Guillemots, Annie, Let's Not Wait

Way to back down to a girl there Mickey.

Kell, I appreciate that Fyfe Dangerfield is far more talented singer/songwriter than that lad in the pub who to be fair wasn't using his own material, he did however have the courage to perform "live" in front of a audience, I simply to acknowledge his vocal performance as the music system in my local isn't the best and his voice for me was the star performer that evening.

Dear, dear Micky, I have already discovered you can't handle your drink and now you are comparing some guy in your local pub to a world renowned artist? Come on! I think it is time you wised up.

At the end of the day he is a "professional" performer and should be very confident when singing songs he knows very well in front of people who have paid for the privilege of seeing him perform. I once saw this lad I have never seen before or since sing "Firestarter" by the Prodigy on the karaoke in my local, he recieved a standing ovation from each and every patron that night, a truly awesome display, he recieved no financial gain for his efforts as he finished second and there was only a first prize of 8 beer tickets that night. For me his performance and choice of track in many ways was just as brave.

It's not that the keyboard was difficult to use; what I meant is he played the song with a quiet, sparse plink plink as the only accompaniment, it may as well have been a capella, no microphone, to a room of 500 people and he reached the back of the crowd. It was raw, and had nothing to disguise cracks and breaks in his voice and I've never seen anything like it in a live setting - and I see, on average, about 2 gigs a week and have done for years. It was completely naked. Standing about 10 feet from him, you could see every emotion across his face as he did it and that's openness and honesty expressed in a way that most singers would be scared to show because they'd be letting down their rock star armour and would be too frightened of not looking the part for even a second. I can't abide that falseness for very long when it's not done self-consciously so it was really refreshing to see a front-man willing to drop the pretension to convey his song in as heartfelt a manner as it was intended.