CSS are introduced by a lame Itunes ‘Northern pub-club style’ announcer, which CSS manage to better with their own intro: the start of the iconic ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ accompanied by dramatic lighting, which feels like their very own 90s dance-relevant version of when bands come on to the Star Wars theme tune or other such huge anthems.
The band are surrounded on stage by helium balloons, which for any other band might seem showy, but somehow seem low key for CSS. And what is Lovefoxx wearing? Her multicoloured jumpsuit with a lama-esque furry pompom neck accessory, looking a little like bjork. They break angrily into Meeting Paris Hilton and I think they might live up to their reputation of having ‘a live show so chaotic it made The Happy Mondays look professional’ but instead I am soon bored. Songs that should create an incredible party atmosphere like ‘Off The Hook’ and ‘Alcohol’ barely move the fans and it feels like CSS just do not work in a Kaiser Chiefs-friendly venue in front of a Kaiser Chiefs-friendly band. Even dancing girls dressed as rabbits cannot create the brazilian party atmosphere the show requires.
I hope that maybe the crowd and just too familiar and bored with their old songs and look forward to hearing new ones, but am disappointed. Lovefoxx’s foreign use of English used to be endearing but now lines like ‘If you want to play seek and hide’ sound like very lazy attempts at rhyming. And another song which mostly consisted of the line ‘get up get up get up we got to keep on moving’ was as musically boring as it was lyrically.
There is a little redemption in the planned encore when they return and give this very mainstream crowd what they want by playing Let’s Make Love and Listen To Death From Above, which causes a cheer and some sedate dancing. This is probably the night’s highlight, maybe second only to a charming young lady yelling in her boyfriend’s face, ‘Music is My Hot Hot Sex’.
Categories ,Live 90’s CSS Band Brazilian Dancing
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