These are genuinely genuine:
http://www.getintothis.co.uk/2015/03/threshold-festival-2015-review-and-gallery-part-two/
In fact, the best place for those drifters to be was most certainly back at Constellations, where Lotharios were onstage to end Threshold with the most utterly ridiculous of bangs. The eight-piece donned fancy-dress, among them a white Rasta and a man in leiderhosen with a fake pencil moustache sharing lead vocals, a leprechaun sat cross-legged playing a Moog, and a slightly baffled looking late-middle-aged man in a Hawaiian skirt.
As they rifled through the best covers-set in history, which included Psycho Killer, David Bowie’s Sorrow and the most euphoric version of Love is in the Air you’ve ever heard, the scenes were nothing but glorious debauchery for the festival’s true hedonists. As a snapshot: at one point one of the band is reading the ingredients of a Pot Noodle over a space-rock drum ‘n’ bass version of The Cheeky Song while the drummer, a guy in a tin-foil poncho and alien sunglasses is taking lead vocal. They then blended the tune in to L.A. Woman and closed on a mash-up of Jump Around and Daddy Cool, amongst others. They’ll be playing our wedding.
Popped Music http://poppedmusic.co.uk/2015/04/03/festival-review-threshold-2015/
Last but not least though it was time for one last party as I hurried back over to The Observatory to dance like a loon to the crazy cover mashups provided by The Lotharios. It was like watching a fancy dress shop explode on stage, as colourful characters paraded around the stage taking no prisoners with their super-charged re-imaginings, which included a rather spectacular version of The Cheeky Song. How else could you end the live music, like really?
'You look like Worzel Gummidge on acid' - John Whaling
THE LOTHARIOS at Sound, Liverpool - Kev MucManus
I was going to start off by saying that you really had to be there. But that would be a lie. You should count yourself lucky that you only have to read about it rather than actually experiencing the chaotic head wrecker that was The Lotharios Christmas show.
A band that includes at least two Council Officers shouldn’t be this messed up but The Lotharios have stepped off the precipice of Strange and fallen head first into the land of the Truly Weird. It’s as if The Mighty Boosh have wandered onto the set of Dr Who, picked up some guitars, taken some really strong acid and then decided to destroy some randomly assembled records from the last 30 years.
The stupidness began with a beautiful deconstruction of ‘Sorrow’ with vocals that were actually good shared between Sexy Rexy and ben E Banger. Then the madness truly began with the most bizarre rendition of ‘Float On’ that only a bunch of truly sick minds could conjure up. The whole motley band joined in on this one (and tonight’s line up was 8 men strong although ‘strong’ is undoubtedly the wrong word).
One of the highlights followed with a demented cover of the Osmonds classic ‘Crazy Horses’. Hopefully Donny and the others will never get to hear this version as I fear it would immediately lead to an entire family breakdown.
The pulling power of the Lotharios meant that the small bar was threatening to burst at the seams and the building was definitely wobbling as the drunken Council revellers formed an unsightly swaying moshpit at the front of the stage. Respectable Council Officer Andy Mc, out celebrating his 40th birthday and very drunk, then joined in on vocals with Ben E Banger on a powerful ‘Monkey’s Gone To Heaven’. Well that’s what the band were playing. I’m not sure what Andy was singing.
The crowd were propelled into even more of a frenzy by what was actually an incredibly good and really dirty version of ‘Get It On’ with a quality vocal from El Guapo from L7. (In real life El Guapo is the very talented and well know Francisco Carrasco. They can only have got him to agree to play with them by drugging him or simply by lying about their own musical prowess).
From there on in it was all downhill much to the enjoyment of the even more frenzied crowd. I have tried to block parts of the night from my mind but I can still hear the truly stupid but very entertaining version of ‘Kung Fu Fighting’. Then Durnart Voom (our very own Sean Durney) came into his own with vocals on that rock classic ‘Cheeky Girls’ and a very emotional ‘Macarena’.
The crowd who must have been drunk or undergoing some drug induced mass hysteria actually screamed for more and after a fine rendition of ‘La Bamba’ there was only one way to finish the night and it duly arrived with a hugely enjoyable festive blast of ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’.
All this and I haven’t even mentioned how just looking at the band can make your eyes hurt. Their ‘look’ is a random assortment of horribly bright costumes, masks, and scary make up (applied professionally by a drunken Sarah Vasey two minutes before the band went on stage).
