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Post by Mr Kite on Jul 1, 2013 22:10:04 GMT
A thread for Gigs . Gigs your going too , Gigs you`v e been too , reviews , memories , Tickets, photo`s and even your autographs . Concert Memorabilia , which I tend to buy programs , T Shirts , Badges etc etc . Where your bands playing . No gig to small . To kick off . What was your first gig ?
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Post by The Sun King on Jul 2, 2013 12:24:02 GMT
My first gig was the Kinks. Sat 7th April 1984 Royal Court ,Liverpool. Brilliant show that lives long in the memory. Been to the Match beforehand to watch LFC beat West Ham 6-0. A great day all round.
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Post by Mr Kite on Jul 2, 2013 18:09:29 GMT
Great band to start with Sunny . . My first was all down to Twin necks and a very large drum kit . After begging my parents to let me stay up late and watch a program called The Old Grey Whistle Test as there was a special film on John Lennon from New York City . 3 years on and still had to beg to stay up as it was always on midweek . They showed a clip one week of a band from Canada called Rush . All of 2 minutes but that was enough . 2 guys with long hair dressed in Kimonos, both with Twin Neck guitars and one hell of a drum kit. Saw my mate next day at School and all he went on about was the Drum kit , as he was getting one himself as soon he left School . As for me it was the Twin necks . So on that night a week after my sixteenth birthday me and my mate went to see the band . It was loud and all I knew was 4 songs from the Closer To The Heart 12 inch I had bought. But it just felt as though this was what I was about . I remember Rush going off and we set off to leave and this guy asked us where we were going "They will be back on in a minute" he said . That was my first experience of an encore . And would`nt be my last .
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Post by Amadeus on Jul 2, 2013 18:38:28 GMT
I don't go to many concerts. There must be something wrong with me. I'm just not into them. Who knows. This is the 'major' concert I've been to: Pink Floyd - Toronto Sept '87. AND I have a bootleg recording of that very show, only issued 2 or 3 weeks after the bleeding concert!
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Post by The Sun King on Jul 2, 2013 20:40:26 GMT
Great story Kitey. Great band too.Would have been fab to see Rush when they were trying to crack the Uk. Have you kept all your ticket Stubbs MrKite?It must be some selection. Need to get mine sorted.Although regretfully I haven't kept them all.
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Post by Mr Kite on Jul 2, 2013 21:00:43 GMT
Cheers Sunny . I do have about 90 percent of my tickets . Some have been lost over the years . Some I have kept safe . Floyd . The Who . U2 . This bloke from your end . And a band he was in .
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Post by Mr Kite on Aug 6, 2013 19:52:43 GMT
Jon Anderson Manchester Royal Exchange Aug 4th .
It was a first time at the Royal Exchange and what a great place . A round little theatre which lucky for me I was on the third row The set up was 2 guitars a Keyboard that long thin thing he plays on Olis alot and a Ukulele his carpet , candles and that was it . He had a head set and four mikes placed round the floor Most if not all his songs were about 3 minutes long and in between songs he told little stories of why he came to write them . What did he play ? What did`nt he play ! He opened up with Your`s Is No Discrace , followed by Sweet Dreams and then told a tale of how in 69 he went to Jamica and discovered Reggie and wrote a Song called Time And A word in which he did a bit of a medley of She Loves You , All You Need Is Love and then into One Love (Bob Marley ) He did Simon and Art`s America and On that funny long thing he plays on Olias he played Flight Of The Moorblade ! from Olias ! Brilliant ! We then got a bit of a Yes blitz Owner Of A Lonely Heart , Starship Trooper , And You And I and another highlight for me Turn Of The Century and Wonderous Stories . A song (I cant remember the name ) we wrote about the time he first saw The Beatles In Southport . He did a ten minute Medley on the Keyboard of which he did Close To The Edge /Heart Of The Sunrise . Back on Guitar he did Find My Way Home and State Of Independance. A Day In The Life on Ukulele A few more I can`t remember but he finshed off with another highlight for me Soon .
A brilliant performance,it always brings back to me when I see Jon Anderson what a great artist and a genius song writer he is .
I did a Video .
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Post by mrmustard on Aug 6, 2013 22:35:20 GMT
Sounds like it was a great show. I love the way you have recorded Jon Anderson in old fashioned film style. Illegally of course!
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Post by tkitna on Aug 6, 2013 23:44:53 GMT
I've been to a ton of concerts over the years. Its funny that when the radio's on, its easier to name the bands that my wife and I havent seen. I cheated though as my cousin was a DJ at a local radio station and was giving me free tickets all the time. I was going to 3 or 4 shows a week it seemed.
