Sunday, December 07, 2008

Sod politics, here' some rock n roll ...

The last fortnight for me has been dominated by the sad loss of a friend and colleague.

Politics by doom and gloom of various kinds.

But I spent Friday wondering if I was in the mood to go and see The Wildhearts who were playing at the Oxford Academy (or The Zodiac, as I like to think of it).

Well I did go, anf boy I'm glad I did.

The reformed A, with new addition John Mitchell on bass, were as superb as ever.

And the mighty Wildhearts were sensational.

They played a set chock full of their best live songs from across their career, starting with the more recent hit Vanilla Radio and ending with their classic mid nineties chart botherer, I Wanna Go Where The People Go.

The place was a sweatbox by the end of the gig and I felt a heck of a lot better for the experience.

If you like lively, loud rock you will love the Wildhearts.

There's still time to catch them at Wolverhampton tomorrow and in London on Wednesday.

In the meatime, here's one to liven up your Sunday evening:

2 comments:

chrisgee said...

l shall be enjoying the same musical fayre on Wednesday in London and am looking forward to it

Anonymous said...

'Twere the Co-Op Hall in my day, lad :-)