You Am I @ The Gaelic Club-23/5/09
June 22nd 2009 10:59
Janet Jackson had song in the nineties that went “the best things, in life are free” and in these hard economic times, The wonderful people at the JDset decided to throw open the Gaelic’s doors for a free gig.
First on were Adelaide’s The Shiny Brights. These guys rocked the growing crowd with a no nonsense rawk show. The band ripped through their 40 minute set, barely pausing between songs. The singer thrashed his body around the small stage area (obviously no one could use You am I’s gear so the stage was cluttered with instruments and fuck all room for the bands), the drummer was simply brilliant. Agreed by a friend of mine, the drummer really kicked the songs along. The rest of the rhythm section should look to the drummer as inspiration because they were...lacklustre. The bass player, who looked like a private school rugby union player just stood there until the last song which he did some back up vocals for and the the other guitarist looked like he wanted to be at the bar instead of on stage. Otherwise, a great set.
When I saw the synthiser come out for Sydney’s YThe Glass Ceiling, I shuddered. This was a rock show and I a synth? I wasn’t feeling good about this band and they delivered on that feeling. A lack of energy, boring songs and the only highlight for me was watching the guitarist/synth player’s slick dance moves. Skinny jeans/skinny tie lite rock that maybe want to drink more beer, more quickly in the vain hope that it might make them sound good, in the same way as beer goggles work, i was hoping for beer hearing aids. It didn’t work.
Who can tell me the name of You Am I’s last album? Probably not many of you, we remember them for their classic albums from the last decade. And the band even joked about it during the set. The band ripped through mostly tracks from later albums plus songs that probably don’t get much of a live performance, but it certainly rocked for the 90 minutes they were on stage. The band played with the tightness and professionalism of an act doing their thing for nearly 20 years. The highlight for me was the classic ‘Good Morning’ and the amazing cover of The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ which came from nowhere and set the crowd into a frenzy. Covering The Clash is always risky business but they did an amazing job. Tim even handled a crowd surfer who hit the stage by kicking him and then grabbing him in a headlock and throwing him off stage. A great show from a legendary Aussie band.
In the end, Janet Jackson was on the money with her song. the best things in life are for free!!
First on were Adelaide’s The Shiny Brights. These guys rocked the growing crowd with a no nonsense rawk show. The band ripped through their 40 minute set, barely pausing between songs. The singer thrashed his body around the small stage area (obviously no one could use You am I’s gear so the stage was cluttered with instruments and fuck all room for the bands), the drummer was simply brilliant. Agreed by a friend of mine, the drummer really kicked the songs along. The rest of the rhythm section should look to the drummer as inspiration because they were...lacklustre. The bass player, who looked like a private school rugby union player just stood there until the last song which he did some back up vocals for and the the other guitarist looked like he wanted to be at the bar instead of on stage. Otherwise, a great set.
When I saw the synthiser come out for Sydney’s YThe Glass Ceiling, I shuddered. This was a rock show and I a synth? I wasn’t feeling good about this band and they delivered on that feeling. A lack of energy, boring songs and the only highlight for me was watching the guitarist/synth player’s slick dance moves. Skinny jeans/skinny tie lite rock that maybe want to drink more beer, more quickly in the vain hope that it might make them sound good, in the same way as beer goggles work, i was hoping for beer hearing aids. It didn’t work.
Who can tell me the name of You Am I’s last album? Probably not many of you, we remember them for their classic albums from the last decade. And the band even joked about it during the set. The band ripped through mostly tracks from later albums plus songs that probably don’t get much of a live performance, but it certainly rocked for the 90 minutes they were on stage. The band played with the tightness and professionalism of an act doing their thing for nearly 20 years. The highlight for me was the classic ‘Good Morning’ and the amazing cover of The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ which came from nowhere and set the crowd into a frenzy. Covering The Clash is always risky business but they did an amazing job. Tim even handled a crowd surfer who hit the stage by kicking him and then grabbing him in a headlock and throwing him off stage. A great show from a legendary Aussie band.
In the end, Janet Jackson was on the money with her song. the best things in life are for free!!
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