Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury gig – 25 March 2010
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Greasby Shark
Good show, but unfortunately one or two bad knobheads in the audience (which I suppose is inevitable at a ‘Sold Out’ show).
One bloke at the side of the hall kept shouting “Shite!” and “Entertain me!”. As a denizen of Merseyside (the Wirral, to be more precise) myself, it pains me to say that this prick had a Merseyside accent. My blood is still boiling!
Anyway, I wasn’t going to let a cock like him spoil what was otherwise a very good show. Mosh pit was very boisterous (? sic) indeed, so much so that security were deployed at one stage!
Some good banter, including an ill advised bit of banter between NB57 and myself about the lives and loves of Ken Barlow (I should have known I couldn’t compete with the master) and the relative merits of caravan sites in Abersoch.
Six months until Preston. Surely we won’t have to wait until then?
Mar 25th, 2010
GREASBY SHARK
Oops, I meant Bilston!
Mar 26th, 2010
Chris The Siteowner
Where are the rest of you? In the meantime, here’s a short review from The Whole Damn World but I can’t even find a set list online yet…
Mar 27th, 2010
GREASBY SHARK
Haha! I’m on a couple of those photos. Thanks for the link, Chris!
Mar 27th, 2010
Alan K
Just a quickie, why NB57??
Mar 28th, 2010
Chris The Siteowner
We should probably have the definitive page on this somewhere, but according to Philip Taylor on the Half Man Half Biscuit Mailing List at Yahoo! Groups “in a list of Top 100 Merseysiders done by The Echo or something, Nigel Blackwell came 57th betwixt Rex Harrison and Andy McCluskey. I coined him NB57 as I had seen Mr Beckham shortened to DB23 and Mr Van Nistelrooy RVN10 that very morning on a forum.”
And here is that list of Great Merseysiders in full, from Michael Holliday up to, er, Ken Dodd.
Mar 28th, 2010
Charles Exford
Thanks for posting that Shrewbury 24-Hour Garage People video off Paul’s blog. Gives us a chance to compare the patter with Cambridge the night before, and thus achieve a “statistic of approximate differentiation” between the two (or S.A.D. for short).
I love Oulton Park mug, WW2 wordsearch (searching for Von Paulus for 2 hours), New Wave Of British Heavy Metal top trumps (my ???? trumps your Whitesnake), chair on google images, and his mate’s got a ?????? (ask him next to you), Breakin the Law, Breakin the Law, shell issue jumper, the t-shirt’s t-shirt, eastern philosophical design, ???? logo, I’m all out of Love, we’re all out of bread, Who needs tonight, we’ve got next Thursday….
Of those 80 or so words that I’ve used to summarise the 2 minutes of patter in Shrewsbury up to “What sandwiches have you got ?” only about 24 words, or about 3 out of 12 “items”, are the same as in Cambridge the night before.
Which gives us a S.A.D.of around 25 to 30%. Most impressive.
Mar 29th, 2010
Charles Exford
Sorry of course the true S.A.D is 70-75%.
I was using the Wirral method, i.e, the
Counting References Approximately Similar Statistic,
which gives us a C.R.A.S.S. of 25-30%.
Mar 29th, 2010
Alan K
More on the 24hr Garage people from Shrewsbury, which isn’t on the video clip. At the end of the “….…what sandwiches have you got?” bit, NB57 normally comes up with Our Mate, Chief, Pal, Ace, Captain (over-50), Boss and Bud. At Shrewsbury somebody shouted “Soft Lad”, NB57 replied with “I’m having that one……”
Mar 29th, 2010
s.g.d A Shropshire Lad
At the gig I thought that it was…
“I say Saxon trumps your whitesnake”
“his mate’s got a Kwaka thou’” (as in a Kawasaki 1000)
Someone down the front said “what?” so he repeated it to no avail hence “ask him next to you”
“Morkill crease Beehive” well that’s what it sounded like – something to do with the Rockies???
Mar 29th, 2010
Adam Walton
I loved the Shrewsbury gig. That was my HMHB baptism. I’ve already bought tickets for Holmfirth. I’m nothing if not dedicated in my Johnny-Come-Lately-ness.
Played 3 tracks on my radio show last night.
