COME UP AND SEE ME, MAKE ME SMILE
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
December 2006
I took my brother and Lynette to see one of my favourite songwriters and performers,
Steve Harley at the Shepherds Bush Empire. We saw him here last year and this venue
seems to be the last stop of his tour. Talk about audience participation. Everyone
sings along - it’s like being at a football match. Great feeling.
Steve can really belt out the songs - he’s got a powerful voice. He was originally
intended to be the phantom in Lloyd Webber’s production before Michael Crawford was
given the role. But he’s best known for his song Come Up and See Me which gets used
a lot on TV and in the film The Full Monty. We sang along to that one as well. Steve
took a video of the audience singing - we’re in here somewhere (number 14).
