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A bit later, jet-setting Southside Johnny and the very magnificent Asbury Jukes purr through some sassy R and B. While their brass and class comes through a bit thin in the open air they're a bunch of fun. | A bit later, jet-setting Southside Johnny and the very magnificent Asbury Jukes purr through some sassy R and B. While their brass and class comes through a bit thin in the open air they're a bunch of fun. | ||
They mix a neat selection of old and new with "I Don't Want to Come Home," "The Fever" and "It Ain't The Man (It's The Motion)." John Ryan chucks his mike stand in the lake and they play "We're Having A Party." | |||
A bit more later: Elvis Costello stalks the stage in his horn rims, angrily and effectively. The Attractions are a superb foil for Mr Costello's modern ire. | |||
He's fave for a few water-pogoers, one of whom retrieves the mike stand and takes it into the audience. | |||
A lot of the audience remain bemused but Costello's biting urgency is almost ready for large concerts and his songs are excellent. | |||
A lot later: once again the lake is full of bodies, shivering and oozing green slime, as Santana embark on a 90-minute search for the cosmos in SE24. | |||
Maybe they find it but it's hard to tell as Carlos endlessly explores his fretboard to the accompaniment of congos, keyboards, drums, maraccas and the muted whoops of an ecstatic audience. | |||
They play "Let The Children Play," "Dance Sister Dance," "Evil Ways" and loads more. Unity is attained. I think. The encore is thunderous as cosmicity rules. It sounds even better half a mile away. | |||
That night Southside Johnny won — Britain needs to see him again soon. | |||
Now who in Heaven's name is going to play Crystal Palace next year? | |||
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