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Singers/Bands That Should Have Hung Their Mics Up ?
I'm missing my concerts, and just booked OMD as per my other post. I also contemplated booking to see Blondie, another band i was a fan of back in the day. DH still has a voice but I think I'll give it a miss, not that I expect her to sound or look like she did in the 70s, she'll be 76 next year :frown:
I saw Tom Bailey a couple of years ago and thought he should of quit while he was ahead.
On a slightly separate theme I saw Gary Numan on the TV yesterday, he looked about 35 (he's 62)
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Peajay
I'm missing my concerts, and just booked OMD as per my other post. I also contemplated booking to see Blondie, another band i was a fan of back in the day. DH still has a voice but I think I'll give it a miss, not that I expect her to sound or look like she did in the 70s, she'll be 76 next year :frown:
I saw Tom Bailey a couple of years ago and thought he should of quit while he was ahead.
On a slightly separate theme I saw Gary Numan on the TV yesterday, he looked about 35 (he's 62)
A question-I do enjoy music but was never one for gigs, to many people and a bit to noisy for my liking :hehe: Do you still enjoy watching elderly artists in the same way you did when you were younger, when they were fresh etc? I don't want this to come across as rude, but isn't there an air of sadness watching someone struggle to perform at the level they once did, and not to mention plenty of the audience-i suppose what i'm saying, wouldn't it be better to leave it where it prospered, the Artist i mean.
I was an eighties-nineties child, the thought of revisiting those bands with a bunch of fat middle aged people fills me with dread, although i'm not saying that you're any of those things :thumbup:
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Tuerto
A question-I do enjoy music but was never one for gigs, to many people and a bit to noisy for my liking :hehe: Do you still enjoy watching elderly artists in the same way you did when you were younger, when they were fresh etc? I don't want this to come across as rude, but isn't there an air of sadness watching someone struggle to perform at the level they once did, and not to mention plenty of the audience-i suppose what i'm saying, wouldn't it be better to leave it where it prospered, the Artist i mean.
I was an eighties-nineties child, the thought of revisiting those bands with a bunch of fat middle aged people fills me with dread, although i'm not saying that you're any of those things :thumbup:
Im fat and late middle aged but still love a gig.
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Peajay
Im fat and late middle aged but still love a gig.
Fair play :thumbup:
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the boring stones for about 25 years ago
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Old plastic face, Barry Manilow !!!
Looks like one of the Thunderbird puppets these days
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Peajay
I'm missing my concerts, and just booked OMD as per my other post. I also contemplated booking to see Blondie, another band i was a fan of back in the day. DH still has a voice but I think I'll give it a miss, not that I expect her to sound or look like she did in the 70s, she'll be 76 next year :frown:
I saw Tom Bailey a couple of years ago and thought he should of quit while he was ahead.
On a slightly separate theme I saw Gary Numan on the TV yesterday, he looked about 35 (he's 62)
Gary Numan still puts on a really good show. Hes got more energy now than when he just used to stand there looking all pale and moody.
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Tuerto
A question-I do enjoy music but was never one for gigs, to many people and a bit to noisy for my liking :hehe: Do you still enjoy watching elderly artists in the same way you did when you were younger, when they were fresh etc? I don't want this to come across as rude, but isn't there an air of sadness watching someone struggle to perform at the level they once did, and not to mention plenty of the audience-i suppose what i'm saying, wouldn't it be better to leave it where it prospered, the Artist i mean.
I was an eighties-nineties child, the thought of revisiting those bands with a bunch of fat middle aged people fills me with dread, although i'm not saying that you're any of those things :thumbup:
The Manics are into their 50s and still put on a great show and produce great new music
I think it depends on the act, if they're still making music they tend to be a lot better than the likes of the Rolling Stones who have been playing the same set for about 25 years
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Peajay
I'm missing my concerts, and just booked OMD as per my other post. I also contemplated booking to see Blondie, another band i was a fan of back in the day. DH still has a voice but I think I'll give it a miss, not that I expect her to sound or look like she did in the 70s, she'll be 76 next year :frown:
I saw Tom Bailey a couple of years ago and thought he should of quit while he was ahead.
