GIGS : They Might Be Giants
A favorite of the Aussie alternative scene since the debut (along with JJJ) of 'Bird House in your Soul' back in 89/91, they Might Be Giants have a special place in my heart. Today, while trying to describe them to friends at work, I eventually ended describing them as 'wacky folk' (well they do have an accordion). Having heard them tonight that definition expands as their repertoire covers rock and reggae and, well, pop.
Anyway, the Gig was pretty darn good. Everyone sang along, really loud, to the oldies, and rocked along to the newies. There was a bit in the middle where they played songs they'd written while on the current tour, inspired by the venue they were playing in (pretty much just the inspiration of the name really). This was quite fun, and introduced by a 'personality' called Jonathan Ross (kind of big over here). Unfortunately it probably went on a bit long _and_there_wasn't_one_for_the_current_venue.
From a professionalism point of view the first half of the Gig was a bit sloppy. Right up to the point when the boys joked about 'I don't go to their gigs anymore, they're just too slick'. After that they stopped pausing between songs and generally fucking about and the show picked up the pace and felt a whole lot better.
The Lighting operators don't get any marks though, not only were they very dull, the follow spots were hopeless, generally more accurately referred to as 'follow a few feet behind' spots.
Overall the 15 years (20?) of live experience won through - they had a lot of fun with the audience, and the audience had a lot of fun straight back, from anthems, to ballads, to participation, to just plain weird.
(Oh, the support were some uninspiring 2*girl fronted band. Didn't find out their name, don't really care, though the bass player was cute - the singer was too thin)
Anyway, the Gig was pretty darn good. Everyone sang along, really loud, to the oldies, and rocked along to the newies. There was a bit in the middle where they played songs they'd written while on the current tour, inspired by the venue they were playing in (pretty much just the inspiration of the name really). This was quite fun, and introduced by a 'personality' called Jonathan Ross (kind of big over here). Unfortunately it probably went on a bit long _and_there_wasn't_one_for_the_current_venue.
From a professionalism point of view the first half of the Gig was a bit sloppy. Right up to the point when the boys joked about 'I don't go to their gigs anymore, they're just too slick'. After that they stopped pausing between songs and generally fucking about and the show picked up the pace and felt a whole lot better.
The Lighting operators don't get any marks though, not only were they very dull, the follow spots were hopeless, generally more accurately referred to as 'follow a few feet behind' spots.
Overall the 15 years (20?) of live experience won through - they had a lot of fun with the audience, and the audience had a lot of fun straight back, from anthems, to ballads, to participation, to just plain weird.
(Oh, the support were some uninspiring 2*girl fronted band. Didn't find out their name, don't really care, though the bass player was cute - the singer was too thin)
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Now I'm going to be sitting here singing, "Triangle man, triangle man..." for the rest of my shift :)
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