P!nk

Well, I decided to go see her at the Moon & Stars Festival in Locarno, Switzerland because the MNB is playing one of her tunes, and I like it a lot.

I've been to a few pure pop shows before... Robbie Williams, The Corrs, and, um... well, it seemed like more. In any case, I enjoyed those ones, and I expected to like this one. I had a hunch it wouldn't be my usual crowd, but after the night before (which was spent with my project team eating insanely overpriced Japanese food to the worst player-piano music ever) it would have to be a nice relief. I figured there would be some nice staging, and that it would be good to move to. And, of course, to sing along with.

What I didn't expect was that she can actually sing.

I thought I'd seen her on TV before, and I seem to remember it being pretty nasty. In retrospect, I guess it's not out of the realm of possibility that she was just stoned out of her mind. She seemed sober last night, and she nailed it vocally.

I was right about it not being my usual crowd, though. She seems to have a strange audience - a lot of teen girls, which I had expected. A lot of punks, which I had expected. And a lot of lesbians in their 40's which I had not expected. And, realtive to the general population, I couldn't help but notice that this last group seems to share a bit of a disturbing affinity for the hair and eye-wear stylings of Al Franken.

I'm still not sure what to do with that. Good show, though...