Cynics may sneer that a Greatest Hits show at the Point is nothing more than music industry commercialism coming out to play, daytime radio's demographic of choice making a rare venture out of the offices and trendy bars.

True, Texas are FM favourites - and more power to them. Musical elitism has made "radio-friendly" a derogatory term rather than a recognition of pleasant, unpretentious pop. On Friday, Texas played good-time guitar hits which radiated the warm familiarity of a best friend or a favourite sweater.

Radio-friendliness, though, can often be its own worst enemy in a live setting, where the music becomes more than just office background noise and needs to satisfy a more attentive listener. Originality, depth and strong material become important. Unfortunately, Texas may dress up the mantelpiece with production baubles, but they seldom light the fire of creativity and emotion. Sharleen Spiteri's lyrics, all breathy sensuality and forced attitude, tend to be banal and unmemorable, and hinder the sort of mass singalong and audience connection which is crucial to the live dynamic.

Only Say What You Want, the final song, inspired the audience to sing en masse and even Spiteri remarked on the quiet, lacklustre crowd. The other band members, complete with cheesy DJ, lurked in relative shadow, faceless musicians serving up photofit compositions which failed to ignite any real excitement.

Any spark of life generated came from Spiteri. Full of charm and energy, she flirted, strutted and even dragged a saucy heckler on stage for mock-humiliation. She infused the blandest of songs with an enthusiasm they scarcely deserved.

Unfortunately, an ill-advised version of the awful Suspicious Minds undid all her good work. The muted disappointment of the audience during and after the show was quite apparent.