#5. Gogol Bordello
Start Wearing Purple
Glastonbury Festival
June 23, 2007
Watch this clip with the
sound off and you'll think you've stumbled across the Ukrainian Wiggles.
With his color-clashing spandex and old country 'stache, singer Eugene
Hutz actually looks like a sugar high, which, in an era when most rock
front men view any kind of enthusiasm as uncool, is a wonderful
development. Hutz clearly owes a fashion debt to Freddie Mercury, but
his ability to ignite a soaking wet audience is entirely his own.
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