Difference is you go to a night club/disco partly to socialise and meet other folk...a gig you go to listen to the bands/artists therefore if the music is loud that shouldn't really impact on your inability to converse with others...that's hardly the idea is it.
If you knew me soundas you'd realise that i love to talk and talk to love!! Never stop gassing honest guv! Used to do a bit of labouring and they used to call me Ollie Chat-a-lot!! And that was an understatement! So if i aint chatting, cos of someone else chatting to music then i aint happy!! no what i mean arry
[cite]Posted By: MCS[/cite]If you knew me soundas you'd realise that i love to talk and talk to love!! Never stop gassing honest guv! Used to do a bit of labouring and they used to call me Ollie Chat-a-lot!! And that was an understatement! So if i aint chatting, cos of someone else chatting to music then i aint happy!! no what i mean arry
But i see what you mean tho
Agree with you entirely about non stop loud music in night clubs...that's why it's important that they have a bar area away from the main body of the club where you can find refuge every once in a while.
Can't remember them all, but real highlights were: Led Zeppelin...ally pally, earls court, knebworth and the 02 Pink Floyd...lots, but the circular screen Dark Side at Wembley arena a highlight, Stones, Captn Beefheart, Knebworth. Dylan earls court, blackbush Arthur Brown (of 'Fire' fame) awesome. John Mayall The Who Lou Reed...Rainbow Jethroe Tull twice...best at Rainbow Roy Harper Valentine Gig at rainbow Pink Fairies everywhere Hawkwind Canned Heat hyde park Both valley gigs...loved Little Feat Albert Lee...awesome Clapton at Blackbush Squeeze free on Blackheath Bo Diddly Albany Kate and Anna maGarrigal....superb at Fairfield Halls and Savoy theatre. Can't think of any more just now...seen loads Want to see Kings of Leon and Radiohead...but don't want to go to Reading and have to dodge loads of pee-filled beer cans being thrown around.
1. Rory Gallagher several times.Lyceeum 3 hour concert the best, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Black Prince. 2. ELP several times; Lewisham Odeon, Oval. 3. Roxy Music Greyhound Croydon 4. Eric Clapton Albert hall 5. Pink Floyd Wembley/ Hyde park 6.Jack Bruce Victoria 7. The Strawbs Woolwich Poly 8. The Edgar Broughton Band Woolwich Poly 9.Focus Hyde Park / Oval 10.Queen Hyde park 11.Canned Heat Hyde park 12.Yes Crystal Palace Bowl 13.Taste Lyceum 14.Paul Young LondonWembley Arena 15.U2 BBC 16.Amen Corner Greenwich Town hall 17 Desmond Decker Woolwich 18.Geno Washington Greenwich Town Hall 19.The Who Lewisham 20.Peter Green Caford 21.Coldplay BBC 22 Maddonna BBC 23 Hawkwind Harrow Inn 24 Groundhogs Black prince 25 Stones Hyde Park 26 Eric Bell 27 The Hamsters 28 Manfredd Mann 29 Maggie Bell/ Stone the crows 30 Sting BBC
one that got away..... Jimi Hendrix of course, I would swap all of these above ten times over to have seen him live.
Saw Rory Gallahger at the BridgeHouse,Canning Town with7 other people.
Was a warm up for Hammy Odeon gigs, and halfway thru he bought everyone apint of Guiness.
"Shadowplay" superb.
