Questions about Cologne

[wilf]

Hi, everybody,

Being a bit of a completist I've got two queries:
One, who was the harp player? Justin did introduce him but I didn't catch his name.
Two, what was the last song Hugh played? It did sound like an old Stranglers number but I'm not sure.
Any help gratefully accepted.

What a gig, eh? 17 songs from Hugh, 32 from the Army, if that isn't value for money I don't know what is.

The problem is, as Justin acknowledged, what's next? I have seen NMA more than 30 times over the years but this can't be bettered IMHO. Well, they could do a Metallica and appear with a symphony orchestra next year - nudge, nudge, say no more...

[Amandistan]

Or the could go electronica or have rapping in the background.
 or kidnap a visiting spaceship and make a sound completely alien to this world. 


Or just continue of the path they are going.

[wilf]

What about the a cappella version of No Rest followed by the Elisabethan madrigal of Wonderful Way to Go?

[Hughie]

Two, what was the last song Hugh played? It did sound like an old Stranglers number but I'm not sure.
Any help gratefully accepted.

I'm almost certain that last song was Nice n Sleazy, which is a Stranglers song.  It was certainly in the 3 song encore anyway but I can't be 100% certain it was last!

You could tell that Hugh and his band were genuinely very pleased to be called back so enthusiastically for an encore and they seemed to really enjoy the whole gig.  It was also a nice touch having him back on for the Kinks number in the New Model Army encore.

H

[wilf]

Cheers, mate but nice & sleazy was the last but one song.  The final number had a chorus which went something like love on my own terms.
But I totally agree with your assessment. Hugh and band had a whale of a time and his coming on for the Kinks song was the icing on the cake,

[Hughie]

Ah, sorry in that case, I can't place, or evidently even remember, the last song at all then!

[lotus]

I`m interested in the last 3 songs Hugh played
I was outside near the merch, listening ...
nothing on yt
not allowed to read the postings of the official Cornwell forum without beeing registered 
Members of the band? Mentions of playing with NMA? 
That`s not the best way to find possible new fans ..

[wilf]

Ask and you shall be answered. Here's Hugh Cornwell's set list (apart from the final song, dammit!):

Hugh Cornwell :

Totem & Taboo° -  Skin Deep* -  Stuck in Daily Mail Land°-  Dagenham Dave*
I Want One of Those° -  Duchess*-  Beat of My Heart (from Hooverdam) -  Strange Little Girl°
God is a Woman* -  Peaches° -  Gods Guns and Gays* -  (Get a) Grip (on Yourself)°
A Street Called Carroll* -  Straighten Out°
Encores: In the Dead of Night* - Nice and Sleazy° - unknown song

°from Totem & Taboo (2012)      *Stranglers songs     17 songs, 80 minutes

[wilf]

Correction:

A Street Called Carroll° -  Straighten Out*
Encores: In the Dead of Night° - Nice and Sleazy* - unknown song

°from Totem & Taboo (2012)      *Stranglers songs     17 songs, 80 minutes

[Jibberish]

...
One, who was the harp player? Justin did introduce him but I didn't catch his name.
...

No-one appears to have answered this yet. It was Tom Moth (aka Monger), who is one of Ceri's brothers and is a member of Florence and the Machine.

[wilf]

Thanks, Jibberish.

That leaves only one of my original questions unanswered

[claireinblack]

Hugh also did Tank, and one review says he did Souls but I don't remember that one!

[lotus]

Thanx

Correction:

A Street Called Carroll° -  Straighten Out*
Encores: In the Dead of Night° - Nice and Sleazy* - unknown song

°from Totem & Taboo (2012)      *Stranglers songs     17 songs, 80 minutes

[lotus]

here`s a link (now knowing the titles) - Hugh live 26.11.2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdwas9JEgNQ

[wilf]

Thanks, Lotus, the video from Bilston swung it:

The final encore was certainly Tank!

Problem eventually solved.

Thanks again to all contributors,

Wilf