Kool Kula Shaker at KL Live 5/8/2010

My first ever Kula Shaker gig was also my first time at KL Live.

complimentary Kula tix

Didn't like the venue. Poor sound system, bad acoustics and far too smoky for my liking. Halfway through the gig I could feel my eyes burning @_@

The concert didn't start till 8:45pm and thankfully there was no opening act. The small venue was barely filled up by the time the band took stage. I reckon there were only a couple hundred folks in the crowd. A shame really. Hope the band weren't disappointed with the low turnout. I couldn't tell, but they look like they couldn't care less. If they were they certainly didn't show it.

The entire set was just under 90 minutes. Some songs felt a lot shorter than the studio version. Setlist included Sound of Drums, Peter Pan R.I.P (a great live song), 303, Hush, Hey Dude, Tattva (cool video in the backdrop with Sanskrit writings), Die 4 Love, Mystical Machine Gun, True Love Will Find You In The End, Govinda, Great Hosannah, Govinda

Crispian was much fun to watch on the guitar. Mr Guitar Hero looked good with his shaggy blond hair and was so full of energy: jumping about, playing on his knees and occassionally chucking his guitar in mid air. Not so cool when he missed the catch and the poor guitar took a hard landing onstage. Roadie came rushing to make sure guitar was alright. Haha.

Mr Guitar Hero

There wasn't much interaction with the fans. Other than a couple of one liners from Crispian, the other band members - Alonza, Paul and Harry (did the guy just stepped out of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band portrait?) who each had a microphone, didn't say a word onstage.

The moment the band ended their set and went backstage, fans started chanting "Govinda Govinda Govinda" Barely 5 minutes after the Govinda chant, the band was back onstage for encore. They saved the best for last. After a couple more songs, they closed the night with Govinda with everyone singing along... "Govinda Jaya Jaya Gopala Jaya Jaya Radha-ramanahari Govinda Jaya Jaya Nrsingadeva Jaya Nrsingadeva.."