My brother is really much more of a fan than I am, so when I saw that Nouvelle Vague were programmed to play a venue nearby I alerted him. He got us tickets after he asked me if I wanted to come along. I've never seen them live, and was prepared for the concert to be dull. To my - and my brother's - surprise it was anything BUT dull.
The French band started a little late last night, but with current singers Melanie and Nadeah they put on quite a show from the first notes on. I like how Melanie, the dark haired and seemingly a little demure and sweet one, and Australian born Nadeah, the blond and more feral one (who dances like a woman possessed) play well off eachother. I can only imagine that it's part of the appeal for part of the men in the audience.
My brother and I like how Nouvelle Vague give New Wave and Punk songs a Bossa Nova spin, so part of the fun was trying to guess the titles and original performers. From what I remember they played "So lonely" (The Police), "Master and servant" (Depeche Mode), "God save the Queen" (Sex Pistols), "Ever fallen in love" (The Buzzcocks), "Road to nowhere" (Talking Heads), "In a manner of speaking" (written by Martin L. Gore of Depeche Mode) and "Too drunk to f*ck" (Dead Kennedys). And then some. The funny thing is that my brother and I both thought with the last song I mentioned that they were singing "Too drunk to fight", until dark haired Melanie started to have audience participation - in a very funny way...
Anyhoo, before we knew it and hour and a half had passed and with two two-song encores (which is French for, well, encore) the concert was over.
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