Petra Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Anyway, I'm making this long here, sorry. The gig was GOOD, really. Just the fans were awfully annoying (as it's usually the case). I moved a bit to the left in my spot on the right and from there I could see Luke's upper head like a wig moving behind the loudspeaker and this was much MUCH better than seeing him completely while fearing for my life in the middle of the crowd. However, we werent allowed to film. I did it anyway but not that much and I tried not be seen by the securities. My photos are, of course, absolutely useless. Here are two videos (really short but anyway): Luke in wife-beater & bodypainting-trousers humping the loudspeaker Luke humping the crowd And two songs (the videos are useless so I just extracted the audio): Seaside Shine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Oh wooow i think i interfered in your review... ANA! I didnt see your post yesterday . I was glad the uploads were finished and then I just posted and went straight to bed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 These curls can't be real. Haha, Luke wearing a wife-beater.. lovely. Is there any way one might be able to download the gig? Or was it just live? Edit: Frick, it's not working. If you come online soon and explain to me that temporary-files-thing, then I might be able to! I tried to look up how to but I couldn't even find certain-mp3's-that-I-know-you-have-gotten-in-this-way-and-that-I-have-listened-to-recently. But I watched ittt!! But my computer/internet is crap and so I only heard 5 seconds snippets every 20 seconds, with random flashes of video I did take screen shots of it though, if you want And I saw Luke's ridiculous pants, certain people who were substantially taller than the rest of the crowd, and certain people who had feet for heads (ie; crowd surfers ) So I arrived at about 5 o'clock at the venue (11PM in Perth) and there were already quite a lot of people. Mainly 13-25 year-old girls wearing skinny-jeans, small tops, allstars and all the same hairstyle. Haasje and her friend arrived at about 5:30PM and we were let into the venue at about 6:45PM - it's actually pretty strange that we were really let in earlier. Anyway - that "getting-in" was MUCH better than at the Mika-gigs but that was probably also because we weren't among the first 20 or 30 people in the row. The gig was in the Palladium; Mika was supposed to gig there last November but then he was nominated for an award (I think it was the MTV-thingy in Munich) and the gig was rescheduled to a few days later in Düsseldorf. I think we were very lucky with that after all - IMO the Palladium is really another example of the German inability to build a fricking USEFUL venue for gigs. Why can't all venues be like the Brixton Academy?? The Palladium has the form of a rectangle (or is oblong the right word here?) and the stage was at the long side of the room which was pretty stupid to my mind. And the stage didnt have that slight curve like in London as well; so one couldnt see it properly if one was standing on the left or right side. Haasje, her friend and I ended up second / first row on the very right but as soon as the support act was on stage (The Holloways. They were actually fricking good! I just wished that guitarist in front of us had worn underwear or a pair of trousers that didnt show his bum when he bend over), we were pushed about 3m to the left, then 3m to the right, to the front and back again. Hell, that was awful! So we somehow lost not only each other in that chaos but also our spots. Then, after an eternity of waiting, the Kooks finally came on stage and that whole 3m left/right/back/front-thing got worse. Hell, I can't remember ever being pushed like that. You were actually falling and stumbling but you couldnt fall and couldnt stop yourself from stumbling because you stood like a sardine. It was really really awful. And then there was that heat and ... ugh, I mean, when thousands of people are pushed together like that in these temperatures - it really was NOT nice. So I finally also decided to leave my spot (now about third row right) because as much as I like seeing the gig, I simply cannot enjoy a nanosecond when I feel like that. It was really dangerous! I went to the very right front corner of the venue where there was enough space because, due to the stupid German venue-construction, one couldn't see anything from there (expect parts of Hugh Harris's hat). However, I prefered it there and it was also the perfect place to see how many people the security guys transported out of the venue (those that felt sick, those that were hurt due to the pushing and thoose that had been carried to the front while crowd-surfing) . that sounds like my house football freaks, they make me like it too Oh wooow i think i interfered in your review... Anyway, I'm making this long here, sorry. The gig was GOOD, really. Just the fans were awfully annoying (as it's usually the case). I moved a bit to the left in my spot on the right and from there I could see Luke's upper head like a wig moving behind the loudspeaker and this was much MUCH better than seeing him completely while fearing for my life in the middle of the crowd. However, we werent allowed to film. I did it anyway but not that much and I tried not be seen by the securities. My photos are, of course, absolutely useless. Here are two videos (really short but anyway): Luke in wife-beater & bodypainting-trousers humping the loudspeaker Luke humping the crowd And two songs (the videos are useless so I just extracted the audio): Seaside Shine *downloads* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Here are some pictures anyway Kachinga? 'Wife-beater' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Tight much? Hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Holy frick. HOLIEST FRICK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! I hould have stayed at home and have a good view of the gig . