Tribute

How do people decide they're going to form a tribute band? On the face of it, it's a pretty obsessive thing to do isn't it? You learn, by heart, the songs of a band you like, try and perform a perfect replica of them on stage, get applauded for how well you do it and of course, thinking up the must punning name you can... Re-Genesis, Think Floyd, Bjorn Again). I suppose it's the ultimate way of showing how much you love a band really, but when you stop and think, it's really silly.
Anyway, that didn't stop us having a good night out on Friday, when we took Mum and Dad to see Think Floyd (do you see what they did there, hmmm) in Camberley. They weren't bad I have to admit. It did help that they performed their most famous works (and coincidentally the ones we know best!) Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here in their entirely, plus several other tracks too. If nothing else, 3 hours of music for £13.50 was great value. The music was recreated very well, although one of the singers lacked a bit of enthusiasm I think they pulled it off rather well... that doesn't stop it being a very silly thing to do!

I've been enjoying a bit of Star Trek: The Next Generation over the last couple of weeks, as Sky are (yet again) repeating the series. I've caught various episodes from the third season and fourth seasons, which probably do represent the highpoint of the series. Steve doesn't like NextGenn very much, which is ashamee as it's probably my favourite of the revival Trek TV series's. It might be a bit safe, and cosy at times, but that doesn't change the fact that there were some damn good episodes. We were watching The Best of Both Worlds pt 2 last night and even Steve had to admit that there was something quite special about it, as if they'd raised their game that little bit to make something really good.
Tonight's episode, Family always had that feeling for me as well. It's the final part of the great Borg trilogy in many ways, and something that the Original Series could never have done. There's just a certain something about Picard going home to confront his demons while reconciling with his brother. It's different enough (certainly at the time) to make it rather special... and the bit where Picard breaks down after the fight in the mud with his brother and talks about how even he couldn't fight against what the Borg were doing to him makes the character all the more human again. Superb stuff.

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