...A White House In A Red Square...
No, its not some radical political statement, it's just the lyrics to a fantastic Sisters of Mercy song, which I saw performed LIVE! Last night! :D
I am tempted to just waffle on about how fantastic it was, but it wasn't quite as amazingly fantastic as I thought it would be, for a variety of reasons, but it was still great!
For a start, it was in the Astoria, and I HATE that venue. Even more now than I did before. When we (me, Sean, Simon, Katie, Emma and callum) got there, there wasn't much of a queue, which was good. We got in, no problem, and then the woman found my camera in my bag. I'd had no problem taking a camera in before, I'd taken loads of pictures in there before, but this time they decided to take it off me!!! which I was really quite angry about - it's quite an expensive camera, and I wanted to keep it with me, obviously! I was looking forward to getting some good pictures as well, as others I'd seen of Sisters gigs were really good, due to the smoke and the lights and things, so them taking my camera from me really made me angry. I wish they'd decide what their policy was on things like that, they seem to change it every time I go there! (As also, I was wearing a belt which was taken from me when I went to see megadeth, but they didn't even say anything about it this time!!) Also, people with camera phones were allowed to take photos, they didn't get their phones taken from them, so why wasn't I allowed? Made me really quite angry. But as the evening progressed, I got over it. After all, I have the gig in Norwich to be able to take pictures at!
But anyway. We got in there, decided to stand sort of in the middle. Which was quite good. Had to listen to reggae! (argh...I hate it!) for about an hour, and then the support band came on. they were called the ivories, they were really quite good. 3 girls and a guy, the drummer (girl) did backing vocals, and the main singer sounded like siouxsie sioux, which was really quite cool! they played for about half an hour. then reggae again (argh!) for about 40 minutes, and then sisters of mercy came on!! wooo!
At first all we could see was smoke! and cool lights, but gradually the smoke faded slightly, and we could see them. was a bit of a surprise though - this is really shallow of me, but I thought Andrew Eldritch would look really weird, as he has no hair now, but he looked ok! haha. another big surprise - I was expecting him to be wearing a yellow or orange T-shirt, as that's what I've seen in pictures of other gigs, but no! he was in fact wearing a white jacket! Not sure if it was long or short, there was too much smoke to see, but it was white with a furry bit round the collar, was quite cool. But what was more amazing - when he took it off - he was wearing (*gasp*) a BLACK TSHIRT!!!! Woah! I thought he didn't do that anymore! I was very impressed, hehe!! So after that slight moment of shallowness, haha, I got on with listening to the gig.
At first I was a little disappointed, even though I'd listened to all of their stuff earlier in the day, I didn't really recognise anything, which was a bit annoying. I think maybe they might have done some songs mixed together, like the first verse and chorus, and then go into another song, because I recognised some bits, but not all. But it was ok, I was just enjoying the lights, and the smoke and the fact that Andrew eldritch was right in front of me, hehe! :D then...wow...it was amazing...they started playing 'dominion/mother russia'!! it was just fantastic! Its one of my favourite songs by them, and live it was amazing! Was so cool! Then they started playing a few more I knew, though I totally forgot the words and what they were called half the time! But oh well, it was still great! Then...wow (again!)...this corrosion! Was amazing! With the audience singing along as well! Was so cool! Then 'lucretia my reflection'...that was just amazing! The lights were a little more subdued for this one, and when the chorus came, Andrew was on the side of the stage, bent forward so his face was in the beam of light which was across the stage, and sang 'lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me' when the music goes a bit quieter, was so amazing. He has the most amazingly deep voice, sounds exactly the same as on the vinyl! Haha. Then, can't remember all the songs they played, hehe, but they were all great! The lights were fantastic too, sometimes really bright colours, like pink and purple, and through the smoke they looked amazing! Hopefully it'll be that good at Norwich, so I can get some good pictures! 2 encores - in the first one they did lucretia my reflection, and something else I cant remember. And then they went off again. Then the guitarist and bassist came back on, played for a little bit, obviously building up to a great song...Temple Of Love!!!! I thought they didn't play it anymore (though I might be wrong) so it was great to hear it! It was yet another arrangement of it, was a lot more rocky than the previous two versions, was great! Then they went off, and we went home!! (after a bit of a struggle through the crowd to get my camera!)
It was really good, but I'm glad I'm going to see them in Norwich as well...means I will be able to take some pictures there, and also the sound wasn't too great in the astoria (is it ever??) it was definitely too quiet this time though, quite annoying. And also, there was this man who shouted at me to 'shut up!' when I was talking to Katie during the band...and then later he was talking too! Was a bit of a weird crowd, not one of the best I've been in to be honest. Seemed a very uneven mixture between people who wanted to dance around/get to the front/mosh (yes, there was a mosh pit, I couldn'believe it, hehe!) and those who just wanted to stand and watch the band/talk.
