Vera Blue - BASSINTHEGRASS
The last time Vera Blue played in Darwin she was on a national tour and didn’t have much time to look around. Joining this year’s lineup for BASSINTHEGRASS, the former The Voice competitor – and lover of dogs, chocolates and flowers – is hoping to have a bit more time to check things out, including a little poke around the Botanical Gardens. She answered The Fast Five for Off The Leash ahead of her visit.
What’s the first album you ever bought?
My parents would have bought me a few albums, but the first album that I ever bought with my own money was probably Angus and Julia Stone’s A Book Like This. I would have gotten it from the local music shop in Forbes. It was either that, or Taylor Swift. It was on CD and I’ve still got it, but I don’t really listen to it because I’m not near a CD player very often! I’m usually listening to Spotify and Apple Music – or records. I have a record player and love collecting and listening to vinyl.
If you could see any artist or band – living or dead – this weekend, who would it be?
I would love to see ABBA! I reckon they are the coolest ever. My mum used to listen to them all the time, they are just the best. In particular I remember listening to ‘Mama Mia’. Mum’s siblings live in Sydney and so when we’d do the five hour trip there from home we’d listen to CDs – that was the one that we always played.
Whose posters did you have stuck to the wall as a teenager?
Oh. My God. Oh my god! When I was a teenager, half of my room – two full walls – were entirely covered (top to bottom) with posters. Zac Efron, the Jonas Brothers, Fergie, J’Lo, Neo, Beyonce… and so many more. I used to collect Girlfriend and Dolly magazines (even though I probably wasn’t allowed to read them) just to get the posters. I loved it. I felt like they were all hanging out with me.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Probably a Joni Mitchell song. I really like her song ‘Case of You’. She’s got so many I really love – it’s tough to pick. But that one’s really beautiful.
Finish this sentence. The thing people would be surprised to know about me… is I used to be a long jumper! I used to love doing long jump and sprinting in high school. I remember every year I raced against a girl called Kathy Young, and every year she beat me. She was a gun. I did pretty well though, competing in Bathurst, Sydney and Newcastle. But I was too happy doing ballet and being a country bumpkin to pursue that dream.
BASSINTHEGRASS| SAT 19 MAY | 11AM-11PM DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS AMPHITHEATRE| $75 FIRST RELEASE | $105 SECOND RELEASE | $200 VIP | bassinthegrass.com.au
