rivercityvibe   “Puerile, smutty, schoolboy nonsense” – My Mom

If you’re looking for the antidote to last Saturday’s Jimmy Buffet concert, I have it right here. Slip on your silk kimono, mix yourself a good-sized portion of electric soup and sit back to listen to this cover version of St Etienne’s Nothing Can Stop Us Now by the amazing Kylie Minogue. Because if there are two things I love, its the music of Saint Etienne and the physical appearance of Kylie Minogue.

Whaddya think about a Jacksonville-based Saint Etienne tribute band? We can call it Saint John’s and our first cover can be Avenue.

Geddit!!?

I discovered something I did not know today. This is rare in my life. Really rare (go on, test me). You see, I knew that classic indie band Saint Etienne were named partly in tribute to French eighties songster Etienne Daho (Wikipedia is wrong on this one, believe me), but I had no idea that their classic She’s on the phone was a direct lift from Daho’s 1984 classic Weekend a Rome. See for yourselves.

Etienne Daho first (featuring Seth Rotherham on his Vespa):

Now Saint Etienne (featuring Etienne Daho [Doh!]):

How could I not have known this. My European assets have failed me.

It’s uncanny.