I went to see Saint Etienne at the Ritz in Manchester last night. It was a very good gig, but I’ve realised I’m too old for gigging now:
1) Strobe lighting – thinking to yourself, wow, that looks good because you haven’t seen it for about 5 years and then thinking – well, no-one warned us there would be strobe lighting, what if someone has epilepsy?
2) The only thing that had changed in the 13 years since I was in the Ritz last was the bar staff, who would all have been around 6 at the time.
3) One of said barmaids spoke to me really slow and said “ARE YOU ENJOYING IT?” to which I replied “OH YES, IT’S LOVERLEY.”
4) The music was loud, but not blearing, I would say it was at a comfortable level.
5) There was a young girl stood in front of us who talked all the way through the gig and I nearly asked her to be quiet as I couldn’t hear every word she was singing.
6) Got home thinking to myself I’ll clean the soles of my shoes as it was a bit sticky in there.
Oh well.
