Hallelujah. Is there a law in Beijing…
… that every open mic night and every gig by a singer/guitarist has to include this song? Yes, it is a nice tune and it does make the singer look deep / sensitive and thus perhaps increase the odds of later action. But it is starting to seem mandatory, with only a few people in recent memory defying what feels like orders from above. I mean, can’t someone do “Mr Roboto“ once in a while, or, if it is to be Leonard Cohen, a song — and I know it wouldn’t be easy solo — such as “Closing Time“?
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If its an all Leonard Cohen / No Hallelujah Unless You Are K.D. Lang And Wearing A Wedding Dress Barefoot open mic night (and I would PAY to go to an event like this) I want Tower of Song.
And if we must try to achieve singer/songwriter navel-gazing-purity-of-whatever-soul-you-think-you-might-still-possess emotive wailing over a guitar, let’s break out the Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye and Marianne.
And “Mr Roboto”, right? I mean, isn’t that just a given?
Cheers, Boyce
Clearly Mr. Roboto is a welcome addition to any evening of musical entertainment presented the world over.
But it would be even better if it was sung by the Super Girls rather than an earnest young thing with a guitar… Boyce as a guest soloist perhaps?
Wasn’t too long ago the only English songs you ever heard in China were Hotel California, and “By the Rivers of Babylon…”
Any news to as if DJ Press Play’s highly-anticipated set will include this song?