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Date Posted: 03:23:09 12/23/06 Sat
Author: Cheers, AK! WOW I thought there was only ONE Lee (BULLY) around here. Welcome Lee!
Subject: MODjerry
In reply to: Lee 's message, "PW - The Forum 6th December - Whitey takes centre stage and sings Blue Moon" on 17:42:27 12/07/06 Thu

>I kid you not, two thirds of the way through the set,
>Weller sitting at
>the keys, clearly hammered says "f*ck knows where we
>go from here, i
>haven't got a clue" then following a brief discussion,
>and an
>introduction of "He's been asking me to do it for 21
>years, 25 years i
>dunno" Whitey gets up from behind the riser takes the
>mike, Damo goes
>on drums, Craddock on bass and PW stays on keys and
>they attempt the
>classic "Blue Moon" Whitey still clutching his sticks
>like they're some
>comfort blanket and laughing most of the way through
>the song along
>with the band, after a couple of minutes and to
>massive applause he
>sits back down again with a "Now you know why he
>doesn't sing" from PW.
>
>The rest of the set was fantastic, i must admit i have
>lost the path a
>little this year, hacked off with all the re-issues,
>re-packaging,
>shockingly produced merchandise and tours with
>predictable set lists
>(how i wish he'd play some new songs during a tour)
>but last night was
>very very good - he was clearly enjoying himself and
>had obviously had
>a few somethings before he went on stage.
>
>You know all the songs, the seemingly disliked
>"Gods/Splinters" was
>attacked with a venom and a passion not seen for a
>while, "Thick As
>Thieves" and "Running On The Spot" were belted out
>like he was a twenty
>something again. One thing i liked about this gig was
>the pace was
>unrelenting really, there was no middle section where
>sometimes even i
>get a little bored - he only played a couple of the
>slower
>ones "Pebble" and "Broken Stones" was about it.
>
>Nothing from "Illumination" or "Studio 150" he took
>the lead from the
>radio stations of the UK and didn't play "Wild Blue
>Yonder" thankfully
>left out "You Do"...." but did play "Pictures on my
>wall" "Above the
>clouds" and started off with 5 of the first 6 songs
>being singles, i'm
>sure from your own experiences you can put together
>the rest of the set
>list.
>
>It was a really good gig last night, he was in his
>element, repeatedly
>thanked the crowd, sparked up when the crowd continued
>"Thats
>Entertainment" after the band had finished
>
>Just two small gripes though, i know he hasn't done it
>for a long time
>however i wish he would play some new songs in his set
>- he must have
>some written - just include it - those non fans won't
>notice it, just
>think its another album track and the fans like us
>will appreciate it
>for what it is - what do you all think it is,
>confidence?
>
>And the other is the merchandise, for a style icon -
>he chooses some
>shocking tat to sell at the stalls, the tour t-shirts
>had about as much
>class as a shell suit.
>
>One small aside, the Weller album that has had more
>plays than any this
>year is "Studio 150" which i never would have believed
>when it was
>released, mainly because it was the only thing on my
>phone for a while
>but now i listen through choice, what a beautiful song
>"Early Morning
>Rain" is, if you've given up on that particular
>release, put it on
>again this weekend - it's good!
>
>Have a good day wherever you are today
>
>Cheers!
>
>Lee

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