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Elkie and Tony H both took part in a "make a comeback" comp on TV some years ago, with others who I can't remember, it ran for some weeks with voting and eliminations each week (like Strictly).
Oasis tickets!
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stratobuddy
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I would probably say that Only when you leave is my favourite Spandau ballet song, along with Through the barricades, but I love True, Gold etc and the early stuff like to cut a long story short...like the Blur/Oasis rivalry in my day it was more of a Duran Duran/Spandau Ballet camp. As much as I liked Duran Duran I don't think I ever bought an album. I had the singles of Hungry like the wolf, Save a prayer and planet earth and that was it the rest of the stuff including Rio I could take or leave!
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Another band I loved was Dr Hook. They had some wonderful songs and some very funny “rude” ones as well, such as Penicillin Penny and Gertrude the Groupie.
Obviously the band split a long time ago and I think most have passed on.
However the lead singer Dennis Loccoriere still tours with a new band and does all the songs the fans want to hear.
It’s a wonderful show; I’ve been several times and every time I leave with a stupid grin on my face. Mr MA came the last time and I gave him permission to leave at the interval. But, he stayed.
I remember at one performance in St David’s Hall, Cardiff, I had a seat in the second row and the seat in front of me was vacant for the entire first half. A lady appeared in the interval and claimed it. Transpired she’d assumed there was going to be a support act so hadn’t bothered showing up early.
He doesn’t need a support act, he’s too much of his own stuff to get through.
Obviously the band split a long time ago and I think most have passed on.
However the lead singer Dennis Loccoriere still tours with a new band and does all the songs the fans want to hear.
It’s a wonderful show; I’ve been several times and every time I leave with a stupid grin on my face. Mr MA came the last time and I gave him permission to leave at the interval. But, he stayed.
I remember at one performance in St David’s Hall, Cardiff, I had a seat in the second row and the seat in front of me was vacant for the entire first half. A lady appeared in the interval and claimed it. Transpired she’d assumed there was going to be a support act so hadn’t bothered showing up early.
He doesn’t need a support act, he’s too much of his own stuff to get through.
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You need a good head for heights in parts of St David's Hall.
madaunty
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Fortunately, this time I was ground level.
The worse ones are the big arenas with the stepped seating. My knees protest loudly at the mere thought of them.
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I loved The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. But I admit Marianne Faithfull's version is my favourite it was used in the film Thelma and Louise.
That's probably my favourite song of all time Donna (the Marianne Faithfull version).
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I totally agree with you. I personally dislike Oasis, the music and the Gallagher brothers themselves. I heard a description of the concerts on a podcast "paying a fortune to see someone who can't sing standing next to someone who hates him"
. And the prices for the Taylor Swift concert were eye watering. And of course there are travel costs and possibly accommodation to consider.But on a wider point I don't like huge venue gigs. I have been to the 02 in London but avoid it now. Too big, too far away from the act and uncomfortable seats. I prefer the Royal Festival Hall and the 2 smaller venues there, the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall in Chelsea. I love jazz music and Cadogan Hall has loads of really good jazz concerts, I go a lot. The majority of them are fairly cheap as you're not paying for a famous name. But they also have people like Leo Sayer and Elkie Brooks as well. And if you know the best place to sit you can get good tickets at the cheapest price. Will Young is playing there in November (sold out), and tickets were £37.50 - £50.00.
I don't think there's anybody I would pay stupid money to see these days, I'd rather put the money towards a holiday!
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Yes, that's right. I I love her voice - she's always mentioned with her song 'Pearl's a singer', but there's so much more to her than that one song.
I don't see the point unless you get a seat right at the front, and of course afford the eyewatering price for the ticket, and I'm most certainly past the days of standing for the duration of a gig - Gone are the days when bands and artists toured smaller towns as well as the big cities. Had things been the way they are now when I was in my youth I probably would never have been able to go to a gig unless it was a local band or a has been (I've got nothing against has beens btw, they're my go to these days as I'm completely out of touch with today's pop music) Bands were also known to play at Universities and polytechnics too! Sod going to a huge stadium where the chances are you have to watch the action on a screen 'cause it's so far away from your seatI totally agree with you. I personally dislike Oasis, the music and the Gallagher brothers themselves. I heard a description of the concerts on a podcast "paying a fortune to see someone who can't sing standing next to someone who hates him"
But on a wider point I don't like huge venue gigs. I have been to the 02 in London but avoid it now. Too big, too far away from the act and uncomfortable seats. I prefer the Royal Festival Hall and the 2 smaller venues there, the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall in Chelsea. I love jazz music and Cadogan Hall has loads of really good jazz concerts, I go a lot. The majority of them are fairly cheap as you're not paying for a famous name. But they also have people like Leo Sayer and Elkie Brooks as well. And if you know the best place to sit you can get good tickets at the cheapest price. Will Young is playing there in November (sold out), and tickets were £37.50 - £50.00.
