A Paolo Nutini straight up please! 10.21.2007
October 22, 2007 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Concert Reviews
By Adam Scott, FromTheCrowd.com Contributor
It was a emotional display of Italian heritage, Scottish roots, and London beginnings fueling the October 21st show at the Marquee Theatre that left the audience dripping with a worldly view of old soul and Rock and Roll. Coming off of Nutini’s first full length album released in May 2006, These Streets, this 19 year old songster stole the minds and hearts of the few lucky enough to fall witness to his performance.
When the show began blaring the tune of “Gonna Fly Away” popularized by the 1976 film Rocky, we all began to think we were in for a little more than the Pop/R&B single “New Shoes”. Ready for a musical mixture of crossing genres, the night consistently kept my attention and was drank down like the chilled cocktails served just feet behind me. Covering the 1966 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) gave the crowd a plethora of songs to sing to and even surprise Paolo when the audience took over for a chorus of “Last Request” that made the band grin with a sense of accomplishment.
If living the dream consisted of quitting school at 16, moving to the booming metropolis of London, and starting a music career that will change the face of throaty harmonics, I’m in! His Joe Cocker stage presence and willingness to connect will definitely have me finding tickets in my coat pocket the next time he moves through town.
