From tribute bands to re-tribut-ions!!
I suppose I can see the tenuous link within this thread
Anyway - at the Mathew Street Festival last year, as well as Goldblade, The Buzzcocks and The Stranglers (no forgetting Amirillo Boy), there were loads of tribute bands playing all over the city - and some of them were really good. Over the weekend we took in quite a few at different venues throughout the place (six different stages, if I remember correctly). Some of them were actually very good - Oasis, David Bowie, The Who - were all paid tribute to superbly.
Obviously there were many a Beatles band playing - but what I thought was good, was that there were bands 'covering' (no pun intended!!) the whole gamut of Fab Four-ness - The Hamburg years, The Cavern years, Shea, Get Back period, etc.... In fact, there was even an act paying tribute to the solo out-put alone!!
And I thought Strangler fans were anoraks!!
Allow me to re-arrange your face, sometimes I'd really like to get to know you better