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Not a meme
It's terrible. I listed all the bands/solo artists I've ever seen perform to see how it measured up to the 30 bands meme thing that's going around. By adding three pub bands and one tribute band, I can make the list up to fifteen. I have seen more, but they were even more obscure pub bands whose names I can no longer remember, if ever I did. I have a nagging feeling that there is a 'name' band that I saw sometime in the late 70s or early 80s and have forgotten to list them. Clearly a great gig, then.
Hall & Oates
Paul McCartney
Jane Siberry (4)
21st Century Schizoid Band (3)
Kevin Ayers
Deaf School (2)
The Darts (2)
Dire Straits
Judie Tzuke
Mighty Joe Young
Buddy Guy
Johnny and the Icebergs
Supercharge
The Groove
Regenesis
I saw a whole heap of bands at the old Lafayette in Wolverhampton, but after all this time, The Darts are the only one I can put a name to. Too much expensive, warm lager and stuff, combined with standing too (painfully) close to very loud stacks, combined with the passage of time, has robbed me of any clear memory of most of these acts. This is probably a mercy, upon reflection. I can recall enough to realise that I was probably about two gigs from going deaf at one point, but since then the old lugs seem to have picked up quite well.
I took a sabbatical from gigs in the late 70s because:
These days, the bands I'd like to see are either dead, split up, don't tour in the UK, or are prohibitively expensive - this last being the reason why my interest in May's Cream reunion died a-birthing. Seventy-five quid? I think not.
Bloody hell. This has got me thinking about theatre and stuff, and how I used to toddle off to the RSC every couple of months, and take in a few plays here and there, reasonably regularly. I haven't done any of that for years, either.
I am getting old before my time…
I am stopping now before I depress myself, as I am actually feeling quite chipper.
1 Admittedly b) and c) are almost the same observation, but I thought it important to note the parting with cash for the privilege in some cases should receive due note.
Hall & Oates
Paul McCartney
Jane Siberry (4)
21st Century Schizoid Band (3)
Kevin Ayers
Deaf School (2)
The Darts (2)
Dire Straits
Judie Tzuke
Mighty Joe Young
Buddy Guy
Johnny and the Icebergs
Supercharge
The Groove
Regenesis
I saw a whole heap of bands at the old Lafayette in Wolverhampton, but after all this time, The Darts are the only one I can put a name to. Too much expensive, warm lager and stuff, combined with standing too (painfully) close to very loud stacks, combined with the passage of time, has robbed me of any clear memory of most of these acts. This is probably a mercy, upon reflection. I can recall enough to realise that I was probably about two gigs from going deaf at one point, but since then the old lugs seem to have picked up quite well.
I took a sabbatical from gigs in the late 70s because:
a) I wasn't a great fan of punk,
b) I generally dislike being gobbed on by the band and the crowd, and
c) I dislike paying to get gobbed on by the band and the crowd1.
These days, the bands I'd like to see are either dead, split up, don't tour in the UK, or are prohibitively expensive - this last being the reason why my interest in May's Cream reunion died a-birthing. Seventy-five quid? I think not.
Bloody hell. This has got me thinking about theatre and stuff, and how I used to toddle off to the RSC every couple of months, and take in a few plays here and there, reasonably regularly. I haven't done any of that for years, either.
I am getting old before my time…
I am stopping now before I depress myself, as I am actually feeling quite chipper.
1 Admittedly b) and c) are almost the same observation, but I thought it important to note the parting with cash for the privilege in some cases should receive due note.
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I must have missed out somewhere..
Damn.
~cackle~