SV: OFF: Bedouin

[Henrik Hallgren]

Hi there!

I agree that Alan and his band was great but the first band was better I think and judging by the number of people in the crowd on each performance it was clear who were the favourites, or was I blind/deaf?
The problem with Bedouin´s music is that we have all heard it before although it´s very heavy and well done.

Dr Hasbeen is a new awesome act with plenty of great songs and new ideas, and with a real drummer they will "knock ém dead" !!!
They only negative was that they only could play for about 30 minutes.
I´m sure that they easily could play up to 120 minutes with their own material added with some great HW-covers.
Concerning encores; I wanted them back on stage but all but one stopped clapping and stomping after a while so I thought that this was it. The one who wanted more actually went on stage and tried get Bedouin´s back. Unfortunallly without any result.




>>>If Neil wants to do a better review then me feel free coz I'm no expert at
>>>this game.
>>
>>No, I can't really add any more than this. Sound was lovely and clear at the
>>back where I was stood, and much better than Manchester mix.
>>
>>Alan's face was a picture when he realised the support were covering 'Urban
>>Guerilla'...
>>
>>The lack of encore was simply a reflection of the lack of crowd noise at the
>>end. Shame.
>>
>>Neil.
>
>I wish I'd made a note of the set list to be honest, I have to agree that
>the sound was well rockin', the k/b fills and bits which Alan triggered
>seemed to work very well, I have heard some say that he's better
>without but I like them.
>
>As for 'Urban Guerilla", what can I say !!  I forgot to put my mask
>on for it though.  It is one of my fave tracks and hopefully we'll be
>slotting it on our release scheduled (hopefully) for late May or
>early June.
>
>I would have liked LSD to have been played, but what the heck, I
>laughed a bit when the band joined in with the more, more chants
>though.  A seriously fun night for me which didn't finish until
>around 6 am on Thursday.
>
>>     The "encore" is dead.  People can't be bothered to make
>>a lot of noise when they know you're coming back out anyway.
>>Conversely, everyone knows some bands won't come back out and
>
>>play more no matter how much you clap and shout.  Play until
>>everyone sods off home, is my suggestion!  Longer, if ya feel
>>like it :)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Carl
>
>I gotta agree with this, but I think it's a sign of appreciation to
>give it some, even when you know they ain't gonna go back
>on the stage.
>
>Derby seems to be a bloody odd place when it comes to live
>music anyway. The crowd always seem to enjoy
>the gig but nobody ever wants to be seen to getting 'out of it',
>which can be a pain sometimes. Ah well, that's  folk...
>
>Cheers,  Mark.
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