GROUPLOVE have ruined me. For the rest of the year I am going to find it very, very hard to find another band that has rocked my socks off as much as they did last Wednesday at The Gov. They are so great that even my severely mainstream younger brother who has the likes of LMFAO on his Ipod and never goes to any gig with less than 2000 people in the audience was head banging, jumping, screaming and singing at the top of his lungs. It. Was. Awesome. I will look back fondly on this day, as a great moment of brotherly-sister bonding and a moment unlike no other. Kind-of like when I took him clubbing illegally for the first time at the tender age of 17, it was a friends 21st and we were all going out after and I wanted him to come. With his poorly styled haircut, baby face and no facial hair it was not going to be easy but one borrowed American street-cap later, club promoters & MC’s as friends and a large group of over 21′s with expired licenses and no ID’s, destiny met fate and he was in, hands in the air, to the window to the wall and booty, booty, booty, booty rocking everywhere. That was the last great memory (before last week) of being with my brother, both of us letting loose, having a great time and most importantly opening his eyes to a new exciting world. This time the world was the; seeing-a-band-before-they-hit-complete-mainstream, in a fantastic intimate setting, the smell of sweat, moshing, both the audience and the band feeding off each others energy and transcending spiritually, mentally and musically…
The Head and the Heart kicked off the night…
…GROUPLOVE came on the stage like a boxer to a ring to the sound of Kanye & Jay-Z’s ‘Monster’..
…A flurry of golden hair, fluffy cardigans, ripped blazer and inside out black flag tee, flaming hair, pearly whites, florals, crowd surfing, fairy lights, glowing drumsticks, wolf howling, screaming, singing, dancing, jumping and a mind-blowing performance. I came away even more in love with the band then before, I now know what it is like to be a cliché groupie/bandaid/fan of the 60′s and 70′s if I had the holiday time from work I would have definitely travelled round Australia going to every gig of this ‘Never Trust A Happy Song’ tour. Like I said I’m ruined now, it’s going to be very, very hard to beat for the rest of the year. =D