On a slightly separate theme I saw Gary Numan on the TV yesterday, he looked about 35 (he's 62)
I saw A Ha , Omd and Tom Bailey a year or two ago with the misses for her birthday and thought Omd were very good , Tom Bailey was decent and i enjoyed A Ha.
We went to watch FYC who were very good last year
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City123
The Manics are into their 50s and still put on a great show and produce great new music
I think it depends on the act, if they're still making music they tend to be a lot better than the likes of the Rolling Stones who have been playing the same set for about 25 years
I suppose it depends on the genre of music to a certain degree. There's nothing more less attractive than watching old people trying to throw shapes, and not in an ironic way either, makes me positively sick :hehe:
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stan butler
I saw A Ha , Omd and Tom Bailey a year or two ago with the misses for her birthday and thought Omd were very good , Tom Bailey was decent and i enjoyed A Ha.
We went to watch FYC who were very good last year
That's the trio that I saw, I was at the Abbey Stadium in Cambridge. Last time I was there was 1983/4 watching City.
I saw OMD in Lisbon last year as well.
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Peajay
I'm missing my concerts, and just booked OMD as per my other post. I also contemplated booking to see Blondie, another band i was a fan of back in the day. DH still has a voice but I think I'll give it a miss, not that I expect her to sound or look like she did in the 70s, she'll be 76 next year :frown:
I saw Tom Bailey a couple of years ago and thought he should of quit while he was ahead.
On a slightly separate theme I saw Gary Numan on the TV yesterday, he looked about 35 (he's 62)
😂😂😂 Numan looked what he was a 60 year old with his hair dyed black. 35?? I thought sort your hair out mate your getting on a bit.
I enjoyed his interview though.
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I read the other day that Genesis are putting on a tour , with new music.
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Hilts
Numan looked what he was a 60 year old with his hair dyed black. 35?? I thought sort your hair out mate your getting on a bit.
I enjoyed his interview though.
Is that his real hair ?
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Peajay
No sure that's his hair. I think it may be removable.
😂😂take it off and hed look 72.
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Peajay
That's the trio that I saw, I was at the Abbey Stadium in Cambridge. Last time I was there was 1983/4 watching City.
I saw OMD in Lisbon last year as well.
We saw them in Blackpool the same year
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Rod Stewart, I really like him but he is awful now. The Who. And let's face it the Beatles have done **** all for nearly 50 years.
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I Saw Bruce Springsteen a few years ago.
Unbelievable energy, I was pushed off for having to stand for three hours and he was rocking out like a teenager.
Depeche Mode were similarly energetic as were New Order a year or so ago.
I think that outfits like this just love performing live and it shows.
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Annie Lennox
Elton John
Paul McCartney
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Cleve van Leef
Annie Lennox
Elton John
Paul McCartney
One good thing about Glastonbury being cancelled was Paul McCartney not being able to headline.
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Tuerto
A question-I do enjoy music but was never one for gigs, to many people and a bit to noisy for my liking :hehe: Do you still enjoy watching elderly artists in the same way you did when you were younger, when they were fresh etc? I don't want this to come across as rude, but isn't there an air of sadness watching someone struggle to perform at the level they once did, and not to mention plenty of the audience-i suppose what i'm saying, wouldn't it be better to leave it where it prospered, the Artist i mean.
I was an eighties-nineties child, the thought of revisiting those bands with a bunch of fat middle aged people fills me with dread, although i'm not saying that you're any of those things :thumbup:
Tuerto you sound as ageist as my sister !!
Seriously though, watching highly talented musicians still able to knock out a good tune is one of life's pleasures in my eyes. I accept that sometimes their voices are not quite what they were and yes some of them would be better hanging up their microphones. But that is not always the case. Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is a case in point. I was lucky enough to see them last year and his voice is as strong now as it was in the 1960's when he sang A Whiter Shade of Pale.
