The sheer buzz of live music

I went to see some flamenco on Friday, took a mate who is slowly getting into it. he doesn't play anything but he's beginning to get it. And man, we were blown away. A group led by a young-ish chap from Jerez called David Palomar. I think too many of the performances we see in this part of the world are too, well, polite. For a theatre. I know lots of people love that, even in Seville. I've seen it: big theatres full, with tiny specs, flamenco as contemporary dance. But I'm a simple man, I love football, I love flamenco, I love chips. I want it to kick me in the bollocks. Metaphorically. Friday did that.