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Posted by Lee Kyle on Saturday, February 12, 2011
Was at a gig in York on Thursday. Was good and yes, I was funny, thanks for asking. This is not the point.
On the wall at the venue, there was a framed golden suit, that previously belonged to a member of Shed Seven, presumably the singer. This was amusing to me, I originally assumed that they had it up because they couldn't get anything from the bass player from the Bluetones or the keyboard guy from Mansun.
Of course I was an idiot and had somehow forgotten that Shed Seven are from York, I felt stupid because, other than flags, my main area of expertise is knowing the hometowns of britpop also rans. The 60ft Dolls are from Newport...see!
Apparently, one of Shed Seven hosts an open mic night for musicians nearby, at the end of which he plays a couple of his songs, the place is supposedly packed with Shed Seven fans. I made some comment that their hometown is surely the only place where you could still fill a room with Shed Seven fans. A cheap shot, admittedly and a bit rich from someone who has absolutely zero actual fans to speak of but not a big deal really.
Except, as I walked past the bar, Rick Witter, the lead singer of Shed Seven was right there.
He looked at me for a split second...Had he heard?
Well, no, of course he hadn't. He was looking at me because I was looking at him because he is Rick Witter of Shed Seven. I realise it would have been a better story if he had taken me to task and challenged me to a 'Who has the most hit singles' cometition. That didn't happen though. Pity really.
Anyway, he wins, we were in a bar that had his signed shirt on the wall, he is better than me. It may be a bit unusual to be in a pub that has your framed shirt on the wall but if there was a place that had my coat on the wall I would hardly ever be somewhere else.
Here is what I never understood about Shed Seven. Why did they pick the name Shed Seven?
It is. by any standards, a shit name for a band, I mean, it's down there with frigging Neds Atomic Dustbin.
The thing about it is, they were (Are? no idea, I confess to not being up to date with their ouvre.) a legitimately really good band, I'd put some of their singles (Going for Gold, On Standby, Chasing Rainbows, She Left Me On Friday...) up with the best singles of most bands of their era. But who really is going to say "Shed Seven are my favourite band!"?
If say, they'd have swapped names with Oasis, would they have had the same success? Proabably not, they didn't offer what Oasis did (By the way, I don't fully trust anyone who doesn't love Oasis, I assume they are just trying to seem kooky.) but I'm pretty sure they would have been more warmly remembered, pretty sure I wouldn't have referred to them as britpop also rans earlier on (I don't actually believe they were by the way, they were too good for that.). So, while they were unlikely to have swapped places with Oasis, by dint of a simple name change, would Oasis have been the success they were had they been called Shed Seven? Surely not, the point is though, they never would have called themselves that.
So why did Shed Seven? The obvious answer would be that perhaps they were trying to maintain some sort of indy cred.
This doesn't hold up though, this is a band who changed the words of the single Speakeasy to "Speakeasy...At the Link it's easy." for a mobile phone advert. Not overly concerned about credibility.
So why did they choose the name? No idea, this has sort of fizzled out hasn't it? I will say, I bet they regretted the choice of name more than once.
Oh, by the way, speaking of Britpop, how nauseating were Blur? I used to really like them at the time but listening now, the constant art students sneering at the little people vibe makes my really want to kick something.
Well done if you got to the end of this...
On the wall at the venue, there was a framed golden suit, that previously belonged to a member of Shed Seven, presumably the singer. This was amusing to me, I originally assumed that they had it up because they couldn't get anything from the bass player from the Bluetones or the keyboard guy from Mansun.
Of course I was an idiot and had somehow forgotten that Shed Seven are from York, I felt stupid because, other than flags, my main area of expertise is knowing the hometowns of britpop also rans. The 60ft Dolls are from Newport...see!
Apparently, one of Shed Seven hosts an open mic night for musicians nearby, at the end of which he plays a couple of his songs, the place is supposedly packed with Shed Seven fans. I made some comment that their hometown is surely the only place where you could still fill a room with Shed Seven fans. A cheap shot, admittedly and a bit rich from someone who has absolutely zero actual fans to speak of but not a big deal really.
Except, as I walked past the bar, Rick Witter, the lead singer of Shed Seven was right there.
He looked at me for a split second...Had he heard?
Well, no, of course he hadn't. He was looking at me because I was looking at him because he is Rick Witter of Shed Seven. I realise it would have been a better story if he had taken me to task and challenged me to a 'Who has the most hit singles' cometition. That didn't happen though. Pity really.
Anyway, he wins, we were in a bar that had his signed shirt on the wall, he is better than me. It may be a bit unusual to be in a pub that has your framed shirt on the wall but if there was a place that had my coat on the wall I would hardly ever be somewhere else.
Here is what I never understood about Shed Seven. Why did they pick the name Shed Seven?
It is. by any standards, a shit name for a band, I mean, it's down there with frigging Neds Atomic Dustbin.
The thing about it is, they were (Are? no idea, I confess to not being up to date with their ouvre.) a legitimately really good band, I'd put some of their singles (Going for Gold, On Standby, Chasing Rainbows, She Left Me On Friday...) up with the best singles of most bands of their era. But who really is going to say "Shed Seven are my favourite band!"?
If say, they'd have swapped names with Oasis, would they have had the same success? Proabably not, they didn't offer what Oasis did (By the way, I don't fully trust anyone who doesn't love Oasis, I assume they are just trying to seem kooky.) but I'm pretty sure they would have been more warmly remembered, pretty sure I wouldn't have referred to them as britpop also rans earlier on (I don't actually believe they were by the way, they were too good for that.). So, while they were unlikely to have swapped places with Oasis, by dint of a simple name change, would Oasis have been the success they were had they been called Shed Seven? Surely not, the point is though, they never would have called themselves that.
So why did Shed Seven? The obvious answer would be that perhaps they were trying to maintain some sort of indy cred.
This doesn't hold up though, this is a band who changed the words of the single Speakeasy to "Speakeasy...At the Link it's easy." for a mobile phone advert. Not overly concerned about credibility.
So why did they choose the name? No idea, this has sort of fizzled out hasn't it? I will say, I bet they regretted the choice of name more than once.
Oh, by the way, speaking of Britpop, how nauseating were Blur? I used to really like them at the time but listening now, the constant art students sneering at the little people vibe makes my really want to kick something.
Well done if you got to the end of this...