Wedding Present - 400 Bar, Minneapolis (04/17/10) |
So, I'll try and tie this to their opening band, Girl in a Coma. In the early 90s, members of the Wedding Present band formed The Ukrainians, and released an EP called Pisni iz The Smiths. I think there were four songs on the EP, all Smiths songs, sung in Ukrainian. And you should know that Girl in a Coma got their name from the Smiths song, "Girlfriend in a Coma". So the pairing of Wedding Present and Girl in a Coma seems just fine to me.
As many of you might already know, I have been stalking Girl in a Coma since 2004. I downloaded a few demos from their myspace (remember when myspace was cool?). As this was my third time seeing the band, I had already knew what to expect. Lots of high energy from this Joan Jett band.
Again, as with the previous two setlist, they mostly played songs from Trio BC. I noticed that they did not start off with the standard "BB", but instead with "Baby Boy".
They did a cover of Ritchie Valens' "Come On, Let's Go", which I think will appear in a future Adventures In Coverland release*. Of course, the highlight of the show was the final Spanish cover song, "Ven Cera". Always brilliant live, see video below.
Girl in a Coma - 400 Bar, Minneapolis (04/17/10) |
Girl in a Coma Setlist - 400 Bar, Minneapolis (04/17/10) |
- GIAC has an upcoming set of three releases called Adventures In Coverland (the first one was released April 13th). If you collect all the singles, they form into a boardgame. They're seven cover songs, including Joy Division's "Transmission" and Selena's "Si Una Vez".
04/18/2010 02:26:40♥ vu (
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