Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Details
- Date
- March 14, 1989
- Venue
- Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Oakland, California
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
- Gig Type
- Concert
- Guests
- Peter Buck
Set List
- Superman
- Bass
- Wax Doll
- Freeze
- I'm Only You
- The Veins of the Queen
- Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis) with a couple of lines of 'More Than This' by Roxy Music at the end - with Peter Buck
- Madonna of the Wasps with Peter Buck
- Kingdom of Love with Peter Buck
Media
Audio recording of show
Reviews
Oakland Tribune dated March 16, 1989
English singer-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock and his two-man Egyptians (bass and drums) opened the concert with some fascinating non-arena rock drenched in 60s San Francisco psychedelic experimentation, noodling guitar solos out of the Grateful Dead-Quicksilver-early Airplane school and lyrics about' frogs and insects delivered with a Beatles attention, to song structure. Peter Buck, who played on Hitchcock's new Queen Elvis album, joined the band on 12-string electric guitar for its last three songs.
Along with wiry electric guitar musings, Hitchcock also offered some very focused pop songs with socio-political lyric matter.
English singer-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock and his two-man Egyptians (bass and drums) opened the concert with some fascinating non-arena rock drenched in 60s San Francisco psychedelic experimentation, noodling guitar solos out of the Grateful Dead-Quicksilver-early Airplane school and lyrics about' frogs and insects delivered with a Beatles attention, to song structure. Peter Buck, who played on Hitchcock's new Queen Elvis album, joined the band on 12-string electric guitar for its last three songs.
Along with wiry electric guitar musings, Hitchcock also offered some very focused pop songs with socio-political lyric matter.