Dexys?

[internetjef]

My understanding was Dexys were just playing loads of new stuff and shunning the old stuff.

however some recent setlists suggest they may be splitting the sets into new  stuff first with ‘classics’ to follow 
 

If looking at an afternoon park slot are we expecting Geno, Jackie Wilson says and come on Eileen?

Or none of the the above?

[Neil]

i saw dexy's in the acoustic tent about 5 years ago, i can't really remember what songs they did, but think there were some oldies at the end - the thing i do remember is how stunning i found Kevin's voice to be. i enjoyed them hugely.

if you think this is your thing go along i doubt you'll be disappointed.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It won't be a pure hits set - I'd expect a good chunk of material from the album that came out last year.

[Monty Pythagoras]

Mix of both but I'll land if my schedule's free for the big oldies. Be a good sing along in the sunshine hopefully.

[The Red Telephone]

Looking at some 2023 vids, they sound good!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels has one of the best starts to an album ever.

 

[westholtschic]

From October 

[internetjef]

Yeah I had a look at set lists but they are long format shows. Prob only getting 10 tunes max on an earlier park slot so wasn’t sure if the old classics would get cut in favour of the newer stuff, vice versa, or a combo 

must admit haven’t listened much to newer stuff but happy to give a a few tracks a go if I get geno / Jackie Wilson and come on Eileen scattered in to the set 

[Dreamingofsunnydays]

17 minutes ago, internetjef said:

Yeah I had a look at set lists but they are long format shows. Prob only getting 10 tunes max on an earlier park slot so wasn’t sure if the old classics would get cut in favour of the newer stuff, vice versa, or a combo 

must admit haven’t listened much to newer stuff but happy to give a a few tracks a go if I get geno / Jackie Wilson and come on Eileen scattered in to the set 

C’mon Eileen will be taps off!

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, The Red Telephone said:

Looking at some 2023 vids, they sound good!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels has one of the best starts to an album ever.

 

Not playing anything from it by the looks of it...

Or This Is What She's Like, which they were closing with last time I saw them..

[internetjef]

No festival slots before glasto so might be difficult to get much of a steer on shorter setlist before they play 

[incident]

8 minutes ago, internetjef said:

No festival slots before glasto so might be difficult to get much of a steer on shorter setlist before they play 

They're at Bearded Theory so will get an indication from that.

[Madyaker]

Last year I saw I guy wearing a t shirt that said:

I came on Eileen. 

Edited March 15 by Madyaker

[Robofish]

I saw them last year in Brighton. The new album has a few decent tunes, so I’m sure there will be 4 or 5 from that. They’d be mad to drop Geno, Eileen, Jacky Wilson and Until I Believe In My Soul, which were all stunning. 

[Nobody Interesting]

39 minutes ago, internetjef said:

No festival slots before glasto so might be difficult to get much of a steer on shorter setlist before they play 

They are at Bearded Theory

[Gnomicide]

It will be more hits based than their more recent gigs would indicate.

[Avalon_Fields]

14 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

They are at Bearded Theory

Yes, and if I don’t seen them there I’ll hope to at Glastonbury. I’ve never seen them play and I do have misgivings but just 3-4 of their classics would be enough for me to go. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

35 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

It will be more hits based than their more recent gigs would indicate.

Apparently their decision to play their new album in full at the start of their Acoustic Headline set went down........poorly.

[Nobody Interesting]

43 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Yes, and if I don’t seen them there I’ll hope to at Glastonbury. I’ve never seen them play and I do have misgivings but just 3-4 of their classics would be enough for me to go. 

Turn up 20 mins from the end and you might be OK - looked at recent set lists which backed up my thoughts after I had the misfortune to be at their 2014 Acoustic Tent set.

Hopefully they play 'proper' versions of the classics too and not some weird jazz type version

[The Red Telephone]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Not playing anything from it by the looks of it...

Or This Is What She's Like, which they were closing with last time I saw them..

They play Geno, don’t they?

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

They play Geno, don’t they?

Ah - true enough. For some reason I thought that was on Too-Rye-Aye

[The Red Telephone]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Ah - true enough. For some reason I thought that was on Too-Rye-Aye

A final three of Eileen/ Geno/ Jackie Wilson should be good-time central.

TBH in the few recent videos I've seen, they have stayed faithful to the originals.

[CaledonianGonzo]

They're good tunes, but wish the whole set was the hits.

Taps aff for There There My Dear. In orbit for Tell Me When My Light Turns Green

[Wooderson]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They're good tunes, but wish the whole set was the hits.

Taps aff for There There My Dear. In orbit for Tell Me When My Light Turns Green

Burn It Down, Seven Days - you forget what a rave up that record is.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's unstoppable.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Listening to Geno gives me goosebumps. 

Also, I have never been able to understand some of the lyrics sang because Kevin Rolan's voice doesn't make them clear.

As an aside, one of my brothers mates was in a shop with his mom in Birmingham (back in the day) and Kevin Rowland walked into the shop. My brothers mate mentioned that fact to his mom. His Irish mother then thought that her son knew Kevin Rowland, so went up to Kevin and asked him if he wanted her to repair all the holes in his jeans.