[kj] Spellbound

[Brian]

Where I was, side stalls, at ALL I could hear were drums and a faint echo of
a voice that was Siouxsie.
I couln't hear any of the players be it guitar, violin or backing singers.
The sound was absolutely crap.
Must admit the second half improved though.

Brian.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 12:49 PM
Subject: [kj] Spellbound


> I went to see Siouxsie last night at the Royal Festival Hall,A venue that
> usually plays host to Swan lake and things.
>      There were about twenty other musicians on stage,Budgie on drums,A
> Japanese guy with a huge drum,A guitarist with loads of buttons on the
> floor,Two backing singers,Three trumpeters,Three trumpeters with a U-Bend
> what goes up and down,Five violinists and three big violins, the ones with
a
> spike in the bottom which sit on the ground and are about four foot
high,and
> a harp.
>       Siouxsie was dressed in a silk kimono styled dress which was very
> revealing,(I don't know about her apples ,But she's got a fine pair.)
>      As soon as she stared playing alot of the audience left their seats
and
> went to the front of the stage,The security guy did try to get them to go
> back to their seats ,But gave up,Encouraging more people to join them.
>        Siouxsie played for about three hours,By the time she got round to
> playing Peek-a -boo the fans at the front were going crazy.
>        And when they played Happy House I was half expecting Graeme Roland
> to heckle a few verses of "The house that pain built".
>       The sound was nt as classical as id thought it ll be,pretty much
kept
> to the original sound of the songs,Most of the audience were die-hard
> fans,Leather ,PVC,lace, Fish-nets and thigh-high leather boots.........The
> old usher bloke seemed to really enjoy the evening aswell.
>
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