Today I cry, not with sadness but with ecstatic joy of witnessing one of what has to be my best gigs ever. The best thing is that you could buy a deluxe double cd of the gig 10 minutes after the show. So here i am listening to the gig that i went to last night and the sound quality is absolutely amazing.
Moby was just stunning, he was versatile, coherent, intelligent, anarchistic and funny. The set comprised of songs from throughout his career in a two hour explosion of musical ingenuity and dexterity. 'I'm gonna find my baby' introduced us to the vocal talents of laura dawn, a powerhouse of vocal gymnastics who complimented Moby to the ultimate level.
The concert went through his rave mode which was funny because we all wanted to just get up and rock out! I was with Steve, Lisa, and Jean Claude who were just ecstatic throughout. The sheer energy and atmosphere that he created within the Brixton Academy last night was paramount to nothing that i have felt before.
There were moments of poignancy such as his tribute to the 25th anniversary of Ian Curtis's death when he covered a Joy Division song and also on songs such as 'Why does my heart' and 'Porcelain'...but there were also moments of fun with the band launching into Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' halfway through a song and the ultimate cover versions of 'walk on the wild side' and the Doors classic 'break on through'.
The day itself was great apart from the weather (rain, rain, drizzle and rain), we wandered around Covent Garden, pigged out in Pizza Hut and tried to find a pub in Brixton...word of warning, don't do the last thing unless you want to feel intimidated and fairly uncomfortable. We gave up on the pubs and queued round the side of the Academy enabling us to get the front row of the balcony thanks to Lisa and Jean Claude.
Moby really is a musical genius, a point which i have been trying to get across to people for the last fifteen years...perhaps now that will come to be realised...
3 comments:
moby would not normally be my first choice of gig to go to but after last night he has definitly climbed on to the best ever gigs list, the gig itself was fucking awesome real energy from start to finish, if you get a chance to see him take it, you will be thouroghly
entertained.
Steve.
i totally have to agree with Neil and Steve this gig rocked but if you go make sure you can get up to rock! Its hard to sit down when your body wants to get up and rave! Brixton Academy is truly a brilliant venue for acoustics and I could have stayed and listened all over again.
Whens the next one?
isa xx
just remembered about 30 second speed metal....ace!
the other led zeppelin cover was "immigrant song"
steve
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