Ocean Colour Scene Cause Waves at The Barrowland
After the obvious
disappointment of the first gig at Glasgow being cancelled on the 27th March, I wanted a
very good performance but I had no idea that Ocean Colour Scene were going to give the
performance of their lives.
After the doors
opened at 7pm, we waited for an hour to hear the support band who were really quite good,
I’ve never heard of them before, but they were a Scottish band named Mydas who got
the crowd ready for the main performance. At
9pm the crowd were getting a bit restless and hot. We
were all chanting “OCS, OCS, OCS” as well as “WE ARE THE MODS” several
times, which got everyone’s spirits up and when the band finally appeared on stage
the crowd went absolutely crazy. The first
song they came onto was the fantastic new single “Up On The Downside” and after
the reaction from the crowd after the first song you just got the feeling the night was
just going to get better and better.
The only bad bits
about the concert was that an idiot threw a drink at Simon half way through a song, but I
was glad to hear him say “Fuck Off” rather than storming off stage in a true
Oasis style. I won’t forget this gig in
a hurry and I just hope they tour again soon as I’m getting withdrawal symptoms of
live OCS already! OCS rule and they are
the best live act in Britain ever! The
Barrowlands atmosphere amazed me, it was so atmospheric and the crowd blended so well into
that small place.
Review by Steve Millar
Review 2
Finally after 3 weeks of waiting due to Simon Fowler getting a soar throat, (how Rock 'N' Roll was that?) the day came and we were there. It was my friend Elaine, Vicky her little sister and my first Barrowlands experience and it's definitely not going to be the last as the band gave the finest performance I've ever seen from them.
I've been a fan since I was 10 and as we entered the
Barrowlands I got another new experience; my first ever pat down search. I heard a
voice say step to the side please so I did and all because i forgot i had my mobile
in my pocket, whoops.... Vicky also had her cream egg taken off her, I don't know if
security thought it was the world smallest bomb or if they were just hungry but as they
say safety first.
We got up to the hall and was surprised to find it was quite empty but it filled up
instantaneous when the warm up band Minus came on. They were quite good but I somehow
managed to resist my temptation to jump up onto the stage, grab a guitar and play the
river boat song when they left the stage. While we were waiting for Ocean Colour Scene to
appear some person in front of me threw his beer back into the crowd and before you knew
it it was raining the stuff. The crowd started belting out "O...C...S" and
"we are the mods" making the atmosphere better than a Saturday football
match
As the band came on stage we realised we were stuck in a mosh pit (what a laugh) but Vicky and Elaine found this a bit chaotic so we had to move to the side but even this didn't spoil the gig. OCS were amazing and within half an hour I'd lost my voice from singing along to a collection of their greats like, "The Day We Caught the Train" and "Profit in Peace". Alongside songs from their new album. Steve Cradock added solo after solo of pure genius and the band played for ages before going off stage. With a chant of "Flower of Scotland " echoing around the hall they came back on again for another couple of songs and as they went off again, it seemed like no one including the band wanted to leave!
Reappearing for a third time the crowd sang happy
birthday to the coolest drummer in showbiz Oscar Harrison. They finished the
evening with the song that has become a regular climax to their gigs "Day
Tripper" and as the audience went wild I was a little sad that it had to end and I
didn't want to go home to boring old Kilmarnock.
This was the coolest gig I've ever been to and the best night of my life, even beating T
in the park last year. OCS are the best live band around and
I am dying to get back to Barrowlands soon as it's the greatest venue I know.
Craig Lynn
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