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Holy frick. HOLIEST FRICK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! I hould have stayed at home and have a good view of the gig . :lmfao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Oh? Ooooooh! Can I still watch the show somewhere on the internet? I had to miss it yesterday... Pushing is bad but apparently inevitable at a Kooks gig... Although it seems to be worse in Germany than it is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ana~ Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 that guy is so hot:shocked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haeschen02 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Oh? Ooooooh! Can I still watch the show somewhere on the internet? I had to miss it yesterday... Pushing is bad but apparently inevitable at a Kooks gig... Although it seems to be worse in Germany than it is here. http://www.livedome.com/de/konzerte/ You can still watch it here. And also a long interview. Now that I feel able to speak again after about two sleepless nights I want to give my impression of the gig. I mainly agree with Petra. The fans were awful. I was lucky that I had a good spot: front row right side. Unfortunately unable to see Dan as I had the bass boxes in front of me. The show was good and the Holloways were really great. I made some good videos. All in all about 1,8 gb. I'm too lazy to upload them though . I think I'll go to bed again. Have to be awake for the football match tonight . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 http://www.livedome.com/de/konzerte/ You can still watch it here. And also a long interview. Now that I feel able to speak again after about two sleepless nights I want to give my impression of the gig. I mainly agree with Petra. The fans were awful. I was lucky that I had a good spot: front row right side. Unfortunately unable to see Dan as I had the bass boxes in front of me. The show was good and the Holloways were really great. I made some good videos. All in all about 1,8 gb. I'm too lazy to upload them though . I think I'll go to bed again. Have to be awake for the football match tonight . It's downloading with Real Player atm!! edit: It's not working, The interview somehow worked (at least I've got a file that has audio) but Ral Player just told me it wouldnt be possible to download the gig. However, it told me after one hour and twelve minutes which is good because the gig is 1h 14min. So I actually do have a 253MB file. But it doesnt work so far and the programs for converting videos dont work with that real player file. I hope I'll find out what to do soon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Aaaaahhhhh, I am sooooooooooo listening to an mp3 of the gig right now! Downloading worked and then I burnt it with Real Player and ripped it again! However, the last 30seconds of the Sofa Song at the end are missing and so I'm currently downloading it again! I'll upload it asap! edit: It's working & uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 http://www.mediafire.com/?zd1z0yrp0xy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 http://www.mediafire.com/?zd1z0yrp0xy Is that ... a butterfly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Is that ... a butterfly? OMFGodness, that is probably the worst photo I've seen of him so far. Does anybody have a *complete* list of B-sides?? (released & unreleased) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 OMFGodness, that is probably the worst photo I've seen of him so far. Does anybody have a *complete* list of B-sides?? (released & unreleased) Sorry, I was just overwhelmed by the girl-tattoo. Let me try to rectify. (Yes, I'm too lazy to bother finding new ones. Too bad.) And no, I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rilo8913 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm excited, a couple days ago I ordered tickets to see The Kooks in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Sorry, I was just overwhelmed by the girl-tattoo. I thought it was an ear ring hot hotter hottest aaaaaaahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm excited, a couple days ago I ordered tickets to see The Kooks in September. :biggrin2 WAAAAHH!! I WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Did I mention that I LOVE YOU??? (haha, Dan is so cute!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I thought it was an ear ring No it isn't! It's a tattoo! Is it permanent? He should have had it when you saw him, I mean, them, in Cologne just now?? Did I mention that I LOVE YOU??? (haha, Dan is so cute!!) Me? They're your pictures that I stole and then posted (I agree! Never saw too many pictures of him before these ones - he totally is!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 From Mika's festival yesterday (yeah I was looking for Mika pics and they came up ) Is his shirt ripped? Wth is it with everyone and wearing broken clothes to this festival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 The stuble/beard this is a bit ... weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I just noticed how funny the replacement drummer is What happened to the drummer-guy again? I read it somewhere and now I've forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petra Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I just noticed how funny the replacement drummer is What happened to the drummer-guy again? I read it somewhere and now I've forgotten. He hurt his arm as far as I remember. I love these dashing pics. ****, does the -das come from DAShing?? Maybe?? I think he goes for the stubble to be able to carry around a beer can after dark without being held up by the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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