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Originally Posted by WAD62
My first live gig was The Prodigy at the first T In The Park. They came on at dusk to take full advantage of their lighting setup, and it was A-MAZ-ING. I kept clonking my friend's girlfriend on the head with my elbow as I jumped around to imitate Leroy and Keith (she was 5' and change, I'm 6'2). I couldn't help but keep dancing on the train home - aww, smashing...
First album was Arrested Development's debut, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of... Still a great album, I think - everyone must remember the scream at the beginning of Mr. Wendall, right? :) Favourite line: "Space ain't Man's Final Frontier - Man's Final Frontier is the Soul..." Still think of it whenever I catch the intro to a Star Trek episode.
I'm pretty sure that would have been '97, I was at the first V festival that year at which they also headlined...if that was your first gig Simon I'm starting to feel very old indeed...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sburrell
First record purchase. Kinks Waterloo Sunset
First gig The Groundhogs in 1971
First live gig proberbly The Kinks Clayton Hotel, Newcastle, Staffs. early sixties before they were famous.
First record Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swinging Lovers to play on my then newly acquired Dansette. Blew all my savings on the two, thinking about it some things never change.:rolleyes:
Hi,
The first proper gig I went to was to see the Selector. This was at Sheffield Poly Students Union in 1980. I had won some tickets in a competition in the local paper. Very enjoyable.
The first record I bought was in 1975. It was a 7" single by Showaddywaddy called Sweet Music. I still have it.
Love this thread. First Gig was Duran Duran at the Blackpool Winter Gardens. First Album was The Lexicon of Love by ABC. Cut Martin Fry's head off the front cover and got my haircut the same way. Had my first girlfriend within the week. Never had chance to thank him.... Her lips tasted like honey.
What a great tale Darren!
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Originally Posted by Darren
Marco.
Thank you Wazoo. Of such memories are a life formed eh?
Marco you are a very naughty boy!
( we never got that far I was 13 and not advanced for my age)
Andy,
first live gig: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 1969Quote:
Originally Posted by Sand Dancin Donkey Walker
first single: The Marmalade: Ob-la-di ob-la-da
first LP: Free: Fire and water
Werner.
My first single was Marc Bolan and 20th Century Boy.
My first LP was Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak
My first gig was Chuck Berry in 75/76 at the Liverpool Empire
First live gig: Jethro Tull in some barn(?) somewhere in or around Monmouth. I dont know how old I was, I got smuggled in by older friends. All I remember was thinking it was too loud and too hot and I wasnt particularly impressed. I did enjoy the bass though, it must have been Glen Cornick at the time.
First real proper live gig: Soon after (if my memory serves me well) I saw Chicken Shack in Beaufort Ballroom (Ebbw Vale area), excellent.
first single: Bought my first single at the age of around 30 (it just wasnt done to buy singles when I was a kid rocker) it was Tulls Under Wraps ep.
First LP: Tull (again!) Stand Up.
OK, since this thread seems to also be the 'last concert went to' thread, I need to play catch up....
since I last posted, I've seen quite a few!
Roger Waters - The Wall.... There's quite a lot posted about this one already, but I'll just say it was amazing, but I wish I'd got to see the one with Dave Gilmour...
Primus at Brixton Academy 13/07...
I've always wanted to see Primus, but they so rarely play this country. It was a real treat, absolutely breathtaking musicianship, great banter, fantastic atmosphere, varied setlist, even some new songs. Probably in my top 10 concerts ever.
Iron Maiden at NIA Birmingham 31/07
Another band I'd surprisingly never seen before considering how long I've been into them (since I was 11 if you're interested!) Airbourne supported which was a nice surprise, and then Maiden ploughed through a long set filled with a variety of songs from a large chunk of their career, and a healthy portion of their excellent new(ish) album. I enjoyed it that much that it didn't matter that they didn't play most of their biggest hits (no Run To The Hills, no Can I Play With Madness, no Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter).
Cropredy Festival (11th, 12th, 13th August)
My first time at Cropredy, I'll mention some of the highlights:
Fairport Convention - A short acoustic set to open the festival, and a 3 hour :eek: set to close it. Included various guest appearances including Ralph McTell. They played a complete version of their amazing 1971 concept album 'Babbacombe Lee', and most of their excellent new album.
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts. - This is the second time I've seen these, and the second time I got to meet them afterwards. I recommend these heartily:
The Travelling Band. I saw these at the moseley folk festival a couple of years ago, and they were good. At Cropredy, they were GREAT. Think an English Fleet Foxes.
Seasick Steve - I'm sure most of you know who he is, but he played a long set of down and dirty rootsy blues, and he was accompanied by JOHN PAUL JONES! :fingers:
Hayseed Dixie were great, they act like a joke band, but my God they can play.
oh course it can't all be good, UB40 were there :doh:
Well it's festival time again, Moseley Folk Festival to be exact.
A bit of a slow start to the festival this year, there seem to be a lot of dull indie type bands there instead of folk bands which is a shame.
9Bach were far and away the best group of the early part of yesterday, a Welsh folk/indie band who sang quite stark, bleak, but beautiful traditional Welsh folk songs.
among the dull (in my opinion naturally) bands were Mariner's Children, Crystal Fighters, and The Villagers.
Then we had a folk / electronica crossover group called Malpas who were quite impressive. Think Hot Chip mixed with Depeche Mode and Four Tet.
Gruff Rhys was on next, and I didn't really know what to expect. I am very keen on Super Furry Animals, but I'd never heard of any of his solo stuff, but after the performance I will definitely be giving it a listen. He did an acoustic set with one of the girls from 9Bach, accompanied only by at various points: a record player, a metronome, the beat from a casio keyboard, and during a particularly psychedelic bit, a vuvuzela. Brilliant.
Headlining yesterday was Badly Drawn Boy.
I've just had a look at my previous post about Cropredy festival, and I seem to have omitted that he was there as well. For Moseley, he played a similar, but slightly extended set, a mix of songs from throughout his career, including some from an upcoming project for a soundtrack to a new De Niro film. We got right to the front for this, which was much better, because at Cropredy we were unable to, and therefore got irritated by people talking through the quiet subdued performance. He played some covers: 'I Wanna Be Adored', 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want' and finished on a duet with a recording of himself of 'Thunder Road.'
I'll report back on the rest soon!
1st gig...crystal palace garden party may 31st '71...quiver,mountain,faces,pink floyd
1st lp-jethro tull-benefit
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