Drive By Argument’s T in the Park
Saturday, 7th July
It was almost inevitable, wasn't it? As scientists bang on about how climate change and global warming is becoming an increasingly more worrying issue and people are stripping down from their big bulky winter clothes to their bikinis and swim shorts as early as febuary, scottish weather takes a vicious turn and says "fuck the lot of you!".
Here we are, standing in the giant field in Balado that every year plays host to the thousands of people who have ventured out to see many of the worlds top bands or simply just to encounter the biggest piss up of the year. And it's muddy. It's very, very muddy. We hadn't been able to travel up till the Saturday and, although we'd heard all the news on the radio and on the tv about how muddy it was, we just didn't believe it. So in we strolled, Stu in cowboy boots ("they're just like fancy wellies!") and Stoke in white trainers ("I don't know why i wore these...") into mud that would pretty much engulf your entire body were you to stop moving for even just a second.
Mud aside, it was amazing to be back up there. You can't beat standing in a massive field, completely disorientated, having lost everyone you know, surrounded by a bunch of overly excited drunks, some even dressed, oddly enough, as super heroes.
We really didn't have an easy task at T, being on stage directly after Sergeant, a band clearly destined to be Scotlands next big indie band. Their crowd went wild! They were one massive, loud, melodic monster! Nonetheless, we're brave beasts (well...not really, it's just that we knew there was no way we could back out at that point) so we dived up on stage and gave it what we could. And it was amazing! People actually showed up and sang! I think T in the Park 2007 saw the best rendition of "Lower Your Pieces" yet, not because of us but because of the crowd! They were incredibly vocal and just generally a pleasure to be playing to. Definitely made it one of the more memorable points in our bands history, while the rest of the show was maybe our most enjoyable yet.
Colin Keenan
It was almost inevitable, wasn't it? As scientists bang on about how climate change and global warming is becoming an increasingly more worrying issue and people are stripping down from their big bulky winter clothes to their bikinis and swim shorts as early as febuary, scottish weather takes a vicious turn and says "fuck the lot of you!".
Here we are, standing in the giant field in Balado that every year plays host to the thousands of people who have ventured out to see many of the worlds top bands or simply just to encounter the biggest piss up of the year. And it's muddy. It's very, very muddy. We hadn't been able to travel up till the Saturday and, although we'd heard all the news on the radio and on the tv about how muddy it was, we just didn't believe it. So in we strolled, Stu in cowboy boots ("they're just like fancy wellies!") and Stoke in white trainers ("I don't know why i wore these...") into mud that would pretty much engulf your entire body were you to stop moving for even just a second.
Mud aside, it was amazing to be back up there. You can't beat standing in a massive field, completely disorientated, having lost everyone you know, surrounded by a bunch of overly excited drunks, some even dressed, oddly enough, as super heroes.
We really didn't have an easy task at T, being on stage directly after Sergeant, a band clearly destined to be Scotlands next big indie band. Their crowd went wild! They were one massive, loud, melodic monster! Nonetheless, we're brave beasts (well...not really, it's just that we knew there was no way we could back out at that point) so we dived up on stage and gave it what we could. And it was amazing! People actually showed up and sang! I think T in the Park 2007 saw the best rendition of "Lower Your Pieces" yet, not because of us but because of the crowd! They were incredibly vocal and just generally a pleasure to be playing to. Definitely made it one of the more memorable points in our bands history, while the rest of the show was maybe our most enjoyable yet.
Colin Keenan
