McRackin
Super Moderator
The Specials last year, Madness this year... you gotta love what Ibiza Rocks are doing!
The Whip first played at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel in july 2008 as part of the Xbox Weekender and two months later they debuted at Ibiza Rocks in the San Rafael hippodrome. Three years later and with a second album out next week they were back. As they did back in june at Space, they played songs from their new album Wired together ("Secret weapon", "Shake", "Movement" and "Keep or delete") plus stuff from their debut X marks destination including their signature tune "Trash" with which they finished... shame they didn't play a bit more as I missed many songs. I had the pleasure to meet the singer after the gig and he's a nice chap!
From the moment Madness member and long time Ibiza resident Chas Smash grabbed the mic to shout the classic intro to "One step beyond" till Monty Python's "Always look on the bright side of life" that was used as the outro at the end, we enjoyed a superb concert featuring not only all the expected favourites but also some songs from their 2009 release The liberty of norton folgate and even the brand spanking new "Can't keep a good thing down". Easily the most festive atmosphere of the season, with old and young dancing non-stop and singing along in unison classics such as "Embarrassment", "The prince", "My girl", "Shut up", "House of fun", "Baggy trousers", "Our house", "It must be love" or "Night boat to Cairo"... memorable!
One of the busiest nights of the season (I even met people from mainland Spain that came specifically for this one) with the VIP balcony jam-packed with who's who on the island. Mention also to the high turn up of island residents who didn't want to miss the ska legends. Afterwards I ended up at Pikes' VIP after party once again... top night, from beginning to end!
Favourite moment: Madness covering reggae classic "I chase the devil" (which The Prodigy sampled for "Out of space")
Get your Ibiza Rocks tickets for next week here.
The Whip first played at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel in july 2008 as part of the Xbox Weekender and two months later they debuted at Ibiza Rocks in the San Rafael hippodrome. Three years later and with a second album out next week they were back. As they did back in june at Space, they played songs from their new album Wired together ("Secret weapon", "Shake", "Movement" and "Keep or delete") plus stuff from their debut X marks destination including their signature tune "Trash" with which they finished... shame they didn't play a bit more as I missed many songs. I had the pleasure to meet the singer after the gig and he's a nice chap!
From the moment Madness member and long time Ibiza resident Chas Smash grabbed the mic to shout the classic intro to "One step beyond" till Monty Python's "Always look on the bright side of life" that was used as the outro at the end, we enjoyed a superb concert featuring not only all the expected favourites but also some songs from their 2009 release The liberty of norton folgate and even the brand spanking new "Can't keep a good thing down". Easily the most festive atmosphere of the season, with old and young dancing non-stop and singing along in unison classics such as "Embarrassment", "The prince", "My girl", "Shut up", "House of fun", "Baggy trousers", "Our house", "It must be love" or "Night boat to Cairo"... memorable!
One of the busiest nights of the season (I even met people from mainland Spain that came specifically for this one) with the VIP balcony jam-packed with who's who on the island. Mention also to the high turn up of island residents who didn't want to miss the ska legends. Afterwards I ended up at Pikes' VIP after party once again... top night, from beginning to end!
Favourite moment: Madness covering reggae classic "I chase the devil" (which The Prodigy sampled for "Out of space")
Get your Ibiza Rocks tickets for next week here.
The Whip setlist:
1 Sister siam
2 Divebomb
3 Secret weapon
4 Shake
5 Movement
6 Keep or delete
7 Trash
1 Sister siam
2 Divebomb
3 Secret weapon
4 Shake
5 Movement
6 Keep or delete
7 Trash
Madness setlist:
1 One step beyond
2 Embarrassment
3 The prince
4 NW5
5 My girl
6 Sun & the rain
7 I chase the devil
8 Clerkenwell polka
9 Can't keep a good thing down
10 Shut up
11 Forever young
12 House of fun
13 Wings of a dove
14 Baggy trousers
15 Our house
16 It Must be love
17 Madness
18 Night boat to Cairo
1 One step beyond
2 Embarrassment
3 The prince
4 NW5
5 My girl
6 Sun & the rain
7 I chase the devil
8 Clerkenwell polka
9 Can't keep a good thing down
10 Shut up
11 Forever young
12 House of fun
13 Wings of a dove
14 Baggy trousers
15 Our house
16 It Must be love
17 Madness
18 Night boat to Cairo
