You Am I - Electric Ballroom, Camden

Got my buddy Malthe along to see You Am I for a very early Friday night gig - band onstage just before 8:30pm and full house lights on and bouncers moving people out at 9:45pm.
By way of preparation I made Malthe my "20 Favorite You Am I songs" playlist - and I think it was only 3 or 4 songs into the show before we hit something he knew with a ramshackle "Jamie's Got A Gal". That said, the mix was very shoddy so he barely recognised it - but I guess "sloppy but right" is something of a You Am I mantra. I should have put "Purple Sneakers" and "If We Can't Get It Together" as they both got played tonight and sounded great.

For me the show really took flight with "Ain't It Funny..." and from there it was great to hear stuff like "Gunslingers" and "Get Up". Classics includes "Mr Milk","Cathy's Clown", "Berlin Chair" and "How Much Is Enough?"

My final thought was why Tim Rogers feels the need to always take his shirt off - he's the skinnest bugger you've ever seen and sports the worst trucker-tattoos this side of Readers Wives. Young Davey Lane on the other hand was respindent in a lovely suit. World turned upside down.