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English Beat - Emo's, Austin TX - September 2, 2010
[from Birmingham, UK] also a 2nd
wave ska band from the late 70s on the 2 Tone label– more recently noted for the
song playing as Ferris Bueller runs through backyards and houses to beat his
family home - so we were optimistic at the start – the lead singer had a cute
British accent – the band was good – it was pretty quickly clear, though, that
there was something lacking … that energy… the quick pick-up of ska – it
finally became clear that they just weren’t playing ska – maybe some sort of
pop-rock inspired by ska but not ska – the early part of the set reminded me of
The Talking Heads, kind of – the pop-rock became decreasingly ska and
increasingly soul-pop – like a mix of 90s artists Soul Decision and Shaggy – by
the end, it was full-on reggae – I preferred the reggae to the watery rock –
reggae would have been okay if I hadn’t come expecting ska – 2 hours of unska
was not okay – Rockboy insists they were playing poorer versions of their
recorded material and/or the worst of their recorded material – I insist this
band is not for me (Photo courtesy of http://thequietus.com/articles/14756-my-punk-the-english-beat-live-by-simon-price)
[from Birmingham, UK] also a 2nd
wave ska band from the late 70s on the 2 Tone label– more recently noted for the
song playing as Ferris Bueller runs through backyards and houses to beat his
family home - so we were optimistic at the start – the lead singer had a cute
British accent – the band was good – it was pretty quickly clear, though, that
there was something lacking … that energy… the quick pick-up of ska – it
finally became clear that they just weren’t playing ska – maybe some sort of
pop-rock inspired by ska but not ska – the early part of the set reminded me of
The Talking Heads, kind of – the pop-rock became decreasingly ska and
increasingly soul-pop – like a mix of 90s artists Soul Decision and Shaggy – by
the end, it was full-on reggae – I preferred the reggae to the watery rock –
reggae would have been okay if I hadn’t come expecting ska – 2 hours of unska
was not okay – Rockboy insists they were playing poorer versions of their
recorded material and/or the worst of their recorded material – I insist this
band is not for me (Photo courtesy of
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