The Feeling @ The Ambassador, Dublin
[ratings]
Ever since The Strawberry Alarm Clock morning show made The Feeling’s ‘Never be lonely’ their strawberry pick of the week I’ve been hooked. After hearing their album, with so many potential singles I was even more impressed. So when a friend of mine offered me free tickets to their gig in the Ambassador on Saturday I was only too delighted to take them and bring the other half along.
The support band, Captain, were starting just as we arrived. I was really impressed with these guys, a very modern cold play sound to them with an extra spoonful of rock. The female vocalist reminds me of Nina Persson from the Cardigans. She may not have the Swede’s looks but she does have that sexy voice which can fool you if you close your eyes.
Having never seen The Feeling on the box since I don’t watch it much I had no idea what to expect with them in terms of appearance. I was a little disappointed when they walked out looking like something Simon Cowell had manfactured for the teen masses.
The performance was polished, but therein lay the problem. It was just too polished. The lead singer fancied himself as a bit of a Jarvis Cocker although when he started doing his 720 degree spins to the screams of the female contingent in the audience my enthusiasm began to wane. At first it was a joy to see so much energy, but I slowly began to realise the whole thing seemed far too rehersed, unnatural and camp for my taste. On top of this, they didn’t play my favourite song from the album “Strange”.
To surmise, I can quite honestly say, I will probably continue to listen to their album occasionally, I’ll just try to avoid looking at them on TV 
There was one positive to take from the night though. Captain seem like a very promising band!