Their recordings sound a little better (even if it's not my thing at all - I never much cared for 80s synthy stuff in the 80s, I sure as hell don't like most of the 21st century derivatives) so perhaps you're better off listening to some of them over at their Bandcamp page than take my word for it. Maybe the excitement of the occasion was too much, maybe they had too much fizzy pop before going onstage, but they sounded shambolic and untogether. The singer in particular looked like he should have been in The Goonies. Here are three young guys who soooo desperately wish it was the 80s. Local bands have been given the opportunity to support during this tour and tonight was the turn of Head Noise from Cardiff. Neil was too embarrassed at first to reveal who he'd seen, but later confessed to it being "the singer from Dr Hook." So not even Dr Hook then, just the singer. It was our first visit, but Neil regaled the tale about tagging along with a friend who had a free ticket to a show there once. That's a good thing as it is a really nice little space, ideally suited to gigs. The Muni was saved from closure by a consortium of investors and reopened in its current form as a charitable concern in 2015. Tickets were scarce (only 200 available) and quite difficult to get but I snapped up three - one each for MrsRobster and I and one for TheMadster as the show was taking place on her 20th birthday! Two of my colleagues Neil and Pete were there too. They've already sold out some of their larger-venue tour in October so the chance to see them again in a small space was just too much to resist. Since then they've been all over the place playing to huge crowds around the world, doing TV and radio and have generally been adored. The last time I saw them was in the tiny Cardiff venue The Globe just before they released their debut. Wolf Alice really are playing some tiny venues you've probably never heard of in the lead up to the release of the second album in September. Wolf Alice? At a small local arts centre in the Welsh valleys? Nope, I didn't dream it. The Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd - 21 August 2017 Bed's Too Big Without You - Sheila Hylton (single)Īnd as a special bonus, here she is performing the song on Top Of The Pops back in 1981:.This is the original full-length 12" version. It doesn't deviate too much from the original, keeping Sting's distinctive bassline and the minimal instrumentation. She enjoyed a UK Top 40 hit in 1981 with a cover of The Police's Bed's Too Big Without You. Its follow-up 'Steppin' arrived some 27 years later in 2006 and since then - nowt. Sheila Hylton released more than 25 singles between 19, but there was just the one, self-titled album in 1979. Well, let's be fair here, Sting was actually pretty good once upon a time. To conclude things then, we get a London-born, Jamaican-raised singer with a track boasting a production by the legendary Harry J, an arrangement by last week's Reggae Wednesday stars Sly & Robbie and the writing genius of, erm, Sting. But I have to draw the line somewhere, and I think September has to be it. After all, summer's technically over, even though the best sustained period of good weather we've had this year has been over the last three weeks. After 20 instalments though, I think it's time for a break. You know, I might be labouring for material, but I feel like I could continue this series forever.
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