Lily (My One and Only)

Monday night was Lily Allen at the Astoria with Ben. New Young Pony Club opened who had a couple of pretty good songs. Lily came on with a complete band - 3 piece brass section, 2 back-up singers, keyboardist, guitar player, bass player, and drummer, basically the works. Her first dress was seriously blinged out as well.

I stole (more like "borrowed") this video of her singing 'Friday Night' from Ben:



I thought she was very stiff for the first half of the show, I think it was probably just nerves cause she's still pretty new to performing her own gigs in front of large audiences. She covered Keane's 'Everybody's Changing' and The Kooks' 'Naive' (which I think sounded great despite mixed reviews) and I think after that halfway point she relaxed a bit more and the show was more enjoyable. She also hit all of her high notes which was nice to hear because I hate when singers can't do that live cough*Brandon Flowers*cough. I wouldn't necessarily recommend seeing her live on her own but I'm still glad I went. Highlights were her singles and the unreleased song which I think is called 'Absolutely Nothing.' If you have American iTunes and you haven't heard her yet, I recommend you download 'Smile' as it's the free download of the week.

The new Take That song 'Patience' is good! Mark Owen looks as cute as ever in the video and even the two busted brunettes got better with age. It's reminiscent of the 'Back for Good' video which I LOVE.

Laura and I went for sushi tonight. I tried octopus - tentacles and all.
Verdict = DISGUSTING!!!

Is it weird that I've only seen photos of, and read interviews with Amy Winehouse, but haven't heard her music and yet I still want to punch her really hard in the face?

Current Music: Simon Webbe - Coming Around Again