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The Clean - Ward Lane, Hamilton, New Zealand - 7/10/00
Seminal Flying Nun band The Clean
attracted a large crowd to their show at Ward Lane, which, I might add, started
extremely early.
I've always loved The Clean but have never seen them play live before, so when I
arrived at around 10pm to be greeted by the sound of David Kilgour's fractured
guitar, Hamish Kilgour's 'train-track' drumming and Robert Scott's looping
bass-lines eminating from the PA, my heart leapt.
The crowd was a little stand-offish at first, forming a semi-circle in front of
the stage for 'Point That Thing Somewhere Else' and the following two numbers,
but within the first few bars of 'Fish' the floor was packed.
'At the Bottom', 'Drawing to a (W)hole', 'Getting Older', 'Tally Ho' and a whole
lot of new songs followed before they said good night and attempted to leave the
stage - impossible due to the rabid throng which was blocking their path, so
they encored with 'Sweet Jane' and 'Candy Says', the grins on everyones' faces
evidence that we were all witnessing something special.
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