After many failed attempts, I met my cousin Nadine this past Friday night. A calm 30 something French woman, who is so cool it literally hurt. She is one of those awesome French hybrid people who speak enough English to make it anywhere in the world, but because I don't speak French, speaks slowly in her mother tongue.
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| Peter Avajon for Rue Edgar Poe |
On Friday, we went to see her friends band play Rue Edgar Poe. I entered the theatre hall with no expectations. She said it was pop music, but regardless of expectations, when I walked into the room and saw some of Paris's finest senior citizens I was a little concerned.
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| Muriel Sabatier |
Once the band hit the stage, I let all my sarcastic senses flow. What kind of pop music does aunty mathilda over there listen to, and if she rocks out too hard will she lose a hip! Then they started playing. And I shut the hell up. That's the funny thing about Paris, even the older folks know exactly how to keep it up and stay young.
The band was amazing ANY band that opens up with Femme Fatale by The Velvet Underground is a absolute winner in my book. I have a slight obsession with Andy Warhol and that era. I've seen Breakfast at Tiffany's enough to recite it. Andy was a dick, but he was genius. And the older folks I was talking about got up and starting doing the twist. Its called Le Rock and they do it to everything that has a rocking rollish popish feel, and I was in the middle of the crowd doing it with them. When the band started playing Valerie, by the late and great Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson (originally by The Zutons) I closed my eyes and sang along.
To me that's the mark of a great show. Where you can get so into it you close your eyes and let the music take you far and away, and you never care who's watching. Especially if those who are watching are in the 40-50 bracket!
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Muriel of Rue Edgar Poe
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| She is absolutely a gold dust woman |
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| These two MADE the night |
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