The Wildhearts

OK! Back home in Norway from my trip to the Koko show. This is my review (picture link at the end):


THE PLACE
Went to the Purple Turtle hoping to meet some fans, the place was closed. Went to the pub across the street (the one around the corner of Koko). This place was the most stupid pub I´ve ever visited, and I´ve been to a few. The "lady" in the bar was very bitter she was born female, and the whole "feel" of the place was bollocks. So me and my girlfriend went to the pub across the road from Koko. Very nice pub, met some very nice people and wildhearts fans! You all rock in my book

THE KOKO
Amazing place. A fantastic place for a show like this. Great view all over the place, great sound, great service in the bars and all around a superb place. Drinks might have been a bit expensive, but compared to norwegian prices it was cheap

THE CONCERT
It was a great show by the Wildhearts, and I think this line-up kills the one I saw at the Hammersmith a few years ago. Still, they played a much shorter set than Hammersmith, but I liked this concert better. I think the band sounded better and looked better. Cant argue to much about the setlist, but like many of you, I would love to hear much more new songs. I dont like "Nexus Icon", and I really think they can drop OCD, "Woah shit...." and "Top of the world". Great tunes all of ém, but could easily be replaced with "sweetest song" "the new flash" and "so into you" IMO.

New songs sounded great. "Rooting" is already a classic, but not sure if "revolution..." is the right one live?! Dont get me wrong, I love the song, but its not very "sing along" like the na na nas in "sweetest..."

AFTERMATH
When the band left the stage, I wanted beer, beer, beer. I went out on the streets in one of the biggest citys in the world. CLOSED EVERYWHERE! Not bitter, but very, very dissapointed....

MERCANDICE
I bought 20 (!) items at the stand. 12 t-shirts, 5 hoodies, 3 posters and 1 CD. Very dissapointed they didn´t have the new "shield " t-shirt!! If anyone reading this have one in size large for sale, please let me know!!
The "radio" shirt was ok. Album-artwork shirt was ok. Hoodie was great and the "shield" shirt is fantastic, to bad I travelled from Norway to buy it just to find it was sold out

PICTURES
Here´s some of my pictures from the show:
http://web.mac.com/cellings/iWeb/Websted%208/Wildhearts.html

Aaah.Travelling to WHs gigs... reminds me of myself when I was young (won't make any gigs this tour after all - bugger... but then, maybe towards the end of the year, when they're hopefully playing MORE NEW SONGS!). Nice writeup, Chris, thanks for that!

A few things, though:

They played Woah Shit You Got Through? Really? Would've liked to hear that.

They should definitely drop Revolution in favor of Bi-Polar or New Flesh (or even the New Flash - We are, we are, we are the new FLASH... Aaaaah... saviour of the universe... I'd like that!) or Bi-Polar. I think Revolution is a nice song, but not much more - just a bit too pedestrian. But then, maybe the live version could convert me to it. Also could well do without Stormy, Vanilla and Sick Of Drugs.

Not bitter, but very, very dissapointed....

I suppose you could also say "No bitter, therefore very disappointed."

20 merch items (21, actually)??? Are you the Norway distributor?[/quote]

AH, what a shame we didn´t meet. A "We´re from the continent"-delegation meeting
would´ve rocked. Great you had as a brilliant time as we did! Next time, then...

Soundog wrote:20 merch items (21, actually)??? Are you the Norway distributor?

Last time I updated my wardrobe was at the Hammersmith gig on the last tour. So it was time for some new and clean clothes.

Actually some of it was for mates back home...

Chris

Chris Norway wrote:

Soundog wrote:20 merch items (21, actually)??? Are you the Norway distributor?

Last time I updated my wardrobe was at the Hammersmith gig on the last tour. So it was time for some new and clean clothes.

Actually some of it was for mates back home...

Chris

It sounds like you've just funded their next album - I salute you!

Personally thought Revolution was one of the best songs of the night - live the pre-verse guitars.

Would love to hear Bi-Polar too

Soundog wrote:They played Woah Shit You Got Through? Really? Would've liked to hear that.

No they didn't, I think the Woah's are a reference to OCD.

Soundog wrote:They should definitely drop Revolution in favor of Bi-Polar or New Flesh (or even the New Flash - We are, we are, we are the new FLASH... Aaaaah... saviour of the universe... I'd like that!) or Bi-Polar. I think Revolution is a nice song, but not much more - just a bit too pedestrian. But then, maybe the live version could convert me to it. Also could well do without Stormy, Vanilla and Sick Of Drugs.

I thought revolution was great personally - one of the songs of the set. A few more new ones would have been good tho.

Robdj wrote:Personally thought Revolution was one of the best songs of the night - live the pre-verse guitars.

Would love to hear Bi-Polar too

"Revolution...." is a real stand out track on an album full of standout tracks. Cant wait til Tuesday to hear it brought to life.

I gathered as much from other reviews... funny, ain't it? I love the intro riff and I rather like the "calling" coda of Revolution, but the rest doesn't do much for me. But then, different fans having totally different favourites has always been a WHs quality mark.

kriscoverdale wrote:
No they didn't, I think the Woah's are a reference to OCD.

Thought so at first, too - it was the word after "Woah" that made me doubt it.

I came home with one of Ritch's drumsticks too!