What an intense night it was last Monday, February the 25th. At times it was like being back in those crazy Anti-Karaoke nights from last summer.
At 10:15 pm, Rachel was already onstage singing “God Save The Queen” by The Sex Pistols to a half-full club. Minutes later, the audience had doubled in size. The second song Rachel gave us was the very fun “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”, which she sang among the audience members.
I'm guessing that the fact that Rachel appeared on the cover of Time Out magazine was one of the reasons why we saw so many new faces in the show.
A girl named Mirna debuted this night with an exciting interpretation of “Blietzkrieg Bop” by The Ramones.
Francisca also had never sang before in Anti-Karaoke, but she was fantastic with her version of “Ironic” by Alanis Morissete. This is probably one of the two or three songs that I hate the most of the A.K. repertory. This case proved that sometimes it's not the song itself that matters as much as the talent of the person performing it.
Vas & Ja debuted a new song -- “Killing In The Name”, the great anthem by Rage Against The Machine -- and the audience reaction was explosive.
I imagine that we'll be hearing this song in almost every Anti-Karaoke from now on.
I don't remember seeing Sere & Pablo before in A.K. their performance of Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was quite powerful.
Jen hadn't performed in the show in months, although we'd seen her in the audience a few times. For her return, she selected one of the most “catchy” songs in A.K.: “Walk Like An Egyptian” by The Bangles. Adorable as always.
Mapy Jane also made her back comeback with “Self Esteem” by The Offspring, with the entire club singing the choruses. We hope to see Mapy more often in the future.
In the first half of the show, Rachel sang the beautiful song by Three Dog Night, “One”, a song that the movie “Magnolia” repopularized in the 90’s.
The always charismatic Dani El Mutante sang “Rockin’ In The Free World” by Neil Young in the first few minutes of the show. Later her sang Cheap Trick's “Surrender” a couple of hours later, accompanied on the air guitar by Johnny Destiny.
Uri's interpretation of “Highway To Hell” was absolutely incredible and received the biggest ovation of the evening. Amazing voice.
The truth is that it was a very AC/DC kind of night. Besides “Highway…”, we were able to listen to “Whole Lotta Rosie” thanks to Prades, and one of the great standards of the show, “You Shook Me All Night Long”, interpreted by David.
Iván also had a few moments of glory in the show. He sang a new song, “Symphony Of Destruction” by Megadeth (brilliant singing style, very faithful to the style of Dav Mustaine) and would later triumph with a “Welcome To The Jungle” by Guns N’Roses que unleashed pure hysteria throughout the club.
Among the stand-out performers from the last few months, we would have to mention Redd Kross Contingent. On this occasion they offered a “London Calling” by The Clash full of emotion and attitude.
They dedicated the song, by the way, to Mickey Ribera of Popular 1.
Though Bowie hasn't stepped on a stage in years, at Anti-Karaoke he is always fondly remembered. Curro paid homage to him with a passionate “Modern Love”.
And Rachel for her part sang “Under Pressure” with Danglam, in a duet that oozed glamour makeup.
And speaking of makeup, it was grand to receive a visit from The Hottest Band in the World… The Wankers!!!
Made up like the Creatures of the Night and spitting blood, the Wankers with their Wankerettes sang “Rock and Roll All Night” by Kiss and “Enter Sandman” by Metallica.
Killer Queen dared to try a song that Rachel had recently added to the song list of A.K.: “My Michelle” by Guns N’Fuckin’ Roses. Very good performance.
With so much Rock’n’Roll, it was fun to hear a song like “Copacabana”, interpreted by Grupo 5.
Pirata del Caribe put aside his beloved Pantera for one night and sung “The Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin.
The celebrated hit by the The Knack, “My Sharona” also had its place in the show. Lourdes Vives and friends did their best with the song.
In the final part of the show, Rachel incarnated Sally, the Schizophrenic Goth Girl. In her role as the schizophrenic goth girl that hates the world, Rachel appeared onstage with a gloomy intro (“Man That You Fear” by Marilyn Manson) and made several nihilistic proclamations. She gave the song cue, and as the first notes of The Village People's “YMCA” sounded, her personality abruptly changed and she sang, laughed and danced with an over-the-top enthusiasm. As soon as the song ended, however, Sally the Schizophrenic Goth Girl transformed back into a black cloud.
Frank SinAnthrax did “Just Dropped In” by Kenny Rogers, a song that always brings to mind the movie “The Big Lebowski”. Frank would later sing “Hard Rock Hallelujah” by Lordi.
The trainwreck of the evening was perpetrated by Escroto with Billy Idol's “White Wedding”. Cheer up, Escroto, next time it will turn out better.
Leah surprised everyone with her choice this time: “Vogue” by Madonna, sung with Blimunda, who for her part also sung “You Could Be Mine” by Guns N’Roses.
And Gemma and Vato did a fantastic duet of “Sweet Child O’Mine”.
The sweaty eurphoric ceremony came to an end with “Kids In America” in plain collective catharsis.
