Benicassim (Spain),
14/8/1998
From
: Rita Robles (rmockba@hotmail.com
Date : 17/8/1998 16:53
Subject: (UT) benicassim98
Hi-ya!
I
finally saw them on friday!! It was the first gig i saw at the festival, and
it was stunning...as usual, BUT...it only lasted like 5 or 6 songs.ARRGgghhh!!
What´s wrong with me, is it written somewhere that i won´t ever be able to see
more than 30 minutes of ut playing live! It´s so frustrating!! Everything semmed
to be working nicely but they reported some technical problems or smth and off
they went....out of the stage ¡!!(although Andy greeted us in such a nice way...those
waving hands made people cheered even more...
I went to
the festival with my friend, and he said their music recalled him to REM and
that *the drumer* was really good (no comments). Funny how all of my friends
are falling under their spell.....
They were so serious when they walked on the stage. Nigel semmed to be on his
own world (even more than he usually is) singing along....i´ve written about
it on the web site, maybe any of you have heard about it?
http://personal.redestb.es/indiana/benicassim.htm
but again i guess none of you can read in spanish.....shame It was quite a good
gig, except for the above mentioned *troubles*.....i´m not meaning anything
rude or obscure but i noticed a sort of relief in Andy when he said goodbye...the
atmosfere was quite nice though, with a few people even singing the songs (¡?!!).
I can´t help it but to feel so absolutely happy when i hear their music. Did
somebody say depressing? I´ve always got this feeling of sheer joy when they
play live. It makes me feel peaceful.......don´t care what other people say,
their music is fantastic, and it´s all that matters......
That night Tindersticks were playing at 2 a.m.....a beautiful set (i still can´t
stand their singer, but they are such a good bunch of musicians...). Where were
you ut?
Talk to you later
Xxxx
Rita
p.s. seeing there´s quite a few french people on the list, shall i recomend one of my favorite bands that played at the festival? Autour de Lucie: they´re french and so good, that i´m willing to buy their lp and record it for anyone who´d like to have it!!!
I´m
wondering wich other bands or records the rest of the people on the list would
recommend, cause i think it´s always nice to know what other people is listening
to at the moment...that´s the way i sometimes find out about bands you could
never discover on the radio.....