Friday 2 January - I'm all behind like a lamb's tail at the moment as my PC at home is giving me the dreaded BSOD. Anyway, Christmas is over, we've rung in the New Year and music is a little thin on the ground in York this weekend, except...
Wild Messiah (and on FaceFriend) are playing at The Roman Bath. We've seen these before and been very impressed by them. Four young chaps from Barton-upon-Humber: Mark Williams (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Martin Shepherd (Bass Guitar), Glen Brown (Lead Guitar, Vocals), and Brad Brown (Drums, Vocals).
They played a mixture of covers and their own material all extremely well delivered, although I thought that they could have done with a little more volume on the lead guitar. The timing between the bass and the drums was much improved since we saw them last. Since I have the memory of a..., nope forgotten it, I blagged the setlist although they may have slipped some extra songs in and discarded a few along the way. Of the ones I didn't recognise I'm not sure if the track was theirs or a cover, but I've credited the songs to them. I hope I got title/artist right and I'm happy to be corrected if not.
I Wanna Rock (Twisted Sister), Breaking The Law (Judas Priest), Gimme All Your Lovin' (ZZ Top), Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith), Live For Today (Wild Messiah), Alright Now (Free), Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who), Miracle (Wild Messiah), Sweet Child Of Mine (Guns n' Roses), You Really Got Me (The Kinks), Beat It (Michael Jackson), Rocking in the Free World (Neil Young), Black Night (Deep Purple), Feel Like Making Love (Bad Co.), Nothing Wrong, Just Moving Along (Wild Messiah), Every Rose Has A Thorn (Poison), You give love a bad name (Bon Jovi), Fallen Angel (Poison), Detroit City Rock (Kiss), Unskinny Bop (Poison), One Wild Night (Bon Jovi), Love Hurts (Bon Jovi)
Wild Messiah are playing The Roman Bath again on 6 April 2009, and 20 July, but do check before turning up as The Bath is well known for switching acts at the last minute.
Monday 5 January - Christmas is not quite over yet. Oh yes it is. Oh no it isn't. Tonight was family night at the pantomime, so that's nine of us (seven adults, a teenager, and one child) watching Berwick Kaler in Dick Turpin, his 30th pantomime production at the York Theatre Royal. As always it was hysterically funny, barely a plot-line in sight, loads of ad-libbing, slapstick involving a water tank, a video (this year featuring Harry Gration), and a UV light and puppets sequence. Berwick was great as he always is, the villain (David Leonard in his 21st year in the role) was brilliant, but for me the best performance came from Suzy Cooper (as Alma Turpin) who gave an awesome mad routine that reminded me of QE1 (Miranda Richardson) from Blackadder II, except she was even madder and shriller!
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