ABC Wednesdays: "P" is for playing Pompeii, BΔSTILLE

Photo by Holly S-B

This week ABC Wednesday is at "P"...

Bastille (BΔSTILLE) played the Academy last week and a long queue of fans snaked along Oxford Road and down side streets as they waited to get to see their all-conquering heroes. The set list is here.

Any band that names itself after a French prison and its revolutionary connotations is maybe going to be a cut above your average rock band, and the track Pompeii underlines this. It’s from their 2013 Bad Blood album, which currently holds the record for the longest time at number one on the UK's Official Streaming Chart, remaining at the peak for seven weeks.  A rather meaningless statistic perhaps; if you like something then you should like it regardless of what the masses think or are told what to think...

Pompeii is about how the citizens of that tragic town must have reacted and felt as Vesuvius erupted. Another Pompeii with a credible music connection is the Pink Floyd at Pompeii film which is worth 90 minutes of anyone’s time.