My first show was Bryan Adams in 1986.
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Post by Amadeus on Aug 7, 2013 14:42:35 GMT
Sounds like it was a great show. I love the way you have recorded Jon Anderson in old fashioned film style. Illegally of course! Huh? It's only illegal if you're caught. Anyhow, I have to imagine it would be a much more satisfying experience than seeing YES will be. I got a bootleg of a 'Three Albums' show and found that Jim Davison sounds a bit too much like Tiny Tim! I dare anyone to disagree. At least Jon Anderson sounds like a guy (with an unusual voice). Also, I think the lyrics on Going For The One, especially "Turn Of The Century" and "Awaken" are strictly for Anderson to sing if it's being played by YES. They sound too personal and close to the heart for them to be sung by just any old replacement vocalist. Really, they should of had, maybe, DRAMA as the third album instead of Going For The One. More of the guys in the band were on DRAMA anyway than any of the other albums. I like how Steve Howe speaks after 'Close To The Edge' while introducing the next album, about how "We did this album in 1972" and it was only him and Chris who were actually on it. Let us know Mr Kite what your thoughts are on this show. Don't get me wrong, the music is as strong as ever, (Geoff Downes doesn't quite have the Wakeman effect), but while 'Awaken' raises the goose bump factor, having Tiny Tim sing it is a bit anti-climactic.
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Post by BeatleAdamDavid on Sept 28, 2013 14:25:55 GMT
Being in bands for so long, I've seen literally several thousand band performances. The one show that I believe is the most amazing thing I ever saw was The Musical Box, a Canadian Genesis tribute, recreating the 1973 "Selling England by the Pound" tour at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, with all the costuming recreated, and the actual slide projections that the original band used. That's some of my favorite music, and they did it stunningly well. Genesis band members say The Musical Box plays the stuff better than the original band ever did. I couldn't believe it. I was dumbfounded.
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Post by Mr Kite on Oct 27, 2013 10:46:23 GMT
Peter Gabriel Manchester Arena 25th October 2013.
I`ve only seen Peter Gabriel live once before in the early 80`s and its still up there with one of the best gigs I`ve ever seen . So you can guess how up for it I was the other night .
I was not dissapointed . Started off with the 2 girl members of the band doing 2 songs each of their own material , followed by the Warrington Language Signing Chour signing to a recorded Blood Of Eden . Very moving .
Then on came the god like Gabriel with the House lights still on and told us that we was having a three course meal . The starter an Acoustic set , an electronic set and then the desert the entire So album .
The acoustic set was just three songs , the first was as Gabriel told us was a song in progress and it could go anywhere with just him at the piano and Tony Levin on Bass . Then Talk To Me followed by the brillaint Shock The Monkey .
Next course was the Electronic set . Family Snapshot and Digging the Dirt where just amazing versions and the whole set was brilliant with an fav of mine Family And The Fishing net. Then the final set . The So album . Highlight for me was Mercy Street which Gabriel sang lying down . Only songs for me that did`nt hit that 10 factor was Big Time , maybe the weakest song on the album and of course Dont Give Up . Which he sang with the back up singer Jennie Abrahamson. ( I maybe a bit biased but not as good as Kate Bush )
Encore was The Tower that ate people and Biko .
Brilliant show and his voice and his showmanship is as good as that concert back in the 80`s and I just hope I get to see Gabriel just one more time . Peter "Godlike" Gabriel willing
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Post by Mr Kite on Dec 14, 2013 12:12:12 GMT
Black Star RidersThe Ritz. Manchester . 13 Dec 2013. I`ve been a long time Thin Lizzy fan and will always thought they were the ultimate live rock band when you had Phil on stage and getting the crowd up for the gigs , y`know not that cliche crap and over the years after Phil`s death Thin Lizzy became a distant memory until John Sykes formed Thin Lizzy again in the late 90`s . How can you have Thin Lizzy without Lynott ? I did`nt go to see them and I would`nt even think it would be even close to the energy and brilliance Phil had on stage . So then May 2013 and the members of the latest line up change their name and release an album . And what an album ! So I get a ticket just going with an open mind and just know that towards the end of the night they will do Lizzy songs and it would be ok . Hell, some bands today cover songs like they are going out of fashion (?) Anyway . The band kicked off with the title track of the new album All Hell Breaks Loose . Great opener and a great song and the straight into a Lizzy song Are You Ready . That was it I was threw out all that cynical stuff in my head and the gig just got better and better . They did a song from the Black Star album folllowed by a Lizzy tune . Bad Reputaion ! and they had to play my fave Lizzy song Emerald ! The audience was up for it all night , none of that do I have to clap attitude . They finished with The Boy`s Are Back In Town . Encore was a briliant Whiskey In the Jar and then the live classic Rosalie . I got to say this gig was an absolute brilliant night and all the doubt`s of the band being a tribute band were forgotten . This band would get away with their own material , no problem . I did di get a lump in the throat when Ricky mentioned that Phil was still on the trail during The Cowboy song But why not celebrate the wonderful legacy that Phil Lynott left behind and keep the Lizzy flag flying high . This band are The Black Star Riders .
