Entertainment For Lively Minds
The Wedding Present
Posted by Olthwaite on 27 August 2010 - 7:56pm.
When:
26/8/10
Where:
Holmfirth Picturedrome
Comments:
You can rent David Gedge's apartment in California (see Weddoes' website) - an incongruous location for a man whose songs evoke steamed-up northern boozers where couples iron out their differences. Gedge is relishing being back in Yorkshire, quipping that Brassneck doesn't sound the same when it's sung by southern fans ('Brarrsneck'). The track kicks off a performance of the entire second LP, Bizarro, on its 21st anniversary. Even though the band have been touring the LP in America since April and will be playing it again in Europe later this year, this gig wasn't billed as a Bizarro night, so it was a treat when Gedge announced the band would be playing the LP in full. As he said in an interview, Bizarro takes the original idea of the Wedding Present — playing songs as fast and for as long as possible — to its logical conclusion. Before this year these songs had never been played back to back, but if it was a struggle it didn't show - the guitar thrashing was fabulous.
The Audience:
Screaming tweenie girls with pink deelybopper ears. Only kidding, I think you can guess the type of blokes who were there. Gedge deals with bizarre song requests ('Monkey Tennis') and a marriage proposal from a male fan with deadpan charm.
Food & Drink:
Free pork pies with every pint every Thursday at the Picturedrome. Marvellous.
It Made Me Think...:
Of the three heroes of middle-aged blokey indiedom - Morrissey, Mark E Smith and Gedge - the latter is the only one you'd want to have a pie and a pint with.








