Oxegen - The Aftermath.... whatcha think?

dirtyharry1971 · 13-07-2004 11:42PM

Got a ticket at the last minute for the full weekend with camping got a call at 3AM friday night(sat morn) - was even better that way coz I had lost all hope of going. Serious session not many scumm bags at it either (which surprised me) everyone woz there for a good time & didnt let the rain bother em. Only downer was the cost but who gives a f*ck it's only once a year!!

Artists That Stuck in my mind

Chemical Brothers - Class have not stomped like that since I woz 18!!!
N.E.R.D - (surprisingly)
Wu-Tang - Quality! pity bout the rain
Muse
Basement Jaxx - Talk about happy vibes from a crowd! Big shout out to all of U
and f*ck it the Darkness where cool coz I was so waisted by then

Was there 2 years ago and I had a better time this year by far
Will definitely see you all next year!:D

awhyte · 14-07-2004 09:16AM

Everybody after every event cribs and moans about the price of the s**t food...... don't buy the crap. Bring your own grub, keep a gas bbq out in your car and go out everyday for an hour and cook something and bring in sandwiches and other s**t to keep ya going for the rest of the day, how easy is that. Everytime I went out to the car people had bbq's going and were drinking and playing music, everyone should do the same and maybe the following year the prices might go down. You have to let them know that we don't need their crap food that they need our business and let them suffer. And as for 10 euros for a gig timetable, what a bunch of thieving b******s.

joseph brand · 14-07-2004 11:33AM

The music was great but so too was the craic in the car park.

There was a band playing from the back of an open Van at about 01.00 and everyone was wasted. We also had a nice warm fire ablaze.

Best weekend in long time, makes going into town look like drinking at a bus stop on a rainy Sunday morning on your own, somewhere you never been before, crying, listening to Enya.

joseph brand · 14-07-2004 11:37AM

@darque

Unbelievable

Can't believe you moaning and so many others cried for not getting in to see Chem Bros.

Such a whinge, you must be forty.

You should be strung up by your moany little neck.

Ruining it for others.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

orangerooster · 14-07-2004 04:21PM

Thought it was one of the best weekends I've ever had.The music was good enough-Snow Patrol,Bell X1,Muse,Belle and Sebastian and Jerry Fish were fairly stunning (got to shake Fishes hand when he was in the crowd on Saturday!).The real craic was to be had in the campsite though-had a chugging contest to decide if Alien was better than Predator in campsite a4 on Friday.The all night smoking parties were the best thing about it.Was in the carpark for a while on Sat night--madness.My best moment came at half six on Monday morning-"STOP POWDERING YOUR NOSES YE PUFFS AND WAKE UP!!!"-those security guards gave as good as they got abuse wise-the tent bonfire really pissed them off though!

darque · 14-07-2004 06:47PM

Unbelievable

Can't believe you moaning and so many others cried for not getting in to see Chem Bros.

Such a whinge, you must be forty.

You should be strung up by your moany little neck.

Ruining it for others.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

...excuse me but i wasn't moaning! I enjoyed it while i was there...which wasn't too long, just because they aren't my thing! I wouldn't flame you cause you weren't into something! Plus no-one can deny that the decision to put 'em on indoors was a bit off, it was packed and hot in there...was in not? I'm not moaning, that was my experience as it happened, it's not like i just stood there with a puss on me while i was there, i enjoyed my time there just wasn't comfortable there after half and hour ok!! I didn't ruin anything for anybody, don't be pissy with me just cause you didnt get in, that's your fault not mine.....i didn't take up much space or for long either so back off.

dellytots · 14-07-2004 07:10PM

Dat was my first of many oxegen/ witnegens 2 cum. It was f***in deadly!

i was one of the first der at 12 on friday!

Campsite A4 we rocked!! Marco - polo etc yeah dat was me and my mate

saturday was deadly. But chemical bros, massive attack and the cure on at the same time was bad plannin, wanted to see all 3! And did, missed parts of each set! But dey wer all great! Electric 6 wer deadly too(queen at the end) and franz ferdinand wer pretty funky.

Sunday Muse wer the highlight. We got soked n danced in the mud! The darkness cover of street spirt was the only gud part of there set!

Stayed up all sunday nite tent hoppin(we shouted marco who ever shouted polo was the next tent we visited) Very drunk on flagans of cider dont remember much!

Took down our tent, while still drunk and slept all moday! Best weekend of my life!

orangerooster · 14-07-2004 07:57PM

Originally posted by dellytots
Dat was my first of many oxegen/ witnegens 2 cum. It was f***in deadly!

i was one of the first der at 12 on friday!

Campsite A4 we rocked!! Marco - polo etc yeah dat was me and my mate

A4 did rock-you may have heard the response of a hideous scream(bbbbwwwwaaahhhhhhrrrrrggghhhh or "get a grip of your life") to marco-that was me and my mates.You should've popped into the tent around the Mayo flag with all the muse music coming out of it-that was us-we were pretty out of it.

spectacleinrock · 14-07-2004 08:47PM

Had a great weekend!