But overall, I'm very glad I saw them! it really was great...his voice is still the same, it's so excellent! Can't wait until Saturday! Apart from the going back to uni thing, that's not good :(
I am tempted to just waffle on about how fantastic it was, but it wasn't quite as amazingly fantastic as I thought it would be, for a variety of reasons, but it was still great!
For a start, it was in the Astoria, and I HATE that venue. Even more now than I did before. When we (me, Sean, Simon, Katie, Emma and callum) got there, there wasn't much of a queue, which was good. We got in, no problem, and then the woman found my camera in my bag. I'd had no problem taking a camera in before, I'd taken loads of pictures in there before, but this time they decided to take it off me!!! which I was really quite angry about - it's quite an expensive camera, and I wanted to keep it with me, obviously! I was looking forward to getting some good pictures as well, as others I'd seen of Sisters gigs were really good, due to the smoke and the lights and things, so them taking my camera from me really made me angry. I wish they'd decide what their policy was on things like that, they seem to change it every time I go there! (As also, I was wearing a belt which was taken from me when I went to see megadeth, but they didn't even say anything about it this time!!) Also, people with camera phones were allowed to take photos, they didn't get their phones taken from them, so why wasn't I allowed? Made me really quite angry. But as the evening progressed, I got over it. After all, I have the gig in Norwich to be able to take pictures at!
But anyway. We got in there, decided to stand sort of in the middle. Which was quite good. Had to listen to reggae! (argh...I hate it!) for about an hour, and then the support band came on. they were called the ivories, they were really quite good. 3 girls and a guy, the drummer (girl) did backing vocals, and the main singer sounded like siouxsie sioux, which was really quite cool! they played for about half an hour. then reggae again (argh!) for about 40 minutes, and then sisters of mercy came on!! wooo!
At first all we could see was smoke! and cool lights, but gradually the smoke faded slightly, and we could see them. was a bit of a surprise though - this is really shallow of me, but I thought Andrew Eldritch would look really weird, as he has no hair now, but he looked ok! haha. another big surprise - I was expecting him to be wearing a yellow or orange T-shirt, as that's what I've seen in pictures of other gigs, but no! he was in fact wearing a white jacket! Not sure if it was long or short, there was too much smoke to see, but it was white with a furry bit round the collar, was quite cool. But what was more amazing - when he took it off - he was wearing (*gasp*) a BLACK TSHIRT!!!! Woah! I thought he didn't do that anymore! I was very impressed, hehe!! So after that slight moment of shallowness, haha, I got on with listening to the gig.
At first I was a little disappointed, even though I'd listened to all of their stuff earlier in the day, I didn't really recognise anything, which was a bit annoying. I think maybe they might have done some songs mixed together, like the first verse and chorus, and then go into another song, because I recognised some bits, but not all. But it was ok, I was just enjoying the lights, and the smoke and the fact that Andrew eldritch was right in front of me, hehe! :D then...wow...it was amazing...they started playing 'dominion/mother russia'!! it was just fantastic! Its one of my favourite songs by them, and live it was amazing! Was so cool! Then they started playing a few more I knew, though I totally forgot the words and what they were called half the time! But oh well, it was still great! Then...wow (again!)...this corrosion! Was amazing! With the audience singing along as well! Was so cool! Then 'lucretia my reflection'...that was just amazing! The lights were a little more subdued for this one, and when the chorus came, Andrew was on the side of the stage, bent forward so his face was in the beam of light which was across the stage, and sang 'lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me' when the music goes a bit quieter, was so amazing. He has the most amazingly deep voice, sounds exactly the same as on the vinyl! Haha. Then, can't remember all the songs they played, hehe, but they were all great! The lights were fantastic too, sometimes really bright colours, like pink and purple, and through the smoke they looked amazing! Hopefully it'll be that good at Norwich, so I can get some good pictures! 2 encores - in the first one they did lucretia my reflection, and something else I cant remember. And then they went off again. Then the guitarist and bassist came back on, played for a little bit, obviously building up to a great song...Temple Of Love!!!! I thought they didn't play it anymore (though I might be wrong) so it was great to hear it! It was yet another arrangement of it, was a lot more rocky than the previous two versions, was great! Then they went off, and we went home!! (after a bit of a struggle through the crowd to get my camera!)
It was really good, but I'm glad I'm going to see them in Norwich as well...means I will be able to take some pictures there, and also the sound wasn't too great in the astoria (is it ever??) it was definitely too quiet this time though, quite annoying. And also, there was this man who shouted at me to 'shut up!' when I was talking to Katie during the band...and then later he was talking too! Was a bit of a weird crowd, not one of the best I've been in to be honest. Seemed a very uneven mixture between people who wanted to dance around/get to the front/mosh (yes, there was a mosh pit, I couldn'believe it, hehe!) and those who just wanted to stand and watch the band/talk.
But overall, I'm very glad I saw them! it really was great...his voice is still the same, it's so excellent! Can't wait until Saturday! Apart from the going back to uni thing, that's not good :(