Sinister: light show
andrew utter
andrewj54 at xxx.com
Wed Jul 10 02:06:18 BST 2002
I had my cherry popped this spring, attenting both the NYC picnic and the
concert, and I am finally getting around to writing about it. It was a great
time, but I have to say, I was very surprised by B&S's onstage persona. I
guess because the songs have so much subtlety and are so expressive of the
tentative and the ephemeral, I expected something that was a little more
restrained, more singer-songwriterish, I guess. I expected Struan to be
unglamourous and to wear an oversized T-shirt with some holes in it, to be a
little shaggy, to sit on a stool and sing into a microphone and mostly look
at the base of the microphone stand and his shoes and nothing else. I did
NOT expect a fair-haired boy in a tight white T-shirt to be pumping out
revved-up, shining-happy-people versions of their super-sensitive songs.
And I did NOT expect a light show, diverting as it was. I thought the whole
point of B&S was that they didn't buy into all of that. This all brings to
mind a comment a friend of mine made about the secret ambitions of all
"indy" film directors: in the end, they all just want to make Out of
Africa. Why I didn't think that would apply to "indy" music I don't know.
But I did have a great time. It was great fun to see everyone scramble
around the stage and take up or shed instruments like so many pieces of
vintage clothing at the Salvation Army while trying to keep up with the
music. I am glad I got to see the infamous Isobel before her departure,
although she seemed to have been mentally elsewhere already. And boy did
she make sure you knew it. Interesting that she didn't appear to want to be
there but made herself so conspicuous, with the red outfit and all.
The band was great, my earlier comments notwithstanding. It was tremendous
to hear the songs live.
Anyway, it's good to be taking in the list again and to cast off the rags of
the lurker and be heard!!!!
Heart,
Andrew
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