by UFGN » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:42 am
I've just been at a venue called Hideaway in Streatham watching what was essentially a Bowie tribute night
The singers were David Mcalmont and Sam Obernik. Mcalmont is a truly world class singer. He had some success in the 90s as Mcalmont and Butler, which was a duo of him and Bernard Butler formerly of Suede.
This was billed as a Bowie tribute and so it was. David Mcalmont didn't sing any of his own material. If I'm honest I was a little disappointed with some of the interpretations of Bowie's music. Several of the versions were heavily stylised and not at all faithful to the original music
This was a shame because I had presumed that Mcalmont would open up the pipes and really belt out the tunes like he so clearly is capable of doing. I'm not really a fan of tribute acts, I went because it was him.
That said I thought there were some nice moments. "Life on Mars", sung by Sam Obernik, a duet of "Under Pressure" and a beautiful version of "Quicksand", again by Obernik
Mcalmont finished with an unexpected but very welcome "Modern Love" followed finally by "Young Americans"
Overall, a good night but I felt, a missed opportunity.
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