What would be sad in my eyes is if someone like Robert Plant of Led Zep still posed and flounced about on stage now they're in their 70's. However seeing someone who used to be hip in their heyday dressed more conservatively on stage or having grey hair and a bit of a belly is neither here nor there. If their stage presence, energy of performance and musicianship remains undiminished by the passage of time, who cares how many candles are on their birthday cake !
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Moodybluebird
Tuerto you sound as ageist as my sister !!
Seriously though, watching highly talented musicians still able to knock out a good tune is one of life's pleasures in my eyes. I accept that sometimes their voices are not quite what they were and yes some of them would be better hanging up their microphones. But that is not always the case. Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is a case in point. I was lucky enough to see them last year and his voice is as strong now as it was in the 1960's when he sang A Whiter Shade of Pale.
What would be sad in my eyes is if someone like Robert Plant of Led Zep still posed and flounced about on stage now they're in their 70's. However seeing someone who used to be hip in their heyday dressed more conservatively on stage or having grey hair and a bit of a belly is neither here nor there. If their stage presence, energy of performance and musicianship remains undiminished by the passage of time, who cares how many candles are on their birthday cake !
You're right, i suppose that i'm going down the more popular kind of music where people in their 40s are so obviously attempting to rekindle their youth. I know it's me, but i find it so very unattractive. On the odd occasion i've been in one of those situations where the mums are up dancing to Duran Duran, or the aunties favourite, 'simply the best' i have to leave through fear of vomiting. Seeing middle aged women dancing badly and doing the only move they know in order to prevent 'leakage' turns my stomach. Yes, it is strange :hehe:
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City123
The Manics are into their 50s and still put on a great show and produce great new music
They always put on a good show to be fair, doesnt matter the location either, from a small gig to a festival
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Sabbath should have called it a day in 1998 , I saw them at Milton Keynes bowl , they were fantastic but looked on their last legs
But they went on and on
Rolling stones bunch of jokers
Genesis christ thats scraping the barrel
Springsteen is a fantastic performer, he will keep going
Yes , Robert Plant , Floyd all dinosaurs
As for this eighties revival type tours what a load of bollocks , dreadful chart music performed by grannies
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Tuerto
You're right, i suppose that i'm going down the more popular kind of music where people in their 40s are so obviously attempting to rekindle their youth. I know it's me, but i find it so very unattractive. On the odd occasion i've been in one of those situations where the mums are up dancing to Duran Duran, or the aunties favourite, 'simply the best' i have to leave through fear of vomiting. Seeing middle aged women dancing badly and doing the only move they know in order to prevent 'leakage' turns my stomach. Yes, it is strange :hehe:
Well I can't argue with that logic !
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I saw Killing Joke last year. They were great. I saw Motley Crue and Alice Cooper a few years back, good. Simple Minds, good. The Who, very good. But I've seen bands I liked more, like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Psychedelic Furs and they weren't so good. I was supposed to see the Dandy Warhols last April but it was canceled. I used to see them all the time, but I sort of gave up because they stopped playing the songs I like. I will normally check a band out on setlist.fm now before I bother going to see them.
I saw the Damned and L7 in the last few years too and they were both very good.
To be honest, I can't be arsed going to many shows these days. It has to be the right band in the right venue playing the right songs at a convenient date and time. Doesn't happen very often. I'll sometimes make the effort to go and see someone new, because the venues are more to my liking, but older bands not so much.
I kind of wish I'd gone to see X, Stereolab and Lush when they played in the last couple of years, but I couldn't be bothered so that's that.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Sabbath should have called it a day in 1998 , I saw them at Milton Keynes bowl , they were fantastic but looked on their last legs
But they went on and on
Rolling stones bunch of jokers
Genesis christ thats scraping the barrel
Springsteen is a fantastic performer, he will keep going
Yes , Robert Plant , Floyd all dinosaurs
As for this eighties revival type tours what a load of bollocks , dreadful chart music performed by grannies
Horses for courses Sludge, I think the 80s was the best for music, no matter how it was produced.
