Blur-Hyde Park-Tomorrow!

So why am I listening to Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds on Youtube?



I was a mid-late teenager when the Blur/Oasis war was going on and I've retained alot of the thoughts I had then (not just on this topic either). Blur were softer quirkier and edgier. They had sounds that wouldn't have been out of place on an old fashioned carosel being run in a fair some time in the 1950's. They were cuter, esp Alex James-my own favourite and they were the group that all the popular kids at my school prefered. I, however prefered Oasis. Now I'm sure that part of that was me just trying to be different as this was a favourite pass time of mine along with the other being complaining that I didn't fit in anywhere. They were a bit rougher, the growlly gravelly voice over whining guitars. The publicity around them was more interesting too, two brothers having a scrap-it made the fame that they had seem attainable, they were just normal people who argued witht heir siblings, Blue sung songs about kids who's Dads were bankers, mine worked in a warehouse.


The images I got from their music was more real to me.

War of the Worlds!

I saw it at the O2 yesterday. I bought the tickets for Mark's Birthday and when I booked it I thought it was going to be a play, or a mustical with an orchestra. So I made sure we got good seats on the floor, in the middle, next to an aisle. Now, Mark has seen it before, when he was 18 in Manchester from a broom cupboard about 5 floors away from the stage, and he'd told me this so I thought-get the best seats possible. When I told him I'd got them for him and all the trouble I'd gone to to make sure we could see the show. Imagine my disdain when I found out that the show is just the music. It's a sodding orchestra, that's all. With a few singers.

Ah, well. It's not my show, I'm sure he'll love it. I've had a hard weekend for other reasons that I don't want to go into on here, but we left with plenty of time so that we could eat before we went in. We took the tube from Aldgate East to Monument then walked over ground to Bank and got the tube again to London Bridge to discover that the Jubilee line is suspended due to planned engineering works. Bugger. So we get a replacement bus, then a local bus service and had about 45 minutes spare, not really long enough to sit down and eatm but certainly long enough for atake away. So it was burgers all round, sitting on a bench in the O2. Nice.

Show was good, there was a sort of a film accompanying the music in the background and a big Marsian tripod came down from the ceiling at one point. The autumn leaves falling was a nice touch. I only had to pee once during the show and I timed it perfectly, just before the half time whistle went so I missed the queue and still heard the music from speakers in the loo anyway.

I spend most of the show with a craving for chocolate, but had to have a beer instead.
Getting home was simple, 1 bus. We'll have to remember that the next time we go to the O2.

Not a bad night out for a Sunday and it got a birthday/Christmas present out of the way-can't remember which anymore. And Top Gear has started a new series, so the outside world seems to be going well and I feel like it's trying to give me a reason to smile, so I'll try my best.