Modest Mouse at Royal Albert Hall
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Am I the only person from the 80s who missed The Smiths? I lived in Tokyo and Japan just ignored them - guess an Oscar quoting gladi toting singer wasn’t in their equation. So when I got offered tickets to see Modest Mouse – and therefore Johnny Marr – I wasn’t saying ‘no’.Modest Mouse is another band that’s escaped my radar. In my universe, band names are iconic and make-ya-wanna-see-em….and you are: modest. No thanks. But I loved the idea that Johnny Marr answered their want-ad seeking a guitarist who sounded like Johnny Marr and the subsequent album veered from good to excellent, though the singer’s vocal style is an acquired taste.
The Albert Hall is a unique room, with a domed ceiling about a thousand feet above you and tiers of boxes and seats rising up until they’re lost in the mist. MM’s great achievement was to make it feel like a club gig. And what an interesting group they are. I love me a band with two drummers, but how many have two bass players? And banjo….there’s not enough banjo in rock and roll. Mr. Marr was everything I’ve heard about but I wasn’t ready to hear David Byrne filtered through Manchester.
I decided to do an "Amber":http://mog.com/blog_post/view/76555#comment-326264 and get as close as possible and take photos. I was using my Nokia, so quality isn’t fantastic and I couldn’t get any shoe shots because they had old-fashioned monitors strung right across the stage front. (Allowing Johnny to make the time honoured signs for more volume from him, the drummer, the guitar…it’s always more. Does anyone ever want less?) I will try harder next time.
The Albert Hall is a unique room, with a domed ceiling about a thousand feet above you and tiers of boxes and seats rising up until they’re lost in the mist. MM’s great achievement was to make it feel like a club gig. And what an interesting group they are. I love me a band with two drummers, but how many have two bass players? And banjo….there’s not enough banjo in rock and roll. Mr. Marr was everything I’ve heard about but I wasn’t ready to hear David Byrne filtered through Manchester.I decided to do an "Amber":http://mog.com/blog_post/view/76555#comment-326264 and get as close as possible and take photos. I was using my Nokia, so quality isn’t fantastic and I couldn’t get any shoe shots because they had old-fashioned monitors strung right across the stage front. (Allowing Johnny to make the time honoured signs for more volume from him, the drummer, the guitar…it’s always more. Does anyone ever want less?) I will try harder next time.
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