Manu Chao - Three nights in Brixton

[Crispy]

The reggae bits were good. The sudden snap changes to double time punk versions were annoying. Most of the re-chorded covers were worse than the originals. (stand by me chords? oh crist). Band sorely needed a brass section. Overall, good fun, but not worth the money, IMO

 

[twister]

yeah, enjoyed it but agree with alot of what you said Crispy - got annoying that every song predictably ended in a a polka-punk mosh-out..

.. and how many encores did they want/do??

i'll stick to the recorded stuff, unless he does an acoustic set or something..

 

[Miss-Shelf]

yeah - i kinda agree about the sound/horns

still love his/bands energy bouncing around - lots of dancing where we were and jumping round - really enjoyed it but not blown away as I sort of expected

 

[Hoss]

The reggae bits were good. The sudden snap changes to double time punk versions were annoying. Most of the re-chorded covers were worse than the originals. (stand by me chords? oh crist). Band sorely needed a brass section. Overall, good fun, but not worth the money, IMO

Agreed - the 2step punk style got irritating after 2 songs, as did the way they felt the ned to end EVERY song with a 7 beat roll on the snare.

the reggae was good, the latin cuban-esque bt was good as was the fantastic spanish guitar but all in all a waste of money.

And at £20 a ticket what the fuck was he harping on about anti capitalist "fight finance" bollocks for.

A lot of pseudo-hippy bullshit if you ask me.

And probably the ultimate cringe - the bass player in a Che Guevara basketball vest. Ha!

 

[William of Walworth]

I really wish I'd been at this gig, but these reports remind me of how bad the sound quality at the Academy can be ...

Unlikely to be there again til early March** but yes, prices are steep for well known bands there and you get ripped off both sound quality wise, and shit, chemical, overpriced 'beer' wise ...

**The L*v*ll*rs 20th anniversary tour, early 2008

 

[PursuedByBears]

He was bloody fantastic at Manchester Apollo last night.

I'm still dancing now

 

[schnickschnack]

He was bloody fantastic at Manchester Apollo last night.

I'm still dancing now

I know, best gig I've been to for ages! Particularly the double time punk bits!

 

[twister]

Particularly the double time punk bits!

so basically you really liked the end of every song then?

 

[schnickschnack]

The bits before were ok as well.