Dirty Dirty I-Mac of Messrs
Now, we all know that the Boss doesn’t mess around, but to mark the six months, two weeks and three days since our Boss-anova Springsteen tribute night, Dirty Dirty I-Mac (the better half of Messrs) tells his side of the story. Now with free download!
OK, so many months ago Splendid Dead put on Boss-anova! A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen and it was decided, rightly or wrongly, that we should play it. Now, those of you who have seen or heard us before know that our music bears as much resemblance to The Boss as Susan Boyle does to a woman (wow, that reference is gonna date quick). Anyways, me and my co-conspirator [Shriekin' Dub] got together and made a list of our favourite Bruce songs and tried to figure out a way that we could make it work.
We were aiming for Suicide (a little-known Springsteen favourite) but, Messrs by their very nature are always gonna make it a bit sexier so…a sexy suicide, you could call it (hmm…I smell an album title). When we played our set some of it sounded awesome, some of it a little bit bizarre. One thing’s for sure – the crowd hated us.
Many of them were older gentlemen looking for pub bands covering songs they got their first blowjob to – and that’s fine – but it ain’t what Splendid Dead’s all about, daddy. So, after our spoken word version of Secret Garden, most of them left to the safety of the bar and left us and our regular crowd.
But our regular lot were also thrown a curveball as there were no party jams, no shirts-off parties, no sex. If a regular Messrs show is hardcore bloody coitus this was an evening in with a delicate lady, sipping wine before making slow, beautiful love. Our fans do not wish to do this. Ever. So we managed to alienate potential new listeners and our own fans by being completely different to what they wanted or expected. Did I mention we were dressed like priests? Oops.
Still, one positive thing that came out of it is our version of
I’m On Fire (studio version) (mp3)
which everyone seemed to really like. So much so, that it’s now a part of our regular set. I’m personally really proud of it as it marks the first time I’ve sung ‘clean’ on a Messrs song and this may herald a new direction for our stuff.
Dirty Dirty I-Mac
Messrs will be performing at the next Mutant Music at The Flying Duck on Friday 19/06/09 with Call Me Ishmael and special special guests, TBA. www.splendiddead.com/messrs will shortly be full of treats for you too.
