[Closed] Wedding Present Fans - I know there's a few

I can't say i'm a fan, surely its enough i came to the bloody ceremony.

and also

I lost my love of life because of lockdown and too much apple pie but I still love Louise Wener.

Back in the 80sI saw David Gedge at Victoria station with a beautiful young woman on his arm.
I felt cheated, he was supposed to be a loser like the rest of us.

Still singing about hanging around outside bedroom windows at 60 😉

I jest, they wrote some cracking stuff. Saw them various times over the years but the standout was on the beach at San Sebastian Jazz Festival a few years ago. Sound was shite but watching the sun go down in the bay of Biscay as they played was pretty special.

A great band and still producing cracking tunes. I'll be giving this a listen later on.

I'm still using many of the wedding presents I got 10 years after the marriage ended 🙂

And Louise Wener, hello!

Got George Best on vinyl and a VHS copy of *punk. Felt they lost their way when the Ukrainian left

Such a frustrating band, some of it I love and some is just meh

Some of the recent stuff has repiqued my interest. Just might buy a copy on vinyl.

You know what? That's great, nice one. I had to Google who Louise Werner was (shame on me)!

This takes me back:

I'm just here to suggest everyone listens to the Jetstream Pony album.

The song linked above is actually a Sleeper song, hence the Louise collaboration, but they never released it. The guitarist in the vid is Jon Stewart, Sleeper's guitarist (and Louise Wener's ex) and now also TWP's guitarist, and he 'sold' the song to Gedge. I saw it live with Melanie (bass) singing Louise's part and was hooked from there, that was also the last gig I saw before lockdown.

TWP are a bit Fall-esque in that as long as it's DLG singing Wedding Present / Cinerama songs, then it's TWP. But for completeness guitar and bassist Melanie (Howard) is also Such Small Hands - also good but quite different to TWP, and Chris Hardwick on drums is My Life Story*

* whose first studio album was called Mornington Crescent, which adds a neat loop back to current STW

I’m just here to suggest everyone listens to the Jetstream Pony album.

good shout

And watches their offerings to At the Edge of the Sofa.

If we’re going to go into all the connected and offshoot bands, the James Bond compilation is like an index of them… https://scopitones.co.uk/archives/8594

That Jetstream Pony album was my favourite release of 2020 though. Everyone start there.

Great I'll watch that later.

Don't know what happened to my "all the songs sound the same" t-shirt, used to live in that.

You'll love the semi-acoustic locked down / stripped back album then.

All the songs ARE the same but they sound different.

Thanks for the Jetstream Pony heads up.
Proper jangly.

Yeah, despite being my favourite album of 2020, it’s very much the kind of jangly pop lushness that could have been made 30 years ago. Nothing new at all. But lovely. And the songs have the hooks. Mitte drills into your brain and stays there.

I'm hoping that the film 'Something Left Behind' might get a Sky or a Streamed release sometime soon

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I was a big fan in my youth when they did the Hit Parade singles. Seen them a few times at Leeds Met and some place in Huddersfield I can't remember the name of.
I've drifted away from them, but after this thread I think I'll dig out the old albums.

Jetstream Pony were the second last band I saw before lockdown (as support for TWP, naturally!)

I think later today I'll be digging out my copy of Something Left Behind too..... I did fund it after all (probably about enough to pay for the first intake of breath before 'Oh why do you, catch my eye then turn away....)

If we're allowed to also give honorable mentions to other bands at ATEOTS, Amelia Coburn (probably a bit marmite, depends if you like TWP covers on Ukelele in a Sunderland accent) but The Catenary Wires impressed me a lot. Not as jangly as when they were part of Talulah Gosh and Heavenly, but I liked it (and another Amelia, Amelia Fletcher who had an interesting non-popstar career between then and now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Fletcher)

There's a whole load at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD3yPEGzTKoXGI3TORAjFJw

but seeing as 'The Ukrainian' was mentioned above, have this one. Don't drink potato vodka before listening unless your ornaments are blutacked down, it has 'effects'

https://youtu.be/CCikrdZrKN0

They’ve been running some awesome live sessions through lockdown. I was overjoyed when I first heard we should be together. Proper happy jangly wedding present.

and they're doing a live show together as a band from Brighton on the 12th, Facebook link 2nd or 3rd post. They did one in the autumn I think which was great, worth £12 to support bands and associated crew. Tickets through Dice.

Please Covid **** off so we can go and see bands live again. If it happens (Aug BH) who's coming for 2 days down in Brighton for At the Edge of the Sea?

It was my birthday a few days ago and this turned up on faceache!!

Handsome eh 😟😄😄

I don't know if this'll work on here but here's me in one of my TWP t-shirts, after a sweaty Guildford Boileroom gig, with some random photobomber.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7eyWqhKP9C28p8xv7

Grew up in Leeds following the Wedding Present but drifted away after Seamonsters. We kept invading the stage when they were filming * punk and they threatened to pull the plug. Feel kind of guilty now.

Started to follow them again a few years back, their Bizzarro gig at Manchester Acadamy was the last one I went to before lockdown. Can't wait to see them again.

They are scheduled to play at Bingley Weekender on Saturday 7th August if it happens
https://bingleyweekender.co.uk/

Loving this thread and spent most of this evening rekindling a Louise Wener crush.....
What a great tune 'We should be Together' is - nearly temporarily gazumped 'Crawl' as my favourite dress Weddoes song.
Checking out these other suggestions - Jetstream Pony etc.
If anyone lost track of Gedge after Seamonsters, you should check out Cinerama. Here's a song that resulted from John Peel challenging him to write a song entitled Your Charms

Much love for this. The Weddoes have been a constant love if mine since George Best back in the 80s. Own every 7 inch from the hit parade although some of the b side cover versions are atrocious. Even have some bootleg live tapes from the late 80s/early 90s. Still love their liking of obscure cover versions as well as their own stuff. Getting better and come up and see me, make me smile are way better than the originals.

Obscure and better than the original you say?

TWP are my all time favourite number one band. Saw them live many a time and were my first gig at the barrowlands back in '89. Really enjoyed their last paid for live stream and have bought tickets the next one.

Stood next to Gedge at the bar in a pub in Leeds many years ago but was too star struck to speak.

The only gig i ever went to where i was on the Guest List was The Wedding Present @ the Pyramids in Pompey.

I have never since felt quite so cool.

Loving this thread and spent most of this evening rekindling a Louise Wener crush…..

For you, taken by my boy who was on my shoulders!!