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Thanks to ABC's Spicks and Specks, I now have a new goal in life - to see The Grates live in concert. Or at least in gig.
Ok, so that's a slight exag. but I do feel I need to see them live. I learnt, tonight, something about their performance that is truly amazing. Patience, the leading lady, is not only a female vocalist extraordinaire.
Patience, leading lady, plays the ribbon.
She says that she listens to their songs and can just tell when "yep, that needs a ribbon" to add a sense of drama. Once, during a performance in Newcastle, the audience attempted to de-instrument Patience by stealing the ribbon right out of her hands. Naughty Novocastrians.
And, when she forgets her ribbon, she plays the sock puppet. Cries are often heard at performances in the less affluent areas from the audience, many screaming "HOLY FUCK THE SOCK PUPPET'S SINGING!!!!"
Ok, so that's a slight exag. but I do feel I need to see them live. I learnt, tonight, something about their performance that is truly amazing. Patience, the leading lady, is not only a female vocalist extraordinaire.
Patience, leading lady, plays the ribbon.
She says that she listens to their songs and can just tell when "yep, that needs a ribbon" to add a sense of drama. Once, during a performance in Newcastle, the audience attempted to de-instrument Patience by stealing the ribbon right out of her hands. Naughty Novocastrians.
And, when she forgets her ribbon, she plays the sock puppet. Cries are often heard at performances in the less affluent areas from the audience, many screaming "HOLY FUCK THE SOCK PUPPET'S SINGING!!!!"