The fact is, it was a very inanimate, pedestrian performance. Such serious faces! Very very strong musically though. The new songs came across really well, especially People On The High Line, a personal favourite. BLT very disappointing to me. The rest, magic! BM, TF, and Temptation particularly so. Anyway, ho-hum!
I remember as a teenager I used to sit in the vestibule entrance to the close (tenement block) we lived in with my 'ghetto blaster' (lol) pumping out PCL at full volume. The way it echoed up the stairwell sounded amazing. Other worldly!....................................... One night, particularly late, the so called 'daddy' of the building came charging out with an un-nervingly menacing look on his weathered old fizzog. (Face). I thought my goose was cooked! Felt certain my number was up! Was convinced the eye in the sky would soon be welcoming me into his arms with aforementioned 'ghetto blaster' firmly rammed right up my teenage cake maker! Imagine my delight when all he said was, 'turn it doon a bit son, or i'll need to gi' ye a slap!.................... By the way, whit's that song called? That's no bad that!'. I told him it was 5-8-6 by New Order. He muttered something about Status Quo that I didn't quite catch 'cos I was busy turning down the volume, and off he trotted. Schooled! lol. Funny enough though, the second half of PCL does sound better if you take it down a notch or two. Thanks Johnny!
