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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.
I wish Brian May would feck off....should have put it to bed once Freddy M passed.
My Mrs loves his newish stuff Not everyone's cup of tea though
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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
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
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.
Saw them and Eddie and The Hot Rods at the students union a year or so back. Both bands were great.Originally Posted by binman
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.
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?
I once heard an interview with Chuck Berry that asked him if he ever got bored with playing Johnny B Good. He asked why he would, do people get bored with playing or hearing Beethoven's 5th Symphony?
If it's good then it's good, how ever many times it is played.
It's not just about how good the songs they wrote are. It's about how well they can perform them.
I saw BB King years ago, one of the best blues guitarists ever, a great gig. Then I saw him again a couple of years before he died. It was embarrassing, he was a rambling, senile, old man who was a shadow of his former self. He should have stopped gigging a few years earlier.
I have similar fond memories, I want to see U2 in Cologne on the JT tour (85?), and their music was being blasted out everywhere before the concert. I also saw the Foo Fighters in Dublin last year and was in a pub that had them on loop.
Happy days.
i've never bought anything by 'The Boss' but saw the reviews on his latest release so took a gamble and bought it and its great.
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I saw the ukulele orchestra of great britain a few years back, wrinkles and the odd paunch but still pretty good really...
I was lucky enough to see them in the Sydney Opera House of all places about 10 years ago. We wanted to see whoever was playing there during our 4 days in Sydney and we were not disappointed. An excellent show even though we'd just stepped of the plane and could barely stay awake.
I had 4 fabulous days in Sydney in an apartment next to Government house in Kirribilli over looking the opera house in February, seems such a long time ago now. Cabin fever makes me long for travel again, cant wait to go back to Oz, particularly the fantastic city and surrounds of Adelaide.
a musician who should never give up . happy birthday johnny
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