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I wish Brian May would feck off....should have put it to bed once Freddy M passed.
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Peajay
Horses for courses Sludge, I think the 80s was the best for music, no matter how it was produced.
80s music seemed better because it wasn't fecking 70s disco.
The best music was in the 70s album charts - the singles charts were rank.
But we'll all think that the music of our youth was the best.
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cardiff55
Rod Stewart, I really like him but he is awful now. The Who. And let's face it the Beatles have done **** all for nearly 50 years.
My Mrs loves his newish stuff :thumbup: Not everyone's cup of tea though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Aa...2Ro7Zz&index=1
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The Cult last year were fantastic
Always love watching Stiff Little Fingers when they come around and they never fail to put on a great show
Went to see The Undertones and The Ruts with Don Corleone and Nigel Blues which was a good show - great to sing along to the songs of your youth
And Christmas isn't Christmas without Buster Bloodvessel and Max Splodge doing the exact same show every December but I've always had a drink so don't care
A lot of these bands will be gone soon and all that will be left will be too dreadful to think of - enjoy it whilst we can
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NYCBlue
I saw Killing Joke last year. They were great. I saw Motley Crue and Alice Cooper a few years back, good. Simple Minds, good. The Who, very good. But I've seen bands I liked more, like Echo and the Bunnymen and the Psychedelic Furs and they weren't so good. I was supposed to see the Dandy Warhols last April but it was canceled. I used to see them all the time, but I sort of gave up because they stopped playing the songs I like. I will normally check a band out on setlist.fm now before I bother going to see them.
I saw the Damned and L7 in the last few years too and they were both very good.
To be honest, I can't be arsed going to many shows these days. It has to be the right band in the right venue playing the right songs at a convenient date and time. Doesn't happen very often. I'll sometimes make the effort to go and see someone new, because the venues are more to my liking, but older bands not so much.
I kind of wish I'd gone to see X, Stereolab and Lush when they played in the last couple of years, but I couldn't be bothered so that's that.
Stereolab were a great band and killing joke were too but last time I saw them it was going to be the last , just a pantomime show now
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Springsteen is into his 70’s. I’d still pay an obscene amount of money to see him live.
He just released a beautiful new album with the E Street Band...‘Letter to Your. If you have Apple TV+ there is a fantastic 90 minute film of the making of that album. It’s a mix of nostalgia, great camaraderie and music with some poignant moments. I loved it but I’m a huge fan
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Peajay
Horses for courses Sludge, I think the 80s was the best for music, no matter how it was produced.
there are loads of bands from the 80's that sludge likes, hes just forgotten them
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I thought springsteen was crap and the stones were brillant the last time they both played cardiff.
You cant always get what you want.
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dandywarhol
I thought springsteen was crap and the stones were brillant the last time they both played cardiff.
You cant always get what you want.
The Stones were too expensive last time they were in Cardiff so I didn't see them, but I have seen them 3 or 4 times before and enjoyed them every time. I've seen Bruce a few times as well, including his last time in Cardiff, I enjoyed that as well.
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Always love watching Stiff Little Fingers when they come around and they never fail to put on a great show
Saw them and Eddie and The Hot Rods at the students union a year or so back. Both bands were great.
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I thought the last time Springsteen was in Cardiff, he was fantastic but the time before, I was disappointed. I saw him at the Etihad a couple of years ago, in the rain and he was back on top form. We went to a local pub before the concert and they only played his songs the entire time, we were in there.
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Let them play on, if people like them they will go and watch. If people don't like them, they will watch and then whinge about how they don't sound as good.
Some of these bands wrote some amazing tunes. Who are you to take away their right to play those songs to an audience that wants to hear them?
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ToTaL ITK
the boring stones for about 25 years ago
When you've written a song as good as Paint It Black, don't get too upset if someone says you can't play it anymore because you are too old.
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Cleve van Leef
Annie Lennox
Elton John
Paul McCartney
When you have written a song as great as Sweet Dreams, maybe then you can tell Annie Lennox to stop.