... it wasn't too good actually. you could say that my tude wasn't very positive to begin with, but this was most of all an aging rock star wobbling around bare-chested and starting to whip up a frenzy in a basketball arena in a suburban comunity on a wednesday evening. he played six or seven dp songs which is fine, i guess.
but it was much more appropriate this summer, when i saw him at an outdoor festival (roskilde), where everybody was drunk and loved-up and nostalgic, and the whole thing was much more in order there.
this was more like ... you could see how much these songs meant to people, because they've grown up on them, and it was kinda touching. it surely made the hairs in the back of my neck stand up. but it was a party for the past, choreographed by a rawk band that most of the time played in a very ugly stadium rock 80ies sound. ironic to hear synthpop evergreen 'just can't get enough' in a goddamn UNPLUGGED version!
heroin addict gone retrorocker. synth pioneer gone unplugged. rebel gone stale.
best track, though: 'black and blue again'.
comments?
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 6 November 2003 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)
heroin addict gone retrorocker???
not disgreeing in any way coz i wasn't there, plus being a massive fan of the mode, i don't reckon i'd enjoy gahan on his own live too much either. but surely being a heroin addict is as retrorock as you can get?
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 6 November 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)
by 'retrorocker' i was trying to imply that his live set is held up by retro versions of ol' classics.
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 6 November 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)