In the Flesh @ Exmouth Pavilion - 10/09/09
With the dissertation completed and printed, what better to celebrate than a pint of cider and a Pink Floyd tribute concert?
Torbay-based act In the Flesh were this year’s visitors to the Pavilion and they put on a really excellent spectacle. Any tribute act that begins their first set with ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond, pts. 1-5’, ‘Astronomy Domine’ and ‘Fat Old Sun’ is going to be superb, to then finish the set with my absolute favourite ‘Echoes’ was truly unbelievable and they did a really good job too (albeit cutting the intro so it was 15 minutes instead of 21 minutes…).
'Have a Cigar’ was a nice treat and their rendition of ‘One of These Days’ of the Meddle album was one of the best I’ve heard. The tempo of the latter song was faster than the original, but I would have to really be nit-picking to find fault with the show.
Following a short interval, the band resumed with a complete rendition of the famous Dark Side of the Moon album, which could only be improved by running each song into the other without pauses between the songs. It was a great set, but even then, the best was yet to come.
Re-emerging for the encore in black shirts complete with hammer patch and red armband (I want one - for style not political reasons I should add) they played a series of tracks from The Wall album culminating of course in ‘Another Brick in the Wall pt.2’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’. Happily though they did not finish the concert there, they played ‘Run Like Hell’ to finish, a welcome treat from the other tribute acts that finish on the show-stopping ‘Comfy’.
After not expecting too much before the concert, I was really impressed by In the Flesh and the show they put on. They certainly did the Floyd proud and hearing Echoes was a treat fully worth the admission price alone.
I would love to see the band play a complete concert rendition of The Wall because those were the strongest performed songs of the night. If they did that, I’m sure the show would attract more fans than the disappointingly low number turned up last night.
Following a short interval, the band resumed with a complete rendition of the famous Dark Side of the Moon album, which could only be improved by running each song into the other without pauses between the songs. It was a great set, but even then, the best was yet to come.
Re-emerging for the encore in black shirts complete with hammer patch and red armband (I want one - for style not political reasons I should add) they played a series of tracks from The Wall album culminating of course in ‘Another Brick in the Wall pt.2’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’. Happily though they did not finish the concert there, they played ‘Run Like Hell’ to finish, a welcome treat from the other tribute acts that finish on the show-stopping ‘Comfy’.
After not expecting too much before the concert, I was really impressed by In the Flesh and the show they put on. They certainly did the Floyd proud and hearing Echoes was a treat fully worth the admission price alone.I would love to see the band play a complete concert rendition of The Wall because those were the strongest performed songs of the night. If they did that, I’m sure the show would attract more fans than the disappointingly low number turned up last night.
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