Now that I’ve had a bit of sleep etc; I’ll let you all know what I thought of BBB4.
Now, as is quite apparent from Normans set, it was pretty mush the same old, same old. With a wee tribute to B & H Albion, gubbing Man City, and the very brilliant ‘Rumble In Brighton’, by the Stray Cats. With great footage from the movie ‘Quadrophenia’. The ‘He’s Frank’ track was brilliant with Iggy Pop up on the Screen, looking as cool as always. We also got shots of Nornam wording the lyrics at times. As mentioned elswhere, the ‘Public Enemy v White Stripes’ tune blew the place away.
I yern for the days when Norman used to just use his vinyl & decks. Having a wee bit of clue what he was going to play before hand. But, usually just doing what ever came to mind, depending on how the crowd were at the time. Some would argue that he still does that,lol. But it’s certainly not the case. Not with all the pre planned visuals etc:
I’m not complaining here. I could watch Norman just play a track that is stuck on a scratch for hours. However, if I wanted to go, and watch a stage show when an artist does the same thing everytime they come on stage ?. Then I woud go to a theatre.
The location wasn’t the best (but where else could they have it ?), or more to the point it really could have been set up better. I was fortunate enough to have VIP for the day, thanks to a very good man I know. So the day was different for me, than all the people getting squashed out on Mederia Drive. The VIP area for watching the gig was under the Arches to the left hand side of the stage, I should say the not so VIP area,lol. People just jump over the barrier, so that took away from the vantage point that this location provided for the gig.
One more thing I’d like to add about the weekend. The BBB4 Pre Party @ C2 !!! the only people in there were myself and a few friends, plus some other people. No more than about 12 people. Now how shocking is that folks. Norman showed up ofcourse, after having a look at the set up for the stage etc: He was going to play a set (so I’m told). But, obvliously didn’t because of the few people that were there. What a shame eh !!!!. So the night finished early after Cagedbaby (the very good man), done a quick set.
Now, having read back on all of that. It all sounds a bit negative. I really don’t mean it to be. The weather was fantastic, the people were fantastic, the gig it’self was fantastic, Brighton is a fantastic place, with fantastic people.
If there is to be a BBB5 ??? Then let’s hope lessons are learned, and none of the easily rectified mistakes do not occur again. As for the man himself, he knows what too do :-)
Maybe next time, we should all get together go ???
I’ll post pic’s and vid’s when I get the time.