[kj] URGENT: NYC, DC and Philly gatherers: SEE GANG OF FOUR

[Alexander Smith]

I'm going tonight!!

Alex in NYC



On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at 12:16 AM, GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:

> Just got back from the Boston, Mass. GOF show. How ridiculous! They 
> were way better than I remember them from about 1982. They did most of 
> the 1st album (except for the one that goes "guerilla war struggle is 
> a new entertainment", "Paralyzed" from Solid Gold, a much much better, 
> speedy version of "We Live As We Dream Alone", plus "To Hell 
> W/Poverty" and a decent song I didn't recognize (from Shrinkwrapped?). 
> The sound was perfect, as was the performance. The huge Boston 
> audience treated them like rock gods, but their stage presence 
> justified it--the never-smiling Andy Gill, who threw his guitar on the 
> floor at one point to get more feedback, Dave Allen prancing around 
> the stage like a 21 year old on speed, Professor Hugo's (now teaching 
> in Boston!) precision drumming, and Jon King gyrating like Midnight 
> Oil's singer, jumping around the stage like a monkey, falling over 
> after especially serious lyrics, and during the one song pounding a 
> baseball bat on a metal cabinet to the beat (like on the album 
> version), then throwing the metal thing to the side of the stage and 
> beating it more, to his own rhythm. Boston audiences demand 
> full-throttle performances, and they got one tonight. A Mission of 
> Burma (not one of my fave's) member was in the audience near me, and I 
> metioned to him that they sound like GOF too. They're still doing 
> shows in NYC, DC, and Philly, so go or die. I found that essence rare.
>
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