High points:

*sissors sisters cheering me up in the rain! They were excellent and ana matronic was amazing!
* dancing insanely to basement jaxx and then running down in time to catch i believe in a thing called love and stadium clapping.
*watching my friend brush his teeth with dutch gold
*discovering lying downwards on a slope makes you really drunk really fast.
*hearing the portaloos being cleaned and being one of the first to use them sat morning!
*eighties dancing to “i had the time of my life”
*goldie looking chain- hilarious!
*it being so easy to get into the pit for bands i wanted to see
*loosing my phone,for the third witnness/oxegen gig in a row, only to discover that this time a lovely person picked it up and i got it back the next day.
*despite not having a timetable seeing most of the bands i wanted to see
*never having to buy a pint inside the venue.
* my wine still tasting good even on sunday, due to the terrible weather it was still cold.
* having wellies
*discovering a packet of chipsticks in my tent monday morning
*not bumping into my ex!

Low points:

*sunday night portaloos
*friends separated into a and b campsites
* 30 min walk between a and b campsite
*paying 10euro for a veggie lasagne
*all the scumbags that arrived on saturday night in the b campsite - real pain in the ass
* friends making me leave during the cure then could hear them playing all their hits from the campsite
*the mud beside the urinals...enough said
*the yellow drinking water.
* the dickheads in the first aid in the pit not allowing me to stay with my friend, only then for them to not accompany her into the tent and her collapsing and nobody in the place noticing.
*the lack of mobile network and lack of meeting points and never being entirely sure which stage to goto because of constant rumours of bands cancelling etc.

All in all it was an excellent weekend and compared to previous witnness the atmosphere generally stayed very upbeat. It was badly organised, especially the lack of info on line-ups and times and i wouldn’t even have minded paying for them but were sold out at the stalls we tried on saturday at 3o’clock! It will seem like a really silly thing to complain about but there was nowhere to leave rubbish. I was at a festival last summer in belgium where if you picked up 20 empty beer glasses, you got a free beer. It was great cause the place was spotless and you got free beer! But then we’ll always find something to complain about....

Emerson · 14-07-2004 11:33PM

Here's a few photos I took on Sunday. Took a fair few of the shockin' bold guy who got up on the roof at Basement Jaxx..
http://www.iol.ie/~emerson/oxweb/

dimerocks · 15-07-2004 01:50AM

fan-fecking-tastic did any body catch giveamanakick on saturday!!class out muse were the best thoguh

BaZmO* · 15-07-2004 09:50AM

Originally posted by Emerson
Here's a few photos I took on Sunday. Took a fair few of the shockin' bold guy who got up on the roof at Basement Jaxx..
http://www.iol.ie/~emerson/oxweb/

Great pics Emerson! Flair play t'ya!!

embee · 15-07-2004 07:21PM

It was good fun.

Mr_Overlord · 16-07-2004 08:46AM

Originally posted by dimerocks
fan-fecking-tastic did any body catch giveamanakick on saturday!!class out muse were the best thoguh

yeah i did 2 man set feckin quality!!

RichyX · 17-07-2004 07:04PM

Best bits:
- Simple Kid, altho the sound was ****e in the Green Room for alot of acts
- Ash
- Franz Ferdinand being as great as I'd hoped
- GLC, You knows it!
- Electric6, wandered in since had nothing to do. Were brilliant!
- Divine Comedy, just to see that feckin genius in person
- Drunken 17yr old girlies
- Drunken chase, over barriers and everything on sunday night, fueled by a litre of vodka & Lucozade

Worst bits:
- The pit for Ash, there was a bit of argy-bargy going on and there were ****ing girls and a guy with crutchs running through it all. ****ing 16 yr olds should be baned (enforced like!)
- Scumbags going around B7 and falling on tent for a laugh. Thought they'd skip ours and the **** fell on my head! Tried to bottle him through the tent but he got away.

Suprises:
- N.E.R.D being class
- Not loosing anything! Thought I was asking for trouble bringing the good phone and digi cam.
- A good nights sleep on the Saturday.

17-07-2004 07:13PM

I had a laugh. The front of the stage for Snow Patrol was a bit crazy, I love SP, their music is cool. But there was some moshing going on there.

I spent Sunday around campsite B telling everyone that Derek Davis had died. My friends were giving out free hugs.

RichyX · 17-07-2004 10:29PM

Derek Davis died!?

18-07-2004 12:51PM

No, false rumour. It was the funniest joke in my life. You had to be there.

RichyX · 18-07-2004 01:36PM

Cruel joke but I guess it's a decent way to make conversation

Oxegen - The Aftermath.... whatcha think?

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