{"id":6033,"date":"2016-06-02T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2016-06-03T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:15:57","slug":"taking-a-cruise-in-berlin-with-the-sex-pistols-and-the-jam-what-an-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6033","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; taking a cruise in Berlin with the Sex Pistols and The Jam &#8211; What an EXPERIENCE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Me Mate Frosch reports from the Berlin away game of Jam Today<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>My wife and I had to decide early on at the end of last year if we were going to take a trip to Berlin 1st weekend of May to watch our friends from Jam Today joining the Sex Pistols Experience on a boat trip on the river Spree in Berlin. And guess what? We took the challenge!<\/p>\n<p>So we found ourselves standing at a pier in Berlin on a hot and sunny Sunday afternoon greeting Jam Today along with Johnny Rotter, Kid Vicious, Paul Crook and Steve Clones arriving back from their 1st sold out tour that day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6038\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-1-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"Jam Today (MS Stralau, Berlin 08.05.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)\" width=\"660\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-1-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-1-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-1-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-1-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jam Today &amp; Johnny Rotter having a laugh (MS Stralau, Berlin 08.05.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The little cruise ship \u201cMS STRALAU\u201d has space for up to 200 people but only 100 tickets were sold each trip. So it was pretty spacious and relaxed, no hassle at all to get a few drinks to start with. We had a quick chat with our friends in Jam Today before they already had to take the stage again.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jam Today -  In The City, Second Punkrock Cruise, 08.05.2016, MS Stralau\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgcuB_SD8FQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was their first proper show with a new drummer and latest after a couple of songs when they kicked into smash hits like \u201cIn The City\u201d, \u201cDown In The Tube Station At Midnight\u201d or \u201cA Town Called Malice\u201d the party was on its way and a good part of the audience had fun and danced.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 630px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6033-1\" width=\"630\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-Going-Underground-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-Going-Underground-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-Going-Underground-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>It would never match Jam Today\u2019s boat trip in Hamburg on the river Elbe almost 7 years ago though \u2013 it is just different when there\u2019s all friends and old companions in the audience eg. a home game\u2026 By all means try to get tickets and come to Hamburg if they are ever planning to do a trip on the \u201cMS HEDI\u201d again!<\/p>\n<p>Just from peoples outfit it was crystal clear that most of them where here to see the infamous Sex Pistols Experience (SPE). Old School Punks, 40 and above, wherever you looked, but also some younger ones, including a perfect copy of Soo Catwoman \u2013 nice outfit!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6044\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-2-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"Soo Catwoman (MS Stralau, Berlin 08.05.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)\" width=\"660\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-2-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-2-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-2-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jam-Today-2-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soo Catwoman (MS Stralau, Berlin 08.05.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The SPE made a start into their show and graced the little \u201cstage\u201d at the end of the boat with their perfect Sex Pistols looks. Since seeing them in Hamburg for the 1st time a couple years back I\u2019m deeply impressed by their show. Having just missed the Sex Pistols in Hamburg January 1978 as they broke up little more than a week before, it was the closest and best thing to seeing them at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Still honouring \u201cNever Mind The Bollocks\u201d as the best and most important album of all time I would have never wanted to see the \u201creal\u201d Sex Pistols when they reunited (that proved seeing John Lydon with PIL playing a horrible and extremely boring show some days later in Hamburg\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>I rather watch the SPE and as Steve Jones apparently put it: \u201cThey really are the Sex Pistols \u2013 superb\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 630px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6033-2\" width=\"630\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Pretty-Vacant-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Pretty-Vacant-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Pretty-Vacant-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Half way into the set and the floor of the boat was soaked with beer and people started slipping and crashing to the floor like flies. What a great and wild show, the best I have seen the SPE play yet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 630px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6033-3\" width=\"630\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Bodies-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Bodies-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Bodies-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I had my moment when I pointed at Johnny Rotter during \u201cProblems\u201d and screamed that the \u201cproblem was him\u201d. So he started pointing at everyone else, good fun and all around great guys in the band. And as usual it was \u201cNo Fun\u201d that had to end a fantastic set and a terrific afternoon on the river Spree.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to see the SPE at Blackpool Rebellion this year, thanks to Mario Irrek for setting this event up and Andi Incognito for the tickets \u2013 \u2018til next time!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 630px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6033-4\" width=\"630\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Nu-Fun-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Nu-Fun-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Sex-Pistols-Experience-Nu-Fun-MS-Stralau-Berlin-08.05.2016.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><em>Thanks for that story Frosch and to Natali for pics and videos! And great to see Jam Today thrive in Berlin &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me Mate Frosch reports from the Berlin away game of Jam Today: My wife and I had to decide early on at the end of last year if we were going to take a trip to Berlin 1st weekend of May to watch our friends from Jam Today joining the Sex Pistols Experience on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[411,787,461],"class_list":["post-6033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows","tag-jam-today","tag-ms-stralau","tag-sex-pistols-experience","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}