There was a bit
of apprehension on people’s faces as they walked onto the main aisle of the
Great Market Hall on Saturday evening, and quite a lot of it on the faces of
the few grocers who had their stands open throughout the Gorillaz Sound System
DJ set. So technically it was more than possible to purchase your lettuce and
turnips and then join the party- the resident Brits went for some tomatoes,
which they mercifully consumed on the spot and did not use to express
dissatisfaction with whatever was happening onstage.
For the idea of
the show in the Market Hall was genuinely innovative, but the final result fell
a bit flat, as Gorrillaz Sound System did not particularly deliver whatever was
expected of them. There were some thumping beats and a light show, but not
enough monkey business to make it truly special.
One could not
help but imagine that Damon Albarn crooning away at a piano behind the carrots
would have been more entertaining, which is of course normal, since he is more
entertaining than your average mortal by default. And the feathered headdress
of the main DJ would have been oh-so amazing on Jarvis Cocker lazily cruising
down the aisles in a shopping cart- now that is something to be planned for
next year in some downtown supermarket.
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