This week I went to see Deacon Blue for the second time in my life. Having seen them before and knowing they have a new album out, I knew this wouldn't strictly be a novelty trip back to the 80s. However, I along with most others were there mainly for the 80s and early 90s hits.
Beginning the gig with a couple of newer songs, they got the crowd standing up on the third song "Your Town". The crowd really got going though when they played "Chocolate Girl" but with a bit of a difference, they incorporated the Human Leagues "Human" in the middle and it worked quite seamlessly.
The highlight came when they played "Real Gone Kid" which is my personal favourite which they did an extended version of, and quite frankly they could have carried it on even longer and I wouldn't tire of it. This was followed by their debut non charting single "Loaded" where the crowd was all singing along.
There was a bit of a lull after this, Ricky Ross started talking about the refugees, something which will always divide opinion. A few songs later he started telling a story about beggars in Glasgow which he did take some time to tell. Everyone was sat down at this point, but then he concluded the story by saying Glasgow is different on a Friday as its wages day. This inevitable got the whole crowd stood up as they started to play "Wages Day".
When encore time came, they played a new track followed by "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)". Then they did "Dignity" but got the crowd to sing the bulk of it. This was then followed by a questionable medley of cover songs, some people were starting to leave at this point. the medley though led to "Twist and Shout" which is one of my favourites of theirs.
Encore number 2 followed where they finished with an acoustic version of Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby".
They now have more albums since they reformed in 1999 than they did prior to their split in 1994, but ultimately its the old ones which get the crowd going.
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