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Here and Now, Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
November 10,
2003
top to bottom
1927, Mondo Rock, Go West, Belinda Carlisle, Paul
Young, Kim Wilde, Human League
all photos © Tim Cashmere, Undercover
Media Pty Ltd
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The Here and Now tour
through Australia has once again proven that when you play the hits the
audience love you and you give value for
money.
At last
night's show at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena 38 Top 40 hits out for 40
songs were performed in three and a half hours by seven performers and the
audience loved it.
For the
Australian component, it had been many years since 1927 performed but with
ammunition such as 'If I Could', 'That's What I Think of You' and
'Compulsory Hero', the long night of sing-a-long had began.
As for Mondo
Rock, seeing Ross Wilson, Paul Christie, Eric McCusker and James Black
together again leaves you hungry for at least one more short reunion. Most
of the songs were sourced from their 'Chemistry' album but as they have a
new greatest hits in store (The Essential Mondo Rock) a few more live gigs
wouldn't go astray (would it Mr Wilson).
The memories
flooded in as Go West and then Belinda Carlisle collectively performed 11
hits in a row.
Paul Young
was next and although he had the catalogue, it was not a good look. The
words fought to match the melody at times and he was clearly not in
control of the performance.
That was all
quickly forgotten as Kim Wilde came on and immediately charmed the crowd.
You can't complain about seven hits in a row, six of which were Top 10s.
Just before her last number she told the crowd that she didn't do 'Kids In
America' anymore. The joker did 'Kids In Australia' instead. You ol'
trickster, Kim.
Kim's band,
including her brother and co-writer Ricky Wilde, backed each of the
international acts as well, keeping a consistency and flow for the
event.
After
interval, it was time for the headline act, The Human League. This was
like watching Kraftwerk on speed, a note perfect dose of electronica and a
good serving from the second biggest selling album of 1982 'Dare'. Phil
Oakey apologized on a few occasions that they were only performing a cut
down set because of the festival like event but it fitted the mood of the
show and no-one in the audience was complaining. The Human League were one
of the biggest bands of the 80s and created a sound that may have been
inspired by Bowie and Kraftwek but is still valid today.
The Here and
Now show opened in Melbourne last night and plays Brisbane on Saturday
November 15 and Sydney Monday November 17. For anyone who has ever had a
bad hair 80s experience, this is the must see show to relive your
youth.
Here and Now
songs:
Number One
hits performed:
'You Keep Me Hanging On' Kim Wilde
Number Two
hits performed:
'If I Could' 1927, 'Come Said The Boy' Mondo Rock, 'Our
Lips Are Sealed' 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' Belinda Carlisle
Top Five
hits performed:
'That's What I Thin k Of You' 1927, 'Kings Of Wishful
Thinking 'Go West', 'Leave A Light On' Belinda Carlisle, 'If I Can't Have
You' and 'Kids In Australia' Kim Wilde, 'Mirror Man', 'Don't You Want Me'
and 'Together In Electric Dreams' Human League
Top Ten:
'Cool World' and 'State of the Heart' Mondo Rock, 'We Close Our Eyes'
Go West, 'Mad About You' and 'Summer Rain' Belinda Carlisle, 'Wherever I
Lay My Hat' and 'Love Of The Common People' Paul Young, 'Chequered Love',
'View From A Bridge', 'Cambodia' Kim Wilde and 'Keep Feeling Fascination'
Human League.
Here and Now
Set-List and running order:
1927
That's What I Think Of You (from
…Ish, No.5, 1988)
Compulsory Hero (from …Ish, No. 13, 1989)
If I
Could (from …Ish, No. 2, 1988)
Mondo
Rock
No Time intro / Summer of '81 (from Chemistry, No. 31,
1981)
Cool World (from Chemistry, No. 8, 1981)
State of the Heart
(from Chemistry, No. 6, 1980)
Chemistry (from Chemistry, No. 20,
1981)
Come Said The Boy (from Nuovo Mondo, No. 2, 1983)
Go
West
Don't Look Down (from Go West, No. 26, 1986)
Call Me (from Go
West, No. 12, 1985)
We Close Our Eyes (from Go West, No. 8,
1985)
Kings of Wishful Thinking (from Pretty Woman soundtrack, No. 5,
1990)
Belinda
Carlisle
Live Your Life Be Free (from Live Your Live Be Free, No. 11,
1991)
Mad About You (from Belinda, No. 9, 1986)
Circle In The Sand
(from Heaven On Earth, No. 75, 1988)
Summer Rain (from Runaway Horses,
No. 7, 1990)
Leave A Light On (from Runaway Horses, No. 3, 1989)
Our
Lips Are Sealed (from The Gogo's Beauty and The Beat, No. 2,
1981)
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (from Heaven On Earth, No. 2,
1988)
Paul
Young
Wherever I Lay My Hat (from No Parlez, No. 9, 1983)
Come Back
and Stay (from No Parlez, No. 18, 1983)
Love Of The Common People (from
No Parlez, No. 8, 1984)
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (from No
Parlez, No. 25, 1984)
Everytime You Go Away (from The Secret of
Association, No. 20, 1985)
Kim
Wilde
Chequered Love (from Kim Wilde, No. 6, 1981)
View From A
Bridge (from Select, No. 7, 1982)
Cambodia (from Select, No. 7,
1981)
If I Can't Have You (from The Singles Collection 1981-1993, No.
3, 1993)
You Came (from Close, No. 31, 1988)
You Keep Me Hangin' On
(from Another Step, No. 1, 1986)
Kids In Australia (from Kim Wilde, No.
5, 1981)
Human
League
Hard Times / Love Action (from Dare, No. 12, 1981)
Sound of
the Crowd (from Dare, 1981)
Human (from Crash, No. 26, 1986)
Open
Your Heart (from Dare, No.33, 1981)
The Lebanon (from Hysteria, No. 23,
1984)
Keep Feeling Fascination (single, No.8, 1983)
Mirror Man
(single, No. 4, 1982)
Together In Electric Dreams (from Phil Oakey and
Giorgio Moroder, No. 5, 1984)
Don't You Want Me (from Dare, No. 4,
1982)
by Paul
Cashmere
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