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Subject: Re: Consert at Royal Festival Hall!!!!

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Mark Cundy

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Date Posted: 15:50:36 02/19/01 Mon
In reply to: John Wilhelmson 's message, "Consert at Royal Festival Hall!!!!" on 14:07:03 02/19/01 Mon

John - I was at the show too (see my message before) and was similarly disappointed - at least during the upbeat numbers. When he played "You Can't Get What You Want" I was bopping away in my seat and singing along (in tune - I have a pretty good voice!) and was glared at by my neighbour, even though I could hear Joe above me.

I can understand maybe during the quieter numbers (like "Be Ny Number Two") people just want to listen, but c'mon everyone, Joe didn't write those faster songs so we could all sit there!! I even stood up to boogie for "Stranger Than Fiction" and really enjoyed a release of energy.

We are pretty staid as a nation John, but I remember the Big World, Blazy of Glory and Laughter & Lust tours and there was more life to those audiences in London (not so much on Night Music). Maybe we're just getting old - Personally I'm gonna be 19 forever...

>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 I�m 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 don�t 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 it�s 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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Author: John Wilhelmson [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:54:41 02/21/01 Wed So You were that guy Mark:) I�m happy to se that you got the same feeling, I feelt uncomfortable. Now it seamd that I was alone and therefor dident understand how to behave. By the way being Swedish I�m not from the most easygoing nation in the world either. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]