Marc Almond @ London Coliseum…

Last night Paul and I (and a crowd of Gutterhearts) all descended upon the London Coliseum in London's glitzy West End to see Marc Almond perform his ‘I’m Not Anyone’ show - a night of glorious cover versions. 

 

Now, I love a cover me, certainly when it’s an eclectic one, a rarity, or just a good version. And Marc Almond sure knows how to pick them.

 

His new album of covers, I’m Not Alone, is great.  And of course he has a brilliant back catalogue with lots of other great covers too.

 

Initially scheduled just to perform for about an hour and a half he was actually on stage for over two hours and I hung on every note - it was absolutely fantastic. 

 

Highlights for me were A Woman’s Story, What Makes A Man a Man, Gloomy Sunday, If You Go Away, The House is Haunted, The Days of Pearly Spencer, Jackie, and I Close My Eyes and Count to 10. 

 

It might be 43 years, but it still gives me a thrill to hear his voice. 

 

Full Set List

 

I'm the Light (Blue Cheer cover)

Gone With The Wind (Is My Love) (Rita Graham cover)

Elusive Butterfly (Bob Lind cover)

Trouble of the World (Mahalia Jackson cover) (with Bryan Chambers)

A Woman's Story (Cher cover) 

The Heel (Eartha Kitt cover) 

The Boss Is Dead (Charles Aznavour cover)

Yesterday When I Was Young (Charles Aznavour cover)

What Makes a Man (Charles Aznavour cover)

I Have Lived (Charles Aznavour cover)

Terrapin (Syd Barrett cover)

Gloomy Sunday (Kalmár Pál cover)

Dream Lover (Bobby Darin cover) 

One Night of Sin (Elvis Presley cover)

How Can I Be Sure (The Rascals cover)

The London Boys (David Bowie cover)

Stardom Road (Third World War cover) (with Dana Gillespie)

Dance Me to the End of Love (Leonard Cohen cover) (with Dana Gillespie)

If You Go Away (Jacques Brel cover)

Big Louise (Scott Walker cover) 

Sebastian (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel cover)

The House Is Haunted (Mel Tormé cover)

The Days of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams cover)

Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Gene Pitney cover)

Tainted Love (Gloria Jones cover)

Jackie (Jacques Brel cover)

 

Encore

 

I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (Dusty Springfield cover)

I'm Not Anyone (Sammy Davis Jr. cover)