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Tony & Jude Latimer
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Date Posted: 15:08:36 02/22/01 Thu
John and Mark,
We were at the Manchester concert on Tuesday. We've never seen such a lot of miserable buggers in all our lives.
Is it Englishness, or is it the advance of years? Have we forgotten how to express our enjoyment or do we repress it because that's something that only our kids are allowed to do?
By the time the band returned for their encore we were bursting to stand up, and so we stomped along in our geriatric way through the next number. We too felt the looks of disapproval burning into our backs, but self-consciously rocked on regardless!
We were relieved to hear that you both felt disappointed that, despite the band giving us a uniquely entertaining night, the audience could not provide the essential finishing touch of excitement and exhilaration.
We're 46, we're English, but we ain't dead yet!!!!
>I saw Joe Jackson at the Royal Festival Hall this
>Saturday. The consert was great but there was one
>thing that puzzled me and that was the spectators. I
>have been a Joe Jackson fan for about ten years. since
>I live in Sweden I have not had that many
>opportunities to see him live. I have actually just
>seen him once before, in Hamburg. So I was very
>anxious to see him now. My picture of a consert is
>that the spectators should be a part of the show and
>participate with the artist. Actually I think that
>even Joe Jackson himself, in his book says something
>about that, that the perfect show is when the
>spectators and the artist becomes one. So I was a bit
>surprised when the man next to me om the consert told
>me not to sing along in the songs. Maby Iīm a bit to
>young or not from the right social klass, but I think
>it feels a bit silly to sit down polite and listen to
>songs like Got the time etc. When Joe went of for the
>first time I think we were less then 10 persons that
>gave him standing ovationes. This strikt behaviour
>from the fans put the spirite down a bit. I donīt want
>to travel the whole way from Sweden to London to se
>one of my bigest favorites to be told to calmdown, I
>want to sing along and be happy. Maby Joe should play
>to different shows one for those who want to sit down
>calmly and watch and one for us who want to take part.
>Maby itīs better to se him somwhere els like in USA or
>Holland or maby I just don`t get it.
>
>a bit dissepointed Joe fan!
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