Got to the club at about 11 and was told that metro area were on at 12. the music before was abysmal. a mish mash of 70's funk, reggae, hip hop, soul and house. if that sounds good to you, believe me it wasn't. not the best of any of these genres and not even an inkling of mixing, tracks merely stopped dead and so did the dance floor. quite disappointing to see that a club that seems to have a really broadminded music policy is willing to serve up any old tripe for the hoxton luvvies to sway to in their glad rags. at 1.15 metro area came on to a crowd who had been waiting desperately in a packed venue. they started to play and it was AMAZING. 10 minutes later, the equipment packed out. they announced that they would have to get a new piece of something and we would have to wait an hour. at this point, i sat myself down in a corner and chainsmoked until that hour was up . at 2.30 they were back on. it was one of the best live sets i've ever seen. i've seen a lot that seem all stop and start, but this really flowed, it was so tight and the sound was sharp and clear. deep, warm vibes and ultimately dancable. it was a short but intensely sweet hour and i left feeling that i had been rewarded for the earlier strife - and that doesn't happen often. metro area rule!
Date: 06 May 2002 13:16 Subject: [313] Some new records, Metro Area live & football anthems Swimming". > >Went to see Metro Area at Plastic People but it didn't all go according to >plan. For a start, being bank holiday weekend, it was rammed. Having all the >gear set up in the middle of the dancefloor as an unfortunate necessity, I >suppose (there's nowhere else), but you couldn't dance/move on the >dancefloor, and at points hardly breathe. MA came on at about 1am, but only >played half a track before something crashed. By 2am they still hadn't >started again and I was feeling ill so headed home. Only to discover froma >friend the next day most folk had left not long after and when Metro Area >restarted their storming set, everything was hunky dory. Damn :) When I sang >my cat meowing version of Metro Area 1 down the phone (I sing it to my cat >quite a bit), he told me they played that one last and it was ace. No doubt, >you wee &^*(! > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
