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Look, if we hurry up, we can sink three pints of Fosters in Yates in George St before last orders, and still make the queue for Park End before the door charge mysteriously gets more expensive (like £5).
 
holdsteady said:
No jägerbombs in the 90s, can’t remember what the shots were called but they came in blue or red and tasted like s**t. Aftershock maybe?
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Oh God, now you're starting to make me genuinely regret growing up in the 90s.....because I do remember Aftershock. At least the Red Cinnamon flavour. 🤮

Late 90s was also when they came up with WKD. I still remember a drunk mate being sent to the bar at a club with a complex order of beers and shots, and instead coming back with eight bottles of this new, weird fizzy orange stuff that tasted like Irn Bru. He was not popular (but probably got out of buying any more rounds as a result).
 
But football, or at least being a football fan, in the 90s was generally great.

For someone like me (who couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag) I think it was the sweetspot, because there was still an angry, aggressive edge to things that just amped everything up and made it feel more important, but (in the grounds at least) there was very, very rarely any actual violence. So it was safe, but it hadn't gotten sterile yet.
 
tonyw said:
Oh God, now you're starting to make me genuinely regret growing up in the 90s.....because I do remember Aftershock. At least the Red Cinnamon flavour. 🤮

Late 90s was also when they came up with WKD. I still remember a drunk mate being sent to the bar at a club with a complex order of beers and shots, and instead coming back with eight bottles of this new, weird fizzy orange stuff that tasted like Irn Bru. He was not popular (but probably got out of buying any more rounds as a result).
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WKD was just foul. Hooch etc wasn't any better.
 
Marked Ox said:
WKD was just foul. Hooch etc wasn't any better.
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Empty pint glass.
In with a bottle of WKD Blue - £1.
In with a bottle of orange Reef - £1.
In with a double house vodka on top - £2.

£4 for a pint of 'Kermit' in Spoons. The best way to start a night out in the early 00's.
 
tonyw said:
Oh God, now you're starting to make me genuinely regret growing up in the 90s.....because I do remember Aftershock. At least the Red Cinnamon flavour. 🤮

Late 90s was also when they came up with WKD. I still remember a drunk mate being sent to the bar at a club with a complex order of beers and shots, and instead coming back with eight bottles of this new, weird fizzy orange stuff that tasted like Irn Bru. He was not popular (but probably got out of buying any more rounds as a result).
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To be fair to your mate, if I got an order that was hard to remember, I used to just buy everyone the same lager I was drinking, it’s a round not a memory game.
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Empty pint glass.
In with a bottle of WKD Blue - £1.
In with a bottle of orange Reef - £1.
In with a double house vodka on top - £2.

£4 for a pint of 'Kermit' in Spoons. The best way to start a night out in the early 00's.
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Turbo shandy as a mate of mine used to call anything like this.
 
Joy Div fans, if you missed the Warsaw vinyl that was released recently, it is bloody brilliant. Some early versions of Joy Division classics on there. The version of No Love Lost is just stunning.

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This limited edition release features the early sessions of the classic Joy Division line-up.
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Sorry but Black Aftershock was the ultimate late night gamble. It was foul. It tasted like drinking motor oil.

If you were having a mediocre night, you and your mates all get a round of black Aftershocks in. Without fail it would either END your night in the roughest of ways, or kick it up a gear and get things wild.

I miss it to this day! 🥹🥹
 
McXal said:
Sorry but Black Aftershock was the ultimate late night gamble. It was foul. It tasted like drinking motor oil.

If you were having a mediocre night, you and your mates all get a round of black Aftershocks in. Without fail it would either END your night in the roughest of ways, or kick it up a gear and get things wild.

I miss it to this day! 🥹🥹
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I only remember blue and red, now I know that aftershock came with it AMEX Black I feel like I missed out a bit. If you mixed blue and red together you obviously got purple, a sort of homebrew that you didn't want to taste as you drunk it but that got you where you were going fast.
 
SteMerritt said:
Oasis would be nowhere near a discussion for best British band for me. They wouldn't even top best Manchester band.
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Manchester is probably the best city for music in the UK historically.

For me Oasis are number one. Not only so many hits but so many B sides that were elite as well.
 
Osei Yaw said:
The turbo shandy I knew was half lager and half Smirnoff Ice.
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Ah that must be it.

My least favourite was the birthday dirty pint, a WKD (or similar) poured in a pint then the rest filled up with various spirits after your mates all chipped in, had to down it then then you were in a right state.
 
Carpy said:
Yeah, but you like to be a bit different.
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Not really, I don't think that it's that 'different' to see Oasis as just an average band. Get past all of the hype and headlines, I don't think they have much that is really that interesting. I'd rather listen to Doves than Oasis, I find their music much more atmospheric. Although I'll always thank Oasis for helping Doves out in their early days, they have always been fans of the band themselves.
 
SteMerritt said:
Oasis would be nowhere near a discussion for best British band for me. They wouldn't even top best Manchester band.
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My favourite Manc band (not necessarily the best) were A Certain Ratio. The best, for me, were Happy Mondays (after Joy Division). Thought the Inspiral Carpets were the most underrated. And you can't have this conversation without mentioning the Fall
 
SteMerritt said:
Not really, I don't think that it's that 'different' to see Oasis as just an average band. Get past all of the hype and headlines, I don't think they have much that is really that interesting. I'd rather listen to Doves than Oasis, I find their music much more atmospheric. Although I'll always thank Oasis for helping Doves out in their early days, they have always been fans of the band themselves.
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I’ll go further. Oasis are s**t. Manchester is also s**t. People are conned into thinking that it isn’t by others that grew up there, left as soon as they could, and still won’t shut up about it.

London has contributed more to music. But London deals with higher expectations, because it is a vastly superior city.
 
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