A Halloween weekend - A
strange night with ‘Ted can't hear ya'
'The Prince of Wales', Strood,
27 October 2006
I
have been to many TCHY gigs now and I really like
this band - but please bear with me on this one, as
there's a story to tell!
Well
it was the Halloween weekend, Witches, fireworks and
spirits were abound, as I wandered in to the Prince
of Wales.
The
volume for a 'Ted can't hear ya' gig was quite
quiet, by their standards that we all know and love
by now. Pleasant though as I could hear clearly
Lucy's excellent and ever improving vocals. Paul
mentioned that Lucy's mum and dad were in at the
last gig and complained that it was too loud! - They
were there again on this night - so the band had
kept the volume down a bit specially for them! That
was strange in itself cause TCHY never worry about
things like that - regular TCHY goers have grown to
expect high volume, high energy, spirited and
emotional performances.
The
first half before the beer break passed with great
acoustic songs from Paul and Lucy leading the
singing, and some great jibes with the crowd and
with each other in the usual TCHY style. Despite a
couple of 'frank opinions' and disagreements from
some drunken revellers in the audience during the
beer break - the second half of the evening kicked
off with the brilliant electric guitar punky
jig/type instrumental 'Musical Priest'. This set the
scene for what I thought was a fantastic second
half. This band just gets better each time I see
them!
So -
lets look at the second half - Paul's first words on
microphone were (and I had to laugh) "It's
all a bit rock and roll isn't it" - followed by Andy
Baker remarking… "All a bit Sex Pistols…" and
as they ripped in to 'Musical priest' one of my
favourite TCHY tunes, the whole atmosphere in the
pub changed. In an instant - the band seemed to
change up a gear, and before long the whole pub was
dancing around like lunatics - The TCHY mosh pit had
kicked off again!
More
people arrived and started dancing the minute they
walked in the door, and carried on dancing all the
way till the end! The floor of the Prince of Wales
pub was shaking! A whole pub dancing around! It was
an amazing atmosphere. I just found my self again,
going to the place that only TCHY can seem to take
me, as I felt instantly happy, and wanted to dance
with my pint held high! Paul coming out from behind
the microphones and playing his electric guitar with
his usual powerful gusto to dance with the crowd
summed up the night!
After the final encore all I could hear was people
saying how shattered they were from dancing so much,
and what a fantastic night it was, and Paul getting
showered with hugs from his two beautiful daughters!
Bring on the next one Xmas time 15th Dec
at the same venue - I tell you - I wouldn't miss it
for the world, and suggest if you have read this try
the real thing go and see this band!
Rick Turl Nov 06 |
