It came with no surprise to learn that King Charles was
crowned international songwriter of the year in 2009 by unanimous vote. Each
track on the debut album, ‘LoveBlood’contains extremely
clever lyrics that are instantly remembered against a simple yet catchy tune.
His unique sound of glam-folk along with his unique style complete with wild
hair, opened shirts (revealing a somewhat sexy carpet of chest hair) and a
cummerbund in true monarch style are sure to be enough to secure his position
as the new King of pop.
The extremely intimate venue was filled with hardcore fans
of King Charles with the majority fashioning stick-on moustaches that were
being sold at the merchandise stand. The whole ambience of the gig reminded me of
why I love music so much; the power of King Charles’ tunes had united an
extreme variation of people that would otherwise not be congregated together.
After what can only be described as an ‘interesting’
performance from the support bands, the small mismatched crowd awaited their
King’s arrival. First support act, King of Cats consisted of one very angry man
and his guitar. His falsetto voice carried notes of rage across the small room
with a questionable hint of ironic humour. Second support act, Beta Blocker and
the Body Clock played a more forgettable set with a chilled surfer-dude kind of
feel.
As soon as King Charles took to the stage, I just couldn’t
stop smiling. As unfortunately cheesy as that sounds, it’s true! From the folk-dance
style of ‘Bam Bam’ to the more glam-rock ‘Polar Bear,’ the whole crowd enthusiastically
wiggled their hips and sang along. Charles seemed truly overwhelmed at how his
fans were singing back all the lyrics from his album after just three weeks of it
being released! King Charles performed almost every song from the album and
even specially dedicated ‘Coco Chitty’ to all the ladies. Not only did the
crowd sing and dance, but they energetically clapped along to the calypso beat
of ‘Lady Percy’ too. They again showed their appreciation as they shouted
lyrics and chorused ‘we want more!’ in anticipation of the inevitable encore
where we were treated to a beautiful solo acoustic of ‘Love is the Cure’ and
his own rendition of Billy Joel’s political song ‘we didn’t start the fire.’
King Charles used his song writing talent to bring the song up to date with lyrics
more fitting to this era.
With the dedicated cult following that King Charles has
already obtained within such a short time of the release of his first album, I
think it’s fair to say that he really is the next big thing.
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