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Date: 17 July 2008 12:53:08
We're off to see the "they aren't real! They're Australian!"'s on 1st August. When you see a tribute band does that mean that you're a "tribute" audience? I must say that does have appealling aspects. Why pay £75+ for a ticket when you can see a "tribute" for about a third of that?
Why are tribute bands so successful anyway? Surely you'd be better off sitting in the house with a CD by the original artists? Yet I'm looking forward to seeing a bunch of Ozzie Impersonators. Maybe its because I know that I'll probably never get to see a live Floyd concert in my life time. Maybe its because I missed The Australian Doors and always wondered what I'd missed.
Surely a bunch of muso's who can play faultless renditions of their heroes works could actually write and play their own material. Would anyone listen though?
History Today:
1453 : The English are defeated by the French (Boo! Hiss!) at the Battle of Castillon, the final clash of the Hundred Years War. Now, 550 years later, we've begun to take back those lost "English" territories. We just by second homes there.
1917 : George V decides to change his surname to show his disgust at the Germans. The Saxe-Coburgs now become the Windsors. That showed the hated Bosch didn't it.
1936 : The Spanish Civil War begins as Generals Franco and Mola lead a right wing uprising. What is a "civil" war? Do you apologise when you kill someone?