my evening didn’t start off too good…i shuffled down into the little basement theatre…took a front row seat,when the most obnoxious smelly creature sat down beside me.at first i was open and friendly,answering endless questions he kept throwing at me regarding justin’s non specific gender…it got a bit tiresome,so i told him i’m only here cause i like the music and delivery..i’m not too bothered about anyones sexuality.he then lurched forward and said “well i am!!! “…”my boyfriend’s just had his cock chopped off ,and it was a big one”. i thought to myself…oh here goes…THE USUAL… another specimen.. desperate to be a *soho character*…he then starts looking at his brochure and notes how justin had done the carnegie hall,so he quipped that playing in this little london basement was a bit of a comedown…i said it hardly matters..if it’s good,it’s good..who cares if it’s a basement or a famous room.he lurched forward again and said “i do!”….at this point i gently slipped to a table away from the man, where i could be comfortable for the show.
they’ve done the other crucial work outside the actual singing and performing itself.
and here’s justin doing a corking version of ‘you’re so vain’
I saw a few clips of Justin he is amazing !!! he was at Yoko Ono’s tribute show too !!! and i love his Mother Of Pearl version with Doveman…..
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hi christ…i knew you’d know about justin..you can trace the bloodline back to lou reed and bowie
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ah… i love MxV. he’s a natural. a funny, witty, dry character. i hope he has terrific success. and you’re right, he studies it hard.
and what you say about great performers gen-ing themselves up on things… that’s true for the people we hold dear too i think. for insatnce our friendship grew out of our joint love of ‘knowing the details’. it intimates a shared past, similar curiosities. in a lot of ways it informs who we are, what we ‘present’.
there’d be no point calling me Tone-Bender if i didn’t know exactly where you were coming from. right? 🙂
T-Bend xx
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tone-bender… kindred spirits you and i .
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indeed.
and of course MxV. ‘rapped’ on my SMASH HIT single Nostalgia. hahaha!
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that’s a fun record!
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I really enjoyed that show and completely get what your saying about the pianist. Last time I seen Mx Bond was with fellow collaborator Our Lady Jay, who is a lovely player in her own right, but did seem a bit overpowering for Justin’s style.
Favourite song of the gig ‘The Golden Age of Hustlers’ which is just a gorgeous lyric and delivery. I also love the aggression behind ’21st Century’
I could watch Justin for hours. It’s raw, it’s honest and it’s pretty damn good!
..and what a knob that you sat next to. !!!
XXX
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where ARE you will?…it’s been years since i heard from you?
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