by black francis » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:59 pm
I was at that show and he was fantastic. Very charismatic and looked and sounded great too. The opening band sucked and the female lead singer thought she was Ian Curtis and went all "fuck you!" to the sound guy like she was somebody important. There was a lot more than 30-40 white males there but there was one vocal group in the front middle that were so loud they broke his concentration a couple of times. It was during Lips Like Sugar that they were screaming so loud he stopped. Not because he forgot the words but he stopped the loud group "Do you want me to finish the song or not?" They also interrupted The Killing Moon and when Ian would kick a cigarette butt off the stage they would snatch it up, all take a drag and then put it in a bag. The mic was bent so they replaced it with a grey one and Mac was like I don't do grey mics so they brought a black one. Best of all he played guitar throughout.
Anyhow it was better than any Bunnymen show I've seen except Radio City.
With the Force as his ally he did battle with the Dark Lord. And he showed the measure of a true Jedi at a place called "The Death Star" where hope for the Galaxy was reborn. May all who struggle against tyranny hold his memory in their hearts