Monday, November 23, 2009

Massive Attack @ Campo Pequeno: 21 Nov 2009


Who cares about them silly written rules? Well, I did.. Too bad: everyone else at Campo Pequeno last night had their cameras along!.. Nope, not me.. Why? - 'Twas written, on the ticket: express prohibition blah blah - So? No photos!
Well, let me tell you: Campo Pequeno was just as nice as I imagined it to be: liked the place and particularly liked the staff's manners - unexpectedly, all formal, all overly polite, all with their smiles on and such.

The opening act: Martina Topley-Bird was wearing the exact same red dress which you can see in the Wiki photo; had mixed impressions about it, having found the other band member - the Ninja-costumed one - funnier, and ... well, that sort of says it all. Tried to like about 2 tunes, enjoyed one.

Massive Attack: My first time seeing them live, and this includes a large amount of first time excitement. Generally liked the varying sound of tunes in their live versions, though the drums [2 sets of 'em] and bass were louder than what I was expecting; the keyboard was nice, but the longer tunes turned out confusing at times - mostly due to the acoustics of the place.
Bottom line: was happy to have been there, would be happier to see them again, in better conditions.

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