So there you have it fellow citizens. I saw The Lotharios Christmas show and I survived although it is too early to talk about any long term damage. If you are invited to any future Lothario happenings then please take all necessary precautions.
http://www.getintothis.co.uk/2015/03/threshold-festival-2015-review-and-gallery-part-two/
In fact, the best place for those drifters to be was most certainly back at Constellations, where Lotharios were onstage to end Threshold with the most utterly ridiculous of bangs. The eight-piece donned fancy-dress, among them a white Rasta and a man in leiderhosen with a fake pencil moustache sharing lead vocals, a leprechaun sat cross-legged playing a Moog, and a slightly baffled looking late-middle-aged man in a Hawaiian skirt.
As they rifled through the best covers-set in history, which included Psycho Killer, David Bowie’s Sorrow and the most euphoric version of Love is in the Air you’ve ever heard, the scenes were nothing but glorious debauchery for the festival’s true hedonists. As a snapshot: at one point one of the band is reading the ingredients of a Pot Noodle over a space-rock drum ‘n’ bass version of The Cheeky Song while the drummer, a guy in a tin-foil poncho and alien sunglasses is taking lead vocal. They then blended the tune in to L.A. Woman and closed on a mash-up of Jump Around and Daddy Cool, amongst others. They’ll be playing our wedding.
Popped Music http://poppedmusic.co.uk/2015/04/03/festival-review-threshold-2015/
Last but not least though it was time for one last party as I hurried back over to The Observatory to dance like a loon to the crazy cover mashups provided by The Lotharios. It was like watching a fancy dress shop explode on stage, as colourful characters paraded around the stage taking no prisoners with their super-charged re-imaginings, which included a rather spectacular version of The Cheeky Song. How else could you end the live music, like really?
'You look like Worzel Gummidge on acid' - John Whaling
THE LOTHARIOS at Sound, Liverpool - Kev MucManus
I was going to start off by saying that you really had to be there. But that would be a lie. You should count yourself lucky that you only have to read about it rather than actually experiencing the chaotic head wrecker that was The Lotharios Christmas show.
A band that includes at least two Council Officers shouldn’t be this messed up but The Lotharios have stepped off the precipice of Strange and fallen head first into the land of the Truly Weird. It’s as if The Mighty Boosh have wandered onto the set of Dr Who, picked up some guitars, taken some really strong acid and then decided to destroy some randomly assembled records from the last 30 years.
The stupidness began with a beautiful deconstruction of ‘Sorrow’ with vocals that were actually good shared between Sexy Rexy and ben E Banger. Then the madness truly began with the most bizarre rendition of ‘Float On’ that only a bunch of truly sick minds could conjure up. The whole motley band joined in on this one (and tonight’s line up was 8 men strong although ‘strong’ is undoubtedly the wrong word).
One of the highlights followed with a demented cover of the Osmonds classic ‘Crazy Horses’. Hopefully Donny and the others will never get to hear this version as I fear it would immediately lead to an entire family breakdown.
The pulling power of the Lotharios meant that the small bar was threatening to burst at the seams and the building was definitely wobbling as the drunken Council revellers formed an unsightly swaying moshpit at the front of the stage. Respectable Council Officer Andy Mc, out celebrating his 40th birthday and very drunk, then joined in on vocals with Ben E Banger on a powerful ‘Monkey’s Gone To Heaven’. Well that’s what the band were playing. I’m not sure what Andy was singing.
The crowd were propelled into even more of a frenzy by what was actually an incredibly good and really dirty version of ‘Get It On’ with a quality vocal from El Guapo from L7. (In real life El Guapo is the very talented and well know Francisco Carrasco. They can only have got him to agree to play with them by drugging him or simply by lying about their own musical prowess).
From there on in it was all downhill much to the enjoyment of the even more frenzied crowd. I have tried to block parts of the night from my mind but I can still hear the truly stupid but very entertaining version of ‘Kung Fu Fighting’. Then Durnart Voom (our very own Sean Durney) came into his own with vocals on that rock classic ‘Cheeky Girls’ and a very emotional ‘Macarena’.
The crowd who must have been drunk or undergoing some drug induced mass hysteria actually screamed for more and after a fine rendition of ‘La Bamba’ there was only one way to finish the night and it duly arrived with a hugely enjoyable festive blast of ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’.
All this and I haven’t even mentioned how just looking at the band can make your eyes hurt. Their ‘look’ is a random assortment of horribly bright costumes, masks, and scary make up (applied professionally by a drunken Sarah Vasey two minutes before the band went on stage).
So there you have it fellow citizens. I saw The Lotharios Christmas show and I survived although it is too early to talk about any long term damage. If you are invited to any future Lothario happenings then please take all necessary precautions.