Violence at festivals; A modest proposal:

RichieC · 09-07-2011 04:15PM #1

I say organise an Aslan Festival elsewhere in the country on the same days, that way the scum will flock to see their heroes and everyone else would be able to enjoy their fun in peace.

Thank you for reading.

ItsAWindUp · 09-07-2011 04:15PM

I propose the banning of all public gatherings, of any kind, everywhere.

Ally Dick · 09-07-2011 04:18PM

To get the knackers in, you need Aslan, The Prodigy, Beady Eye, The Pogues and UB40. What a line up

MitchKoobski · 09-07-2011 04:18PM

We then raise a huge wall around the gig and remove any doors.

Kinda like The Sims.

ItsAWindUp · 09-07-2011 04:18PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

To get the knackers in, you need Aslan, The Prodigy, Beady Eye, The Pogues and UB40. What a line up

Hey, leave The Prodigy alone:p

phasers · 09-07-2011 04:19PM

This year's Oxegen lineup is basically a scumbag magnet

westendgirlie · 09-07-2011 04:20PM

What we talking about ???

Table Top Joe · 09-07-2011 04:22PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

To get the knackers in, you need Aslan, The Prodigy, Beady Eye, The Pogues and UB40. What a line up

Maybe throw a Bob Marley tribute in too....then bomb the place,everyones happy

Having said that i do love The Pogues but it would be worth the sacrifice

cesc77 · 09-07-2011 04:22PM

How the feck do you get him through the wardrobe?

RichieC · 09-07-2011 04:25PM

:pac:

joseph brand · 09-07-2011 04:35PM

RichieC wrote: »

I say organise an Aslan Festival elsewhere in the country on the same days, that way the scum will flock to see their heroes and everyone else would be able to enjoy their fun in peace.

Thank you for reading.

U left out DJ Tiesto, Mauro Picotto and the other Euro sh1te. Along with Aslan, they'd be sure to attract every scallywag, scumbag, shammo, knacker, ned, thief and dirtbag in the country.

sollar · 09-07-2011 04:37PM

joseph brand wrote: »

U left out DJ Tiesto, Mauro Picotto and the other Euro sh1te. Along with Aslan, they'd be sure to attract every scallywag, scumbag, shammo, knacker, ned, thief and dirtbag in the country.

Scooter would bring a few more too.

Vicxas · 09-07-2011 04:45PM

Wheres the like button on this site, im liking the sh1te outta this!

later12 · 09-07-2011 04:46PM

Sure thing, going to see some middle class, sheltered kid with no life experience, whining his way through some generic claptrap so much more highbrow...

I'm sure Aslan does have a particularly high following in places like Finglas and in the inner city, but you could say the same for the Cranberries and their strong Limerick catchment fanbase. Music fans often relate to local performers with whom they can identify. The scumbag fan base is another constituency altogether, they might be a subset of the same urban constituency from which Aslan supporters are concentrated, but it obviously does not mean they are one and the same.

I grew up in Tipperary, come from a bog standard middle class background and I would go to an Aslan concert with far greater enthusiasm than that with which I would attend a performance by some middle class self obsessed pretty boys with a ridiculous amount of popped collars who don't know their ass from their elbow; I would expect the latter to be a pretty obnoxious affair based on any event like that which I've been to in the past.

RichieC · 09-07-2011 04:51PM

later10 wrote: »

Sure thing, going to see some middle class, sheltered kid with no life experience, whining his way through some generic claptrap so much more highbrow...

I'm sure Aslan does have a particularly high following in places like Finglas and in the inner city, but you could say the same for the Cranberries and their strong Limerick catchment fanbase. Music fans often relate to local performers with whom they can identify. The scumbag fan base is another constituency altogether, they might be a subset of the same urban constituency from which Aslan supporters are concentrated, but it obviously does not mean they are one and the same.

I grew up in Tipperary, come from a bog standard middle class background and I would go to an Aslan concert with far greater enthusiasm than that with which I would attend a performance by some middle class self obsessed pretty boys with a ridiculous amount of popped collars who don't know their ass from their elbow; I would expect the latter to be a pretty obnoxious affair based on any event like that which I've been to in the past.

YES! good man, The cranberries added to lineup

Eric Cartman · 09-07-2011 04:53PM

Ally Dick wrote: »

To get the knackers in, you need Aslan, The Prodigy, Beady Eye, The Pogues and UB40. What a line up

leaving aslan out , id go to that , ill know who to blame

Aoifey! · 09-07-2011 04:54PM

I like your thinking OP. I think this could be a hit.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 09-07-2011 05:04PM

i dont know why people pay €200+ to a festival so they can get beat up, pissed apon or mugged when could get the same on night out on saturday instead..

mackg · 09-07-2011 05:07PM

later10 wrote: »

Sure thing, going to see some middle class, sheltered kid with no life experience, whining his way through some generic claptrap so much more highbrow...

