Impression
I don’t know if it’s because people are more eager to please/network or less jaded and cynical and filled with bile at all the awful things you have to do in order to keep hold of the little semblance of success that you’ve been afforded, but bands on their first label-backed headline tour are normally very nice.
King Charles were one of those bands, much like Official Secrets Act and the then-called Cheeky Cheeky & The Nosebleeds before them. Happy to help out wherever they can, make jokes and compliments and generally be approachable to their support act(s). This is far more unusual than you would hope or imagine amongst the non-‘famous’ so thanks to them and I wish them every success. Their “Barbara Ann” song deserves to be big.
I’m sure we’ll be having a huge influx of visitors to our Internet presence due to our excellent performance so, as a welcome, here’s a selection of Fleetwood Mac songs that I am really enjoying at the moment - get them in for next year and I might come, Michael.
First, here is an amazing live version of Formula 1-classic “The Chain”. Lindsey Buckingham acts possessed during the second half of this. I particularly like when he turns from the microphone and struts around the stage.
And here’s Lindsey again from their comeback tour in 1997. The studio version of Big Love holds no affection with me but this solo acoustic performance is immense. You know when people say Cream sounded like more than a three-piece because they were so heavy but, really, they sound exactly like a three-piece? Well this actually sounds like far more than one dude playing amazingly well.
And, finally, here is Robot Stevie Nicks before she embraced cybernetics and became JC Denton. I think the guys from Phoenix talked about how they watched this every day of their tour last year. It is mesmerising.
DB x
