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Saturday, February 28, 2004

Deeper Into Moodies

Top stuff, just got in from seeing Yo La Tengo and Gorky's Zygotic Monki at the St David's Hall. Its the first time me and Mrs Dio have been into town on a Saturday for a long time (18+ months?) and it was a welcome change from forcing oneself into one of the packed pubs - I must be getting old...

Last time I went to St David's was to see John Cale about 3 years ago, its a weird thing to go to rock gig where you have to sit down. In a way its nice because it forces you to concentrate on the music rather than what's happening around you. After spending the day on my feet it was welcome! One thing is certain though, there is no known way on the planet to look good whilst wigging out to the music in a seat. Just no way...

Hadn't been very fussed on seeing Gorky's, but I'm glad I did as they were very good. A nice blend of organ / electro wig out and slow folksy ballads. I've not got a lot of there records, so it was good they played several I knew and played them darn well.

After a interval spent queuing to get a nice pint of Brains Smooth, we headed back in for some sublime time with Yo La Tengo. In a word or two, fuckin' brilliant. They played a good spread of material, some I was well familiar with, some not so. For three people they succeeded in filling the large stage and auditorium with their presence and their sound. They chose several off the newest album Summer Sun which is great, because Elis would have loved it - we always have it in the background when he's trying to get off to sleep.

They did Little Eyes and Tiny Birds, my two favourite tracks as well as a hilarious comedy version of Nothing But You And Me (do-wops and cheesy dance routine.) I found myself choking back the tears during Little Eyes, feeling elated, happy and excited all in one - I suppose that's what not going out much does to you. They mentioned someone had emailed them with a request for the show. Had I known there was an open request line I would have asked for Deeper In To Movies - when they came back on for their encore, they asked some guy in the front row for a request. Annoyingly he asked them for a cover. Now imagine - you say to the audience, 'which song of ours would you like to hear?' The audience reply, a cover! Spookily it was a cover of a John Cale song.

To end the night, YLT mentioned how happy they were to be in Wales for the first time, and how much they loved Gorky's, and to celebrate St David's Day, they ended by getting Gorky's on stage to do a sterling cover of Rebel Rebel (Geddit, David Bowie, St David's Hall, St David's Day). Top marks.

Bumped into some work colleagues - members of the Bethan and Huw team were there to record the Gorky's gig for broadcast on Thursday's show. That means I get to listen to the the Gorky's set again on Thursday when I do their site updates. Now if I'd had my wits about me I would have asked them to accidentally leave the tape running when Yo La Tengo came on. D'oh. Live and learn.

Posted by Dio Bach at 23:46  

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