Great Gigs

[Annasfield]

Have just acquired 4 tickets to see the Artic Monkeys at Ally Pally. Yippee - have wanted to see them for ages!

Also have entered a ballot to see Paul McCartney at Anfield :))

[Keef]

Why? ;-)

Arctic monkeys should be a cool gig! Are you going to The Pogues by the way?

[Annasfield]

One of the Beatles at my "church" - why not? Have never been to a gig at Anfield. Have seen Ringo Starr and would loved to have seen Mr Harrison, who IMHO was the best Beatle. While my guitar gently weeps is one of the greatest songs of all time.

Errrm, I sort of forgot about the Pogues. I was going to take my Mum as she loves them, but then I remembered that the last time I took her to a gig she nearly ended up in a punch up with the woman standing next to her. She kept getting jostled around and didn't like it too much. She wouldn't have it when I explained that when you pack that many people in to a crowded room it tends to end up happening! I spent the rest of the night worrying that I'd have to defend her if something kicked off. Not pleasant.

Are there still any tickets available? What night are you going?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Saw Wings in concert way back when. It was actually the best value for money concert ever. Long set by Wings - huge acoustic solo set by McCartney of Beatles stuff - closing set by Wings [break for Denny Laine solo of his one and only Moody Blues hit] and encores!

Worst value was BB King. Outrageously expensive tickets and he only played for 20 minutes.

[Brendan]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> One of the Beatles at my "church" - why not? Have

> never been to a gig at Anfield. Have seen Ringo

> Starr and would loved to have seen Mr Harrison,

> who IMHO was the best Beatle. While my guitar

> gently weeps is one of the greatest songs of all

> time.

I don't want to go off topic here but as a quick aside while we're on the subject of Mr Harrison: http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2178991,00.html

[Michael Palaeologus]

One for the Oldies - went to the "Six of the Best" concert at Milton Keynes Bowl (1981?). It was the last time that Peter Gabriel and Genesis played together.

Very wet and muddy - my jeans were dyed pink from the mud and stayed that way for many long years.

I also went to see Tina Turner at the rather small Brighton Top Rank Suite (early '80s) this was before her Private Dancer album which re-launched her. Fantastic.

A few years later a friend had a spare ticket to see Tina at the Brighton Centre (big venue). I said "No" not wishing to sully the Top Rak Suite memory. The next day I asked her how the gig was "Great" she said "Especially as David Bowie walked on for the encores and did about half an hour of duets"

Bum.

[SeanMacGabhann]

hmmmm don't be too upset Michael - as a Bowie fan myself, even I balk at the performance from The Dame at that gig. Cheese doesn't even begin to describe it

[Keef]

I can't stand Paul McCartney, he's a tw@t with tw@t opinions that he feels we should all listen to because he's written a few great songs. He's done nothing remotely worth listening to in the last 30 years... Sorry, very negative of me, but that's ho I've always felt... Lennon was a prick too.

Agree Harrioson was the best Beatle, and that is a beautiful song! He was a crap guitarist though ;-)

[lozzyloz]

Was once given VIP tickets to Paul and Stella's Wembley concert which I took up even though I wasn't a fan but kind've like the Wings classic Live and Let Die. After 30 secs of the opening film pushing veggyness I left my seat for the free bar. I think I was eventually carried out. By chance I met one of his sons in a pub in E&C a couple of years later. He didn't have many good things to say about his dad. I also briefly knew Heather long before she lost her leg and subsequently married Paul, but I can't afford to talk about that! Not even Paul deserved that.

[SeanMacGabhann]

as for the daughter whose names sounds like a reassuringly expensive beverage - evil. The things she said to a friend of mine who happened to be a waiter at the time still make me angry.

[lozzyloz]

Staropramen McCartney?

[giggirl]

Keef Wrote:

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... Lennon was a prick too.

And here was me thinking that I was the only person on the entire planet who thought John Lennon was a nasty piece of work. Thank you, you've made me very happy.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

For heaven's sake Keef - I was 14 when I went to the gig at Wembley. I'm not claiming he's the most decent bloke in the universe, just that it was a cracking gig, great music and best value for money.

Now, would you like to hear what i thought about Bob Dylan?

[Keef]

Do not get me started on him! It's an issue between Mrs Keef and I.

[Asset]

BD chronicles is one of the few books I started but couldn't be bothered finishing. Loved The Hurricane, not much else.

[Keef]

Asset Wrote:

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> BD chronicles is one of the few books I started

> but couldn't be bothered finishing. Loved The

> Hurricane, not much else.

Totally with you there! It was also a pretty good film despite John Hannah's awful attempts at a Canadian accent.

[Asset]

Not seen film. Does it use the track?

[Keef]

Yep. Denzil Washington plays the lead role, and is very good in it! Really really sad story too!

[Asset]

I remember the film coming out now, couple of years ago.

[Keef]

Have it on vid somewhere, will dig it out for you at the next drinks.

[Asset]

Thanks, look forward to it.

[mamafeelgood]

back to great gigs:

roy ayers, pretty much anywhere.

justin timberlake at the coronet in elephant and castle, unrecognisable compared to his pop alias.

u2 joshua tree tour, wembley.

james taylor quartet at the old milk bar circa 1988.

bryan ferry, 80's, wenbley arena. yes i know that the family politics has let him down some what but it was great.

beastie boys, glastonbury 1995.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Can't be doing with Justin Timberlake (though the Coronet is a good card - last cinema one could smoke in in London)

I raise you Lindisfarne at the Cambridge Folk Festival.

[mamafeelgood]

ha!

well i was much surprised by the little scamp justin, he did have a great band with him though. but that boy can sing and dance well, the coronet was certainly jumping for a few hours. plus it was past midnight so there were no 'kids' there.

i forgot to say: the cult hammersmith palais or odeon, pheonix tour. that was great too.

[giggirl]

I'm also not a Justin Timberlake fan but I was forced to see him (last year I think) at a small gig he did at Hammersmith Palais (alas now closed forever). He did a great set and had all the right moves. I wouldn't put myself out to see him again but I enjoyed watching him do a small gig and I bet the Coronet gig was fantastic.

I wish more bands would play the Coronet because South London doesn't have that many decent music venues. Don't even get me started on how down-hill Brixton Academy has gone - rude staff; aggressive security; dirty; not enough toilets; won't let you stand up in the circle. I could fill a page on how crap Brixton Academy is.