Blur

dominic_john 说：

it's interesting to hear people's views about the crowd. for me this was the best gig i have ever been to and likely to go to. i went to oasis week after and to be honest, was a bit boring compared to the blur gig. where i was located (near the back, centre but near a speaker and with a good view of the stage and screen) the crowd were great. they were like me either bopping around, singing and just generally just enjoying themselves. no one on mobiles, throwing bottles (mind you i was in my own little world dancing around so didnt really notice anybody else!) so to hear the crowd weren't that great comes as a suprise. by the way, when damon told people to calm down a bit what was happening that made him say that?

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Dan-Rocks 说：

Blur were unbelievable. Like many others, I honestly can't begin to express my anger for the crowd. I could understand if it was a more rowdy band, but it wasn't! And applegrape, I saw a few of the Milky Milk costumes. One of the best gigs I've been to by far!

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CaptainPaddyTSM 说：

they really were good :) shame they didn't play bugman i was really hoping they would. Also if they'd maybe played some b sides, or some less well known songs that would have made it really special, not that it wasn't already :) i'm a bit annoyed i missed applegrape below in the milky costume that sounded amazing. I didn't understand why people started throwing the bottles... i thought damon might have said something about it. i'm not so bothered though only got hit twice :P

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applegrape 说：

Blur were absolutely fantastic! Agreed, there were lots of idiots throwing bottles. I was in a Milky Milk carton outfit (did anyone see me!?) and got lifted up by two girls during Coffee and TV, and got soaked to the skin with beer (fortunately not urine). Atmosphere was great, and it seems I was lucky to be around people who weren't constantly on their mobile phones, but instead singing and dancing along the way I'd expect they should. Best gig I've been to for years (possibly ever)!!

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mashercakes 说：

@Appers, well I was very close to the front at RH and during the lively songs or singles people were going mad, but during anything from In Rainbows or any other album tracks, people were obviously more interested in chatting to their friends. Again, I think it depends on where you end up standing.

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Appers 说：

@mashercakes Huh, just goes to show ya. I was there, I made a lot of mates that day. The funny thing is that most the complaints on that page were that the crowd were "dead"- in other words, they weren't gritting their teeth and killing each other! So apparently people aren't happy either way.

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mashercakes 说：

@Appers Did you go to the 25th June RH gig? There are quite a lot of comments about the crowd on that date here: http://www.last.fm/event/435701 IMO the crowd (where I was) were arseholes at that gig. I moved around a fair bit, and had the same experience pretty much wherever I was. Looks like I was luckier at Blur :)

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Appers 说：

Mashercakes: funny thing, I was at Radiohead at Victoria Park and I was going to say the opposite thing! Everyone at Vicky Park- and it was just as big a crowd- was really into the gig and the few fights I did see got broken up pretty quickly. It was actually one of the best crowds I've ever been in, everyone was obviously into the band and the whole atmosphere was really friendly. I was lucky enough to be at the front and there was very little of everyone forcing to get there. The Hyde Park crowd was the worst I've ever been to, the whole thing was just a pressure cooker of aggression and pushing for attention. I arrived just as Deerhoof started so I was right at the front, but the sheer amount of absolute bastards trying to get #1 spot meant I actually couldn't breathe for a lot of the first half of the show. It was just ridiculous.

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pixie-lexie 说：

I was at the very front, Damon took my hand =))) I got pushed and kicked several times but managed to stay until the end. I had bruises all over my body but it was the best gig I've seen and this will always be the best day of my life ♥♥♥

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nekophoenix 说：

"3 badly times"? Jesus H, apologies for my total lack of grammar this afternoon! (I am really sorry to see that people had their time ruined by the crowd :C I have seen worse crowds, but they were admittedly quite annoying)

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nekophoenix 说：

The bottle throwing looked almost artistic and interesting for ONE of the vampire weekend songs, the first time the bottles were thrown into the air, but by the second song it was like "alright lads, you can stop now", and then the bottle flinging got even more violent and I saw people aim and really throw them with some welly right at people instead of into the air. Thank feck they were plastic! (Though, I got hit 3 badly times, really quite painful) Despite that, fantastic time, was well worth the travelling. Loved Blur, was won over by Florence and the Machine, and the atmosphere and weather - wonderful. The moshing during Park Life and Song 2 was sodding intense though, I've been to Metallica and I swear the thrashing was more fierce at Blur for Song 2!

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dagmarrr 说：

Blur were great, the weather was fantastic 'n the people around me were brilliant, except for a small group of friday VIP wristband wearers who actually came up with the next quote, " I didn't know Graham Coxon would also be playing with them tonight,..oh he is in the band,.....and he has always been in the band?.....really?!" wankers..luckily for me they moved away after one song to annoy others..but other than that, the day was absolutely perfect!!

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Ojotango 说：

I can't believe everyone had such a rough time with it. I guess I just got lucky with where I was. It's typical of British culture - you give people glass bottles and they'll more or less behave sensibly, but give them plastic instead and you're pretty much saying "You're not mature enough" and people will act so. Next time it'll have to be paper cups. You can't throw them for shit.

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aembleton 说：

jrox05: one of the bottles that landed on a guy next to me was pee filled :( TBH that was actually quite funny as I was bored by then of plastic bottles being thrown.

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setlistfm 说：

Setlist http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/2009/hyde-park-london-england-3bd668b8.html

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jrox05 说：

Seemed everyone around me knew the songs but went crazy when it mattered. I think i've gotta agree with aembleton. Don't understand the moaning about bottles, they were plastic, try pee filled at an oasis gig and then complain. Didn't throw but it was crazy and little funny. Great gig, i was stood a few rows back right of stage and it was perfect.

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Mattio 说：

I was front and centre and there were the dicks doing the stupid pushing everyone over thing but other than that everyone around me sung along and generally enjoyed the gig

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aembleton 说：

Why did the crowd act like this? I could understand at a festival as you may be there to see someone else. I was about 20 back from the front and a fight broke out; hundreds of bottles thrown; some girl was texting and phoning her mates and put her phone in front of me when Tender was on (wanted to prove to her mate that she was there or something). Fortunately a few people around me were equally annoyed. Managed to stop the bottle throwers, but of course they were then just going on about (this isn't the 90s now; everyone is so boring, etc). Argghhh. I really can't understand; tickets for this gig were sold to the fans first and then went very quickly on general release. I really thought everyone there would really want to be there. Everyone knew Song 2 and Parklife; but got annoyed having to wait through the slower songs which IMHO is what Blur specialise in. People paid £50 to act like dicks? I just don't get it.

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