I've
seen The Damned about 30 times now and I'll say that this wasn't the
best gig ever, neither was it the worst. I don't think the band were
happy at all with crowd. Pinch asked if 'anybody was out there' as
to be honest the crowd were very quiet. The venue was quite full though.
This
was AFTER a nasty incident where some idiot threw what appeared to
be a full or near full pint of beer at the stage. It hit Dave head
on and soaked Cappy pretty bad. Cappy was furious. I've never seen
him so angry. I've seen many things thrown at the band over the years
but never have they reacted that way. Cappy asked the person to own
up. Obviously they didn't. Dave said that if it happened again they'd
walk off. However, Cappy was so mad he took his guitar off and walked
off stage. At this point I thought it was game over.
Leo
got on the mike and asked for calm. He also said that if anything
else was thrown the band would go off. During all this Dave stayed
in the corner of the stage.
After
about 5 mins Cappy returned and the gig resummed but there was an
obvious silence between band members and crowd. The crowd were subdued
as well. This incident had happened about 5 songs in.
The
gig continued but it was a bit down for 5 or so songs. The long version
of Looking At You didn't go down well, neither did Magic
Potion or Absinthe. My choice would have been Discoman,
Nasty or Plan 9 here. After this Dave said we'll play
you something you know and they burst into Eloise.
Things
got better towards the end and Suzie Lollipop made an appearance on
guitar for the encore.
For
me personally, I really enjoyed Love Song, Second Time Around
and Just Can't Be Happy as an opener. Superb stuff. My Mrs
who was with me reckoned it was the best New Rose she'd ever
heard. It was a cracker. Melody Lee was also fantastic. I didn't
like Curatin Call really. First time I'd heard Jet Boy Jet
Girl which was great. Sound was good. A good venue, just spolit
by 'that' incident.
Thanks
to the roadie, we got a copy of the set list which I'm sure was played
in this order. As a result of the farce they didn't play Igniite.
Set
list...
Intro
Love Song
Second Time Around
Just Can't Be Happy Today
Antipope
New Rose
History of the World
I Fall (This was crossed out and wasn't played)
Street of Dreams (This was played in place of I Fall)
Looking At You
So Hot
Magic Potion
Absinthe
Ignite (Was not played)
Eloise
Melody Lee
Neat Neat Neat (The long version)
Jet
Boy Jet Girl
Curtain Call
Noise Noise Noise
Smash it Up
That's
it folks. Not the best, not the worst but I'm happy tonight to have
seen the best band in whole fackin world. If you're reading this Cappy,
no it's ok, I didn't mind you kissing the mrs outside the venue. She
was after all the prettiest girl at the gig. Thing is, I wanted a
kiss too. Boo Hoo.
BAGGY