The Ballad of Birmingham

The Stranglers Birmingham O2 Academy – 14th March 2015.

Gig Review.

The Ballad of Birmingham

As we had done so before…
So, we did once more.
The family gathered from far and from near.
To see the Men in Black and lend them our ear.

A dark waltz heralded their arrival on stage
As if a wild beast had been freed from a cage
The crowd went wild with appreciation
Venting their pent up adulation

Longships gave to Raven and then Straigthen Out
Baz shot a grin and JJ a pout.
A full house did rock and also did rave
The majestic four horsemen was sung us by Dave

We anticipated yet
The arrival of Jet
The appearance of him
Followed the exit of Jim

The Master delivered to all and to one
Baroque Bordello, Golden Brown and Always The Sun
Finishing with a flourish of thrills, fills and licks
The boys delivered the beauteous strains of Genetix

Jet left and Jim did join us once more
And proceeded to pummel his kit through the floor
Swirling Keys, biting Tele and Growling Bass
Lit up the smile on everyone’s face

Then all was quiet but for the ears a-ring
As they gathered and posed sweaty faces a-grin
All too soon it was over and off we were led
To the pub, then for Curry, then off home to bed.