From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V11 #17 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Thursday, January 29 2009 Volume 11 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] Bring on the special guest [Fergus Kelly ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:48:57 -0800 (PST) From: Fergus Kelly Subject: [idealcopy] Bring on the special guest Linder is to support Magazine on the Manchester gig on the 17th of February, playing extended versions of the songs from "The Visit". More info here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=402700274&blogID=466820679 Fergus http://www.roomtemperature.org http://www.asullenrelapse.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/ferguskellyrecordings http://www.flickr.com/photos/55867717@N00/sets/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:58:36 -0800 (PST) From: elektrolad Subject: Re: [idealcopy] THE ONLY ONES, That's really funny you mention them. I was in the grocery yesterday (Marc's) and they were playing Another Girl, Another Planet over the p.a. Not sure who does the programming for this particular chain of stores, but the music is always good. Older songs that are sort of 70s/80s underground/alternative hits. And they are cheaper than the other stores... B Billy - --- On Sun, 25/1/09, keith a wrote: From: keith a Subject: [idealcopy] THE ONLY ONES, MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3 pt 1 To: idealcopy@smoe.org Date: Sunday, 25 January, 2009, 6:44 PM I had to wait 27 years between the first and second time I saw the Only Ones. No wonder then that this - a mere 18 months later - seemed to have come round quickly. I remember having my reservations about seeing them back in 2007, wondering if it was best to remember them as they were the first time round - a situation not helped when a skeletal Peter Perrett came onstage with arms so thin that they looked like they could break any minute and sang in a voice that was considerably higher pitched than it used to be. Fortunately the band were on fine form and Perrett settled down and by the time they played a truly awesome version of The Beast towards the end of the set, I was well and truly glad I'd gone. Even so...these doubts came surfaced again. "I saw them on the comeback tour and they didn't disappoint then. Should I cut my losses and give this one a miss" I perused as blokes of my age tend to do. Thankfully I listened to my heart and not my head again. It's The Only Ones after all - in a small, intimate venue on this low-key (and under-publicised) tour. And what's more it turned out it was the proper line-up. I was aware that Mike Kellie had suffered further health problems that had seen the band play some continental gigs with a different drummer and having not read anything further on the subject I was fairly sure that it was going to be a no-show from him, but thankfully he was back and not looking any worse for wear than he did last time round, though he did seem to drum very much within himself. Perrett possibly looked slightly better, too, though all things are relative. Still, at least he wore a jacket which hid those wafer thin arms! And he sounded better, too. Anyway, from the onset this was a top notch performance, with the band playing a less obvious set than last time round, opening with a The Immortal Story that led more or less straight into a nicely subdued Flowers. The band had only played the one new number last time round - a song entitled something like Learning To Fly that sounded rather under-cooked at the time - - but it was fairly obvious that we'd be hearing more new stuff this time seeing as they'd been back together some time and there's a new LP on the horizon. And so it proved, with the band confident enough to throw a new one, Black Operation, in as early as the third number, before they gave us Trouble In The World, perhaps the most notable omission on their comeback tour. They followed this with a great Inbetweens and a truly fabulous version of Transfixed, one of the tracks on Peter Perrett In the One's Woke Up Sticky ep, though if I'm perfectly honest, I didn't recognise it until the bloke next to me told me what it was. Whatever, this was 60's style neo-psychedelic pop of the highest order. The roadie then wheeled out some stools, acoustic guitars and bongos and, after Perrett had said that at their age they needed a sit-down, the band launched into what basically amounted to an Unplugged session consisting of a lovely It's the Truth, Special View, a new number Is This How Much that went on a bit and didn't really do it for me and - wait for it! - an acoustic Another Girl Another Planet. I managed to nab myself a copy of the set-list that states that this acoustic set also included The Whole Of The Law, but this wasn't the case as they had reverted to their electric instruments (and standing up!) by then. Unfortunately, Kellie's bass drum was in need of repair so the three front men played this alone until Kellie eventually joined in towards the end of the song. Still, my enjoyment was in no way spoilt because it's such a great song - a favourite to such a degree that I felt a bit dewy eyed as Perrett sang that opening notion/ocean couplet. Not for the first time that night I was left thinking I was glad I'd come because, when it boils down to it, I was watching one of my favourite ever bands singing some of my favourite ever songs! Me And My Shadow certainly fits into that category with its classic Bo Diddley beat, though I could have done without a drum solo in the middle of it, and I really don't like the way they play As My Wife Says live compared to the record. Still, The Big Sleep was fabulous and the toe-tapping Magic Tablet, which ended the set, sounded very promising. (And although it's not mentioned on the set-list, we also got a typically tight stop/start Programme which was definitely a highlight). (As for the other newies, one (Black Operation I think) had a jaunty beat and Stonesy riff though I wasn't convinced that the chorus was strong enough after one hearing, whilst another (Gave Birth?) had a jazzy feel. One of them had a line that brought a smile to my face, too. I can't recall exactly what it was but it was something about Perrett not having taken enough care of his body which seemed like something of an under-statement!). Part 2 to follow... ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V11 #17 *******************************