Live report: August 9th, Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg
Aug 9, 2019 16:32:56 GMT 1
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Post by steve on Aug 9, 2019 16:32:56 GMT 1
What more can be said about Gothenburg that I didn’t already say in 2016?
Quite a bit it seems.
Gothia (as it was once called) was, of course, renowned for its darkwave & shoegaze nights where people could mosh the nights away to the sounds of Bauhaus, The Birthday Party, Joy Division & The Cure (who are totally not a goth band) before staggering home ahead of a hard day’s work in the harbour & defending themselves from those pesky Vikings…….. & bloodthirsty ABBA fans.
After the thirty years war, the Dutch, who fortified the city, were given huge tax rebates & the king attracted many German & Scottish allies to the region which no doubt made communication incredibly difficult, which goes aways to explain the number of iterations of it’s modern day name (Göteborg, Gothembourg, Gotemborgo & Gothenburg).
In 2009 however, the city council got fed up with all that & launched a logo typeface that turned the ö on its side & so many of the signs in the city read “Go:teborg”. That really helped clear things up.
In the city that is still HQ to the world’s safest cars there lies Slottsskogen which is Goteborg’s version of Hyde Park & where our lads play this evening.
The park also is home to a zoo with Swedish animals including the majestik møøse.
* A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli!
& a pond with seals & penguins. So anyone heading there, take a couple of fish for them
Speaking of heading there we’re pretty sure someone will be in attendance this evening & we hope you all have a spectacular night & that your köttbullar & Pripps Blå have hit the spot.
There will be a live stream, but you’ll need a VPN if you’re outside Sweden
Now for colours. Way Out West has one of the prettier schemes on the circuit so let’s pluck something from that.
Setlist:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
A Night Like This
Just One Kiss
Lovesong
Last Dance
Burn
Fascination Street
Never Enough
Push
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Play For Today
A Forest
Shake Dog Shake
Disintegration
Encore:
Lullaby
The Caterpillar
The Walk
Friday I’m In Love
Close To Me
Why Can’t I Be You
Boys Don’t Cry
*Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...
Quite a bit it seems.
Gothia (as it was once called) was, of course, renowned for its darkwave & shoegaze nights where people could mosh the nights away to the sounds of Bauhaus, The Birthday Party, Joy Division & The Cure (who are totally not a goth band) before staggering home ahead of a hard day’s work in the harbour & defending themselves from those pesky Vikings…….. & bloodthirsty ABBA fans.
After the thirty years war, the Dutch, who fortified the city, were given huge tax rebates & the king attracted many German & Scottish allies to the region which no doubt made communication incredibly difficult, which goes aways to explain the number of iterations of it’s modern day name (Göteborg, Gothembourg, Gotemborgo & Gothenburg).
In 2009 however, the city council got fed up with all that & launched a logo typeface that turned the ö on its side & so many of the signs in the city read “Go:teborg”. That really helped clear things up.
In the city that is still HQ to the world’s safest cars there lies Slottsskogen which is Goteborg’s version of Hyde Park & where our lads play this evening.
The park also is home to a zoo with Swedish animals including the majestik møøse.
* A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli!
& a pond with seals & penguins. So anyone heading there, take a couple of fish for them
Speaking of heading there we’re pretty sure someone will be in attendance this evening & we hope you all have a spectacular night & that your köttbullar & Pripps Blå have hit the spot.
There will be a live stream, but you’ll need a VPN if you’re outside Sweden
Now for colours. Way Out West has one of the prettier schemes on the circuit so let’s pluck something from that.
Setlist:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
A Night Like This
Just One Kiss
Lovesong
Last Dance
Burn
Fascination Street
Never Enough
Push
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Play For Today
A Forest
Shake Dog Shake
Disintegration
Encore:
Lullaby
The Caterpillar
The Walk
Friday I’m In Love
Close To Me
Why Can’t I Be You
Boys Don’t Cry
*Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...