Wednesday, April 04, 2007
They Call Me The Seeker
Saw The Who at the Albert Hall on Saturday to complete my trio of gigs I attended in aid of the teenage cancer trust. They were good, but not as awesome as they could have been. The show was the same as their US arena tours with pictures choreographed to the music behind the stage. This lead to a rather controlled gig rather than the room for improvisation that Townshend and Daltrey seem to thrive in. The set also only consisted of 15 songs whereby in previous years it would regularly extend to over twenty. The sort of show that would get rave reviews in America but I felt something was slightly missing here. Townshend did say that they had just flown in and were rather jetlagged so this may explain matters. Celeb spotting though was to be had, and Ken Russell was one of the faces in the boxes enjoying himself. After we went to the Prince of Wales pub in Kensington where a lovely model-esque barmaid served us, presumably called Simona as there is a rave review of her looks on the beer in the evening website. Alas not photo to add here though!
Who set – Cant Explain / The Seeker / Who Are You / Behind Blue Eyes / Baba O’Reilly / Eminence Front / Man In A Purple Dress / Black Widows Eyes / You Better You Bet / My Generation / Won’t Get Fooled Again ////// Pinball Wizard / Amazing Journey / Sparks / See Me Feel Me – Listening To You / Tea And Theatre
Other stuff I’ve been up to? Went to Berties Wine Bar in Wimbledon for the first time in years on Friday. Last time I was there it was distinctly posh and a wine bar, here it was transformed into a pub with a good selection of draught beer & even one ale! I was quite impressed. Saints fortunes change radically with a six nil thrashing at Woverhampton. Still all to play for to get a play-off spot but actually gives us some hope for the remaining games. Sunday I went to Bar Room Bar in Sutton, where not only was it happy hour (£2 a Carlsberg between 5 & 7) I saw the 2nd half of the inept Spurs Reading game, some of the Cricket, was served by a very attractive barmaid who was in there with a group of equally attractive friends and also heard a lot of mid 90s indie including Cast, The Bluetones and Blur. A top place for an unlikely time of week.
Who set – Cant Explain / The Seeker / Who Are You / Behind Blue Eyes / Baba O’Reilly / Eminence Front / Man In A Purple Dress / Black Widows Eyes / You Better You Bet / My Generation / Won’t Get Fooled Again ////// Pinball Wizard / Amazing Journey / Sparks / See Me Feel Me – Listening To You / Tea And Theatre
Other stuff I’ve been up to? Went to Berties Wine Bar in Wimbledon for the first time in years on Friday. Last time I was there it was distinctly posh and a wine bar, here it was transformed into a pub with a good selection of draught beer & even one ale! I was quite impressed. Saints fortunes change radically with a six nil thrashing at Woverhampton. Still all to play for to get a play-off spot but actually gives us some hope for the remaining games. Sunday I went to Bar Room Bar in Sutton, where not only was it happy hour (£2 a Carlsberg between 5 & 7) I saw the 2nd half of the inept Spurs Reading game, some of the Cricket, was served by a very attractive barmaid who was in there with a group of equally attractive friends and also heard a lot of mid 90s indie including Cast, The Bluetones and Blur. A top place for an unlikely time of week.
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