Wire and Glass at Brighton

[Martin Bailey]

> >Martin Bailey
> >Who at Brighton Centre
> >
> >Wire and Glass. Pete "We hope you like it." DO NOT FEAR. THE WHO
> HAVE DONE IT. Within two seconds of playing, I
> >thought - "wow, this Rocks!". It's really heavy in places. Classic
> Who. Great Anthems. We're all gong to be singing >"We have a Hit!"
> this summer. 6 songs, ending in Mirror Door.

> THANK YOU!!!!
> I've read every word of reviews from Leeds, set lists (which give me
> hope!...hear that Bruce....HOPE!), talk of this and that...but no review
> of the new material.
> Official reviews list set list, mention the new material and then stop!
> UNTIL NOW!
> Martin Bailey comes out with a 'two thumbs up!'
> "It's really heavy in places." Mmmmmmmm, I like heavy.
> "Classic Who." Well, gee, I LIKE THE WHO!
> "Great Anthems." As we like to say....."THAT WON'T HURT YA!"
> "We're all gong to be singing >"We have a Hit!" this summer." Now
> that's something to hold on to.
> Thanks Martin!
> I'd be very interested in hearing more!
> What was the flow like? Mood? Was it classic Who roller coaster?
> Guitar slashing?
> Paint us a picture! :-) Please?

Thanks Kevin. LOL.

I'd love to paint more of a picture, but, as you know, memories fade fast.

The song cycle really did start brilliantly.  Really heavy.  Grabs your
attention and makes you go "Wow".

"We Have a Hit" is really catchy, singalong (nay - shoutalong) stuff.  But
there was also one other section which was just as good.

One line was "In the Ether", but I don't think it was the actual song "In
The Ether".  (Sorry Bruce - I think your Leeds set list needs correcting
again   ;-) .)

Ended with Mirror Door, which is OK as a pop song (RGLB-style), but it's far
from the best song in the opera.

-MB

PS: just remembered one more thing about last night (and then I'll shut up
about it - honest).  Just before The Who came on, they played "Fake Plastic
Trees" by Radiohead over the PA.  As you may know, Radiohead are my Number 2
favourite band.  But they faded it out when the show started.  So, when The
Who came on stage, I was shouting (only slightly sarcastically) "Put
Radiohead Back On!".