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Post by jtemperance on Sept 28, 2014 20:12:36 GMT
Did anyone else go to see the above last night?
If so was it just me who didn't think he was totally fantastic?
To me he's like an English Springsteen backed by a pre castration Mumfords. His songs are decent, their sentiments all worthy or at least poignant and he can certainly get a crowd going as he proved last night. Why therefore did it feel a bit sort of uninteresting?
I have to admit one reason could be that I've never liked that 'I want you all to clap along to this', or 'Come on I want to see those hands in the air' or "I'll leave all you guys to sing the words to this'. Turner did a hell of a lot of that sort of thing and unbelievably 95% of the audience did as they were told. I know that is called getting the audience involved but I don't want to be told what to do I want a performer to impress me by HIS performance.
Not that Turner isn't impressive. He has a natural stage presence and affinity to the audience talking to them as if they are old friends and inviting some on stage.
Frank Turner, judging by the reaction inside the City Hall, will probably go down as one of the best gigs in Hull this year but for me it was all a bit predictable. However, apart from that I can't really explain why it didn't do it for me. If anyone else was there an really enjoyed it let me know why.
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Post by davecook on Sept 28, 2014 21:02:52 GMT
I didn't go, so can't comment on the gig, but I certainly hate all of that "crowd participation" shit. As for Turner himself he has written some good songs, but when yet another one comes on lamenting how his life is full empty encounters, going to parties where he doesn't know anyone, or being on the road when his mates are going out, I do find myself shouting "STOP FUCKING DOING IT THEN YOU TWAT"
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Post by rebelliousian on Sept 30, 2014 18:32:45 GMT
"... lamenting how his life is full empty encounters, going to parties where he doesn't know anyone, or being on the road when his mates are going out..."
I can relate to that. It sounds just like everyday life if you swap 'on the road' for 'being at work'.
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