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It was certainly entertaining.

I'm reminded of a very old interview I once heard on radio where John said someone once described him as a frozen electrician. While I wouldn't go so far as to say he appeared cold on stage (he was finger pointing and tapping his feet to the beat), he did stay firmly fixed in front of his synths.

So what are you trying to tell us, Maryann?

So this is where I make my presence known as an anomaly on three primary counts then;

1) turntable: I'm a girl, and terribly fond of the work of John Foxx (visual as well as aural - hence my petulance at missing a screening of Tiny Colour Movies; it wasn't shown in Adelaide - the venue lacked the supporting technology.)

2) Atom Man: I'm not disclosing my age (the Internet isn't safe - besides, it isn't seemly) -- but I'm a good twenty years off your average age target for show attendance (which was mimicked in Adelaide by the way.)

...However: I still am an old fan in terms of time span - which is greater than I care to admit because it demonstrates a kind of perverse precocity on my part.

All of this goes towards explaining my (still ongoing) glee at finally getting to see John Foxx live - an example of a lifelong interest manifesting in the flesh if you will!

You could have flown over to Melbourne or Sydney.

Can you tell us what you like about him? Hmm ... perhaps this should be a new thread in one of the other, more suitable, forums.
Yes, my comments were really an observation about the Sydney audience.

Out of curiousity, can you give me your impression of the Adelaide show and the audience?
I think most of us in Australia who've never seen him preform live before share the same feelings.

I'm not a girl, I'm a woman, but as I've already stated elsewhere, I liked Ultravox! and solo John Foxx when I was girl. At one point I was a redhead, too, but I don't know if I was ever a "babe." However, I have never wanted to throw underwear at any musical performer -- knives, maybe, or rotten eggs, but not underwear. I may have been jealous of his sharp cheekbones, but the suggestion that I might like John Foxx's (or any other performer's) music because I fantasized about his bonkability is, frankly, kind of offensive, gentlemen.

I was never able to interest any of my boyfriends in JF's music over the years, but I imagine if I had, they would have liked it for the same reasons I did/do. They are probably the same reasons you find his music appealing, dear sirs, and those reasons have little if anything to do with gender. Gimme a break! :rolleyes:

Okay, now it's time for you to call me a humorless middle-aged feminist, right?

I too, was a little surprised at the lack of female fans at the Sydney gig.
I was one of them(one of the redheads, except for a blond fringe). Of the 3 women I spoke to that night only one other considered herself a real fan.
I probably fit into the 'older bracket', tho' certainly don't consider myself old.
I discovered John in about '81 with the release of The Garden and Dancing Like a Gun which got a bit of radio and club play. Subsequently, I found his earlier solo and Ultravox material and became completely enamoured. I am not sure why more women here aren't fans, perhaps because he was never considered one of the 'pretty boys' of the electronic era or maybe, sadly, as Atom Man suggests they have replaced John and his brethren with the Wiggles.

OK, females then.
I don't think any of us really suggested that.
So you've had the opposite problem.
Why would anyone want to do that here? After all, you're a fellow fan.

Perhaps it was just Sydney then.
Oh? So you spoke to some. What did the others say?
I don't think anyone here mentioned the Wriggles. Even my 3 y.o. niece is growing out of them!

I just found the disproportionate ratio very odd. I'd never noticed it before at a concert or show.

That sweeping generalizations are offensive. I would have thought any intelligent individual would have discerned that, but obviously not.

I'm revisiting my Shifting City CD after hearing that fantastic version of Shadow Man on Saturday night - wow!!!!! -