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Saul Williams + The Red Paintings @ The Zoo

Is there anything to be said about The Red Paintings that hasn’t already been said? Or are we left to once again muse over same old questions as how they’ve managed to get the high profile supports that they have and somehow managed to persuade people to give them $40,000 (supposedly) to record their album?

But maybe they’re the perfect support act for tonight, as they share common ground with tonight’s headliner in that they both have a seemingly effortless ability polarise an audience.  They are both acts that you either love or hate; there is no middle ground.

If you are a fan of Saul Williams then Sunday night at The Zoo was a superb performance, full of passion, bursting with energy, everything you wanted, everything you expected. If you were there as a casual observer, had been dragged along for a night out or were making the most of a +1 then Sunday night at The Zoo was possibly 90 minutes of living hell and wishing that you had just stayed at home to watch Holby Blue on Channel 7.

So is Saul Williams is a hugely talented, extremely intelligent, engaging, inspirational, flamboyantly-dressed, well-spoken poet-cum-rapper? Or is Saul Williams is a big, scary, sweaty black guy, who’s a bit shouty and angry and has a face covered in glitter?  It seems like it’s one or the other.

As for me, I really enjoyed Sunday night at The Zoo.

Saul Williams

The Red Paintings

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