"Do you remember, how much you loved me?"
My nan has
always said that if she won the lottery, she’d give half to the Tindersticks. So
they could play a live show in her back garden. She's longed to see them for years, but feels she's too old to travel to their gigs - and they have yet to do a live DVD. So this way she hopes they'd come to her.
This would be
the best gig ever! (Yes, better than Live Aid). It would need to be early
evening as my nan gets tired past nine. Some time between ‘Deal Or No Deal’ and
‘Corrie’ would be ideal. And we’ll need to keep everyone off the flower beds,
obviously. But I can ‘t see any other complications. Oh, limited parking
out in the road, I suppose.
The perfect
end to the show would be ‘Travelling Light’ – my nan’s favourite. In fact, it
would be the perfect start and middle too. They could just play this one song and
the show would be the best ever. "Better than Live Aid, Michael?" Yes, weren’t you
paying attention earlier?
My nan’s always
had a soft spot for men with a deep voice. Nick Cave. Leonard Cohen. The
Mysterons. (I made that last one up.) But Stuart A. Staples from the Tindersticks is her absolute
fave. I so hope this show happens one day. Guess I better go get this week’s lottery
ticket for her.
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