07 August 2007
"I don't run,
I don't care
Some day we're going to meet somewhere
You and me will rock and roll
When you crawl out of your sick little hole
So give me what you got
Put your money in the pot
Let's see what you are
and what you're not
You're someone I
can't help
betray
Because you built me up that way"
--I'll Never
Give It Up (Richard Thompson)
I have another
quote,
from Wikipedia.
It's just too good. LOL
"He absolutey still makes music [...]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Swindells
Again I was one of the youngest, with the average age of the audience around 56.
I had been wondering how the Plug would be as a concert venue for grown-ups. I only know if as a disco. Concerts in Britain are usually seated, which is quite a culture shock for anybody from continental Europe. It's so odd to sit down for a rock show. But the Plug was just what it always is: a dark, rough standing-up dig.
I suppose most of
the guests
were a bit taken aback at first, but then remembered their
rocking youth
and that they "used to do this all the time in the
seventies".
I guess if I decided to be a number one stalker fan of Richard
Thompson I
would have a real evolutionary advantage. It's super-easy to
get in the
front row, everybody is 20 years older than me and have less
stamina, and
I would get all the CDs months before the others figure out how
to set up
a Paypal account. LOL
I seemed to be the only one who knew the new album well enough to sing along, and also all the other song lyrics. People were not moving! But that's typical of British audiences. Somebody was recently asked in an interview what the main difference between audiences in the USA and in Europe were. I can't remember who... Richard Thompson? Steve Swindells? John Themis? Indigo Girls? Anyway, he or she said that in the US people are more enthusiastic during the concert, and in Britain people "show their appreciation at the end". Very true!
He played
loads of stuff,
almost all of the new album, the old and new "hits",
including Hard On Me!
But sadly no Cooksferry Queen. Never mind.
And I finally bought the new 1000 Years Of Popular Music CD,
but no
t-shirt. Haha.
After all that
intervention debacle in the past months I have decided to
improve the
overall karma and do some charity work. I've applied for the
Samaritan's
phone helpline service. An interesting choice for me with my
phone phobia!
They've now finally gotten back to me and invited me to an
information
session on Saturday.
I am not sure if I'm suitable, also because I'm not a native
English
speaker. But the idea is listening, not speaking, and I
now even
understand people from Barnsley!
Susan thinks it will be too much for me, but not everybody who
calls wants
to commit suicide. You also get a lot of training. Actually it
will take
months of training sessions and then a selection process before
they even
let me near a phone. So let's see how that goes...
