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patentdragonThe gig review... right. How about this...?
Where to begin... well, how about that rarity at shows I attend - the support act? Local "sci-funsters" (use that and I insist on royalties ;-)) Nanobots were a complete unknown to me, but their half-hour set was in fact quite entertaining, gaining increasing support throughout from a crowd clearly eager for The Greatest Party Band In The World. Good work!
So, the stars of the show weren't long in following, and what an opener: classic and serious fave Planet Claire, setting the tone for the evening as Athens, GA's finest turned the clock back and dug into the first album on several occasions - we also got Lava, the truly splendid Dance This Mess Around, and self-confessed "punk song" 6060-842 - and of course one song no show could ever be without, but that's the other end of the set, stopping off along the way at (in no particular order) Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (solo vocals from Cindy Wilson there)... Is That You Mo-Dean... Whammy Kiss... Love In The Year 3000...
Personally, the highlight has to be Roam, one of my all-time favourite songs, and an absolute JOY to sing along to. It's always so good when a band seem to realise that there's something they can do to completely make your night, and they go ahead and do it. Crazy, I know, but hey.
Most people will probably know the band from the major hit that was Love Shack, and that was what ended the set proper, getting perhaps the biggest reaction of the night - and a "Tin roof - rusted!" from everyone at the appropriate moment. An encore was inevitable, for one song was conspicuous by its absence - and I don't mean Party Out Of Bounds, with which the band returned to the stage. Rock Lobster (See? Got there in the end!) was the song to end the evening, and it wasn't until the lights came up that you remembered you were in a much more... intimate venue than I usually frequent.
An entirely unfamiliar venue which had something of an unwelcome surprise on hand for Yours Truly - which I will most likely expand upon tomorrow...
The Final Verdict... Brilliant. A wonderful opportunity to see a great band, and in no way short-changing my expectations. THANK YOU. 8.5/10
Where to begin... well, how about that rarity at shows I attend - the support act? Local "sci-funsters" (use that and I insist on royalties ;-)) Nanobots were a complete unknown to me, but their half-hour set was in fact quite entertaining, gaining increasing support throughout from a crowd clearly eager for The Greatest Party Band In The World. Good work!
So, the stars of the show weren't long in following, and what an opener: classic and serious fave Planet Claire, setting the tone for the evening as Athens, GA's finest turned the clock back and dug into the first album on several occasions - we also got Lava, the truly splendid Dance This Mess Around, and self-confessed "punk song" 6060-842 - and of course one song no show could ever be without, but that's the other end of the set, stopping off along the way at (in no particular order) Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (solo vocals from Cindy Wilson there)... Is That You Mo-Dean... Whammy Kiss... Love In The Year 3000...
Personally, the highlight has to be Roam, one of my all-time favourite songs, and an absolute JOY to sing along to. It's always so good when a band seem to realise that there's something they can do to completely make your night, and they go ahead and do it. Crazy, I know, but hey.
Most people will probably know the band from the major hit that was Love Shack, and that was what ended the set proper, getting perhaps the biggest reaction of the night - and a "Tin roof - rusted!" from everyone at the appropriate moment. An encore was inevitable, for one song was conspicuous by its absence - and I don't mean Party Out Of Bounds, with which the band returned to the stage. Rock Lobster (See? Got there in the end!) was the song to end the evening, and it wasn't until the lights came up that you remembered you were in a much more... intimate venue than I usually frequent.
An entirely unfamiliar venue which had something of an unwelcome surprise on hand for Yours Truly - which I will most likely expand upon tomorrow...
The Final Verdict... Brilliant. A wonderful opportunity to see a great band, and in no way short-changing my expectations. THANK YOU. 8.5/10