In all other respects, it’s a car crash of a programme. The last 10 – 15 minutes, or so, is about HMHB.
Mar 29th, 2010
Simon
I was stood next to the knobhead at the side of the hall, and assumed (due to the accent) he was a friend of the band. Oh well. Not only was the heckling poor form – his mate’s wretched flatulence was a bit of a dampener too.
Does anybody remember the (handful of?) names that Nigel actually remembered God gave us? I recall Tony Gubba and Claudia Winkleman but that’s about it….
Mar 29th, 2010
Chris The Siteowner
Adam – you’re too modest. Top work mate.
Mar 29th, 2010
Adam Walton
Thanks Chris.
I’ve been learning Welsh since Christmas, I was very impressed by Nigel’s short burst of the language early in the gig. It’s much more than most people pick up, even if they live in Wales (not intended to sound sanctimonious – just manage it naturally.)
Anyone know the roots to this, or if there’s more to his Welsh than a few (excellently pronounced) phrases.
What a great site, by the way.
Mar 29th, 2010
Alan K
Adam,
I’ve been attending a ‘Dosbarth Cymraeg’ since January this year [Cwrs Wplan] as well & I was also impressed with his Welsh – even ironic in Welsh, saying “I don’t speak Welsh” in Welsh; & then apologising, in Welsh! His pronunciation of all Welsh place names is very good!
Great show btw.
Mar 29th, 2010
Greasby Shark
Adam,
NB57 spends a fair bit of time walking and cycling in North Wales.
Also, I’m sure I read somewhere that his Dad lives in Rhyl, home of the world renowned ‘Sun Centre’.
Mar 29th, 2010
Adam Walton
Hi Alan – have you seen this site?
http://saysomethinginwelsh.com – free and excellent, I think.
But I don’t want to railroad this thread… sorry. If you want to practice ever look me up on Facebook.
Hello Mr Shark. He mentioned something about cycling in Rhosesmor, very close to where I grew up (Nannerch).
“World renowned Sun Centre” – ha ha! The wave machine there was the highlight of my young life.
Mar 29th, 2010
Greasby Shark
I know Nannerch well as I often go walking in Coed Llangwyfan. Fantastic view of the Vale of Clwyd from up there.
Mar 30th, 2010
Paul Lobster
Travelled down from Aberdeen esp for this gig.
Don’t think they had a “set list”.
A fairly typical set tho, one’s I remember (in no particular order)
Light at the end of the tunnel, Fred Tittmuss, Evening Sun, Apache (Shadows cover), Garage People, Evening of Swing, Shite Day, Look Dad, God Gave us life, JDOG, Vitas Gueralitas, Everythings AOR, Running Order Squabble Fest, Lark Descending, Footprints, Petty Sessions, Mountain Bikes ?, Irk the Purists plus an unknown cover right at the end. I’ve probably missed a few but this is from memory! Feel free to add on.
Great gig and well worth travelling down for.
Next stop Preston hopefully.
Mar 30th, 2010
Jan
If my ears don’t betray me, the second cover was “River Deep, Mountain High”, last heard chez moi by Ike and Tina Turner. Fantastic. My evening was tinged with a bit of irritation as I kept having beer spilled on me, principally by some gob-on-legs in a knitted hat, who spent the gig dodging back and forth between the bar and the far side of the room and seemed a bit, er, tired and emotional.
But never mind, eh? Cyril and I enjoyed it hugely, all our favourites played (haven’t heard Running Order Squabble Fest for awhile), 24 Hour Garage People a classic as always, and Nigel on top form banter-wise. I was delighted they were so lively having done the Cambridge gig the night before.
It all made for a good weekend trip away, not least because we had to pass through a village called Exfordsgreen to get to Shrewsbury. Thought of you, Charles. We’re waiting now for Bilston, hoping that Number One Daughter can come along this time.
Mar 31st, 2010
a_p
Slightly off-kilter vis-a-vis heading for this thread, but in deference to Charles…
…in case anyone cares, after trekking up the Quantocks on the way to the Roadwater gig, a few miles inland would have landed you in the village of Exford, a haven for the Exmoor and Somerset staghounds.
