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I do love the whole village thing at Cropredy, can't wait to see what they do with the scarecrows this year.
The village thing was one of my favorite experiences last year, excepting only that no one would just give me directions to the church - they instead sold me a map of the scarecrows and the village.  |
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« Reply #281 on: March 23, 2018, 07:32:10 AM » |
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Interestingly, for me at least..at the Victorious Festival in Pompey in August, Brian Wilson is third on the bill on the Saturday, pitched between Paloma Faith and the Mondays... https://www.victoriousfestival.co.uk/poster-artwork/ |
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« Reply #282 on: March 23, 2018, 10:02:13 AM » |
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Hmm Maybe not, there's too many acts per day for it to be a one stage festival, I reckon BW will be headlining second stage or second on the bill for main. |
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« Reply #284 on: March 29, 2018, 10:36:03 AM » |
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Hmm Maybe not, there's too many acts per day for it to be a one stage festival, I reckon BW will be headlining second stage or second on the bill for main. Old man reviving a 40+year old album on before the Happy Mondays? I bet he's the only act on the bill who's above 40 year old? |
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« Reply #285 on: March 29, 2018, 11:18:19 AM » |
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Without wishing to be rude to the Happy Mondays ,
I should think they would be happy to clean Brian Wilson's shoes.
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« Reply #286 on: March 29, 2018, 01:18:56 PM » |
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Hmm Maybe not, there's too many acts per day for it to be a one stage festival, I reckon BW will be headlining second stage or second on the bill for main. Old man reviving a 40+year old album on before the Happy Mondays? I bet he's the only act on the bill who's above 40 year old? Lol. How old do you reckon the Mondays are then, ffs   |
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« Reply #287 on: March 29, 2018, 01:44:31 PM » |
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Hmm Maybe not, there's too many acts per day for it to be a one stage festival, I reckon BW will be headlining second stage or second on the bill for main. Old man reviving a 40+year old album on before the Happy Mondays? I bet he's the only act on the bill who's above 40 year old? Lol. How old do you reckon the Mondays are then, ffs Paul Weller’s first album with The Jam is older than that. |
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« Reply #288 on: March 29, 2018, 04:23:42 PM » |
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Hmm Maybe not, there's too many acts per day for it to be a one stage festival, I reckon BW will be headlining second stage or second on the bill for main. Old man reviving a 40+year old album on before the Happy Mondays? I bet he's the only act on the bill who's above 40 year old? Lol. How old do you reckon the Mondays are then, ffs Paul Weller’s first album with The Jam is older than that. OK but this all feels a bit odd, Wilson is 75 playing an album that is 51 years old. The average age of attending punter is likely to have Grand-parents of his age and parents as old as Smile? 75% of them won't have heard of the Beach Boys and 90% will have never heard Smile never mind Pet Sounds and they put him second on the bill on Saturday night at a time that doesn't feel right. |
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« Reply #289 on: March 29, 2018, 04:46:25 PM » |
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Ok, Victorious is a multi-stage festival, and Brian Wilson's appearance has been billed as playing a more generic "Greatest Hits" set as opposed to his "Pet Sounds" set.
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« Reply #290 on: March 29, 2018, 04:56:03 PM » |
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Ok, Victorious is a multi-stage festival, and Brian Wilson's appearance has been billed as playing a more generic "Greatest Hits" set as opposed to his "Pet Sounds" set.
ie exactly the same set sans the difficult bits of Pet Sounds |
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« Reply #291 on: March 29, 2018, 05:07:48 PM » |
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Ok, Victorious is a multi-stage festival, and Brian Wilson's appearance has been billed as playing a more generic "Greatest Hits" set as opposed to his "Pet Sounds" set.
ie exactly the same set sans the difficult bits of Pet Sounds Irrespective is it still not odd for him to be programmed between Paloma Faith and the headlining Mondays on Saturday night? |
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« Reply #292 on: March 29, 2018, 09:00:09 PM » |
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The baby brother went to see the Mondays in Carlisle a week or two back. He was not impressed at all.
His actual words were not repeatable on a public forum.
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« Reply #293 on: March 29, 2018, 09:02:00 PM » |
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The baby brother went to see the Mondays in Carlisle a week or two back. He was not impressed at all.
