Re: Brighton

["gordon" <dwilhelmi@ti...co.uk>]

  I thought it was rather better than that, in fact I really rather enjoyed
the whole set. I was pretty determined to mind you; this Kemptown gig was
always one I was undecided on until the Pompey gig was scratched.
  I therefore spent a good couple of hours chasing a ticket, with the guy 
in
the Hanbury Arms at one point saying it was sold out !

  Gerrard and Max Noble were having a drink the second time I went back, 
and
for a moment I considered giving them a sob story, but instead asked 
Gerrard
about the Pompey cancellation.

  Somebody, somewhere didn't do what they were supposed to apparently, and
he bemoaned the drop in standards from the old days.

  I felt right at home after that, unashamed Grumpy Old Man that I am.

  Altitude formed the spine of the set, but being unfamiliar with some of
the material, I lost track of the playlist.

  Raise the Roof did.
  Tree Full of Starlings is beautiful.....
  Beautiful Is... got in there, as did
  Up in a Down World, I think.
  Jacket...
  ..and Stones
  The Applicant were pretty much in a chunk, and predictably brilliant.
  Spitting Out... was an unexpected treat, but
  Days Of 49 was a highlight for me, even without fiddle.
  Yr Own World was fun.
  Did Colour Me get played ?

  Detective Song, yes, and, of course
  Breaking.......

  Anybody out there with the definitive list ?

  And how about Norwich tonight ?

  Gerrard did also say, rather teasingly, that the Mean Fiddlr gig should 
be
good. Dunno whether he said that because he realised I was down from the
smoke, or for another reason.

  Bothered ! Got tickets for that one.

  Goodnight

  G

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "suzzell" <suzzell@ws...org.uk>
  To: <blueplanes@st...net>
  Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:29 PM
  Subject: [Blueplanes] Brighton


  Hanbury, Brighton, March 27th

  Opening night, one day later than planned.  Gerard's
  slinking around, taking in the support, eyeing the punters
  from the safety of those shades.  The Hanbury's filling up
  nicely, but it's not the biggest ballroom in the world.
  It's not even the biggest in Kemp Town.

  They start, low-key.  No Rodney.  No Wojtek.  No Ian.
  Still, 3 guitars and the mighty thumping Brother John.
  First impressions : skakey.  New songs flatter to deceive.
  A heavy Fall/Beefheart grind that muddy any subtlety
  present.  Funny, but the news songs sound more dated than
  'Spitting Out Miracles', an unexpected mid-point
  highlight.  Thinks perked up.  The dancers arrive.  Gerard
  starts smiling.  A riotous 'Applicant', a supremely
  tightly-coiled 'Detective Song'.  A real song instead of
  a terrace-anthem encore, not that I'm complaining either
  way.  And out into the night.

  Sporadic magic it was.  But sporadic magic is better than no
  magic at all.

  Hope you all enjoy the rest of the fortnight.

  Opposite Steve.


  Unrelated questions :

  1. What was the last gig not to close with TV's BIMH ?
  2. Is Gerard copying Wojtek's dancing, or did Wojtek copy
  Gerard ?
  3. What do these guys do for day jobs ?  Not meaning to
  sound rude, but
          surely all these years of inactivity couldn't
  support a squad half
          this size.
  4. Who or what is a Pony Boy ?


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