Re: Xmas Gig

[E Bennett <ebennett@mo...co.uk>]

Sounds bloody fantastic. I've not seen the 'Planes since what, '94 or 
'95. I was still in sixth form, I know that much. I'm listening to Fruit 
right now but I bet it's not a patch on last night. Waaaaaaaaaaah.

Sad of somewhere in Wales.

E

Rockerq@ao...com wrote:
> 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
>
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