ELO (twice: Fairfield Halls and Wembley) Sparks Fusion Orchestra Bad Actors (mates band - released a couple of singles) Bad Company Blues Band Average White Band Gillan Led Zeppelin (Earls Court, Knebworth) Nazareth (thought they were Led Zep imho!) The Manfreds Mick Ronson and Ian Hunter Eric Clapton Cream (re-union gig) Pink Fairies Ian dury Elvis Costello Wreckless Eric anf the New Rockets Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop Larry Wallis's Psychedelic Rowdies Rockpile (Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe) Golden Earring Queen Elton John Rod Stewart and the Faces Kikki Dee Tina Turner Dean Martin Hogan's Heroes (ft Albert Lee) BB King 999 Black Slate Junior Wells Van Morrison Wishbone Ask Walter Trout Extreme Gary Glitter Motorhead Alice Cooper Showaddywaddy Chas and Dave Bad Manners Mud Red Hot Chili Peppers Gary Moore George Harrison (guest appearance with Gary Moore) Paul McCartney and Wings Thin Lizzy The Who Joe Strummer's Mescaleros Bruce Springsteen Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Dolly Parton Frankie Miller's Full House The Hamsters Otis Grand The Zutons Elizabeth Cook Mari Wilson Q-Tips (Paul Young) David Essex Bootleg Beatles Counterfeit Stones
Those are the one's that spring to mind - I'm sure there are lots more.
Aren't many I wish I'd seen. Too young to have seen Jimi Hendrix or my favourite band, Free.
The Strokes (secret gig) Interpol Yeah Yeah Yeahs And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (secret gig) Battles Broken Social Scene Los Campesinos Rage Against the Machine Les Savy Fav
Loads of others, unsigned, support acts or at festivals. And a few rubbish bands as a youngster but those listed were my favourites.
Metallica Rage Against The Machine Queen (and Paul Rodgers) Manic Street Preachers Muse Oasis Eric Clapton Nickelback Rick Astley
Plus a few others at different festivals, University balls etc but they're the ones that I actually paid money to go and see. I know Rick Astley is a bit of an odd one on that list!
Well, this is the list from the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music from 1970. I was there so I must have seen them: The Byrds, Canned Heat, Colosseum, Donovan (most of the bands were stuck in the traffic so he did a massively long boring set to cover up the fact that nobody else was actually there), Fairport Convention, Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Flock, Formerly Fat Harry, Keef Hartley, Hot Tuna, It's A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Dr. John, Led Zeppelin, John Mayall (with Peter Green I think - they were supposed to be on at 7pm but didn't start till 5am the next day!), Country Joe, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Santana, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. John Peel & Mike Raven provided "continuity". Both Hawkwind and The Pink Fairies played but they weren't on the offical list of performers. Anyway enough of my ramblings but it must have been good because you can still buy the t-shirt.
Then the list goes on but includes off the top of my head in no particular order: The Stones (a couple of times), Rod Stewart, Audience, Family, East of Eden, Feeder, Eurythmics, Ten Years After, John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Status Quo, Zappa (numerous times), Dweezil Zappa (several times) Bloc Party, Eric Clapton (several times), The Climax Blues Band, Curved Air, Dire Straits, Elton John, Alison Moyet, Sade, Steve Vai, The Sugababes (yes, I know but they weren't bad really.) And the highlight, in Vegas, the one and only John Lee Hooker.
I'm in Chicago next month & tried to get tickets for the Springsteen gig but sold out :-(
Where I live is just a stone's throw from Hylands Park where the V Festival is held. I haven't seen any of the acts but I've heard all of them!
echo and the bunnymen clash siouxie + banshees Ian Dury + blockheads LKJ Teardrop explodes Bollock Bro's Fuzzbox Jesus + Mary Chain Pixies The amps The Breeders (re these 3, I was Kim Deals drug dealer for a while) (Now reformed) Nick Cave Tom Waits Madness Specials Bad Manners The Jam The Selector The Cure The Frames Asian Dub foundation Manu Chao Happy Mondays Inspiral Carpets Stone Roses (1st time round) Kila The Cujo Family Blach Uhuru Spiritualised (x10) Spacemen 3 Primal Scream Death in Vegas The Ruts My Bloody Valentine Black Flag Nitzer Ebb Feotus Boikot Elvis Costello Julian Cope The Housemartins Fun Loving Criminals Eat Lupine Howl Gaye Bikers on Acid Blondie Half man Half Biscuit The wonderstuff Christy Moore The beautiful South James Taylor Quartet Scroobius PIP Seasick Steve Fight like Apes Carter USM Blur Jamie T Deus Supergrass Motorhead Sultans of Ping FC Beastie Boys That Petrol Emotion (their last ever gig and after party) African Head Charge Cocteau Twins The Butthole Surfers (Best Gig Ever) Babes in Toyland Hole Nirvana
Many more that i can't remember due to being an old git (and my time with Kim Deal)
Stayed for 2 songs of an Oasis gig then walked out so i won't count that one.
