Lloyd Cole & The Leopards #FT
Lloyd Cole & The Leopards #FT
The Sage - Tuesday 28th January
Really enjoyed it last night. Great venue & a good audience, strong set weaving the old(er) & new(er) together with a mix of the better & the less well known. The band with 3 guitars, drums/bass/keys were able to do justice to the material with faithful yet interesting arrangements of songs (at no point díd it sound like a tribute act) and it was a great showcase for just how well written/crafted LC's songs are.
Lloyd was charmingly understated in his between song chat, warming up as the night progressed & I think as we showed our appreciation eg "You're not getting any younger, either".
I was also impressed (maybe it's just 'his job' , but still) how he remembered all the lyrics with no notes! Strong vocal performance too.
Many of the songs I hoped for (eg 'No Blue Skies', Like Lovers Do', Myrtle & Rose') amongst the more obvious/expected ones. Would have liked to hear the Leopards playing 'California Earthquake'.
Very enjoyable & so glad I got there. Would be nice to think that this size venue & audience are able to generate sufficient revenue to make similar 'mini-tours' viable in the future.
if you get the chance you should catch this band in action.
Wed 29th UK, Glasgow, ABC
Thu 30th UK, Holmfirth, The Picturedrome
Fri 31st UK, London, Shepherds Bush Empire
See:
http://www.lloydcole.com/weblog/index.php?p=6718&c=1
http://m.sagegateshead.com/event/lloyd-cole30082/
The Sage - Tuesday 28th January
Really enjoyed it last night. Great venue & a good audience, strong set weaving the old(er) & new(er) together with a mix of the better & the less well known. The band with 3 guitars, drums/bass/keys were able to do justice to the material with faithful yet interesting arrangements of songs (at no point díd it sound like a tribute act) and it was a great showcase for just how well written/crafted LC's songs are.
Lloyd was charmingly understated in his between song chat, warming up as the night progressed & I think as we showed our appreciation eg "You're not getting any younger, either".
I was also impressed (maybe it's just 'his job' , but still) how he remembered all the lyrics with no notes! Strong vocal performance too.
Many of the songs I hoped for (eg 'No Blue Skies', Like Lovers Do', Myrtle & Rose') amongst the more obvious/expected ones. Would have liked to hear the Leopards playing 'California Earthquake'.
Very enjoyable & so glad I got there. Would be nice to think that this size venue & audience are able to generate sufficient revenue to make similar 'mini-tours' viable in the future.
if you get the chance you should catch this band in action.
Wed 29th UK, Glasgow, ABC
Thu 30th UK, Holmfirth, The Picturedrome
Fri 31st UK, London, Shepherds Bush Empire
See:
http://www.lloydcole.com/weblog/index.php?p=6718&c=1
http://m.sagegateshead.com/event/lloyd-cole30082/
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