KaisrSolze@aol.com said:
quoted 1 line I just saw Tricky this afternoon, at some filming for a PBS special. If> I just saw Tricky this afternoon, at some filming for a PBS special. If
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quoted 1 line haven't seen Tricky live yet, phuckin' GO!> haven't seen Tricky live yet, phuckin' GO!
I saw him a year and a half ago and he BLEW. He was so baked out of his
head that he forgot the lyrics to two songs, stopped halfway through,
blamed the (hastily formed, I imagine) backup band for his problems, then
restarted the songs. He mumbled everything like he was trying to remember
something (like maybe the lyrics). Martine was cool, but Tricky kept on
messing her up and stepping on her lines, so to speak. It was a big
disappointment. But maybe that's because Laika opened for him, and their
set was fucking unbeleivable. They had three or four live percussionists
onstage and two vibes players while Margaret and Guy played little white
casios and some other electronic doodads and they had the whole joint
jumping. Tricky's show, by comparison, looked like an unpracticed amateur
band trying to figure out what kind of music they're going to play. Sloppy
and shallow. It's nice to hear that he can in fact put on a good show.
Maybe it just depends on how dusted he is before he steps on stage. When I
saw him he probably couldn't remember what city he was in, much less his
own songs.
-CF