re: Alison Moyet (and the 80's)

jrp (James.R.Perrett@soc.soton.ac.uk)
Fri, 2 May 97 14:35:48 BST


> At 06.36 AM 5/2/1997 EST, EGROOM@ms.com wrote:
>
> >awesome idea there.
> >a friend of mine recently saw Heaven 17 headline at a small club in
> >London, and they remixed all thier old tunes - more electronica though
> >than AJ. they were opening for Erasure in the UK, and i hope they
> >come along with them to the US (i've got tkts for the Erasure show
> >at Radio City Music Hall, June 3).
>
> No way?!?! Is it the original lineup? Is Martyn Ware still associated with
> them? Last thing I heard he did was
> co-produce Terence Trent D'Arby's first album.
>
I was also there at Heaven about three weeks ago. It was the original lineup
with Glenn Gregory singing and the other two behind large keyboard and computer
rigs.

> Looks like the BEF is back in business! :)
>
> I wanna hear how "Penthouse & Pavement" or "Let Me Go" sounds like now!
>

Imagine them with a four on the floor 808 drum beat instead of the Linn and
you are close. There were a few interesting piano riffs as well. Facist Groove
Thang and some of the other songs early in the set sounded a bit loose but
it sounded great by the end. Just remember that this was only their second
gig ever (the first was the night before in Portsmouth).

Now what I would be really interested to hear about is anyone's opinions on the
support band that night.

James.