I found the most beautiful and picture of the Libertines today, from way back when; Pete and Carl were still 'bezzies' and it was cool to take pictures in black and white.
It got me thinking about their highly anticipated scheduled gig at Leeds/Reading at the end of the month. Half of me wants to scream to high heaven about how excited I am! But part of me is saying 'no, don't get your hopes up, they won't show, it will be an hour of drooling and arguing at best' etc etc.
I just don't know what to think. The optimist inside me naturally wants the former, and I'm fairly positive they will show up (I don't think they can turn down the £1.5m they are getting). There is debate as to how good they actually are live. The delicate ditties and lyrics often get lost amongst the chaos of the rough approach taken. Lyrics and solo's are missed out, its out of tune in places. It's definitely not perfect.
But does that matter?
Is that just not their style?
Doesn't the atmosphere of a gig ring much louder than any speaker? Of course it does.
Some bands do strive for perfection when live such as Muse where the songs sound like the album. Others make a right mess of it but its still great and I'm guessing the Libs will be in this second category. I have never seen the boys live. But if they can get the crowd on their side, the gig will go down in history. Now, I am seeing them at Leeds, a much less forgiving crowd than Reading (Leeds booed The Killers...). And we get them on the Friday. Hmmm. Could be interesting...
But this is a beautiful picture... :)
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