I would estimate that I went to 15 gigs a year between 16-19, 30 gigs a year in my 20s and 10-15 gigs a year since my 30s. That's some list to compile!
I think it'd be better to ask if there was one band/singer you regret not seeing that you could of in your life time before they died/split up etc who would that be? ie, you didn't buy tickets for it
I've seen many bands, but always regretted never seeing Pulp. Was too young for when they played glastonbury. My mates saw them loads and ended up being groupies and going to parties with them, but I never went. Saw Jarvis Cocker at a Stephen Malkmus gig at the ULU though. As well as John Peel who I didn't realise who it was until I asked him where the toilet was! oops.
I regret never seeing Queen, we had tickets for St James's Park but decided to go on holiday, cannot remember the holiday
Clapton Phil Lynott Queen, at Knebworth (bloody awful) Little Stevie The Mighty Status Quo (the best live band bar none) Rush ZZ Top Gary Glitter (I know now) Dr Feelgood Wilco Jackie Lynton Weller and loads more, but the best is..
First band seen live : Sad cafe at the Fairfield halls as the girlfriend at the time liked them ( 1981 ) last performer seen live :Daryl Hall at the Shepherds Bush Empire last month - the missus is a big fan .have seen loads of different performers at different venues in the meantime.Standouts for giving great shows whether you like the music or not : Tom Robinson Band , Squeeze ,Stevie Wonder,the Chameleons ,the Killers and .....Catherine Jenkins ( my mum likes her and so do I ....but for different reasons !)
Clapton Phil Lynott Queen, at Knebworth (bloody awful) Little Stevie The Mighty Status Quo (the best live band bar none) Rush ZZ Top Gary Glitter (I know now) Dr Feelgood Wilco Jackie Lynton Weller and loads more, but the best is..
Elton John, Take That, Spice Girls, Mr Hudson, Jay Z, Kanye West, Kano, Tinchy Styder, Dizzee Rascal, Hot Chip, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Wretch 32, Chris Brown, Skepta, Wiley and Example. Pretty mixed bag
Blimey, it looks as if I am the only one old enough to be able to say I saw The Beatles - seven times in 1963 and 1964, including gigs at the then Lewisham Gaumont and Woolwich Odeon. I even saw The Beatles and The Rolling Stones on the same NME PollWinners Concert.
Been to a few, one of the best was Sinatra, Sammy Davis jr & liza Minnelli. Minnelli was crap, Sinatra great but Sammy stole the show an utter brilliant showman (I'm an old git too).
Blimey, it looks as if I am the only one old enough to be able to say I saw The Beatles - seven times in 1963 and 1964, including gigs at the then Lewisham Gaumont and Woolwich Odeon. I even saw The Beatles and The Rolling Stones on the same NME PollWinners Concert.
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True enough, but I never did like the music played. Now, turn Sonny Burgess up to 11... that's a different matter. :-)
But i see what you mean tho
Agree with you entirely about non stop loud music in night clubs...that's why it's important that they have a bar area away from the main body of the club where you can find refuge every once in a while.
Led Zeppelin...ally pally, earls court, knebworth and the 02
Pink Floyd...lots, but the circular screen Dark Side at Wembley arena a highlight,
Stones, Captn Beefheart, Knebworth.
Dylan earls court, blackbush
Arthur Brown (of 'Fire' fame) awesome.
