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dave dee dozy beaky mick and titch ..east ham granada 1965...supplied them french blues and purple hearts. titch fell off stage as a result
alexander oneal 1987 hammersmith odeon, he took me by the hand and led me to a four poster during, "if you were here tonight'.magical.
phil fearon and galaxy ..central park east ham 1985.....pulled some fast moves to 'dancin' tight'.had my picture taken with tom baker for newham recorder.'good food costs less at sainsburys' so he tells me.
jimmy hendrix @ montery 1967, i lent him me zippo for the grand finale.still havent got it back.
skrewdriver @ poulten, lancs 1980.jaunty ethnic cleansing group.played along to the big family number 'free my land with blood and honor' on the spoons.
rolling stones @altamont 1969. i was responsible for security.still got a lovely blood splatterd leather jacket indoors with a skull and cross bones on it.
joy division electric circus @manchester 1977. lead singer a bit long in the boat.told him a few one liners .didnt help much it seems.
talking heads los angeles@1984. psycho killer qu'est-ce que c'est ??.thats all very well, but the suit is still to fuc king tight.
Rusty Egan/spandau ballet at the Blitz @COVENT GARDEN 1979.....To cut a long story short i lost my mind after seeing Kirk brandon commit the 'original sin' with boy george in trap 3.
pattil labelle/ micheal mcdonald@wembley arena 185, with bromley hoop..we had it all god damn it...
it was a mess of good years.
in all seriousness orbitol, alexander palace NYE @1996, kraftwerk , luton hoo @1997 nirvana ,reading @1992, the cure , wembley arena @1991.. suede , brixton acdamy @1992. tom tom club , electric ballroom @1998 ish.
shat myself at the public enemy gig brixton acadmy @1989.
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"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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Best Gig You Have Ever Been To.. on 10:18 - Oct 1 with 9611 views
This one.... Cream,John Mayall with Mick Taylor,Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart,Steamhammer.....and others including circus performers in between acts......Jimi Hendrix sitting in the front row.
The Clash, Oct 81 at Lyceum The Undertones '83 Hammersmith Odeon (as it was) The Specials Hyde Park August 2012 (Blur headlined but were sh1te) The Libertines last Friday at Ally Pally
Best Gig You Have Ever Been To.. on 10:18 - Oct 1 by TheBlob
This one.... Cream,John Mayall with Mick Taylor,Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart,Steamhammer.....and others including circus performers in between acts......Jimi Hendrix sitting in the front row.
1967.
unbeatable.end of.
"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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The Who - 1975 or 1976 - Wembley Arena The Clash - 1980 Electric Ballroom The Pogues -- dunno when it was but Jock Stein had just died and half the crowd seemed to be singing about him, which was weird. Queen at Live Aid - saved the day Oasis - Maine Road around 1995/96 Arctic Monkeys - Earls Court last year.
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Best Gig You Have Ever Been To.. on 10:49 - Oct 1 with 9570 views
Planxty reunion gig in Glór, Ennis. 2004. First gigs in over twenty years from the greatest Irish trad band ever. It was like the Second Coming, the atmosphere was other-worldly, as was the music.
Close Contender:- Stone Roses in the Ally Pally, their first gig in the South. There was about fifty coaches from Manchester, hardly a Southerner in the place, and I may well have been the only lad not on something. The Roses were decent, no more, but the atmosphere was incredible. It was before their album was released, before even a single was released, and clearly the start of something huge.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Only been to 3, had front row at wembley arena for UB40 on their rat in me kitchen tour 1986 Whams farewell ( ex girlfriend was a fan honest) loads of top stars of the day performed as well so was actually quite good. And went to see U2 at wembley stadium on their Joshua tree tour at wembley in 1988 and got totally wasted, threw up on some blokes foot and got kicked out just as the Pogues were starting their support act, was home in bed before Bono even took to the stage.
favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
Santana,in a velodrome somewhere in Switzerland 1982,was amazing 80k people going nuts. OMD also in Switzerland in 1982. Was working in Switzerland at the time.
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And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Stranglers - Edinburgh Playhouse The Bunnymen - Aberdeen Apollo Killing Joke - Glasgow Barrowlands
WINNER; Nirvana - Kilburn Empire
In the 90's;
Blur - New York Marquee Physcadelic Furs - New York Marquee Buzzcocks - Brixton Academy The Pixies - Crystal Palace 808 State - Glasto Ian Dury and the Blockheads - The Forum
WINNER; 808 State - Brixton Academy
.....then got heavily distracted by clubbing for the following decade.
Then had kids....
Most recently...
Pete and the Pirates - Camp Bestival P Funk - Camp Bestival Incognito - Shepherds Bush Empire
Want to go and see The Temperance Movement in the Forum soon
Coupla Pogues gigs I've been to have been pretty bloody enjoyable. Much smaller but dedicated crowd to watch Random Hand though, a fúcking amazing band and playing the Underworld in November - can't wait!
QPR - "shit but local"
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2010 - Sufjan Stevens in the auditorium at Primavera Barcelona. Absolutely mind melting show with lasers, projections, angel wings, syncronised dancing an orchestra and a stage invasion. Everyone came out of there in a state of euphoria
2008 - Holy F**k - The Breeders ATP. In the magic 1am to 2am slot they smashed the place apart, possibly the sweatiest I've ever been dancing at a show. Was sensational
The 2009 Glastonbury Holy Trinity: Neil Young, Brooooooce and Blur. No festival headline set will ever get close
Metallica at Reading in 03? I think
Anytime I've seen Mogwai. Possibly Primavera Porto this year as they were so frigging loud it was amazing
The National - Electric Ballroom 09 just before High Violet came out. On the brink of their long deserved success a huge greatest hits set
Brand New at The Roundhouse a few years ago.
My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse - almost sent me deaf
Jeff Mangum - Casa de Musica in Porto. Him solo was even better than seeing the full Neutral Milk Hotel. Never dreamed it would ever happen. During the songs everyone sat in reverential silence before exploding when he finished
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Portishead in the Acoustic Tent at Glastonbury 1995 (I think) was outstanding.
I was on my own somehow and they just blew me away. This was after the crowd heckled Evan Dando from the Lemonheads off the stage as he was put on before them due to getting to the festival late. It was a bit OTT, but their eventual appearance was greeted with more gusto because of it.
Charles Bradley at XOYO last year was pretty special. Good tight venue, it was like seeing one of the soul legends.
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