ROADVOWS the Lights Went Down Year's Model' Sessions - It on This Tour, for Iwo and We Were Treated to However It's This Very Reasons, Three Films

Record Mirror, December 16. 1978 75

thrown away and all better prospect, not that's left Is i'space having got rave reviews ALBERTOS Y Junk" I'm confused and exactly, so 1 was sub- LOST think I've been mentally sequently surprised to TRIOS I l raped, but then again that find myself cheering up. PARANOIAS/ could Just be the symp- I can Understand the POLICE ' - toms of Devo itus. What lack di enthusiasm for Bath - University o can one say? They came. their singles which they played, they sounded like Outak es THUMBS conquered 'This DOWN for the from Costello's Aibertne they've blown ROADVOWS The lights went down Year's Model' sessions - It on this tour, for Iwo and we were treated to However It's this very reasons, three films. 'Come Back lack of depth that makes Johnny', 'Satisfaction' them such a good live Firstly, the baste and 'Jocko Homo'. Then band, playing easily problem with any music they came on and took assimilated pop songs Comedy routine is that It Edinburgh by storm. you can whistle on the has to be carefully Predictably they were way home. Who cares if planned to get the op- dressed in those awful the lyrics are all timum response from yellow boiler sults. It Is romance, yeah yeahs and both music and humour, hard to try to explain girls' names. that doesn't which is no easy balance L to to achieve Devo. they really have stop you dancing be seen to be believed. Mention should be Sure, the Albertos were It's like being In some made of the first group. tunny, ft you prefer 11 macabre movie, you the Backbeats, because chuckles to hysterics, and realise his enormous a stand there And they do they are in fact the sure, the musical content ERIC CLAPTON potential, or had simply funny things to your mind Boyfriends in disguise was of a high standard, Hammersmith run Out of steam. with music. Is JL a dream doing faithful versions of but what makes a gig is However, If last week's or reality? Sixties standards such as what you do with the Odeon I was completely wiped 'All Or Nothing', 'See material you've got. and performances were out. When you're getting 'iCF. To play to an anything to go by, Emily Play' and 'Paint It they didn't do much more this lulled into a sense of Black', Their own than repeat it. abed audience!" phase appears over. they their Clapton Because, security rip off description of this self - In a a kled Eric to a word, he sults to reveal boxer Throw surrealistic :iowledging the roars was magic. r5' support as a "throwaway video show as a gimmick shorts and baseball fun Idea" says It all approval greeting his Sure, a lot of the padding,What Is the and if begins to look as U ,Ind s rendition of material was either old g ' really. They were the band are relying on it. or meaning of this? I'm sure received quite well and . me' non -original. but Clap. It's symbolic of The second reason they du,ated? Some of ton's guitar is must have felt confident, -work as ERIC CLAPTON , something, but what? A when they returned'dater blew It was the one that punters were sharp as ever while his more songs and exit made it worth going. The vocals few as the main attraction. lively elderly, are improving all superfluous musicians speeded up with 'Tulsa Devo. Two. encores and If only Ahe usual Fan support band. They're sung yours truly feel the time. And although and catterwauling chick Time', another track appearance of Booji Boy Club crowd had turned called the Police, they're ru again like the barmy the band played safe by.' singers. Eric's trump from the latest 'Backless' who loved us so much, out this could have been a three piece outfit whose hnolkid who scribbled opening with the card was pairing his band waxing, very cute an interesting triumph credentials range from essay about EC for seemingly Irrelevant down to an unobtrusive The evening climaxed Devo should be shown for Pat Collier and his Curved Air to Kevin Inc the world's most 'Loving You (Has Made workmanlike unit with the obligatory on all TV stations for an band as only a few days Ayres and what they play nderbil human being. My Life Sweeter Than comprising Dick Sims 'Layla' which had all the hour each evening till the ago his old lot The is so fresh It was almost 'ontinuing to be a Ever)', from then on It (keyboards). Carl Radie geriatrics leaping out of whole world is convinced Vibrators played their picked yesterday ' was r arnophile long after a heads down, no (bass) and Jamie their seats for a spot of about de -evolution. last ever date here. As it it's a simplistic sharp demise of one of rock nonsense belly -full of Devoiles unite. SANDY was, of the 100 or so who Oldaker (drums). idiot dancing, as I recall rock - reggae sound roll's most Influential blues. This allowed Clapton it used to be known in ASHE braved the freezing fog to labelled new wave only :tits. this gig was to be Whereas 'Crossroads' greater scope for his own those days. get to the place most of because of its pace The with was slowed down, which them only came for the , roroached caution. masterly playing Nice one, Eric. Good to THE BOYFRIENDS stillborn classic the ex- 'Badge' was speeded up reached a peak on 'So late bar. ':er all. with have yer back(less), Leeds Fan Club 'Roxanne' Is their best - ptton of 461 Ocean to . almost reggae Many Roads', an eminent MIKE NICHOLLS The handful who known number and even lel ard', Clapton's proportions, the obvious survivor from his days bothered to listen were that is only a measure of the IT WAS with some rewarded with a strong , career has hardly comparison being with John Mayall's the quality of their songs illustrious Indeed, way Dylan reworked Bluesbreakers. DEVO reluctance that I dragged set from which the new .n Odeon out of Leeds single 'Don't Ask Me To By all means go and see a time it seemed that some of his material Other stand -out cuts Edinburgh myself included the down -tempo Polytechnic where Wilko Explain' and the real the Albertns but get there once brilliant blues earlier this year. early and the force will be tarist was either But while the Zim 'Wonderful Tonight' and I HAVE just been de. was bayonet - charging kicker 'Rocket Td The you. FRED unnecessarily cluttered 'If I Don't Be There By evolved, my mind has about the stage, The Moon' stood out, with uifenng incredible didn't look a WILLIAMS , islratiOn to trying to up his shows with Morning' before things been ripped out and Boyfriends STEVE FLANAGAN

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