Concert: Scritti Politti
General Info
Artist: Scritti Politti
Location: Paradiso, Amsterdam
When: 29 March 2006
Who?
Well, read about the band here. Still one of my favorite.. well, not favorite.. hold on.. one of the most interesting bands/artists, at least, to me.. Can’t really explain what’s so appealing about the stuff, but almost every incarnation of the then relevant tastes of artist Green Gartside kinda intrigues me. “Anomie & Bonhomie” is one of my favorite albums: combining rough raps with falsetto sweetness. Dunno what it is.. Still, I got a chance to see him live..
The Show
Heheh.. The gig was in the smaller hall and there were about sixty to eighty people in the place. Funny to scan a crowd and see all the different types of people coming to this show: fiftysomethings, female fans still in their eighties gear, me, my pal Hieronymus Fox, weird..
Anyways, it didn’t get any less weird when the Man got on stage: a relaxed, semi-confused-professor type of guy welcomes us to the show. Green Gartside isn’t what you expect, but since I didn’t know what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised by his nice and somewhat quirky showmanship.
The band? Not your run-of-the-mill backing band, more five friends who like to play together and have a good time supporting Double G.
The songs? All new songs from a yet to be released new album. More sweetness and punk-easy-listening-pop-rock-none-of-the-above type of songs that worked quite well for me. And anyone who has the balls to sing-rap a track by Jeru The Damaja deserves respect, especially if it’s been done so well!
Conclusion
45 minute set, one encore. Well, two, but that’s a track they’d already played before. And then that’s it. Wha? Huh? Yes, boys-n-girls, that’s it! Was that disappointing? Not really, the performance was good, the band played the songs they rehearsed and I enjoyed myself, so no, not a disappointment. Even playing earlier stuff was out of the question, but.. It befits the Double G standard. Good enough for me..
Rating: 
