点评:Pre-pandemic Electric Island used be be the go-to venue on Lanzarote for live music - see the pictures from 2019. The former owners and house band really knew how to get the crowd going and bring the good vibes. Unfortunately the new house band are arrogant and limited. They frequently ask for requests, only to laugh at them and throw them away - not because they don't know or can't play the songs (I know what they can play because it's the same repertoire over and over again, night after night - I've literally heard them play the songs that they thrown in the bin and sneer at) but because apparently they think the audience suggestions are bad or embarrassing? Seems like a weird flex. If you don't want requests - don't ask for them. Just play what you want to play. They constantly mumble little in-jokes between themselves on stage, entertaining themselves for way too long between songs. As someone brought up on live music from a very young age I've experienced lots of excellent bands willing and able to play requests, and who are good at crowd interaction and banter, that adds to the fun mood of the night. These guys absolutely do not have that. Electric Island gets nowhere near as busy as it used to and I'm afraid to say, 3 years post-lockdowns, it's not because the island isn't as busy, it's because the vibes in this place are just... off. Personally after years of being a frequent Island punter, several times a year, I won't ever be going back whilst it's under this current ownership.
翻译:疫情之前,Electric Island 曾经是兰萨罗特岛现场音乐的必去之地——请看 2019 年的照片。以前的老板和驻场乐队非常懂得如何让观众活跃起来,带来良好的氛围。不幸的是,新的驻场乐队傲慢而狭隘。他们经常征求观众的点歌请求,结果却一笑置之,然后置之不理——不是因为他们不懂或不会演奏这些歌曲(我知道他们会演奏什么,因为同样的曲目一遍又一遍地重复,夜复一夜——我确实听过他们演奏那些被他们扔进垃圾桶并嗤之以鼻的歌曲),而是因为他们显然认为观众的建议不好或令人尴尬?这似乎是一种奇怪的变通。如果你不想要点歌请求——就不要征求。只演奏你想演奏的。他们不断地在舞台上互相咕哝一些小笑话,在两首歌之间自娱自乐了很长时间。我从小就听着现场音乐长大,见过很多优秀的乐队,他们乐于并能够应观众要求演奏,而且擅长与观众互动和调侃,为夜晚增添了欢乐的气氛。这些家伙绝对不具备这些特质。Electric Island 远不如以前热闹,而且我不得不说,解封三年后,这并不是因为岛上不再热闹,而是因为这里的氛围……变了。就我个人而言,我多年来一直是岛上的常客,每年都会来几次,但只要它还在现在的业主手中,我绝对不会再去了。