ON THE RADIO: Gilbert @ The Olympia!
Gilbert rocks the place and exclaims: "Ricky Martin Eat Your Heart Out"!
The Olympia, located at 72 Dame Street, is Dublin's second oldest theatre and former Victorian music hall. The site was occupied by ‘Connells Monster Saloon’ from about 1855 to 1876. This gave way to the Star of Erin Theatre, known to Dubliners as Dan Lowrey's Music Hall. It closed in 1897 and re-opened as the Empire Palace Theatre. The canopy is a wonderful example of Victorian glass and ironwork. The "yellow arrow and dot" on the map indicates where the theatre is in the city. [For next time!]
Di Adios..Di buenas noches..Di buenos dias ..Te sientes bien? Di hola Dime Como te sientes? Muy bien gracias Y que Tal estas? [Spanish lyrics to"Say Goodbye"]
Songs broadcast from the Olympia:
- Nothing Rhymed - broadcast opens with the third song from original show!
- No Matter How I Try
- Because Of You - Mick Parker on keyboards - a master.
- We Will - The backup singers do a nice job answering 'we will'.
- Have It - Interesting rendition without drums
- Miss My Love Today - most requested non-single track.
- Stick In The Mud
- Clair - Audience helps out in the last verse!
- Say Goodbye - Spanish lyrics instead of Japanese. More of a latin tempo.
- Water Music - Shorter than CD version but Brillant.
- Alone Again (Naturally) - Mike Broomfield on guitar solo and bits.
- Matrimony - G says "What is it?" & the audience replies "It's Matrimony".
- Get Down - extended version as it was the last song of the night.
Deleted Olympia Songs:
- Disappear
- The Thing Is
- Sometimes
- The Way Things Used To Be
- What's In A Kiss
- Forever Wondering
- Hold On To What You Got
- Thunder And Lightning
- A Friend of Mine
- Me
- Who Was It?
- Marriage Machine
- Mr. Moody's Garden
- A Woman's Place
- What Could Be Nicer
- Ooh-Wakka-Do-Wakka-Day
For those of you that have not heard this concert yet, I would say to call around to friends, especially in Ireland and the UK. Post a message to the Yahoo Gilbert Message Board. If cassette tapes and CD-R's have crossed the pond to the USA, you should not have any problems obtaining a copy. Trading copies does not violate copyright laws....selling them does. [but that's another story]
