Brighton Review

[morty]

You're not mortyfied about this sexist rant in which he declares women are better than men?

Mortyfied - love it!

No I am not mortyfied as Ian says one thing then means another then contradicts himself totally.

I just always thought it was a senseless comment for him to make in public.

I have also seen him treat women wonderfully and woefully,same with men.

Jekyll and Hyde is old McCulloch.

[In The Margins]

oh yeah, forgot to say that Mac must be told what is said on here as one of the first things he did was ask what women invented.....

I wish he had said "Wite-Out."

That might have endeared him to me forever.

But alas....

[Wabbit]

Good save from Mac.
Maybe you should post this on the other thread.

I did :-)

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

I don't know if this was posted earlier.* I would have paid £££s to see this. Sod the music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2cjd_98XUg[/youtube]

* Not suitable for those offended by swear words, those with children in the nearby vicinity. Should not to be watched with sound up in your workplace.

[camden jack]

Holy COW!!!

[morty]

Jesus H Christ!

Unbelievable - funny but cringeworthy at the sametime.

All rather beneath him really.

Is that the young Zoe Devlin in mini skirt strutting past the stage drink in hand then sitting side of stage and telling Ian he fucked up the intro to Rust?

If not he let her get away with it and she seems very at home there.

Special moments posted on Youtube.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

The comments of the heckler, justified or unjustified, I guess Mac gives as good as he gets, although his Scouse working class background does seem to really shine through when aggravated. Kind of expected him to drop his guitar and start swaggering towards the heckler, Liam Gallagher style shouting "C'mon! C'mon you fu**king twat!" while being restrained by the venue's staff. I think though a fight as well was too much to ask for and has already been done recently anyway.

[In The Margins]

Is that the young Zoe Devlin in mini skirt strutting past the stage drink in hand then sitting side of stage and telling Ian he fucked up the intro to Rust?

If not he let her get away with it and she seems very at home there.

I think you're right. Who else but his nearly child lover could get away with walking directly in front of him and talking to him like that?

She was returning from breast feeding little Dusty Rose, counting the box office receipts and throwing out the heckler. I'm sure she's drinking a cola and not alcohol -- especially as she tossed back the drink.

Nice language she uses too. They have a lot in common. Miss Chancer indeed.

[bunnygod1]

fuck me its even funnier 2nd time around,like has been said cringeworthy but funny!

[syd]

I wasn't sure whether to give a 'warts 'n' all' especially as I hadn't posted here before but I couldn't gloss over the bad stuff I'm afraid. To see someone you respect as a musician getting steadily drunker and ending the way I described . . .

Anyway, the most recent Bunny's gig I saw was at Oxford 02 last December and that was, I thought, a good gig so now pondering whether to do the Brixton Academy for Crocodiles and HUH.

Thanks for listening :)

Got to say the review was right and accurate other than the "planned" ending to the show. I was at both shows and Mac was out in the foyer afterwards in tunbridge wells signing flyers and entertaining fans even more. The reviewers second hand quote via a mate in the toilets is untrue! Both shows were great, voice, music and banter. Too many people were expecting a mushy romantic evening with mac singing to them but it was not billed as such and they will not be back! The majority enjoyed the shows and this will lead to them going again with the right people with them

[Dave Smith]

Great clip!Just for the record he couldnt remember that Rust starts in a C chord when he was playing a G instead.I am a saddo but a heckle of 'it fucking starts in C MACCCCAAA' may or may not have helped the situation.Discuss.

[watercolors]

Aaaaakkkkk! What a sight!! Loved the clip!!

So this clears up some ?s I had on BOF.

BTW, The bit about the women inventors... anyone remember the "interview" w/Mac on his own site around 2004? It was answers to ?s from fans. One of them was in regards to this tidbit.

I do like the bit about the muse!


I don't get on this forum very much, but when I take a looky, its always very entertaining!!

[JackT]

Aaaaakkkkk! What a sight!! Loved the clip!!

So this clears up some ?s I had on BOF.

BTW, The bit about the women inventors... anyone remember the "interview" w/Mac on his own site around 2004? It was answers to ?s from fans. One of them was in regards to this tidbit.

I do like the bit about the muse!


I don't get on this forum very much, but when I take a looky, its always very entertaining!!

Hey don't be a stranger.

[watercolors]

Hey don't be a stranger.

Awww, shucks!

That's very sweet, Jack!

[oceanrain1962]

Got to say the review was right and accurate other than the "planned" ending to the show. I was at both shows and Mac was out in the foyer afterwards in tunbridge wells signing flyers and entertaining fans even more. The reviewers second hand quote via a mate in the toilets is untrue! Both shows were great, voice, music and banter. Too many people were expecting a mushy romantic evening with mac singing to them but it was not billed as such and they will not be back! The majority enjoyed the shows and this will lead to them going again with the right people with them

Hi Syd

Not trying to be pedantic but, if you check all of my comments 'twas not I that brought up the conspiracy planned ending thing. Personally, as I said I really don't think it was like that and, moreover, why would Mac conspire to present such a bizarre end to the show? By all means, set it up but surely if that were the case it would be far cleverer to have had a conspiracy of a positive nature? I still say that there were many there as lubricated as the man himself and they, as you say, expected something other than what they got. I'd also say that, having spoken to people since the gig that I agree - the majority of people enjoyed the good parts (which were, seriously excellent) but in my experience they were also seriously disturbed and confused by the 'not good bits' - see clip above.

I've spent an hour or so this evening with a fellow traveller to Saturday's gig and, although we both agree that when he was good, he was very very good; when he was bad . . .

I t would have been good, it seems - judging by the reviews, to erase the tarnished memories of Saturday by going to last night's Glasgow gig. It sounds pretty much like all I wanted and expecetd from Brighton's show but I guess I'll now have to wait until Brixton Crocs and HUH (assuming I go) to rid myself of the slight shudder I feel when I think of Saturday.