Mar 31st, 2010
Charles Exford
Don’t be fooled if my name does with such places accord,
I’m still the same old Charlie, formerly of “The Ford”.
Mar 31st, 2010
GREASBY SHARK
What is this ‘Ford’ of which ye speak?
Surely you mean ‘Beechwood’?
Mar 31st, 2010
a_p
Anglia of course
Apr 1st, 2010
Greasby Shark
*Looks surprised*
Apr 1st, 2010
Chris The Siteowner
Setlist (finally!) from Roger Green at Gez’s Half Man Half Biscuit website
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus
When The Evening Sun Goes Down
Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes
Running Order Squabble Fest
(“My my, Hay-On-Wye”)
Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
Bob Wilson Anchor Man
Lark Descending
Monmore Hare’s Running
Look Dad No Tunes
Restless Legs
All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
Petty Sessions
For What Is Chatteris?
Footprints
PRS Year Book / Quick The Drawbridge
Irk The Purists
Apache
1966 And All That
24 Hour Garage People (crisps now £1.72)
Vatican Broadside
Evening Of Swing
Everything’s AOR
National Shite Day
The Trumpton Riots
We Built This Village
The encore was
God Gave Us Life
Joy Division Oven Gloves
River Deep Mountain High
Apr 1st, 2010
s.g.d A Shropshire Lad
Did anyone else think that Joy Division Oven Gloves drifted into ” blowin in the wind” half way through?
no?, oh well at least Dylan can’t sue.
Apr 7th, 2010
tony of crosby
loved nigels caravan guitar. preston next stop for me
Apr 7th, 2010
Kay
please can you let me know the date and venue for Preston, I’m determined to take my husband and shut him the f*** up about his Joy Division oven gloves.
Cheers
Apr 8th, 2010
s.g.d A Shropshire Lad
Sunday 3rd October 2010
53 Degrees Preston
0871 220 0260
£16 + booking fee
Apr 8th, 2010
S.G.D.A SHROPSHIRE LAD
If anyone bumps into NB57 can they please let him know that Coleham Pumping Station in Shrewsbury is open this weekend.
trivia – John Peel had a 7inch copy of the steam engines in his famous “record box”.
Apr 22nd, 2010
s.g.d A Shropshire Lad
I have just looked at a list of the record box and the steam record is not in it,my memory isn’t what it was but I am sure that they mentioned it in the tv programme.
Apr 22nd, 2010
Paul
Thanks for the link to my blog, Chris. I didn’t even know it was here until I checked through my referrals. Some people have taken the time to click through and read what I had to say.
The gig itself was a good ‘un from the start. Before the band came on, the PA was playing the Dubside of the moon, and it just fitted my mood perfectly. It was good to be able to stand up and bop about a bit. The space was very basic and boxy, but the sound was good and the crowd were up for it. I can’t remember anything like all the setlist, but they covered a lot of ground, from the Back in the DHSS stuff, right through to CSI Ambleside. The obligatory cover version was Telstar if I remember rightly.
Best time I’ve ever had at a HMHB gig was when they did Liverpool Krazy House with Jegsy Dodd in support. That’s one of my top 3 all time best gigs of anyone anywhere. Probably was a bit more restrained this time, partly because of the bouncers, who waded in because someone had taken their shirt off.
It was a long set, without a break. I don’t know how many songs they played, but I couldn’t complain about getting value for my sixteen quid. And then an encore as well, just to put the cherry on top.
Class gig! I hope I can find the time to get to either Preston or Bilston.
May 28th, 2010
Paul
lol. oops. Apache, not Telstar. Well it has been two months.
May 28th, 2010
Simon
Is it too late to point out that the name of the venue is actually ‘Theatre Severn’?
Jul 27th, 2011
Chris The Siteowner
No Simon, it’s never too late to point out errors, typos or sheer illiteracy. I actually thought it was called “Theatre Seven” (I must have copied it from somewhere) which is why despite looking at it many time, I’ve never noticed the mistake. But the real scandal is that 1,407 people have looked at this page, and 6,478 people have looked at the gig reviews contents page (where the error is repeated), and not one pedant has pointed out the mistake. To say my faith in you lot has just been shot to pieces is an understatement.
Jul 27th, 2011
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