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I have to admit that I was really looking forward to this gig. The Black Kids have so far received unanimously positive press for their first couple of singles, and their track “I won’t teach your boyfriend how to dance with you” has been certainly one of the more interesting singles to have been released this year. Everything was looking pretty good until I reached the front of the Carling Academy and saw their most ridiculous tour bus. Straight out of Spinal Tap the bus was probably the most self indulgent thing that I have seen for years. To make matters worse the letters “VIP” were emblazoned across both sides and the back. If they see this as a suitable mode of transport for a mini tour of England no doubt they’ll be borrowing George Bush’s Air Force One to fly them into Glastonbury, or Wakestock where they are also performing.
The gig itself was pretty dull, musically the band is bereft of any originality and having two keyboard players who do little more than shriek like banshees added nothing whatsoever. Their single, which is very good sounded like a fluke compared to the rest of the tracks which in my opinion are pretty mediocre.
Today saw the deaths of two creative geniuses, Bo Didley and Yves Saint Laurent. Without Bo Didley and Muddy Waters we would not have had Elvis, Jerry Lewis, Little Richard, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, The Cure, Radiohead etc….YSL inspired every fashion designer from Vivienne Westwood to Alexander McQueen and shaped global fashion in the 20th century. Bearing this in mind I don’t think that it’s unfair to reflect on the current generation of bands and creative people and ask what legacy will they leave future generations? Unfortunately I doubt Black Kids will leave anything more than a massive unrecouped balance to Columbia Records.
Written by John Rahim