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Post by Mr Kite on May 11, 2014 13:45:32 GMT
YesManchester Apollo . 10/ 5/ 14. With Yes playing the Ace card of playing the whole of 2 of the greatest Prog albums of all time it was hard not to go . But no Jon Anderson . I`ve not seen Yes without Jon and I did`nt go to the Drama Tour which even then I was loyal to Jon !. And it was going to be a strange Gig for me . I suppose the lad did a good job , but hell he is singing songs that could only be sung by one man . Jon Anderson . Awaken ! I mean , what the band were thinking about ! It has made my mind up now I`ve seen it for myself No Jon . Not Yes . Nice to meet Musty and Sunny again though . Mr Howe and Geoff last night .
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Post by Amadeus on May 11, 2014 14:01:15 GMT
No Benoit, no Yes!
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Post by mrmustard on May 11, 2014 21:15:52 GMT
Great to see you and Dave again. We will do that drink in Manchester this year.
Jon Davidson did a decent enough job but was pretty one dimensional. Jon Anderson has much more about his voice. He has an edge to it and can sing with balls when required. For example, the last time he sings the line 'Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways' in Starship Trooper right before The Wurm is sung with such power. Davidson didn't have this in his armoury. Anderson has the ability to effortlessly switch between styles. Davidson only had one style - trying to sound like Jon Anderson.
Geoff Downes was pretty unimpressive. However, seeing Wakeman in concert the night before is enough to make anyone look mediocre. Out of interest, what single piece of keyboard playing will Geoff Downes be remembered for once he shuffles this mortal coil? I thought Alan White was having a very off-night. By the time they got to The Yes Album he seemed to have ran out of steam. Yours Is No Disgrace was painfully slow.
I did actually enjoy the show, despite my remarks. I do feel that if Yes continue in this vane, not hooking up with Anderson and Wakeman and the band just peter out on a treadmill of cruise ships and tours just to stay on the gravy train, then it will be a very sad end to an immense musical legacy.
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Post by Mr Kite on May 11, 2014 21:34:32 GMT
Very good points Musty . The two people sat aside of me did`nt come back for the second half !! Someone asked me why Rush are playing Arenas and Yes are doing cruise ships in the US . Answer . Anderson and Wakeman . Off to see Ian Anderson on Weds . Not seen Ian on his own . No Tull ! Yes Musty you have to come to Sunny Manchester
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Post by Amadeus on May 11, 2014 22:14:31 GMT
Mr M. I was chatting to Mr K earlier about those very things, especially concerning Alan White. A couple of close musician friends went on the Cruise in April and she said that Chris Squire basically wheezes and Alan White can barely walk. They're getting old and just can't keep up the pace they used to. Steve Howe appeared to be in fairly good shape but he doesn't eat junk food. It's mostly a steady diet of hash.
This next album might be their last if Squire kicks off in the next year or so......
So to sum up; Time's up! Wakeman has basically said he'll never come back. And I believe it's becoming less and less important to Jon Anderson as time goes by. Because I don't believe White or Squire have the strength to carry on much longer for there to be time to reconcile with the two big names that they're missing.
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Post by mrmustard on May 11, 2014 23:23:44 GMT
I suspect you are right Amadeus. I just find it quite sad really. I can't really think of any important band this has happened to. A lot of bands just finished, with a firm full stop. At least Pink Floyd, after all the bitterness, could find a way to do one final show at Live 8.
It will be interesting to see if Yes get re-nominated for the a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and actually get inducted this time. What would happen then? Furthermore, who would be inducted from all the members? Discuss!!
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Post by Mr Kite on May 13, 2014 20:23:45 GMT
It will be interesting to see if Yes get re-nominated for the a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and actually get inducted this time. What would happen then? Furthermore, who would be inducted from all the members? Discuss!! Should we discuss on the Prog Thread ? See you there .
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