Saturday 11th June

The Hooters - Festival Stage (4/5)

The Hooters are a band that really shouldn’t fit in to SRFs brand. The Hooters are a rockier kind of pop band and some voices were raised when they were booked. But they are a good band. We have all heard their hits, but maybe not more if you’re not a big fan.

But damn the narrow minded. With Rick Springfield from last year’s festival fresh in my mind, I would definitely give them a break.  Very few clouds appeared on the sky, this warm and sunny Saturday noon and with shirt off and a beer in hand (that eventually became a few more…), my guess was that The Hooters music really should mix well with that. And I was right. If you’re not a boring fart with your feet nailed to the ground, then it is impossible to stand still to this. The Hooters play happy music with a beat and a groove that just forces you to dance around with a big, stupid smile on your face. And then add beer to that…, well, I think you get my drift.

All the hits were, of course played. ”Johnny B”, ”Day By Day”, ”Karla With A K”, ”All You Zombies” and ”…And We Danced”, you know them all. And the best version of ”Boys Of Summer” I ever heard.

And the audience danced. The mix of people there were extremely funny to watch.  Older, balding guys with beer belly's smiled along with rockers and even a guy with a Black Metal shirt on. And at the end when they kicked off with ”Satellite”, maybe one of the best festival songs ever written, I thought the place would explode.  Their keyboard player even went way out to front of the stage, with an accordion on his belly and his fist in the air, making the audience sing along. It doesn’t get much harder than that. Easily one of the best performances of the festival.

Check them out :
http://www.hootersmusic.com

Review : Jon Wilmenius

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