Love Can be a Pisser (Suicide Lounge) @ Veni Vidi Vici
What the world needs now, is lounge music, sweet lounge music. There really should be more of it, don’t you think? Love Can be a Pisser shows us the dark side of lounge, and who knew that being so down could be so fun!? I especially loved their “Funny Valentine.” With skilled musicians (geez, on top of everything else he does, Marcel Nunis can SING too!!), audience participation (so each show will be a little different), and lots of laughs, you can’t go wrong.
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Lounging toward a good time
Lounge music in all its glory or Music to knit by. Where else but at a lounge show will you see people drinking martinis as well as knitting? This act shows you the ugly side of love with pith helmets. It's a good time. You'll think your at the Tropicana in the 70s.
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- Liesl Garner said...
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If the preview over at Full Circle Brewery was any indication, which, surely it must be - these guys are supreme entertainers. "The Double Chocolate, Stuffed, Oreo Cookie Blues" - not sure if that is the full title, it's probably more like twice that - was my favorite. Lot's of fun - and great with the crowd!
ROGUE REVIEW: Love Songs Can Be a Pisser
The musical stylings of Marcel Nunis, Robert Paul and Nate Butler -- they call themselves The Suicide Lounge, appropriately enough -- are not to be missed at this year's Rogue Festival. But if you only have time for one show, I'd vote for the Nunis' other effort -- the original piece "Tale End."
But if you've already seen that dark, sexy and at-times funny one-act, and you're looking for a lighter fare, you gotta head over to Vini Vidi Vici's for Paul and Butler's facial expressions alone as they pound the keyboard and strum the guitar, respectively, while crooning such melodious Debbie Downers as "My Funny Valentine" and "Trust in Me."
Nunis is funny, as well, and I expected theatrics from Butler, but Robert Paul is my MVP of the group because he does not miss an opportunity to shine center stage as the man behind the Yamaha.
The setup is classic: Audience members shout out "menu items" that include "Newly Single and Pathetic," Lookin' for a Hookup" and "Mondo Pathetic." My favorite course started the 45-minute meal. For the "Stalker" option, the boys performed "I'll be watching you." And though I was loving the ad-libs, I was worried this depressing-by-design dining experience would get stale fast. Fortunately, my concern that they wouldn't vary the otherwise-elaborate karaoke act beyond the delicious premise was quickly squashed when Nunis' re-interpreted a number from "The Jungle Book" in a way I never imagined.
My boy John Masier, who was sitting two rows behind me, was called on the stage for a "surprise performance" of "Baby stole my butt." And Robert Paul did not disappoint as he deftly hit all the right keys.
I give the act an A. I had a great time and experienced multiple laugh-out-loud moments (and I didn't even need to have an AIM chat to do it).
The only performance left is Friday at 10 p.m. Tickets are $4 (triple that if you wanna buy the band a drink).
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Highlights for me were "Lush Life" and a smoky version of "Trust in Me" from the jungle book, done in it's full frightening glory.
Cool songs,cool delivery, and top-notch musicianship.