I saw Scritti Politti live tonight, which is amazing in & of itself, as it's something I didn't ever think I'd be able to say. The funny/sad thing is that I completely forgot about the show--thanks to Harold for reminding me!
Green was sick, I guess, and so he mentioned that they skipped a couple of songs. That's too bad, but the show was still fantastic & fun & full of energy, and Green's voice sounded amazing. They played a bunch of the new tracks from White Bread, Black Beer, but also some older representative stuff, like "The Word Girl", "Wood Beez", "Die Alone", "The Sweetest Girl", and "Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder" (which was gorgeous).
My only wish was that they'd have played one of the older ballads: I'd have taken any or all of "A Little Knowledge" (probably my favorite Scritti song of all time), "Overnite", or "Oh Patti (...)". But that's okay.
From White Bread, Black Beer, "The Boom Boom Bap" was bass-thumping beauty--it's the best ballad ever written about hip-hop, or so I'm saying. And as good as the album is, everything sounded even better, more energetic, with a live band. Green's usual multitracked vocals were accomplished with between one & three backup singers per song.
Anyway, I feel like there's more I could say about the show, but I'm not sure what it is, except that watching Green--who, before early this year, hadn't performed for over 20 years, and who'd never toured in the US--perform is truly a thrill, and that you should go to see Scritti Politti in concert--or, at the very least, listen to the new album. It's fantastic.
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