Metric : Coventry Kasbah : 13.05.2009
About a week before the Metric gig, I saw Morrissey live. I claimed that no gig could ever top Moz and that it was the greatest gig ever. Oh how I now take that back.
Coventry Kasbah is one of my favourite venues, there’s just something special about it. And tonight Metric played the side room, which is tiny. My favourite band in a small room, can it get any better? Yes, yes it can.
When the band took to the stage, everyone went rather mental, which was expected especially as it had been so long since Metric toured the UK.
They open with ‘Twilight Galaxy’, but with a nice little jam at the end of it. The Perfect opener. Then it was straight into ‘Help I’m Alive’ which again was greeted by mass cheering.
There are no specific highlights of the gig; the whole thing was pure perfection. Emily Haines is the greatest front woman around right now and the way Jimmy, Joshua, Joules and Emily come alive on stage just leaves you in awe. Jimmy Shaw is an amazing guitarist and when he plays it’s almost as if he is in some kind of trance having a fit, which is beautiful. I would even go so far as to say this guy needs to be up in the list of greatest guitarists of all time.
Being right at the front, I was pretty much crushed but I didn’t care and neither does anyone else in the same position as me. Tonight it simply felt like a bunch of strangers just coming alive for an hour and a half.
The big question, did Metric play any old songs? Hell yes! They blessed us with ‘Empty’ (you have no idea how big of a deal that was!), ‘Handshakes’, and an extended version of ‘Dead Disco’. And in fact it was the encore that quite possibly made this gig something everyone will remember in years to come, as they came back and ripped the place up with ‘Monster Hospital’. And then Joshua and Joules left the stage for a few minutes to allow for Jimmy and Emily to play a stunning version of ‘Live It Out’, which was totally unexpected. . This stripped back, slower version was beautiful with every word being sung along to by the crowd, while Emily made everyone use their mobile phones and lighters to light up the place. The atmosphere was electric. Coventry crowds are the best.
The only songs that were not played off the album Fantasises were ‘Collect Call’ and ‘Blindness’ (my favourite). However, although they did not play 'Blindness', I am about to tell you what made this gig better than the Moz gig for me.
During one of the songs, (I have no idea which as it’s a bit of a blur, but I think it was Stadium Love) Emily was grabbing the hands of those in the first two rows. She touched my friends hand (for the second time!), then the girl next to me, so on and so forth. But, then noticed she didn’t grab my hand so she stepped back grabbed my hand and smiled at me. Emily Haines grabbed MY hand and smiled AT ME. I think I died and went to Heaven.
There is no denying how much Metric love their fans and how much their fans love them, in fact Metric probably have the best fans in the world. Frequently Emily was complimenting the crowd, saying we were the coolest and how nice it was to see everyone looking different from each other and so I’m sure I wasn’t the only one there wanting them to stay on stage and play every single song they have ever done.
The gig ended and we all piled out. Covered in sweat and filled with extreme joy. The morning after my body hurt, my hearing was worse than usual and my voice was rather delicate – but this my friends is what makes the perfect gig. Oh, and Emily Haines touched my hand and smiled at me!
Words: Olivia Cellamare
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