The Whole of the Moon
Saw The Waterboys this week with friends from Warwick. I'd bought the tickets expecting that it would be a typical show with a lot of the old hits, but discovered nearer to the time that it was to be a musical presentation of the poems of Irishman W.B.Yeats. It was a smart modern seated venue but my expectations for the concert were not particularly high.
Frontman Mike Scott acknowledged our bravery in attending a performance of "probably more than two album's worth of music you have not heard before". There was a drunken cry from the balcony to "play the old ones", but Mike carried on with a varied succession of Celtic tinged folk, rock and blues, backed by an assortment from his talented nine piece band. It was a lot better than I had expected and indeed by the end of the main performance I was quite moved by it all. In the encores, Mike relented and played rousing performances of "Don't Bang The Drum" and "The Whole of the Moon" from The Waterboys' 1980s heyday. The crowd (aside from the ejected heckler) left happy.
In other news, last call for the music competition
Frontman Mike Scott acknowledged our bravery in attending a performance of "probably more than two album's worth of music you have not heard before". There was a drunken cry from the balcony to "play the old ones", but Mike carried on with a varied succession of Celtic tinged folk, rock and blues, backed by an assortment from his talented nine piece band. It was a lot better than I had expected and indeed by the end of the main performance I was quite moved by it all. In the encores, Mike relented and played rousing performances of "Don't Bang The Drum" and "The Whole of the Moon" from The Waterboys' 1980s heyday. The crowd (aside from the ejected heckler) left happy.
In other news, last call for the music competition