Xmas Gig

[Rockerq@ao...com]

Fantastic gig! Best line-up I've seen for years - great to see Angelo, 
Rodney 
and Dave back in the fold! Not forgetting Wojtek of course! Good to see 
that 
time hasn't slowed him down the way it has me!

Thanks to the guy outside the gig who sold me his absent mate's ticket for 
a 
fiver!

Karlheinz Stockhausen said: "We should listen to old music one day a year 
and 
the other 364 days we should listen to now music." Since he died today I 
reckon it was pretty apt to see the Aeros - even if they played more the 
one day 
than the 364.

For me, Angelo made the gig tonight - "Weightless" being a particular high 
- 
even if he couldn't quite remember how to get into "...And Stones" in one 
pass! And the one new track sounded great - possibly "25 pounds" - with 
Rita Lynch 
sharing vocal duties with Gerard L. Other highlights were "Warhol's 
Fifteen" 
and a fantastic version of "Police (38 Divinity)" without the backing 
tapes 
but with 5 full on guitars hitting "that" chord over John L's best 
pounding 
beat!

Angelo also managed to play the entire intro to "Breakin in your heart" in 
the wrong key -   so when everyone else came in it sounded like they'd got 
it 
wrong - but we'd forgive him anything for the solo in ".....and stones"! I 
heard 
someone in the audience shout "who's that fucking guitarist and where have 
you been hiding him?" and the answer came back from stage left "That's 
Angelo - 
usually we can't afford him", which made me laugh.

Surprisingly little from "Altitude" tonight.

After the side projects of "Harvest" and "Lit 4" I for one can't wait to 
hear 
some new material from the Aeroplanes! On tonight's evidence they rock!

Cheers!

rocker   

_______________________________________________
The Blue Aeroplanes mailing list
BluePlanes@bl...org
http://www.blueaeroplanes.org/