Queen
I’m not sure how many ‘collectives’ would be unaware that they have been booked to play the venerable Dot To Dot (or D2D) Festival at the end of this month but LVFC are certainly one of them. All of our rhetoric about invitations lost in the post seems ill-advised when that is exactly what happened.
The line-up seems strong throughout. Maybe not as good as the Hold Steady/Titus Andronicus year (which I didn’t go to) but there’s some good acts there. Guy I know said the singer of Cults is a cutie so maybe they’ll be good. Either way, you can just crush on her. And hopefully Trail of Dead will play Baudelaire.
None of that is as interesting as Eurovision though, which was definitely watched by the LV guitar corps and was possibly watched by everyone else. Azerbaijan was a fairly good choice for winner with a strong chorus and nice backing vocals but there were two outstanding choices.
I’m disappointed that this isn’t the performance from the final because the Springsteen-esque run into the audience was something to behold. Any time Denmark was mentioned, we’d start singing the chorus. An absolute joy of a song.
This was on a different level from the other songs. An example of wonderfully sophisticated pop that Britain simply doesn’t do. Contrast and compare with Cheryl Cole (whose Three Words and Parachutes are very good) and it’s illuminating. Maybe it’s all will.i.am’s fault.
Also, Lena is the most perfect human being in the world.
In other news, Barny injured himself at the weekend but I don’t think any shows are being cancelled; we’ve got one or two new songs that maybe we’ll play at some point not-soon and we might get some new gear because we’ve been using my brother’s bass stuff for about 4 years and that is no way to live.
DB x
