Coachella (ella ella ella) 2008…the next best thing to being there AGAIN!!

Here I am, grumbling over the unavailability of much of  Prince’s Coachella performances “due to a copyright claim filed by NPG Records”….

Nevertheless, Coachella was a stunning showcase not only for established acts like Prince, The Verve and Portishead (making precious live comebacks on US soil) but also for up-and-coming names to make their presence known on this bigger stage. 

Take, for instance, Duffy. You may have read my post on how I am bigging up on this Welsh singer-songwriter determined to follow Amy Winehouse’s footsteps to global domination – while hopefully sidestepping the tabloid-bitch antics.

Duffy’s “Warwick Avenue”

Duffy brings the house down with her UK #1 “Mercy”

Kinda mixed though…the baby blue denim teddy kinda meh in my book. Nevertheless, I’m looking into getting myself a copy of “Rockferry”.  

On the other end of the spectrum, whoever said that the drum & bass scene in the UK is dead should catch Pendulum’s stunning Coachella set!!!

Pendulum does their UK Top hit “Propane Nightmares” at Coachella 2008

Pendulum gives due props to the Prodigy with their cover of “Voodoo People”

It was also pretty big that rising UK stars Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip would take a break from their UK tour to play the States for the first time.   I’ve loved their sly rhymed track “Thou Shalt Always Kill” which has drawn comparisons to The Streets.

Dan & Scroob shoot on festivals and the UK/USA release divide among others…

See them perform “Thou Shalt Always Kill”…doesn’t Scroob look a lot like an escapee from ZZ Top???

They even give mad props to 2nd-day headliner Prince by covering his track “Cream”   

On the DJ department, there was no shortage of stunning sets during of three-day event, which included:

Fatboy Slim

See how he opens with Gene Wilder’s rendition of “Pure Imagination” from the original “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” film before segueing into “Praise You”

Erol Alkan
 
Nice tribal influenced set from the chap who sexed up even further Duran Duran’s already-sexxxy “Girls on Film”

Sandra Collins

See this trance DJ reinterpret The Who’s classic “Baba O’Riley” for the ‘ella audience!

Busy P

SebastiAn
 
Video from attendee sherbertjello features eclectic yet stunning sets from these Ed Banger DJs

More to come….as I start showing love to MGMT and Yelle, among others….

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