John Mayall
The Who
Lou Reed...Rainbow
Jethroe Tull twice...best at Rainbow
Roy Harper Valentine Gig at rainbow
Pink Fairies everywhere
Hawkwind
Canned Heat hyde park
Both valley gigs...loved Little Feat
Albert Lee...awesome
Clapton at Blackbush
Squeeze free on Blackheath
Bo Diddly Albany
Kate and Anna maGarrigal....superb at Fairfield Halls and Savoy theatre.
Can't think of any more just now...seen loads
Want to see Kings of Leon and Radiohead...but don't want to go to Reading and have to dodge loads of pee-filled beer cans being thrown around.
Wish I'd seen jeff Buckley
2. ELP several times; Lewisham Odeon, Oval.
3. Roxy Music Greyhound Croydon
4. Eric Clapton Albert hall
5. Pink Floyd Wembley/ Hyde park
6.Jack Bruce Victoria
7. The Strawbs Woolwich Poly
8. The Edgar Broughton Band Woolwich Poly
9.Focus Hyde Park / Oval
10.Queen Hyde park
11.Canned Heat Hyde park
12.Yes Crystal Palace Bowl
13.Taste Lyceum
14.Paul Young LondonWembley Arena
15.U2 BBC
16.Amen Corner Greenwich Town hall
17 Desmond Decker Woolwich
18.Geno Washington Greenwich Town Hall
19.The Who Lewisham
20.Peter Green Caford
21.Coldplay BBC
22 Maddonna BBC
23 Hawkwind Harrow Inn
24 Groundhogs Black prince
25 Stones Hyde Park
26 Eric Bell
27 The Hamsters
28 Manfredd Mann
29 Maggie Bell/ Stone the crows
30 Sting BBC
one that got away..... Jimi Hendrix of course, I would swap all of these above ten times over to have seen him live.
Was a warm up for Hammy Odeon gigs, and halfway thru he bought everyone apint of Guiness.
"Shadowplay" superb.
WAILERS without bob marley, but peter tosh is good.
THE STRANGLERS
CHICAGO
SIMPLY RED
JOOLS HOLLAND with ruby turner.
EXCEL in the summertime for concerts is a must, nice warm night n great music;o)
Just looking back on this thread
The Stocktons Wing gigs were fabulous. Birmingham Irish centre and the National in Kilburn. Crazy night!
ELO (twice: Fairfield Halls and Wembley)
Sparks
Fusion Orchestra
Bad Actors (mates band - released a couple of singles)
Bad Company
Blues Band
Average White Band
Gillan
Led Zeppelin (Earls Court, Knebworth)
Nazareth (thought they were Led Zep imho!)
The Manfreds
Mick Ronson and Ian Hunter
Eric Clapton
Cream (re-union gig)
Pink Fairies
Ian dury
Elvis Costello
Wreckless Eric anf the New Rockets
Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop
Larry Wallis's Psychedelic Rowdies
Rockpile (Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe)
Golden Earring
Queen
Elton John
Rod Stewart and the Faces
Kikki Dee
Tina Turner
Dean Martin
Hogan's Heroes (ft Albert Lee)
BB King
999
Black Slate
Junior Wells
Van Morrison
Wishbone Ask
Walter Trout
Extreme
Gary Glitter
Motorhead
Alice Cooper
Showaddywaddy
Chas and Dave
Bad Manners
Mud
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gary Moore
George Harrison (guest appearance with Gary Moore)
Paul McCartney and Wings
Thin Lizzy
The Who
Joe Strummer's Mescaleros
Bruce Springsteen
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Dolly Parton
Frankie Miller's Full House
The Hamsters
Otis Grand
The Zutons
Elizabeth Cook
Mari Wilson
Q-Tips (Paul Young)
David Essex
Bootleg Beatles
Counterfeit Stones
Those are the one's that spring to mind - I'm sure there are lots more.
Aren't many I wish I'd seen. Too young to have seen Jimi Hendrix or my favourite band, Free.
