Sir Elton John in Mexico

It was a magical moment.

Sir Elton John represents just a small memory in my childhood and even if i love his work and i tend to play his songs a lot during breakfast, and i sing and cry to them... its not to me what ive seen in the eyes of the elder adults around me during one of the most emotive moments ive ever seen in the mexican stages.

Playing for a small crowd (a lot of people didnt know a shit about his music), at el beautiful Colegio de las Vizcainas, prepared to be a perfect venue for him and his long piano, made people dance, cry, sing, scream, live a total dream. I enjoyed the night passionately and i will never forget it.

I was dancing shyly while being navigated softly by love, my head could hear our hearts beating fast to the rhythms, and my body could feel that safety warm touch that embraced me making me feel im not just a dreamer.

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John live in BBC 1976

MGMT

I was fucking upset when finding out that MGMT played the Motorolas festival and i didnt go! i didnt even know the band at the time, but now that i have knowledge of it, i love it.

This american duo comes with this psychedelic pop that makes you want to fly, land back, dance a little and fly again, around the summer and next to the 60s sun! They play good feeling songs perfect for day light indie music festivals, and i had a chance to be there, i didnt know!

I didnt know them before but i met them with this Oracular Spectacular album that goes from track one to last nonstop, cant stop listening to them, they get me high, they give me a chance to dance, to smile, to enjoy life, yeah they make you forget that life sucks.

Time to Pretend - MGMT MTV live

Dirty Pretty Things

This band was an example of how one, as a rockstar should make a come back album... The Libertines dismembered around late 04, Pete kept on going with the Babyshambles and nobody knew much about how Carlos was going, some heard rumors of his new band, some said he was done, Pete had already started playing shows and came up with an album with the Shambles, which put pressure on the press over Barat. Then we hear he suddenly was back, with a new band called Dirty Pretty Things and this album From Waterloo to Anywhere, that took everybody by surprise.

So Carl was indeed doing his thing, and we could recognize he followed his roots and his style. Great reviews, great shows, great work, while Pete was trying to handle the Shambles, drug addiction, upset fans, debts and a Kate Moss on cocaine, Carl won a place on the radio and iPods all over the world.

Dirty Pretty Things decided to split off around late 08, which was weird and sad, but gave fans a hope thinking Carl would rejoin Pete Dohertys guitar around late 09, when Petes done with his new Solo project.

With two clean cut albums, Dirty Pretty Things was a band of live shows, i think it was probably the band that ive seen live in most occasions, and none of the times i was laid down. Carls a great equality english sailor, a handsome gentleman, talented, with sense of humor and style.

I love the next track, its very... Pirateish!

Gentry Cove - Dirty Pretty Things live on Later...



Pandy: "So, Do you like Mexico?"

Carl: "I do. Where did you say you were from, again?"

Pandy: "Mexico..."

Carl: "Oh yeah.. I love Mexico, great land youve got there!"

And this is the video they shot here in Mexico City:

Bang Bang Youre Dead (Official Video)



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The Kooks

I wanted to be a cook back then... i even studied in France, unfortunately life can be quite tough on us and well.. i didnt finish my studies. Well this guys are the Kooks, which means fool, crazy or just that somethings not very good up there, and that doesnt have anything to do with a cook haha. They go under the British flag as the Queen and they play what we nowadays call Indie music, but to me they sound much more like pop rock... and i like them!

I heard they came to Mexico to the Motorolas Festival and they played it beautifully, its a shame i didnt go because i just found this band MGMT (which i will post about soon) they rock and they played there too.

The Kooks are just young english kids rocking out their instruments, their music speaks about what usually young people talk and love, they could get to be corny so i guess some people could say this is a band for girls, i say this is a band for people who likes good catchy choruses and pretty guitar riffs. They look cool and you might as well call them the Hooks, for those great hooks that catch you singing.

Naive - The Kooks live at the Maida Vale Studios for the BBC Radio 2



I know, she knows, im not from NEBRASKA! hahaha

Flint

When i see bands with girls on board killing their instrument and looking sexy as fuck, i always end up saying: why? Why didnt you just decided to take a guitar or a bass or even a piano or something and play around with it during your infancy? and i always think: oh i wanna be like her! But no, im not a musician, im not that cool.

So i was traveling around youtube as i always do and found... Flint! Yeah remember the guy from Prodigy? yeah, thats him, hes back! well at least he was. Keith Flint decided to start this punk rock band as a side project from Prodigy not long ago, the problem was that he didnt endure by himself.. he got two drummers (which was a very nice idea for aesthetics but not very functional), a guitar killer and a cool punk rocker girl with bass lines that hit the spot first punch!

The band recorded an album so ive heard, and it never came out, he played a couple of shows and then disappeared, he went back with Prodigy for good, and they will release a new album so soon.. that i think its already out.

Keith Flints a great voice, very particular and acid, i would relate him with a cobra snake and i will confess that i like him a lot, hes this post apocalyptic punk rocker with a wild attitude, we love bad guys.

He didnt go to far but he came up with this nice track and video.

Flint - Aim 4

Editors

The Editors came back to my mind today, great British indie rock band that transmits me a new modern feeling. I think that some modern bands want to sound vintage, usually new indie bands try to use vintage amps, vintage guitars, vintage styles, blah blah, but this guys dont care about all that vintage look, they are indie (whats indie anyway? i guess this is the first time i use this therm around here), they look indie, but i feel they just make their music by just following their feelings. And they use incredibly cool instruments.

I remember listening to them over my PS2 on the TV loud so i could listen from my room when getting ready to go out, and my roommate coming in saying "whats that band youre playing? that guitar riffs a winner!" me then, coming back at her "the name of the tracks Racing Rats, thats the Editors, and yeah, they win!".

The Racing Rats - Editors live at Lowlands 08



Yeah.. he plays an intro song, i dont know what was that but i liked it!

The Arctic Monkeys

This is the song i was talking about.. 505. As i mentioned in the past post, i do not like the Monkeys but they did this song with Miles Kane from the Rascals and i think its brilliant. Alex Turners a fantastic musician but his work with the Monkeys feels too puppy for me. I dont like their rhythm section and well thats an important one, i feel it goes to a different direction, its just not my style, but i save the voice, i like Alex Turners words.

This song 505 its the only song i like from this guys, and i like it a lot... i think the guitar arrangements finely done by Kane are awesome and Turner plays his part beautifully.

Of course i want Alex and Miles to get back together for another Last Shadow Puppets record but for now:

505 - The Arctic Monkeys live at Later...