His actual words were not repeatable on a public forum.
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« Reply #294 on: March 30, 2018, 10:47:29 AM » |
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Happy Mondays
3 Albums charted in the UK and one went UK platinum.
2 singles reached No 5 in Britain, (neither made the billboard 100 in the USA),
Awards and honors
None
Highlight of their fame was meeting Ronnie Biggs in Brazil.
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Brian Wilson
18 US Platinum Albums,
4 US no 1 singles.
Awards and honours
Monument on the site of the Wilsons' childhood home, now deemed a historic landmark by the state of California. Nine-time Grammy Award nominee, two-time winner.
1988: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Beach Boys.
2000: Songwriters Hall of Fame as "one of the great American geniuses".
2003: Honorary doctorate of music.
2004: BMI Icon at the 52nd annual BMI Pop Awards.
2005: Grammy. Best Rock Instrumental Performance .
2005: MusiCares Person of the Year.
2006: UK Music Hall of Fame .
2007: Kennedy Center lifetime of contributions to American culture.
2011: UCLA George and Ira Gershwin Award .
2013: Grammy. Best Historical Album for The Smile Sessions
2015: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song .
Highlight of their Career; Would and has filled several books.
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The Happy Mondays are good, Brian Wilson is great.
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« Reply #295 on: March 30, 2018, 10:58:51 AM » |
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"Irrespective is it still not odd for him to be programmed between Paloma Faith and the headlining Mondays on Saturday night?"
-could be worse I suppose. LIke being programmed between Paloma Faith and the headlining Saturdays on Monday night...
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« Reply #296 on: March 30, 2018, 12:05:58 PM » |
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Ok, Victorious is a multi-stage festival, and Brian Wilson's appearance has been billed as playing a more generic "Greatest Hits" set as opposed to his "Pet Sounds" set.
ie exactly the same set sans the difficult bits of Pet Sounds Irrespective is it still not odd for him to be programmed between Paloma Faith and the headlining Mondays on Saturday night? I think so, which is why I originally highlighted the issue. I quite like the Mondays in a throwback to youthful indiscretions kind of a way. They were pretty rubbish 30 years ago, but a good excuse to get loaded and have a good time nonetheless. PF is just dull. Don't get the attraction at all. |
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« Reply #297 on: March 30, 2018, 12:34:15 PM » |
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The Mondays used to be a good night out, given the right errrrrr......mood, but age, drugs, mutual loathing and Sean's new teeth have turned them into a shell of what they were. To come back after all the baggage they are carrying you need to be pretty top class musicians which they never quite were. |
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« Reply #298 on: April 27, 2018, 10:36:46 AM » |
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If anyone is interested Blues at the Barns in Creeksea Essex on Sunday May 6 looks good with a full day of blues, Americana, and folk. I’m going and yes it is billed as a festival |
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« Reply #299 on: April 27, 2018, 04:58:46 PM » |
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Happy Mondays
3 Albums charted in the UK and one went UK platinum.
2 singles reached No 5 in Britain, (neither made the billboard 100 in the USA),
Awards and honors
None
Highlight of their fame was meeting Ronnie Biggs in Brazil.
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Brian Wilson
18 US Platinum Albums,
4 US no 1 singles.
Awards and honours
Monument on the site of the Wilsons' childhood home, now deemed a historic landmark by the state of California. Nine-time Grammy Award nominee, two-time winner.
1988: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Beach Boys.
2000: Songwriters Hall of Fame as "one of the great American geniuses".
2003: Honorary doctorate of music.
2004: BMI Icon at the 52nd annual BMI Pop Awards.
2005: Grammy. Best Rock Instrumental Performance .
2005: MusiCares Person of the Year.
2006: UK Music Hall of Fame .
2007: Kennedy Center lifetime of contributions to American culture.
2011: UCLA George and Ira Gershwin Award .
2013: Grammy. Best Historical Album for The Smile Sessions
2015: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song .
Highlight of their Career; Would and has filled several books.
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The Happy Mondays are good, Brian Wilson is great.
Not to mention that the Barenaked Ladies did s great song about him, and there was a great film about him too, "Love and Mercy", featuring a staggering performance by Paul Giamacci as his criminally insane shrink. |
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