Anne would have liked a night off after Greg Lake but it's not to be for tonight we are off to the Usher Hall to see Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel as they tour the new album, "The Quality of Mercy" (which I purchase in the foyer). Six of it's nine songs are aired tonight in a two and a half hour show...
We've seen Steve Harley, either solo or with his band, around ten times since, I think, 1993 and he is a great performer despite his disability - polio suffered as a child has left him with one leg shorter than the other...
After the sound, initially muddy in this cavernous hall, is sorted, the gig just gets better and better as it unfolds. Roughly every second song is a hit single and these are interspersed with new songs and lesser known album tracks which diehards like me know and love...
Of course "Make Me Smile" has the audience out of their seats and down to the front for a dance - it looks like your aunties and uncles at your wedding - you know that way they start dancing as they're walking to the dance-floor?
Notwithstanding these age-ist comments about the majority of the audience (I'm no spring chicken myself), it was a great night and I urge you to catch the tour if comes close to your home...
The following songs were played but not in this order which is chronological according to original release date:-
Sebastian
Mirror Freak
Judy Teen
The Psychomodo
Mr Soft
Sling It!
Tumbling Down
Mr Raffles (Including Mr Tambourine Man)
Make Me Smile
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Love Compared With You
Here Comes The Sun
Riding the Waves (Incl Heartbeat)
Waiting For An Audience With the Man
The Last Goodbye
Journey's End
The Coast of Amalfi
The Last Feast
Save Me
A Friend For Life
Thanks Mr Harley and band for a superb performance...
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