The Best Disco in Town
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jawnbcSeveral months ago a concert tour was announced for Australia and compulsively ordered tickets for me and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
querrelle. Without asking him. It was sure to be the hip, happening, kewl event of the year--and damn I wanted to be a part of it. You down with OCD, yeah you know me me me me me...
Anyway tonight was the night, and it turned out to be awright. We were pleasantly surprised that a special opening act had been added to the already full bill:
Bjorn Again. Yup, ABBA coverband extraordinaire! Mammia Mia, Dancing Queen, and the Sydney Entertainment Centre was going off!
The tech crew was great, and within minutes the band I came to hear was on the boards: Boney M. And they were the best of the lot. 3 gorgeous Caribbean divas in red, blue or gold sequineed gowns, a cheeky bloke with silly putty hips, all very good singers. They started did Sonny, Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rasputin, and my all time favourite Rivers of Babylon. They were great and gracious and the SEC was a big ole bucket of Ja luv!
Next was Errol Brown, the lead singer of Hot Chocolate. Some of his songs I hadn’t realized were his (You win again), but the 2 biggies (Everyone’s a Winner and You Sexy thing) were what he finished with. Very good, if a bit....tame.
And then her royal fabness, Gloria Gaynor took the stage. She wen for the big’un immediately (Never Can Say Goodbye, I am what I am), and finished with a 10 minute bringing down da house version of I Will Survive. Wow!
A 10 minute set change and we were back in the land of clones and harmony. Ya mon, the Village People. They look tired (except the new leather guys, who’s hawt. And str8). Sang well, did Macho Man, In the Navy, some Milk song, You can’t stop the Music, and In the Navy. Oh, and before they did YMCA, they taught us how to do the arm thangs properly. Very funny, very catty. Then they sang the song well.
And then....we were tired and decided to skip KC and the Sunshine Band.
querrelle. Without asking him. It was sure to be the hip, happening, kewl event of the year--and damn I wanted to be a part of it. You down with OCD, yeah you know me me me me me...Anyway tonight was the night, and it turned out to be awright. We were pleasantly surprised that a special opening act had been added to the already full bill:
Bjorn Again. Yup, ABBA coverband extraordinaire! Mammia Mia, Dancing Queen, and the Sydney Entertainment Centre was going off!
The tech crew was great, and within minutes the band I came to hear was on the boards: Boney M. And they were the best of the lot. 3 gorgeous Caribbean divas in red, blue or gold sequineed gowns, a cheeky bloke with silly putty hips, all very good singers. They started did Sonny, Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring, Rasputin, and my all time favourite Rivers of Babylon. They were great and gracious and the SEC was a big ole bucket of Ja luv!
Next was Errol Brown, the lead singer of Hot Chocolate. Some of his songs I hadn’t realized were his (You win again), but the 2 biggies (Everyone’s a Winner and You Sexy thing) were what he finished with. Very good, if a bit....tame.
And then her royal fabness, Gloria Gaynor took the stage. She wen for the big’un immediately (Never Can Say Goodbye, I am what I am), and finished with a 10 minute bringing down da house version of I Will Survive. Wow!
A 10 minute set change and we were back in the land of clones and harmony. Ya mon, the Village People. They look tired (except the new leather guys, who’s hawt. And str8). Sang well, did Macho Man, In the Navy, some Milk song, You can’t stop the Music, and In the Navy. Oh, and before they did YMCA, they taught us how to do the arm thangs properly. Very funny, very catty. Then they sang the song well.
And then....we were tired and decided to skip KC and the Sunshine Band.
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Date: 2004-09-19 07:41 am (UTC)The girls in that band are HOT - Swedish gals rock (guys too).
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Date: 2004-09-19 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-19 10:21 am (UTC)Russia's greatest love machine!
Yaaaaaaaaay Grigory!
I'm surprised you didn't recognized the Milk song from the Village People - it was for a fake commercial they filmed in the movie Can't Stop the Music. Irish Catholic boy trivia: did you know Glenn Hughers, the original leatherman from the group, went to Chaminade?
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Date: 2004-09-19 04:53 pm (UTC)I've....not....seen......the.....movie. Nor Showgirls. Colour me badd
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Date: 2004-09-19 08:10 pm (UTC)The movie is a must see - your faerie points are suspended until you've rented the video and seen it. The VP and Valerie Perrine wear white and sing the virtues of Milk. The movie purports to be the story of the founding of the group, and the opening credits featuring Albert Brooks roller boogeying through the streets of Manhattan are just sad, so very sad. Tammy Grimes makes an appearnace which makes one wonder precisely what sins she committed in a past life. And of course dear to the Irish, Mr Hughes auditions in full leather singing "Danny Boy." He pauses mid phrase to engage in
Festive. Decidedly festive.
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Date: 2004-09-19 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-19 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-19 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-19 04:52 pm (UTC)All the Disco experts are gone. Except Disco Stu of course.
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Date: 2004-09-19 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-19 01:24 pm (UTC)No wonder the Village People seemed tired. They've been bumping and grinding to those tunes for twenty-five years, and they're well into their fifties. Go Geritol!
If you've never seen it, you should rent "Can't Stop the Music". Directed by Nancy Walker (Rhoda's mom), it's a camp classic.
Glad you skipped KC. They're the band who killed Disco.
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Date: 2004-09-19 04:54 pm (UTC)I'm crazy like a fool
Date: 2004-09-19 05:16 pm (UTC)BTW, I was on the same TV show with Hot Chocolate in 1978.
Re: I'm crazy like a fool
Date: 2004-09-19 09:35 pm (UTC)