Also seen bands/groups from prodigy to madness and pendulum to ACDC and a hell of a lot more
Interpol
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (secret gig)
Battles
Broken Social Scene
Los Campesinos
Rage Against the Machine
Les Savy Fav
Loads of others, unsigned, support acts or at festivals. And a few rubbish bands as a youngster but those listed were my favourites.
Rage Against The Machine
Queen (and Paul Rodgers)
Manic Street Preachers
Muse
Oasis
Eric Clapton
Nickelback
Rick Astley
Plus a few others at different festivals, University balls etc but they're the ones that I actually paid money to go and see. I know Rick Astley is a bit of an odd one on that list!
The Byrds, Canned Heat, Colosseum, Donovan (most of the bands were stuck in the traffic so he did a massively long boring set to cover up the fact that nobody else was actually there), Fairport Convention, Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Flock, Formerly Fat Harry, Keef Hartley, Hot Tuna, It's A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Dr. John, Led Zeppelin, John Mayall (with Peter Green I think - they were supposed to be on at 7pm but didn't start till 5am the next day!), Country Joe, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Santana, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. John Peel & Mike Raven provided "continuity". Both Hawkwind and The Pink Fairies played but they weren't on the offical list of performers. Anyway enough of my ramblings but it must have been good because you can still buy the t-shirt.
Then the list goes on but includes off the top of my head in no particular order: The Stones (a couple of times), Rod Stewart, Audience, Family, East of Eden, Feeder, Eurythmics, Ten Years After, John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Status Quo, Zappa (numerous times), Dweezil Zappa (several times) Bloc Party, Eric Clapton (several times), The Climax Blues Band, Curved Air, Dire Straits, Elton John, Alison Moyet, Sade, Steve Vai, The Sugababes (yes, I know but they weren't bad really.) And the highlight, in Vegas, the one and only John Lee Hooker.
I'm in Chicago next month & tried to get tickets for the Springsteen gig but sold out :-(
Where I live is just a stone's throw from Hylands Park where the V Festival is held. I haven't seen any of the acts but I've heard all of them!
clash
siouxie + banshees
Ian Dury + blockheads
LKJ
Teardrop explodes
Bollock Bro's
Fuzzbox
Jesus + Mary Chain
Pixies
The amps
The Breeders (re these 3, I was Kim Deals drug dealer for a while) (Now reformed)
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Madness
Specials
Bad Manners
The Jam
The Selector
The Cure
The Frames
Asian Dub foundation
Manu Chao
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
Stone Roses (1st time round)
Kila
The Cujo Family
Blach Uhuru
Spiritualised (x10)
Spacemen 3
Primal Scream
Death in Vegas
The Ruts
My Bloody Valentine
Black Flag
Nitzer Ebb
Feotus
Boikot
Elvis Costello
Julian Cope
The Housemartins
Fun Loving Criminals
Eat
Lupine Howl
Gaye Bikers on Acid
Blondie
Half man Half Biscuit
The wonderstuff
Christy Moore
The beautiful South
James Taylor Quartet
Scroobius PIP
Seasick Steve
Fight like Apes
Carter USM
Blur
Jamie T
Deus
Supergrass
Motorhead
Sultans of Ping FC
Beastie Boys
That Petrol Emotion (their last ever gig and after party)
African Head Charge
Cocteau Twins
The Butthole Surfers (Best Gig Ever)
Babes in Toyland
Hole
Nirvana
Many more that i can't remember due to being an old git (and my time with Kim Deal)
Stayed for 2 songs of an Oasis gig then walked out so i won't count that one.
Blur
Chase n status
The black keys
Eminem
Some of my tops gigs I must admit.
Clapton
Phil Lynott
Queen, at Knebworth (bloody awful)
Little Stevie
The Mighty Status Quo (the best live band bar none)
Rush
ZZ Top
Gary Glitter (I know now)
Dr Feelgood
Wilco
Jackie Lynton
Weller
and loads more, but the best is..
My mate Phils band..
Pretty mixed bag
Minnelli was crap, Sinatra great but Sammy stole the show an utter brilliant showman (I'm an old git too).