Last night my flat mate and i took our other flat mate to see Foy Vance in Glasgow for her birthday. I wasn't particularly looking forward to it, as it really isn't my type of music, very slow and very depressing but i went along with an open mind in hope his music would be more enjoyable live.
When we arrived the supporting act "Kill it kid" had already began playing and i really enjoyed them as they were closer to the genre of music which i like. The guy had a very deep voice which really didnt't suit his appearance as it was surprising how such a "manly" voice could come out of this lanky teenage boy. They played several songs all of which were quite catchy.
Foy Vance came out all on his own with his wee acoustic guitar and began playing, he was hitting all these different pedals and singing in to several microphones and before i knew it, it sounded like he was surrounded by lots of other musicians when in fact it was all just him. It was quite impressive and everybody was bopping along.
Every know and again though he would go back to a slow song where nobody would move or even mouth the words, very different from any gig i've been to before as every one usually sings along at the top of there voices. This kinda gave the impression people weren't enjoying it, as i knew i wasn't but i suppose the genre didn't really allow for you to scream your lungs out.
Foy Vance himself was quite a quirky wee man as he'd respond to any shouts from the crowd with a witty comment that made the crowd chuckle but his music didn't portray this personality at all.
When he began playing Michael Jacksons Billie jean i thought o great a song i can sing along to but no he killed it. It was too slow and just awful.
As it came toward the end of the show i couldn't wait to leave, as it had been the longest hour and a half of my life and he still hadn't even played the song i knew. To my "delight" he came back for an encore and sang "Indiscriminate act of kindness" although i don't particularly like this song i knew most of the words as my flat mate constantly sings it. This allowed me to appreciate his performance a little more as i was able to sing along.
Despite Foy Vance being a very talented musician i can't say i really enjoyed the whole experience, but least i can say i i've been and i have to say his music is definitely more endurable live.
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