Primal Scream

I was going to give this post the title “Get your Rocks Off” after the name of Primal Scream’s best known (to me) song, but decided that it was a bit too vulgar. We went to see them on Friday evening in a large marquee in Queen’s Park. The venue worked well because it was spacious and airy so we didn’t overheat despite the dancing crowd. And dance they did, or should I say we all did; with no seats it was easier to dance than just to stand there. It wasn’t really my favourite type of music but I enjoyed some of the songs; for example I like that when the band sang “Loaded” the audience wouldn’t let them finish and kept singing the song until the band gave in and played it again. And the aforementioned “Get your Rocks Off” was very singable and sent everyone homewards in a tremendously good mood; it was a very happy crowd all evening. 

I’m not sure what was the demographic of the audience; they seemed to be all ages although there were probably a majority of people of about our age, including the band. A bit of music trivia: the lead singer Bobby Gillespie used to play drums for the Jesus and Mary Chain, which job he took over from Murray Dalglish, a very pleasant former collaborator of mine. And finally a quote from comic Susie McCabe on Saturday, when they were playing their second gig, which I thought was very funny especially since (sadly) it is marching season again,

“Today in Glasgow

If you are under 40 you have Calvin Harris at Hampden

If you are 40 or over you have Primal Scream at Queen’s Park

If you like the 17th Century you have the Orange Walk”