Z Berg/The Sounds
Z Berg
Elizabeth ‘Z’ Berg (far right) is the singer in the band ‘The Like’ and also daughter of music industry mogul Tony Berg.
I watched them perform at the 02 Wireless Festival 2006 from the side of the stage, they have to be the palest girls in LA, do they not go outside? Skinny alabaster legs stretch from their high hemmed 60’s style dresses as they knock out songs like ‘ June gloom’ and ‘ under the paving stones’ Fortunately for Z her singing voice is good enough to outweigh the sternest of critics regarding her parent’s helping hand and serves to elevate them above being yet another photogenic all girl ensemble.
They were on the same bill as the Strokes at Wireless, so as well as having Kelly Osborne in tow all manner of A listers came out of the woodwork to see the New Yorkers headline. Kate Moss, 12 years their senior, crashed into their portacabin and a menagerie of rock royalty’s daughters could be seen milling around (Jade Jagger, Kimberly Stewart, Peaches Geldof)
When I last saw Z taht night she was on another planet giggling away to herself only managing to stay upright due to the arms of Popworld’s Alex Zane, who looked like he was trying to shake her off like a wasp, “ It’s ok for you” he said “ you’ll be on a plane tomorrow, while I’ll be here working”
A friend of mine was convinced both Z and her band mates were all about nine years of age.
They aren’t.
I checked.
The Sounds
The Sounds are a band from Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden and are quite often compared to Blondie, and its easy to see why, they have the same blonde singer with attitude and also the same middle of the road music for the most part. However occasionally it all works, such as in the song below.
Teenage Battlefield sounds like its off the sound track of a 1980’s John Hughes movie, it has a brilliantly naff Aha like keyboard sound, drum roll and chorus, and it somehow manages to sound like ‘99 red balloons’ and Tiffany’s ‘I think we’re alone now’ at the same time.
Keyboard player Jesper Anderberg recently said in an interview “We have all the things that American people don't want, in a way. Everyone in Sweden thinks they live in America”
So to echo both The Sounds and America:
“Bombs bombs away!”
MP3: The Sounds - Teenage Battlefield
Elizabeth ‘Z’ Berg (far right) is the singer in the band ‘The Like’ and also daughter of music industry mogul Tony Berg.
I watched them perform at the 02 Wireless Festival 2006 from the side of the stage, they have to be the palest girls in LA, do they not go outside? Skinny alabaster legs stretch from their high hemmed 60’s style dresses as they knock out songs like ‘ June gloom’ and ‘ under the paving stones’ Fortunately for Z her singing voice is good enough to outweigh the sternest of critics regarding her parent’s helping hand and serves to elevate them above being yet another photogenic all girl ensemble.
They were on the same bill as the Strokes at Wireless, so as well as having Kelly Osborne in tow all manner of A listers came out of the woodwork to see the New Yorkers headline. Kate Moss, 12 years their senior, crashed into their portacabin and a menagerie of rock royalty’s daughters could be seen milling around (Jade Jagger, Kimberly Stewart, Peaches Geldof)
When I last saw Z taht night she was on another planet giggling away to herself only managing to stay upright due to the arms of Popworld’s Alex Zane, who looked like he was trying to shake her off like a wasp, “ It’s ok for you” he said “ you’ll be on a plane tomorrow, while I’ll be here working”
A friend of mine was convinced both Z and her band mates were all about nine years of age.
They aren’t.
I checked.
The Sounds
The Sounds are a band from Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden and are quite often compared to Blondie, and its easy to see why, they have the same blonde singer with attitude and also the same middle of the road music for the most part. However occasionally it all works, such as in the song below.
Teenage Battlefield sounds like its off the sound track of a 1980’s John Hughes movie, it has a brilliantly naff Aha like keyboard sound, drum roll and chorus, and it somehow manages to sound like ‘99 red balloons’ and Tiffany’s ‘I think we’re alone now’ at the same time.
Keyboard player Jesper Anderberg recently said in an interview “We have all the things that American people don't want, in a way. Everyone in Sweden thinks they live in America”
So to echo both The Sounds and America:
“Bombs bombs away!”
MP3: The Sounds - Teenage Battlefield
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