I saw an ad the other day for Count Down 2 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Basically the idea is a whole lot of bands that nobody has really cared about for 25 or so years playing together, with the whole thing hosted by Molly Meldrum. I suppose the purpose of this type of thing is to a) ensure Molly continues to have employment in the entertainment industry until he dies and b) allow a whole lot of people to relive their youth by listening to songs from their adolescence.
Of course, if you're seeing 20 odd bands in the one night, you know that you're not really getting quality. No U2, REM, Police etc . . . the biggest name on the bill (or first one listed at least) is Rick Springfield. My only conection to Rick is shopping in JB Hi-Fi one day with Mirjana while she tried to find the cheapest possible way of purchasing "Jesse's Girl" on CD. I think eventually she decided $10 was too much to pay and we left. Which makes me wonder who is going to pay $100 to see him and all his friends in concert in 2007.
Anyway, what really struck me wasn't how crappy the lineup is . . . I'm sure there are people out there saying "If Samantha Fox, Richard Clapton and Kate Cebrano ever tour together I'm totally going" . . . it was that most of the performers were single people from bands. For example - Katrina (formerly of Katrina and the Waves) . . . Paul Gray (of Wa Wa Nee) . . . Les McKewon (formerly of the Bay City Rollers). Where are the rest of the guys? I want to know what the remaining members of Wa Wa Nee are doing that they can't make the show. Actually now that I think about it Wa Wa Nee sort of used to rock - maybe if they could get the rest of the guys back together it might not be half bad.
On second thoughts, maybe not.
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