Entertainment For Lively Minds
How to Choose Your Favourite Album
- Go to a gig in a small sweaty pub holding no more than 60 people on a Bank Holiday Monday.
- Get Robyn Hitchcock to front a cracking 10 piece band including Green Garside and Mark Bedford.
- Assemble an enthusiastic crowd and throw in a few celebs such as Paul Whitehouse, John Hegley and Joe Boyd.
- Get them to run through all of “Revolver” in order with panache, style and humour, highlighting what a fabulous collection of mixed songs it is – even “Yellow Submarine” worked as a jokey sing-along!
- Get them to come back for a rousing series of Bowie songs, along with some more HJH numbers, including “Rain”, Old Brown Shoe” and a brilliant “She’s So Heavy”.
- Finish with an extended version of “All the Young Dudes”.
Conclude:
1) Gigs in pubs are so much better than big arenas
2) Robyn Hitchcock is a seriously under-rated talent
3) “Revolver” is deservedly my favourite all-time album !!
(More details available from DogFacedBoy’s review of Sunday’s show in the “Nights Out” section.)
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it was akin to climbing Everest at some points when the oxygen levels started dropping due to amount of people in the place. Fresh air was like nectar at half time.
Mr Ellen was introducing me to everyone as DogFacedBoy and I couldn't tell if their looks were of irritation, bemusement or just plain pity. I'm guessing a mix of all three.
Brill gigs thou, am just hoping they can find a new venue to accommodate them (the Lexington?) and their good work can continue.
I saw Hitchcock's White Album gig there
a few years ago. Hot 'n' sweaty and everyone spilling out onto the street. Music wasn't bad either :-)
“Yellow Submarine” worked as a jokey sing-along!
As opposed to what ? Heavy metal? Ska?