{"id":6061,"date":"2016-06-10T19:43:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2018-12-27T17:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T15:23:26","slug":"in-search-of-the-5th-undertone-a-party-band-in-high-speed-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6061","title":{"rendered":"… in search of the 5th Undertone: A party band in high speed mode!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Hamburg we have a saying that goes along the lines of “…if a party is in doubt throw in some Undertones and folks will dance and sing-a-long<\/em>” which is pretty much a true statement: Rarely a band from “back then” has material that is as crisp, almost pop like and literally transporting a smile into peoples faces.<\/p>\n

As such it was no surprise that a rather large crowd was up for just another “fond memories” show at the Markthalle, where plenty of people felt like in a time machine: The sample around them was the same as in 1981 when The Undertones played Hamburg for the very first time.<\/p>\n

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DJ TIKIBOY (Markthalle Hamburg, 09.06.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DJ Tikiboy kicked off the proceedings and flooded the empty Markthalle with some neat sounds – but as most others i stayed at the bar and talked to many of me fellow oldpunks. I heard some reggae tunes, some NDW – no punk (at the request of The Undertones actually).<\/p>\n

Quite early on at 21:00 The Undertones entered and kicked it off like this:<\/p>\n

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Unpretentious, smart and full of energy! And from the first vocals some of the doubts of some folks in the audience where settled: It is The Undertones and they do work sans Feargal – and that sine 1999 actually. So get used to it! Already now quite some sing-a-long in the audience and smiling faces. This is the real deal!<\/p>\n

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The Undertones (Markthalle Hamburg, 09.06.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And without further ado they entered into what can only be described as the perfect party set: 34 songs in 90 Minutes, that is about or just less than 2 Minutes per song. What a perfect math! It really felt like an unstoppable party machine!<\/p>\n

13 songs later they reached “Male Model<\/em>“, just another smasher from the fantastic 1979 LP:<\/p>\n

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And the party just did not stop, on position 22 of the playlist comes “Billy’s 3rd<\/em>“:<\/p>\n