Gruff Rhys - Skylon! (Live at Blackpool)

To launch the album 'Hotel Shampoo' Gruff Rhys gave a special gig for just 50 fans at the Gresham Hotel in Blackpool on 13 February 2011. A 12-minute version of 'Skylon!' was the climax.

I don't normally bother filming gigs on my phone but the way everyone got up and started dancing to this song made me think it was worth capturing. Gruff is the small dark shape wearing a bobble hat you can only just about see. Look out for the pissed lad in the green t-shirt who kept shouting throughout the night and looks a bit worse-for-wear by this stage, and a bald fella dancing on a table near the end. The video also includes some cheesey Top of the Pops style camera work and few wobbly moments where I forgot I was filming and started dancing myself.

At the end of the gig Gruff posed for a photo with me and signed my "supercool" Super Furry Animals t-shirt. What a great night!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Gruff Rhys
• Super Furry Animals
• Hotel Shampoo
• Skylon

[papayasaladlover]

awesome jammm!!!!

[enjoybellwoods]

HELL YEAH!!!!!