I'm sure Aslan does have a particularly high following in places like Finglas and in the inner city, but you could say the same for the Cranberries and their strong Limerick catchment fanbase. Music fans often relate to local performers with whom they can identify. The scumbag fan base is another constituency altogether, they might be a subset of the same urban constituency from which Aslan supporters are concentrated, but it obviously does not mean they are one and the same.

I grew up in Tipperary, come from a bog standard middle class background and I would go to an Aslan concert with far greater enthusiasm than that with which I would attend a performance by some middle class self obsessed pretty boys with a ridiculous amount of popped collars who don't know their ass from their elbow; I would expect the latter to be a pretty obnoxious affair based on any event like that which I've been to in the past.

A friend of mine went to an Aslan gig. They played crazy world 3 times. Why would you go to this at all? let alone with enthusiasm.

If you are going to generalise all middle class people then you are including yourself I assume?

wild_cat · 09-07-2011 05:10PM

I'd add lady GaGa to that list to. (First and last POP concert I've ever been to.)

My friends and I were started on a few times that night. I asked one Dub a question and I was told to "go away with your filthy traveller accent".

That's the polite version of what she said to me anyways...

I have a strong country accent.... I think it transpired that her boyfriend was dancing with me or some crap.

Anyways all the scum ruined the gig for us.

RichieC · 09-07-2011 05:11PM

mackg wrote: »

A friend of mine went to an Aslan gig.

LOLOL!! they actually played it 3 times? what the fk..

mackg · 09-07-2011 05:13PM

RichieC wrote: »

LOLOL!! they actually played it 3 times? what the fk..

Played the other famous song twice. I don't know the name of it, you know the one I'm talking about

YFlyer · 09-07-2011 05:14PM

Was it Brunkers fault?

RichieC · 09-07-2011 05:14PM

mackg wrote: »

Played the other famous song twice. I don't know the name of it, you know the one I'm talking about

I only know crazy world tbh, more of a music lover myself

orourkeda · 09-07-2011 05:16PM

How can I protect youse in this crazy world?

ItsAWindUp · 09-07-2011 05:16PM

Heath Nervous Condo wrote: »

i dont know why people pay €200+ to a festival so they can get beat up, pissed apon or mugged when could get the same on night out on saturday instead..

I somehow doubt that's the reason they buy a ticket.

bacon? · 09-07-2011 05:20PM

Heath Nervous Condo wrote: »

i dont know why people pay €200+ to a festival so they can get beat up, pissed apon or mugged when could get the same on night out on saturday instead..

Exactly, if you spend a little more, you could go to a festival in another European country, have a much better scum free time.

People are sheep though, so $hitty festivals will always sell out.

later12 · 09-07-2011 05:23PM

mackg wrote: »

A friend of mine went to an Aslan gig. They played crazy world 3 times. Why would you go to this at all? let alone with enthusiasm.

I don't know what they're like in concert, but I often listen to Aslan whilst I'm driving, for example. Based on that, I would go see them in concert, yes.

If you are going to generalise all middle class people then you are including yourself I assume?

I'm not generalising though, I'm pointing out the false logic in suggesting that Aslan fans have the fan base that is being implied ('scumbags') simply because Aslan and Aslan supporters tend to share a catchment area with these so-called scumbags. Both groups are simply subsets of (mainly) one parent set, i.e. that being the socially disadvantaged areas of Dublin, but they do not necessarily intersect with one another.

Am I generalising about middle class 'emerging' Dublin bands, however? Yes, certainly.

CardBordWindow · 09-07-2011 05:26PM

mackg wrote: »

RichieC wrote: »

LOLOL!! they actually played it 3 times? what the fk..

Played the other famous song twice. I don't know the name of it, you know the one I'm talking about

Ha!! I saw them once and they did the same thing! Crazy World 3 times and These Are 2 times!!
Was it by any chance the Dunbrody Fest in New Ross, years ago?

Dangerous Man · 09-07-2011 05:26PM

There's always scum, somewhere, trying to ruin things for everyone. When I came back home for a visit there recently I was walking down the street and some scummer (in a car packed full with scummers) screamed out the window at me 'you should have gone to specsavers hahahahah.' Simply because I wear glasses. I mean, THAT'S what he decided to pick on. Pathetic. I actually did go to specsavers, as it happens, so fuck him.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-07-2011 05:29PM

RichieC wrote: »

I say organise an Aslan Festival elsewhere in the country on the same days, that way the scum will flock to see their heroes and everyone else would be able to enjoy their fun in peace.

Thank you for reading.

I thought violence at festivals WAS your modest proposal...

Violence at festivals; A modest proposal:

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