[kj] OT: D.A.F/The Beat

[Neil Perry]

Hi Jamie
Yes I saw them - and it was a great gig.
I wasn't sure what to expect - for a start, the venue was one of those
'could be great, could be shite'
ideas - a small outdoor skatepark! But it is half built underneath a road
bridge and sort of sealed
in, and a small stage has been put in under there. The entire place is
covered in years' worth of
murals/grafitti etc, as you'd expect of a scuzzy skatepark, so it looks the
part. A makeshift bar
had been set up at the rear of the place and the sound was superb, which was
the biggest shock -
thought it was going to be terrible but I don't know, maybe all that curved
concrete helps..?

Anyway the crowd was a great and bizarre mix - rudeboys, a posse of
anarchist punks,
middle aged couples, stoner hippies, a gang of little kids, everyone having
a great time. Seeing a bunch of perfectly dressed
Norwegian skinheads - cherry red docs, harringtons, the whole thing - all
dancing and singing along to 'Stand down
Margaret!' was one of the highlights of my gig-going year!

They did a good ska'd up version of 'Rock The Casbah' and all the faves -
does Rankin Roger's son
always sing with them? He was excellent - almost as good as his old man.
And all about 10 minutes walk from my flat (so I really had no excuse not to
go...)
Well glad I went anyway!
N


2009/9/2 <jpwhkj at aol.com>


> Did you see the Beat, Neil?

>

> I think they're fab - seen them a few times over the past few years - worth

> it every time.  Ranking Roger is a tribute to the power of clean living!

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>

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> Sent: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:49

> Subject: [kj] OT: D.A.F/The Beat

>

>  Hello everyone

>

> Did anyone see Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft play around

> March/April time in the UK (or anywhere else)? Been reading reviews,

> very positive.

>

> They are playing here soon - 30 years after rushing out to buy

> Der Mussolini after hearing it as KJ's intro music (and listening to

> their albums ever since) I figure it would be good to finally see them.

>

> And that surely must be the last possible band left to reform..

>

> Also, The Beat are playing here this week also. Wasn't someone raving

> about them on here not so long ago? Worth seeing?

>

> N

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