[Phil L]

lou wrote:

> hey martin,
>
> what did you want to know about our loverly yobs? :)
> ooooh they're loverly.
>
> they're usually too drunk.
>
> they're usually loud, and useless, and rough.
>
> oh, and full of themselves.
>
> they hunt in packs.
>
> if you were from the UK you'd probably call them 'lads'.
>
> and yet, somehow, they can be an integral part of the Oils gig. not sure if
> it's a good part or a bad part, but a part nonetheless.

The yobs are an integral part of the Oils.. as they are any pub band.... In the
begining... there were the Oils.. and the yobs... the message was ignored...
only when the Oils became larger did the message begin to become more widely
apparent...

I must also admit to having a strong yob/trev/lad side in me... :-)

>
>
> they usually like to congregate and try and push in right in front of
> Peter, and sometimes they'll target a smaller/female person in the front
> row to try and shove out of the way.
>
> they just looooooove to wave their hand about a la Peter, and shout out
> either OIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILS and/or whichever song they really, really
> thought was tops about a decade ago.
>
> a lot.
>
> no, really, a lot.
>
> sometimes not very coherently either.
>
> they usually think that the Oils are absolutely GROUSE, man! and yet, won't
> hesitate to lob a beer can at the band. ahhh the eternal dichotomy...(John
> Montgomery, please note use of polysyllabic word).
>
> I have noticed, however, that if you're a girl, and you smile and sing
> along, so they notice that you, too, must be an Oils fan, and gosh, it's a
> girl and she's not telling me to get out of her face, they can be made into
> happy drunk people who won't try and push you out of their way. sometimes
> they even protect you from the yobs behind them! it can work! not all the
> time, but it's worth trying. it's like diversion therapy. unfortunately a
> side effect may be that they think you like them. boys, I don't know if you
> want to try this method ;)
>
> please note that yobs are not an exclusively Oils phenomena.
> style and colour vary from gig to gig. no rain cheques.
>
> later!
> lou




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