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- From: dpbailey AT att.net
- To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] a contrary view ...
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 17:39:28 +0000
an appraisal of the slits' gig this week in dublin, as recounted on the wire (the band, not the zine) list --
>>Finally The Slits arrived in Dublin last night and
frankly, it was a disapointment. Very late by the time
they took the stage, so it was a rather short set, as
the venue's policy on finish times is infuriatingly
strict. Very little of the old material - about 3
numbers if I rmemeber rightly, one of which
(Shoplifting) was repeated in the single song encore.
The new material wasn't bad but just didn't grab me.
No sign of Viv Albertine. Tessa sat plying her bass on
a low stool, looking like a washerwoman out of place.
A young drummer, two guitarists and a 'vocalist' (she
screamed a bit and grinned a lot), these women were
young enough to have been born after The Slits were
originally around. Then there was Ari Up, hogging the
limelight. Encouraging everyone to scream and jump up
and down, be 'dubby and punky', like it was a kids
birthday party. Constantly going on about being
thrilled to be finally playing Ireland 2 5 years later,
and various other platitudes about the country,
stopping at one point to talk about 'her Sex Pistols
step dad playing Irish folk records when she was
little' (leave it out will ye!), giving out about
being sex starved, saying how 'hot' she felt (cue
pouring bottled water down her crotch)... shut up and
play ! You could easily have fit another song into the
set if she had done..
'Do a runner !'
Yeah, I shoud have.<<
frankly, it was a disapointment. Very late by the time
they took the stage, so it was a rather short set, as
the venue's policy on finish times is infuriatingly
strict. Very little of the old material - about 3
numbers if I rmemeber rightly, one of which
(Shoplifting) was repeated in the single song encore.
The new material wasn't bad but just didn't grab me.
No sign of Viv Albertine. Tessa sat plying her bass on
a low stool, looking like a washerwoman out of place.
A young drummer, two guitarists and a 'vocalist' (she
screamed a bit and grinned a lot), these women were
young enough to have been born after The Slits were
originally around. Then there was Ari Up, hogging the
limelight. Encouraging everyone to scream and jump up
and down, be 'dubby and punky', like it was a kids
birthday party. Constantly going on about being
thrilled to be finally playing Ireland 2 5 years later,
and various other platitudes about the country,
stopping at one point to talk about 'her Sex Pistols
step dad playing Irish folk records when she was
little' (leave it out will ye!), giving out about
being sex starved, saying how 'hot' she felt (cue
pouring bottled water down her crotch)... shut up and
play ! You could easily have fit another song into the
set if she had done..
'Do a runner !'
Yeah, I shoud have.<<
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- [TypicalGirls] Grant McClennan [Go-Betweens] R.I.P., Chuck Warner, 05/07/2006
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