Y&T - Metropolis Munich 19th June 2009
Setlist: Open Fire / Don't Stop Runnin' / Dirty Girl / Wild If I Wanna / Afraid Of The Dark / Mean Streak / Don't Wanna Lose / Black Tiger / Eyes / Winds of Change / Barroom Boogie / Midnight in Tokyo / I'll Cry For You / Looks Like Trouble / Summertime Girls / Squeeze / I Believe In You // Forever / Rescue Me
In return for taking me to TiPi Fest, I dragged Marcus along to see Y&T at a club in Munich called the Metropolis.
The Metropolis is a unit on an old factory site. It is grungy, small, sweaty, and just my kind of venue. The PA is good, lights nothing fancy but effective, and it has a capacity of about 500, I’d guess. In addition, there were no fascists telling you that you couldn’t take photos. But, don’t get me started on that, again. This was my first visit to this place, and in fact my first gig in Germany as a punter, since, oh, Simon and Garfunkel in Dortmund in 1982? Had I known that I could have taken a decent camera without having to argue with jumped-up, self-important, delusional, officious assholes in T-shirts, I would have taken the EOS and got some good pictures. But anyway…
We had a beer, watched the support band who were, for once, pretty good, and awaited Y&T’s arrival on the stage.
Last time I saw this band was in the early ‘80s, as with so many of the bands I’m seeing these days, it amazes me (as I’m sure it does them) that they’re still around. No-one ever expected rock music to last this long! Then again, the older I get, the more I realise that youth is wasted on the young; they’re crap and have no idea what to do with their youngitude! Meanwhile, I’m growing old disgracefully and I’m proud of it!
I needed have no worries about Y&T though. The music was outstanding and the setlist was just one classic after another. Every song you ever wanted to hear was there, Black Tiger, Mean Streak, Summertime Girls, Midnight in Tokyo, Dirty Girl, you name it, they played it over the two hours or so they were on stage. When they played Rescue Me, the roof pretty much lifted off the venue and I almost needed a Kleenex.
Marcus was converted and keeps singing Rescue Me around the office, so I count that as a result.
Y&T live is a class act and every bit as good as back in the day.
Mark L. Potts
The God of Thunder
20th June 2009
The Metropolis is a unit on an old factory site. It is grungy, small, sweaty, and just my kind of venue. The PA is good, lights nothing fancy but effective, and it has a capacity of about 500, I’d guess. In addition, there were no fascists telling you that you couldn’t take photos. But, don’t get me started on that, again. This was my first visit to this place, and in fact my first gig in Germany as a punter, since, oh, Simon and Garfunkel in Dortmund in 1982? Had I known that I could have taken a decent camera without having to argue with jumped-up, self-important, delusional, officious assholes in T-shirts, I would have taken the EOS and got some good pictures. But anyway…
We had a beer, watched the support band who were, for once, pretty good, and awaited Y&T’s arrival on the stage.
Last time I saw this band was in the early ‘80s, as with so many of the bands I’m seeing these days, it amazes me (as I’m sure it does them) that they’re still around. No-one ever expected rock music to last this long! Then again, the older I get, the more I realise that youth is wasted on the young; they’re crap and have no idea what to do with their youngitude! Meanwhile, I’m growing old disgracefully and I’m proud of it!
I needed have no worries about Y&T though. The music was outstanding and the setlist was just one classic after another. Every song you ever wanted to hear was there, Black Tiger, Mean Streak, Summertime Girls, Midnight in Tokyo, Dirty Girl, you name it, they played it over the two hours or so they were on stage. When they played Rescue Me, the roof pretty much lifted off the venue and I almost needed a Kleenex.
Marcus was converted and keeps singing Rescue Me around the office, so I count that as a result.
Y&T live is a class act and every bit as good as back in the day.
Mark L. Potts
The God of Thunder
20th June 2009