I don't think there's anybody I would pay stupid money to see these days, I'd rather put the money towards a holiday!
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I really liked Save a Prayer, although never a great Duran Duran fan.
I'm not sure I'd call it a gig, but on the 22nd of this month, I'm off up to London to see a Choir from South Africa. I have varied tastes, and on the way through the land of the triple W, I happened across a song on YouTube and every song I've heard is worth me visiting them in person. Who? Drakensburg Boys Choir. And just because.
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Someone said they liked BILLY JOEL and by coincidence there was a Radio 4 programme about him today.
He is the 2nd artist featured in this very interesting series about music - -
Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
This Night by Billy Joel
When You Dance by The Turbans (First DOO-WOP)
Gopher by Yma Sumac
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones
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AND ON TOP OF THAT there is a TV programme about BILLY CONNOLLY later tonight, I think it's after midnight
He is the 2nd artist featured in this very interesting series about music - -
Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
This Night by Billy Joel
When You Dance by The Turbans (First DOO-WOP)
Gopher by Yma Sumac
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones
Add to Playlist - Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo - BBC Sounds
Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow add the next five tracks to the playlist.
www.bbc.co.uk
AND ON TOP OF THAT there is a TV programme about BILLY CONNOLLY later tonight, I think it's after midnight
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Also not a massive Oasis fan, although some of their songs are well written by Noel and catchy. Just never got the Britpop trend much and Blur were ok too with the odd catchy tune.
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I love that song, it is on the album A Innocent Man. And believe it or not, it partly takes from a Beethoven track. Too lazy to dig out the CD with actually says which one it is.Someone said they liked BILLY JOEL and by coincidence there was a Radio 4 programme about him today.
He is the 2nd artist featured in this very interesting series about music - -
Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
This Night by Billy Joel
When You Dance by The Turbans (First DOO-WOP)
Gopher by Yma Sumac
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones
Add to Playlist - Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo - BBC Sounds
Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow add the next five tracks to the playlist.
AND ON TOP OF THAT there is a TV programme about BILLY CONNOLLY later tonight, I think it's after midnight
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Second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata.
Great comment on YouTube from someone saying they preferred Beethoven's version of 'Uptown Fräulein".
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Travis at Rock City in Nottingham and Midge Ure De Montfort Hall in Leicester both coming up this year. Seen Pearl Jam in Manchester, Robbie Williams at Hyde Park and Abba Voyage earlier in the year.
In terms of Oasis - I always worry for a band when I can make a passable stab at mimicking one of their acoustic numbers at home on my guitars. Found most of their stuff incredibly derivative and relatively simplistic to play. Doesn’t make them a bad band for that as the hysteria over the tickets sales proves. I certainly wouldn’t join the circus of trying to see them, though. Cannot stand Liam in particular as a person. And Noel often seems particularly opinionated about other musicians in a negative way in interviews. Not a fantastic quality for me.
Pearl Jam remains my favourite band still going. XTC I would try to see in a heartbeat should Andy and Colin ever want to perform together again.
In terms of Oasis - I always worry for a band when I can make a passable stab at mimicking one of their acoustic numbers at home on my guitars. Found most of their stuff incredibly derivative and relatively simplistic to play. Doesn’t make them a bad band for that as the hysteria over the tickets sales proves. I certainly wouldn’t join the circus of trying to see them, though. Cannot stand Liam in particular as a person. And Noel often seems particularly opinionated about other musicians in a negative way in interviews. Not a fantastic quality for me.
Pearl Jam remains my favourite band still going. XTC I would try to see in a heartbeat should Andy and Colin ever want to perform together again.
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My favourite is Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, so much so that it plays every morning on my alarm. Not so keen on most of his really commercial stuff but love most of the tracks on 'The Stranger' and various others.
