Whew. What a day. Where to start. Well thanks to my new friend Christian and the rest of my pals at Arctic Monkeys US, I was invited to see Alex Turner perform an acoustic solo session at NYC radio station RXP. It was mind-blowing and incredibly lucky to be invited to such an exclusive performance, and I can’t thank Christian, AMUS, and RXP’s increidbly cool DJ, Matt Pinfield enough. Alex played a short but sweet solo acoustic set of “Piledriver Waltz”, “Suck It And See” and “Love Is A Laserquest”. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that is the first time Alex has performed “Piledriver Waltz” live (for a session or at a show).
It was an absolutely incredible experience to be able to see Alex perform music in such an intimate setting, with only a dozen or so people in the room. During the interview with Alex, Matt Pinfield brought up how Alex joined Elvis Costello the other night to cover “Lipstick Vouge” (anyone have a video?). Alex spoke about how they’ve covered it before for fun, and the possibility of them recording it in the studio and making it a future b-side. How’s that for interesting?
The session should be up pretty soon. Keep an eye out here for that. I wasn’t allowed to shoot any part of the show, but I do have this little gem to show you. You guys probably have some idea of how big this is for me:
Arctic Monkeys & The Vaccines @ Central Park (5/24/2011) | We All Want Someone To Shout For — 25 May 11
[...] my favorite new bands, playing together on the same bill. It was a beautiful day at Central Park, I met one of my idols a few hours prior, and tons of friends were in attendance with me. It doesn’t get much better than that. It was [...]
Ben — 25 May 11
that’s awesome Will! I’m glad you got to meet him!
Lucas — 25 May 11
omg haha, you are lucky!
ps: alex turner is a dwarf
Dudz — 25 May 11
Wow! Well done, looks like you had a great day!!
Happy for ya!
Jarryd — 25 May 11
dream come true time!! Congrats man!
[Download] Alex Turners RXP Session | We All Want Someone To Shout For — 25 May 11
[...] and the title track, “Suck It And See”. Some of the claps at the end of each song may have been mine. Still [...]