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I know it's a bit late, but for those who weren't
there & for those who can't remember cos of the alcohol, here's a review ;
Venue; Yates' Wine Lodge, South Promenade,
Blackpool
Date; Friday 29th June 2001
On advice from our organisers, Chris & Cheryl,
we all made our way along the road to Yates' Wine Lodge in small groups, to
avoid being refused entry. When I arrived, the place was filling up nicely. We
all congregated at & around the dance floor / stage. The stage was nicely
decorated with a two tone Badness backdrop. The pre-gig music was excellent,
with some old classics being thrown in amongst todays chart stuff. Everyone was
in high spirits & the drink was flowing freely, the atmosphere was
brilliant, I could tell it was going to be a good night ! One more beer & I
was ready for it, camcorder at the ready !
Then it was time for the Badness - first came the
starwars intro, then the Band appeared to raptures of cheers & started with
the customary instrumental - just like the "real" Bad Manners - "Echo 4 + 2".
The dancing started, but this was just a warm up, cos then appeared Mike Watts,
the singer, in his imitation newspaper suit (not a patch on yours Swanny ;o)) -
or yours Jonathon ;o))). It was go mental time as he burst into "THIS IS SKA
!!!" The place was bouncing now.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any better -
it did ! The first Madness song of the night - a brilliant version of "House of
Fun". This was followed by many a Madness classic ; "Embarrassment" - one of my
faves so the camcorder was passed on so I could do some nutty dancing - not that
it had stopped me earlier of course ; "My Girl" - another cracking version, I
can rememder playing piano on someones head during the piano solo
;o).
"Swan Lake" - Simesy tried to get us up on stage to
re-enact the headbutting routine but was thwarted by the bouncer, who looked
like something out of The Addams Family, with his shaved head & stitched up
eye - we weren't messing wi him ;o). Then came "Rockin' in Ab" - I went walk
about with the camera here to try & capture the atmosphere on the floor
& to get as many faces as poss. on vid.
Next came the song of the night, for me -
"Lovestruck" - and they performed it brilliantly, with a little help from Simesy
who had sorted em out with the lyrics - Mike Watts also dedicated the song to
him. The dancefloor was just MAD during this. It was then followed by "The
Prince" before Mike Watts departed for a break & made way for BUSTER
BEEFBURGER !!!...............to be continued !
cheers the noo.................Rob W.
....but don't they understand.....i'm from a broken
home !!!
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