I had the pleasure of being at The Beat gig at Edinburgh's Picture House on Friday evening. One of the earliest of the British ska revivalist groups, The Beat formed in 1978, and skanked up the charts with the likes of 'Mirror in the Bathroom' and 'Stand Down Margaret' - a message to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Last night they had their adoring audience bouncing as they performed all their classics - and Stand Down Margaret turned into Stand Down Gordon...
I've seen the band several times before and they never disappoint (not even a slight technical problem could spoil last night's show)
Excellent stuff and hugely enjoyable. If you ever get the chance to see them live, I highly recommend you do so.
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Interesting, political music ;D (We've got some of that type over here as well) i'll have to give these guys a listen.
PS cute picture of you as a young lad. ;D
I liked the song "Hands off she's mine" and "Stand down Margaret," which both sound a bit like Reggae. "Too nice to talk to" also has an interesting sound to it.
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SG
I can just see you bouncing to their beat. I must say that it is not a pretty sight. Sorry.
P.S.: I wonder if The Beat may be inspired to come out with a new song by the title of "Sit Down Michael"? Of course, if you introduced some clogging into your routine while whoopping it up in Doric, you may have started a whole new trend.
Now that would be interesting, clogging to the sound of the beat ;D
Sounds like a fun night for you! Yeah!
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