Post by Columbia_rocks_man on Sept 11, 2010 11:01:27 GMT
Brilliant article on club singers -
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/sep/11/working-life-club-entertainer
Apologies to non-UK soapboxers, as you probably won't quite get this.
The guy featured is old school.
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www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/sep/11/working-life-club-entertainer
Apologies to non-UK soapboxers, as you probably won't quite get this.
The guy featured is old school.
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"I don't just do singing any more, I do comedy and everything.
'It's mainly classic stuff. Human by the Killers, that's a great number. And what's the other one I'm learning? Sex on Fire by the Kings of Leon!''
"The comedians you see in TCOTU at the Apollo or whatever it is, would die in clubland, cos it's back to basics here.
Where you take the mickey out of Pakistanis, about race, something about sexuality, you say all sorts. With theatre shows and corporate shows you can't do it and I wouldn't. But in clubland they expect it. If you don't, they say, what's wrong with you?"
'It's mainly classic stuff. Human by the Killers, that's a great number. And what's the other one I'm learning? Sex on Fire by the Kings of Leon!''
"The comedians you see in TCOTU at the Apollo or whatever it is, would die in clubland, cos it's back to basics here.
Where you take the mickey out of Pakistanis, about race, something about sexuality, you say all sorts. With theatre shows and corporate shows you can't do it and I wouldn't. But in clubland they expect it. If you don't, they say, what's wrong with you?"