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Reviews of the 13/06/12 Bush hall concert

 
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APOLLO74
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reviews of the 13/06/12 Bush hall concert Reply with quote

Here are a couple of pretty good reviews I came across of the Bush hall concert. I'm looking forward to the up and coming concerts in October even more now !

From the "Kentishtowner"
http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2012/06/15/review-sparks-bush-hall/

Another review from 'Clash"
http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/sparks-live-at-bush-hall-london
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:18 am    Post subject: Bush Hall Review Reply with quote

Hi - another great review of last week's fantastic gig - by me!

http://j.mp/LYhVAt
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In case anyone missed it, the Clash Music article above is the only one I've seen so far with an interview (with Ron).
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Andy Gill was there!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/sparks-bush-hall-london-7858683.html

Quote: There's an echo of Albιniz in "Dick Around", and a touch of Kurt Weill about the rolling swing of "Good Morning"

Oh Yes?!!! :-) Although I kind of know what he means, when I think about it...
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Russell, clad in dark jacket and green trousers, has the unfeasibly youthful demeanour of a debauched Justin Bieber



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Bush Hall Review Reply with quote

brucedes wrote:
Hi - another great review of last week's fantastic gig - by me!

http://j.mp/LYhVAt



Terrific and so well written I will like steal some of these fantastically fitting phrases to use in my posts, and happily be accused of plagiarism. It definitely echoed my experience that memorable night. You also thankfully shed light on a dimension of Sparks songs I'd missed over many years of being a fan. That's the great thing about Sparks' music - discovering more and more and never getting fed up. Above all, probably the most personal and therefore touching review I've seen published.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

From This is Not Retro. Includes 11 pictures, setlist and tour dates.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Mail On sunday's Review supplement has this review by Tim de Lisle
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Their (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) contemporaries SPARKS have been in London too, proving that this town is big enough for the both of them. The Mael brothers can't go on tour without having a bright idea. Last time it was playing all their albums over 21 nights; this time it is ditching their sidemen and performing a deux. In their mid-60s, they are beginning to swap personas. Ron, who frightened children in 1974 by looking like Hitler with a synthesiser, has mellowed into a friendly physics teacher, while Russell, once a Bolan-style pretty boy, now has the boot-polish forelock of a man auditioning for the lead in Downfall. His voice is undimmed, and here he is yodelling to the converted. Fans mouthed the words as the Maels took a spin through one of pop's more twisty oeuvres. With the sound stripped down, their antecedants showed through-Berlin cabaret, music hall and even country. Russell's dancefloor falsetto was a reminder that the Bee-Gees were not the only masters of that art. And when Sparks relived their Euro-disco period, with Number One Song In Heaven and Beat The Clock, you could see that if they had only waited 30 years, they could have been David Guetta.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1 year ago already.

Come back soon !
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1 year ago already.

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