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.<<
Re: [TypicalGirls] a contrary view ...,
dpbailey, 05/05/2006