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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Who are supposed to be very good ?
You mean she is ?
No, I mean 'who are' are it's a group of musicians aswell as a vocalist.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
I am going to London Stadium next Friday
- Green Day
- Fall Out Boy
- Weezer
three groups I really like all for one ticket price
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
It's the march of time. You are slowing down. Bit by bit you are finding reasons to spend ever more time at home. It's going to rain, it's too hot or cold, it's stupidly expensive, it's too much hassle.
You like music, why not utilise your increasing home time by learning to play a musical instrument to reproduce anything from Bach's Minuet in G Major to Benny Hill's The Fastest Milkman in the West and everything in between that you care to?
I'd nominate a blues harmonica. The very best money can buy is just thirty quid -
https://theharmonicacompany.com/prod...v=79cba1185463
The best of any other instrument would cost a bomb... but a blues harmonica is more expressive than any of them, something you can put your soul into.
There's plenty of teaching resources out there
https://www.youtube.com/user/del78ful/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/firezapa/videos
And it's possible to make even the most familiar tunes sound new. Here's an example of some soul transferring -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MrZvCuaSU
Why bother with all that effort though. According to Deagal four out of five of us are dust in the next three years. Surely there are better things on your ever diminishing bucket list than learning the harmonica?
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
It's the march of time. You are slowing down. Bit by bit you are finding reasons to spend ever more time at home. It's going to rain, it's too hot or cold, it's stupidly expensive, it's too much hassle.
You like music, why not utilise your increasing home time by learning to play a musical instrument to reproduce anything from Bach's Minuet in G Major to Benny Hill's The Fastest Milkman in the West and everything in between that you care to?
I'd nominate a blues harmonica. The very best money can buy is just thirty quid -
https://theharmonicacompany.com/prod...v=79cba1185463
The best of any other instrument would cost a bomb... but a blues harmonica is more expressive than any of them, something you can put your soul into.
There's plenty of teaching resources out there
https://www.youtube.com/user/del78ful/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/firezapa/videos
And it's possible to make even the most familiar tunes sound new. Here's an example of some soul transferring -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MrZvCuaSU
Stick that all up your arse
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Wash DC Blue
About an hour and a half give or take depending on which part of the area and the Beltway Traffic.
As close as that , wow
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
The Bloop
No, I mean 'who are' are it's a group of musicians aswell as a vocalist.
Well I am giving her and them a wide berth
Wunning up that hill is crap
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Stick that all up your arse
You just have to accept you are too long in the tooth to be chasing scrubbers around council estates, particularly that one in Sarn.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Well I am giving her and them a wide berth
Wunning up that hill is crap
I'm sure she's gutted that you feel that way. Plenty don't though.
https://news.sky.com/story/kate-bush...eased-12635735
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
The Bloop
It sounds like my arse after a kebab
Dreadful song
Cloudbusting is good though
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
It sounds like my arse after a kebab
Dreadful song
Cloudbusting is good though
You mentioned Cloudbusting some days back. I had a gander on youtube. What a load of dreary rubbish.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
You mentioned Cloudbusting some days back. I had a gander on youtube. What a load of dreary rubbish.
Great strings
And her hair is cute
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Tears for Fears are playing at Cardiff Castle next month. I like plenty of their stuff, especially the first album, so I was considering going until I saw the prices. The cheapest standing tickets are £74.00 plus booking fees. It really is a mad world.
I see what you did there :thumbup::thumbup:
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
darran1927
I see what you did there :thumbup::thumbup:
Shout out to TLG. Fair play!
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
chris lee
I am going to London Stadium next Friday
- Green Day
- Fall Out Boy
- Weezer
three groups I really like all for one ticket price
Wake me up when September ends.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
Went to see Roachford in Bristol last Saturday night. Really good show in the O2 Academy. Venue, Pub, car park all within 100 yards. Home by 11.30 . Great night all round
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Ivortheengine
Went to see Roachford in Bristol last Saturday night. Really good show in the O2 Academy. Venue, Pub, car park all within 100 yards. Home by 11.30 . Great night all round
https://youtu.be/8INXFMFxTYY
Fantastic song , saw em in Manchester 1989
Didn't even know they were still going
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
I do occasionally. I wouldn't bother with stadiums or the Stereophonics though.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
chris lee
I am going to London Stadium next Friday
- Green Day
- Fall Out Boy
- Weezer
three groups I really like all for one ticket price
another gig I was very tempted by, even added them to my basket when they came on sale
Billie Joe is a great front man, seen green day a few times now, they played reading festival ( early 00's ) and were great
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
Their first two albums will always be the sound of my childhood.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
They really need to sort ticketing prices out with ticketing outlets making so much money.
I went to see James in Cardiff and that was around £60 quid and the Jesus and Mary Chain in Manchester for about £35.
I went to see U2 in 2017 in Chicago and bought tickets directly from the band and the price was $40. It was an interesting experience in that the website was as such as to stop hawkers buying tickets to resell for huge profits. But then U2 can afford the technology to do so while other bands can't.
Justin Beibers management team buy up tickets from Ticketmaster to resell back to fans on platforms where there is no cap on prices. Outrageous.
John Oliver did a piece recently on ticket prices.
I love smaller venues as the sound is much better and prices more reasonable.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
Tempted to go to the primal scream/ happy Mondays gig coming up, think tickets dropped to £45? And it’s moved from the bay to the castle?
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
Quite shocking to see people enjoying themselves to be honest. People should just stay home and watch tv or just download the music for free. Total idiots paying money!!
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
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Originally Posted by
Father Dougal
Quite shocking to see people enjoying themselves to be honest. People should just stay home and watch tv or just download the music for free. Total idiots paying money!!
I would pay money or would have several years ago to see a band I liked in a venue I liked .
But not these days for either reason
Which was the point of the post
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
I love going to small hall gigs and try to catch a show a month, commitments permitting.
Just don’t see the appeal of forking out a fortune to watch the likes of the Rolling Stones on a giant TV screen in Hyde Park.
TLG mentioned Tom Robinson who I saw in the Concord2 club in Brighton. Great set and you get to see it all up close and personal in these smaller venues.
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Re: Stereophonics Tonight .........do you still bother with rock gigs ?
Saw the Stereophonics live about 20 years ago in Cardiff Castle during their rehearsals for a gig that evening. They were very good but lacked a cohesive sound which has since been remedied with the addition of a couple of non band member musicians. Incidentally the Cardiff concert is live on BBC2 this evening but I suspect most on here will give it a miss as will I.