They're more likely to need Seven Seas nowadays http://www.seven-seas.com/ -- Lozzo Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite they churn out)
I rode back to Bedford from Bee's old house in Larkhall in deep snow with no winter gear on my old ZZR1100. I got caught out by the weather and had gone up in leathers, woke up on Sunday to deep snow. I was 39 years old, so still young. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite they churn out)
Heh - I went the year after - Quo, Gillan among others. Little Dave and I went two-up on his 400-Four, after my KH250 ate a piston on the way to London.
not sure who said To judge by the way a BMW was frantically wheel-spinning and getting nowhere yesterday, I'd guess that today's wider tyres don't help. Narrower tyres mean more loading per square inch of rubber, I suppose, and thus a better chance of traction. Or am I talking bollocks again? so many variables thats its hard to say I put extra wide tires on a VW beatle in the 70s - It went very good in the snow when other cars werent-I decided it was spreading the weight out enuf that it was not breaking th snow surface as in snowshoes normally tho you lose traction by adding larger tires-not enuf weight to hold them to th pavement
Cunts did that to me (I unrecall the group the roadies were setting up for), as passed along the front of a speaker stack. I could feel my organs jiggle around inside.
I can still spot several older than me so there's hope yet. I can't believe that so many people saw big name bands for their first experience of live music. I'd seen literally dozens of smaller bands in pubs and at the local college before I could afford to go and see a decent band.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine I hear that Glenn Miller was pretty good live.
I don't like to listen to CDs that were recorded at a gig. If I want to hear the music, I don't want 1000s of people who think that they can sing, warbling over the top. However, being *at* the gig in question is 100x better. It's the experience, the lights, the show. Depends who you go an see, of course. I'd recommend picking a band that you like, and just going for it.
Or not. When I was living over in Cork, a friend of mine dragged me along to a Meatloaf tribute band gig. I absolutely hate Meatloaf with every fibre of my being so went under strong protest. It turned out to be an absolutely amazing gig. More akin to theatre than straight music, a bloody fantastic evening. Still hate Meatloaf mind.
I went the year after too. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.info/faq/ YZF-R1 : FZ1N : RD350LC (anyone would think I was partial to Yamahas) keeper of the FAQ for my sins MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
My first gig was around 1982, with my parents. My first post-childhood gig was, I think, Dodgy in 1994.
Ah, the good old Frog & Bucket. Another one on the list of places I've crashed a bike. And it's Ide Hill, sunshine, not Sevenoaks.
On 20/12/2010 20:54, Paul Corfield wrote: Not at all. IME many artists can't actually perform live, and their studio work is a result of many *many* takes and processing. There are some *really* good live recordings, though. Pink Floyd's Pulse for one, Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense is another one. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Oh I do, very much. Look at something like Dark Side of the Moon (though I suspect that might be classed as ephemeral) or Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody (more ephemeral?) I happily accept that for lots of the big rock bands (not really my thing) this may not hold true, and there are plenty of groups that are capable of doing pretty good performances live (The Police, Madness spring to mind). What also I noticed about them is that they seemed to accept the limitations of a live gig, and adapted to it and to their own limitations far better than (for example) Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, The Stranglers I think a lot of it probably boils down to the types of bands you enjoy. There is without doubt a big touring tradition in some genres of music, but even someone like Meatloaf, while it was a superb show sounded much *much* worse than a CD. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
I was only 11. I think I'd been to the local folk club a couple of times with my brother but they never had paid guests so that doesn't count. My sisters' boyfriends were in a covers band that played in pubs & social clubs and I might've seen them before Pink Floyd, but again I discount them too as they were crap, failing at the 1st elimination round for New Faces.
