England Swings VI

[David]

Can you believe it? It's the 6th Annual England Swings on Friday, May 11th at the Triple Rock presented by your friend and mine (that's the phrase of the day) Raven!



Co-hosted by HowWasTheShow's David de Young (that would be me) and Transmission DJ Jake Rudh (who'll be spinning between sets), this year's lineup includes:

A DOZEN BANDS PLAYING
THE SWEETEST BRITISH
ROCK EVER, BABY!!
Featuring:

FAB TAB & THE TEDS (FEATURING KATY VERNON)
ARCH STANTON
SO IT GOES
LANDING GEAR
THE ALARMISTS
THE WAG
COLONIAL VIPERS ATTACK
THE SCREENS
THE BEATIFICS
IN PICTURES
MERCURIAL RAGE
USELESS

It's 18+ | 7:00 PM | $6.00

[rachac]

I'm working up an interview with the aforementioned Raven as we speak -- so far, very illuminative.

[Sean]

great interview with Raven! get there early - doors @ 7pm, music @ 8pm sharp!

[David]

For the link challenged, here's the Raven interview:

http://www.howwastheshow.com/index.c.../reviewKey/666

This may not be funny, but Monday at the Arctic Monkeys, Raven deadpanned, "The first band is Useless." I suppose, Sean, that making people say stuff like that was part of your intention when you named the group.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

[rachac]

My Raven interview is number 666? F'n sweet.........

[Sean]

Originally Posted by David

This may not be funny, but Monday at the Arctic Monkeys, Raven deadpanned, "The first band is Useless." I suppose, Sean, that making people say stuff like that was part of your intention when you named the group.

Anyway, see you tomorrow.

yes, our name is rather approrpiate at times. the first band tomorrow will be USELESS, but hopefully not useless in the way the band was useless on Monday... : )

see ya there...

[David]

Originally Posted by Rachac

My Raven interview is number 666? F'n sweet.........

How convenient for "The Duke of Dark."

[David]

I'm still working on photos, but I can tell you straight off two highlights of the night.

1) The Alarmists playing a good chunk of side 2 of Abbey Road, from "Mean Mr. Mustard" to "The End" brilliantly, and

2) Useless! (My added exclamation point) totally tearing up Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Not only was the song unexpected, it unexpectedly rocked. Sean actually ended up breaking his bass drum pedal. Christ.

Here's Useless, who played promptly at 8PM to a very lucky few people, most of whom felt the same about the Baker Street cover as I did.

[David]

This is a work in progress. Couple of holes to fill in, but this is how the evening appeared to go down according to my notes.

England Swings Set List 2007

1.Useless: Beatles ? I Wanna Hold Your Hand
2.Useless: The Who ? Pictures of Lily
3.Useless: Gerry Rafferty ? Baker St.
4.Mercurial Rage: Spiritualized - Medication
5.Mercurial Rage: Oasis ? Acquiese
6.Mercurial Rage: Beatles ? Helter Skelter
7.In Pictures: Bowie ? Ziggy Stardust
8.In Pictures: Portishead ? Glory Box
9.In Pictures: Radiohead ? Paranoid Android
10.The Screens: Motorhead - Ace of Spades
11.The Screens: Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
12.The Screens: Judas Priest ? Breakin' The Law
13.Colonial Vipers Attack: Smiths ? Big Mouth Strikes Again
14.Colonial Vipers Attack: Travis ? Blue Flashing Light
15.Colonial Vipers Attack: The Verve ? Come On
16.The Wag: Stones ? Paint it Black
17.The Wag: Camera Obscura ? Hey, Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
18.The Wag: KT Tunstall ? Under the Weather/Suddenly I See
19.The Wag: The Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul/For Your Love
20.The Wag: The Police ? Regatta de Blanc
21.The Wag: Kirsty MacColl - Chip Shop (There's a guy who works at the chip shop who swears he's Elvis)
22.The Wag: The Fratelli's - Chelsea Dagger
23.The Alarmists: ?
24.The Alarmists: The Buzzcocks ? Ever Fallen In Love
25.The Alarmists: Side Two, Abbey Road
26.Landing Gear: ?
27.Landing Gear: Libertines ? Up
28.Landing Gear: Sex Pistols ? Pretty Vacant
29.So It Goes: Gang of Four ? Damaged Goods
30.So It Goes: Pulp ? Disco 2000
31.So It Goes: The Clash - Magnificent Seven
32.So It Goes: Blur ? Girls & Boys
33.Fab Tab & the Teds: ???

[solace]

wow, sounds like a blast