bangkok rocked

what can i say?
For now...
Ian Brown and his pink tracksuit and the "ian brown shoulder shrug", Franz Ferdinand who were absolutely the highlight of day one, and Oasis... Oasis just bored the hell out of me. Yes, they have their anthemic hits but Liam is quite an asshole isn't he.. the way he stands and stares at the crowd and stalks off the stage. Some of us got bored and went to sit down at the side after a while, others went to get food.
And then there were the Futureheads, who tended to sound the same after a while, Maximo Park... well didn't see them as we were outside getting more beers (you couldn't bring in alcohol, it had to be bought at the venue, but beer ran out before 7pm. there was plenty of whisky cos 100 Pipers was a major sponsor, but eh, whiskey at a rock concert, you have got to be kidding me. But plenty of enterprising Thais plied the streets just outside of the arena, selling cans of local beer, and some Heinekens, for between 30 to 50 baht each. So all the drinking happened outside, as they were fond of patting people down just before you entered the actual staged area - and confiscating any bottles) and then Snow Patrol who were fun and too too short a set. (they played several new songs, which will be out... in a few months I think) I love Snow Patrol! The crowd obviously was there for Placebo who were great.
But for me, Franz F and Snow Patrol hit the spot.
More next time..
(Hopefully this won't be the first and last Bangkok Rock festival.)