19 January 2007

Stanhope says Rogue Traders are "one of the best contemporary bands in the country"

19 January 2007 | By johnboy

Our Brave Leader has announced the headline act for the Canberra Day concert on 11 March is going to be Rogue Traders.

Fair enough, they’re on a budget after all. But I was struck by this pronouncement from the famed music critic cum Chief Minister:

“It will be a pleasure to welcome one of the best contemporary bands in the country to help us celebrate this important occasion.”

Everyone OK with this assessment?

Possibly more importantly, ABC Kids entertainment jamboree is being wheeled out with “B1, B2, Angelina Ballerina, Postman Pat and Playschoolâ€™s George Spartels”.

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Gerry-Built1:41 am 21 Jan 07

I like them… but won’t be attending concert…

Roguies ARE “one of the best contemporary bands in the country” and will be popular (with the masses). This doesn’t mean that they are good, for example, like The Whitlams (if memory serves, they will be there too?)…

All in all, not Jon’s WORST mistake, but feel free to add a little cross on your “good/bad” list for later this year if you feel it necessary…

Oh, and will he be granting them $300,000 when they say they can’t make it, ’cause they might go broke? 😉 Actually, I might try that ploy when I want to do something with my classroom next month… “Jon, my classes may not go ahead, because the chairs, desk, resources etc are inadequate, could I have say, $5000?”

Felix the Cat11:41 pm 20 Jan 07

Rogue Traders don’t do a lot for me. Iwas going to go to the Aust Day concert featuring them last year but baulked due to lack of interest (and talent) and decided to watch it on TV instead. I thought they were crap “live” on TV, so glad I didn’t go there to see them.

miz11:58 pm 19 Jan 07

IMHO the Bananas are the headline act.

miz11:56 pm 19 Jan 07

The ‘My Sharona’ rip off is particularly unbearable . . .

Mr Evil4:22 pm 19 Jan 07

AD, the music industry has been doing that since the 1970s, and while muppets keep buying it, they’ll keep doing it.

Absent Diane4:14 pm 19 Jan 07

yup thumper a horrible trend in australian (globally too) music at the moment… rip off old tunes (badly), add 16ths or four on the floor, grow moppy hair cut, dress pseudo 70’s punk and call it retro.

Mr Evil4:05 pm 19 Jan 07

I bet she knows heaps about stuff.

mandaACT3:53 pm 19 Jan 07

God i cant stand the rogue traders, all they do is rip off other’s songs and repeat one line through a few verses. I am surprised they haven’t been sued for copyright infringement as yet.

simto3:52 pm 19 Jan 07

As someone who, in his youth, knew Natalie Bassingthwaite and was in an amateur musical with her, I can report she was quite a sweet young lass at the time (dating a hunky sound guy).

But given that a recent magazine profile failed to mention me, and did mention that she’s gone through a marriage and a divorce, yep, she’s a slapper now.

Maelinar3:07 pm 19 Jan 07

I bet she’d buck right on if you said “I think Kylie Minogue had a stronger acting talent when she appeared on Ramsay St”