At 64 years of age I still attend numerous gigs / festivals.
Wife and I are agoing to Glasgow Green this weekend to see The Darkness, Alabam3, Texas and Queen, plus a good few other bands.
Going to Electric Fields, just 3 miles from me last weekend in August to see James headline Thursady, High Flying Birds Friday, and Leftfield on Saturday. Tickets for Alabam3 again in September in Kilmarnock.
Have been local organiser of Thornhill Music Festival for the last six years - mainly blues based, but we have had Ska and other genres of music.
No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred of the Tory party. So far as I'm concerned they're lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan.
Will have to try some of that JDT. Obv I know Texas ( ) and Queen but don't know the others.
Was moseying around YouTube just now and came across this which was used in the Detectorists. Always liked the Unthanks, never let their musicality get in the way of their accents, but this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Chorus: One's for sorrow Two's for joy Three's for a girl And Four's for a boy Five's for silver Six's for gold Seven's for a secret Never told
Devil, Devil, I defy thee (x3)
O the magpie bring us tidings Of news both far and foul She's more cunning than the raven More wise than any owl
And she brings us news of the harvest Of the barley, wheat and corn And she knows when we'll go to our graves And how we shall be born
Chorus
Devil, Devil, I defy thee (x3)
Now the priest he says we're wicked For to worship the Devil's bird Ah but we respect the old ways And we disregard his words
Well we know they rest uneasy As we slumber in the night And we'll always leave out a little bit of meat For the bird that's black and white
Chorus
Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
That's cracking that. Was never aware of the Unthanks until Tom Robinson played one of their tracks on his Sunday night theme show on 6 music. What are the chances that a song about a man from Derby in awe of his racing pigeon could sound so lovely? This for me nails the sort of folk music that I enjoy.
"Lovelly stuff! not my words but the words of Shakin Stevens."
Albums: In a sort of order (with lots missing and not even any singles added) 154: Wire Heroes: David Bowie Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division The Pleasure Principle: Gary Numan Never Mind the balderdash: The Sex Pistols Replicas: Tubeway Army The Bends: Radiohead Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd Hats: The Blue Nile Systems of Romance: Ultravox! Imperial Bedroom: Elvis Costello and the Attractions Second Hand Daylight: Magazine f♯ A♯ ∞: God Speed You! Black Emperor Out of The Blue: ELO Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Wilco Snap, Crackle and Bop: John Cooper Clarke Asleep in the Back: Elbow Murder Ballads: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Grace: Jeff Buckley Bows and Arrows: The Walkmen This Readily Assimilative People: Lonely China Day Paranoid/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath Crank: The Almighty Millions Now Living Will Never Die: Tortoise To The 5 Boroughs: beastie Boys Lateralus: Tool Only Ones: The Only Ones Blue Lines/Mezzanine: Massive Attack Boat to Bolivia: Martin Stephenson and The Daintees K: Kula Shaker My Angel Rocks Back and Forth: Four Tet Drukqs: Aphex Twin Clouds Taste Metallic: The Flaming Lips That Subliminal Kid: DJ Spooky Sinking: The Aloof
Albums: In a sort of order (with lots missing and not even any singles added) 154: Wire Heroes: David Bowie Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division The Pleasure Principle: Gary Numan Never Mind the balderdash: The Sex Pistols Replicas: Tubeway Army The Bends: Radiohead Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd Hats: The Blue Nile Systems of Romance: Ultravox! Imperial Bedroom: Elvis Costello and the Attractions Second Hand Daylight: Magazine f♯ A♯ ∞: God Speed You! Black Emperor Out of The Blue: ELO Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Wilco Snap, Crackle and Bop: John Cooper Clarke Asleep in the Back: Elbow Murder Ballads: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Grace: Jeff Buckley Bows and Arrows: The Walkmen This Readily Assimilative People: Lonely China Day Paranoid/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath Crank: The Almighty Millions Now Living Will Never Die: Tortoise To The 5 Boroughs: beastie Boys Lateralus: Tool Only Ones: The Only Ones Blue Lines/Mezzanine: Massive Attack Boat to Bolivia: Martin Stephenson and The Daintees K: Kula Shaker My Angel Rocks Back and Forth: Four Tet Drukqs: Aphex Twin Clouds Taste Metallic: The Flaming Lips That Subliminal Kid: DJ Spooky Sinking: The Aloof
That's a fairly diverse list Beijing. Given they're albums, so that's a lot of music. Give us one or two must listens. Not necessarily your faves, or the best. Just off the top of your head.
I only know Wilco from the Mermaid Avenue collaborations with Billy Bragg.
Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Albums: In a sort of order (with lots missing and not even any singles added) 154: Wire Heroes: David Bowie Unknown Pleasures: Joy Division The Pleasure Principle: Gary Numan Never Mind the balderdash: The Sex Pistols Replicas: Tubeway Army The Bends: Radiohead Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd Hats: The Blue Nile Systems of Romance: Ultravox! Imperial Bedroom: Elvis Costello and the Attractions Second Hand Daylight: Magazine f♯ A♯ ∞: God Speed You! Black Emperor Out of The Blue: ELO Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Wilco Snap, Crackle and Bop: John Cooper Clarke Asleep in the Back: Elbow Murder Ballads: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Grace: Jeff Buckley Bows and Arrows: The Walkmen This Readily Assimilative People: Lonely China Day Paranoid/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath Crank: The Almighty Millions Now Living Will Never Die: Tortoise To The 5 Boroughs: beastie Boys Lateralus: Tool Only Ones: The Only Ones Blue Lines/Mezzanine: Massive Attack Boat to Bolivia: Martin Stephenson and The Daintees K: Kula Shaker My Angel Rocks Back and Forth: Four Tet Drukqs: Aphex Twin Clouds Taste Metallic: The Flaming Lips That Subliminal Kid: DJ Spooky Sinking: The Aloof
I'm spending a lot of time in Nottingham/East Midlands these days. I'd forgotten all about Martin Stephenson (and the Daintees) until reminded by my sister's bloke who went to see him in Chesterfield in a converted church which he (Martin) hired for £60. Apparently he spends his life gigging around small venues charging £15 a ticket. Am hoping to catch him at the Running Horse in Nottingham on 19 September. Really looking forward to it. One 9f my fave 80s bands.
The aim of argument or discussion should not be victory but progress.
And this reminds me of their gig I went to at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone. Seeing all the teenage girls at the front and turning to my ex and saying "I stand more chance than that lot".
Wow that brought back memories when I was down there tunnelling!! Went to the Leas Cliff to see Rory Gallagher.... got the wrong week and it was “Kiddies Disco Night”.
Went back the next week on the correct day and Rory was great, an amazing guitarist; but by then he was fat and bloated with booze, and died a few years later after a liver transplant. Shame.
Wow that brought back memories when I was down there tunnelling!! Went to the Leas Cliff to see Rory Gallagher.... got the wrong week and it was “Kiddies Disco Night”.
Went back the next week on the correct day and Rory was great, an amazing guitarist; but by then he was fat and bloated with booze, and died a few years later after a liver transplant. Shame.
Would have been down there similar time then 1985-86?
Rory was ace. Irish rock musician. Liked a drink. What could possibly go wrong.
Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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