Gig Review: Robots In Disguise
- Posted on October 18, 2007 12:38 PM
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Virgin Mega Store
The Sex Has Made Me Stupid
Reivew By Zarina Raja
Every time I see Robots in Disguise, each performance tops the last, and yesterday’s performance at Oxford Streets Virgin Mega Store was no exception.
In store performances always lack the atmosphere that a gig has; people mill about, many seem to stumble into the performance without realizing who it is, and it is always too bright and too soon after work to allow yourself to be fully immersed by the music.
RID, however, had no problem in rocking Virgin with a variety of old and new tracks, a massive stage presence and a highly entertaining rock star attitude.
Clad in silver capes, back combed hair and blunt fringes, they swaned onto the stage, already owning the audience. Two robots followed them out, wearing silver cardboard robot outfits and dancing manically throughout the set, funnily enough, throwing robotic shapes that tease the hyper crowd.
Various technical glitches swept through the performances; songs wouldn’t play, others were repeated and the microphones didn’t seem to be loud enough at the start. But, RID are like, f*** it, who cares?
They carried on, tossing jokes into the crowd, not embarrassed, and even more up for it once the music finally started. They danced, tripped and spun to every song, encouraging the crowd to do the same.
Towards the end, Sue lunged towards the edge of the stage, momentarily thinking that stage diving might not work in the fairly thin crowd, but did it anyway. Dee Plume caught on and followed her lead, as the crowd struggled to not let them fall to the floor. RID rode the crowd, laughing and stumbling back to the stage and dove straight back into the set.
RID pulled off a catchy and invigorating show, their charismatic and dry comical quips seemed to give the gig a certain edge, especially as Dee and Sue play fought in their song Argument, whipping and kicking each other, pulling their capes over each other’s heads and messing around like two punks in a playground.
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