- This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 6 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
No, not me! 😆
Checking out the FB comments for the Glaswegian git-down, both pre- and post-…there are the typical “Rain” requests, blah blah blah. But after the show, there are quite a few peeps upset with Bruce not taking them for a stroll through the musical Madame Tussaud’s; who knew that poor ol’ BH gets the same treatment from a certain percentage of dunderheaded Scots that he has to deal with delivered in ‘Murkin?!
To be fair, there are more FB scribes who enjoyed the new avenues, as it were.
Wanna giggle? Take a look for yourselves, and experience some fine Scotch whines. (Sorry ‘ bout THAT one…)
T, who always loves to water his Celtic roots
Wow.
Si posted the sets from London and Glasgow.
Here’s G:
01/30/12 Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, UK
Set One: (Shostakovich) > China Doll, Lost in the Snow, Sad Moon, Song C > Sad Moon, Lost Soul, Heir Gordon, (Schoenberg), Neighbourhood Watch, (Don of Dons), Soon Enough, Mandolin Rain
Set Two: Valley Road > (Life of the Party), The Road Not Taken > (Hole in My Bucket) > (Working in a Coalmine), End of the Innocence, 20/20 Vision, I Can’t Make You Me, The Way It Is
Encore: What the Hell Happened, Spider Fingers > (Questions and Answers)That’s what the gripers were griping about? 😆
L:
01/28/12 Shepherds Bush Empire – London, UK
Set One: (Shostakovich) > The Road Not Taken, Valley Road, Black Rats of London, Don of Dons, Soon Enough, Where’s the Bat, 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town, Catenaires > Talk of the Town > Charlie Woody and You, I Can’t Make You Love Me
Set Two: Country Doctor, Dreaded Spoon, Crown of Jewels, End of the Innocence, (new song from Red Hook Summer), Spider Fingers > Questions and Answers, The Way It Is, Fortunate Son, Mandolin Rain
Encore: What the Hell Happened
Encore 2: Standing on the Moon > Halcyon DaysLooks good, what’s the prob? Oh, right…”dire” first set, indulgence…I surprised I didn’t see the fab Brit word “muso.” There’s still time, I suppose.
T
I was there. Bruce got a standing ovation as far back as I could see, so I’m guessing the two or three who expected the Range to turn up had to be vocal about it. Talk about cutting your nose to spite your face… these people apparently allowed Bruce one set to play all of his hits, and when they only heard one of them, took off at the interval!
Same for them, as second half they’d have got what they came for.
What I find most bemusinis hat these people must have known before the show that they evidently hadn’t followed Bruce in years, so why get in a tizzy because they didn’t recognise the songs?!
Bruce acknowledged a European influence on the modern jazz that he’s been studying, and so that was reflected in some of what he played. He also rewarded some of the more uncommon requests that he didn’t expect people to know (What the Hell Happened…) which only further confuses me when the Facebook intelligentsia complain that he only played what he wanted to.
I saw little evidence of an unhappy crowd, so I’m betting that the two or three who walked out during the break were irate enough to show their behinds on Facebook before they’d calmed down.
- The forum ‘Tour dates/meet-ups’ is closed to new topics and replies.