I went out disco-dancing to the fabulous “Pig Pen” the other night, a club night run by Gabriel Hardisty-Miller and Ben Connors. Gabriel is on the autism spectrum and is almost completely non-verbal. He chooses the bands and artists using a “Yes/No machine” while Ben browses MySpace, and he has very good taste.
I was especially pleased to see Tim Ten Yen on the bill, the one man pop whirlwind who has just released his debut album of especially catchy melodies and lyrics. He first caught my ears when we played on the same bill at Good Grief, and I was astonished by his songs and skilfully choreographed and executed dance moves.
Seeing him again caused my enthusiasm to bubble over and I couldn’t help but join in with the moves. “Oh my pretty I’m so silly” – put your thumb to your nose and wiggle your fingers. Oh he’s so much fun. I can see him in the future playing to a whole audience of finger wigglers and shoulder shakers. At this gig it was just me, sitting on a stool, although the rest of the audience seemed enthralled.
I button holed him afterwards, starstruck, to ask him what the lyrics to Girl Number One were about, and he managed a suitably deflective answer. I don’t blame him for wanting to keep it a mystery, but I’m eager to find out the meaning behind the song. Any ideas?
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 am
Ta for the link to Girl Number One. I Like the video; very simple but nicely shot and edited. Don’t know about the lyrics but I reckon at the end of the video when he runs off, he’s just looking for somewhere more secluded to have a pee. You know what it’s like pissing by the side of the road, you never feel entirely secure.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
He probably is, although he’d be better off weeing in a pringles packet and emptying it out of the window. That’s the safest way to urinate en route, providing you park the car first.