The Wurzels @ Exmouth Pavilion - 02/09/09
Oooooo Arrrrrrrr! Oooooo Arrrrrrrr! Goooood Morning! Today I speak not English but I speak Zumerset. Oh yes I do! Hah
My madness can perhaps be excused this time around because last night I attended a concert at the Exmouth Pavilion of the legendary – and let’s all admit it – hilarious Wurzels. Oooooo Arrrrrrrr! Oooooo Arrrrrrrr!
They’ve been performing in my local venue each year for a few years now but until now I’ve never been overly enthusiastic to attend. This time however, with dissertation work on the go, I did take the opportunity and can now cross another thing off the ‘list of things to do in live’.
It was a very good show, albeit very short. The Wurzels were only on stage for just over an hour, so when having paid £12.50 for the privilege, it was disappointingly short. Saying that though, what songs we did here were all the classics and all thoroughly nod-your-head-along-to. I am inventing new words, oh yes! Oooooo Arrrrrrrr! Oooooo Arrrrrrrr!
Naturally, the drink of choice for the evening was some good old Scrumpy (cider for the uninitiated) which was surprisingly good stuff for a concert venue to have on tap, well-priced too. That’s right; I was indeed A Cider Drinker that night, and with cider in hand joined in the chorus of fellow concert-goers, many in farmer’s outfits and straw hats.
The Wurzels are not just a special band; they are arguably an integral part of the South-West cultural identity. You may only know of them because of the famous lyric ‘I’ve got a brand new combine harvester’ but hailing from Somerset, the Wurzels all speak with that very distinctive heavy accent where one ‘r’ becomes an ‘RRRRRR’. I think too that they are the only popular-music band to be still using an accordion as the main instrument, and certainly the main band with pint-glass holders on their microphone stands.
When it came to performing ‘Combine Harvester’, the band instead played a nightclub version that was blatantly on a backing track with not even vocals being delivered live. But to be honest, I imagine they have probably had enough of doing that song over the years, doing it just to satisfy those who came for that song.
All in all it was a superb and very fun night out. When the time came to ‘Drink Up Your Cider’ it was disappointing to have arrived so soon.
I don’t think I will enjoy a concert as much ever again, but it was enjoyment in a difference sense to other concerts. With the Wurzels it is impossible to not smile when you hear it. Go on, I challenge you not to. The Wurzels are such good fun, and such good sports, hanging around afterwards and permitting to be photographed with muggings here!
Oooooo Arrrrrrrr! Oooooo Arrrrrrrr!64. Attend a concert by the Wurzels
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