johnny Marr
Moving Pictures w/ Johnny Marr
I'm A Realist w/ Johnny Marr
Next on was Does It Offend You, Yeah? Who played for a hectic half an hour, started the first pits of the night and rolled through juicy tunes like 'Lets Make Out' and 'We Are Rockstars' – they were better than when I saw 'em last year and I'd be well up for seeing them again sometime soon.
About half an hour later, Joe Lean and the – lets play the same chord over and over again, but really, really fast – Jing Jang Jong came on and played their instrumental opener 'Tougher Terrible', which was packed with sharp riffs and banging drums, probably their best tune because their front man doesn't actually sing in it. That said, Joe Lean was absolutely wankered, and the Jing Jang Jong did a good job tolerating is stupid dancing and huffing and puffing. 'Lucio Starts Fires' probably got the biggest reaction from the crowd – Indies wanting to be Joe Lean, and the Cindys wanting to be in him.
At this point I was absolutely buzzing with excitement, I turned round and found myself stood a few metres away from crazy, crazy Kate Nash, she came into the crowd to watch her BF play but got hounded by her adoring fans so departed backstage. The Cribs finally took to the stage, signalling cheers with their pints and ripped into 'Don't You Want To Be Relevant?' closely followed by 'Our Bovine Public'. Ryan then told a story of how the last time they came to play in Oxford he managed to scar himself, then carried on playing consecutive crowd favourites like 'Mirror Kissers' and 'Men's Needs'; after 'The Wrong Way To Be' he jumped into the crowd, I knew he would do it so I was prepared, this didn't stop him landing right on top of me. After chaotic outro to the same tune, red lights flashed on the stage and Gary introduced the legend Johnny Marr onto the stage and did a quality rendition of The Smiths classic 'Panic', he then helped them out on 'Moving Pictures' and 'I'm A Realist', the later of which I crowd-surfed to - which was bloody epic coz it was like 'AND YOU DREAM THAT'S THE SAME THING, THAT'S THE SAME LIFE YOU LEAD!!!!!!!!! OMG IM CROWD SURFING, SHIT BETTER HOLD MY PHONE, OMG JOHNNY MARR WTF ITS DA CRIBS WOAAAAAAAH STROBE LIGHTS!'…yeah. And then they played 'Be Safe', a projected video of Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth came up and he spoke his spoken-word piece of the tune – an epic ending to an epic set.
P.S Merry Christmas Josh
P.P.S The Cribs are better than The Pigeons
The Cribs played:
Don't You Wanna Be Relevant
Our Bovine Public
Hey Scenesters
Baby Don't Sweat
Girls Like Mystery
I've Tried Everything
Mirror Kissers
Woman's Needs
We Can No Longer Cheat You
Another Number
Men's Needs
Ancient History
The Wrong Way To Be
Panic w/ Johnny Marr
Moving Pictures w/ Johnny Marr
I'm A Realist w/ Johnny Marr
Be Safe w/ Johnny Marr & Lee Ranaldo
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woodsy i did not know about your blog, this is snazzzzzzzzzy!!
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