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Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 10 Dec 20 10.50pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

I have two in mind.
Bug Jam in 1988 at Santa Pod. The Meteors leapt from the stage into the the crowd for fisti-cuffs halfway through their set. Ambulances and police cars drove through the 'crowd' to get to the injured.

The Cure, 1992. The most miserable experience. None of the crowd "wanted to be there". Heads down, staring at the floor like the goths hated every minute.
If you hate it sooo much, (and you took the trouble to wear contrasting make-up) why fcking be there ?

 


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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 10 Dec 20 10.56pm

Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly

I have two in mind.
Bug Jam in 1988 at Santa Pod. The Meteors leapt from the stage into the the crowd for fisti-cuffs halfway through their set. Ambulances and police cars drove through the 'crowd' to get to the injured.

The Cure, 1992. The most miserable experience. None of the crowd "wanted to be there". Heads down, staring at the floor like the goths hated every minute.
If you hate it sooo much, (and you took the trouble to wear contrasting make-up) why fcking be there ?

U2, sometime early to mid nineties at old Wembley stadium.

To be fair, was as in the cheap seats and could hardly see anything.

Loved U2 up until about 1990 when they were a Gaelic rock bank but have hated everything they have done since.

 


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Mapletree Flag Croydon 10 Dec 20 11.11pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Motörhead

Soooo loud. Had to walk out. At the Greyhound Croydon.

Supertramp were really boring.

 

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Teddy Eagle Flag 10 Dec 20 11.40pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend


Van Morrison at the Albert Hall. He was Van the Uninterested Man that night.
Mates band supporting Slodgenessabounds at the Music Machine, Camden. They must have swept up buckets full of teeth after that one.

 

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Midlands Eagle Flag 11 Dec 20 6.12am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle


Van Morrison at the Albert Hall. He was Van the Uninterested Man that night.

Unfortunately he was like that at every performance as I saw him several times back in the day and he lacked any form of personality at all merely grunting "thank you" between songs

 

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Midlands Eagle Flag 11 Dec 20 6.12am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree


Supertramp were really boring.

How come? I never saw them live but loved their music

 

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nettletoneagle Flag market rasen 11 Dec 20 8.05am Send a Private Message to nettletoneagle Add nettletoneagle as a friend

The Police 1978 De Montfort Hall Leicester. The first time I realised Sting was a tool. The other two looked and played like they wanted to be anywhere than up on the stage. Shambolic.

 

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NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 11 Dec 20 8.13am Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

Yes at the Rainbow in '73.

Was given a front row ticket by a work colleague.

I liked their first couple of albums, but they had a new one out, ' Tales From The Topographic Oceans ' ( I think ). Which they insisted on playing in full.

The then 16 year old me hadn't yet developed a great capacity for beer, so the pre gig drinks, plus the boring muzak, sent me to sleep. I woke up to see an unimpressed Steve Howe playing guitar right in front of me, looking down glaring. I got up, gave him a dismissive wave, and weaved out of the venue.

 


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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 11 Dec 20 8.49am Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

Angelic upstarts , Wardour st, W.London.
Cannot remember name of pub, it was literally a few building to the left of the marquee club.
80% skinhead crowd.
Gary bushell was standing next to us , the upstarts had only just started playing Liddle towers and a big skin walked over and broke Bushells nose,claret everywhere!
Not a single track went through without fistycuffs & windmills up front spilling onto the barely raised stage.
Upstarts abandonded the gig & I left pleased to have kept my teeth.

 


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mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 11 Dec 20 9.57am Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Sting at the Arena Geneva, fortunately the tickets were comps, so we watched one song then pushed off to the bar.

 



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Mapletree Flag Croydon 11 Dec 20 10.27am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

How come? I never saw them live but loved their music

Just like listening to an album. No presence. I was really surprised. Might as well have stayed at home

 

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Teddy Eagle Flag 11 Dec 20 11.25am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by nettletoneagle

The Police 1978 De Montfort Hall Leicester. The first time I realised Sting was a tool. The other two looked and played like they wanted to be anywhere than up on the stage. Shambolic.

Andy Summers was asked what he would have changed about The Police. He replied “Drums and bass”.
Another bad one for me was Jean-Luc Ponty at the New Vic. I hadn’t wanted to go but he was supporting Larry Coryell who my mate was keen to see. Electric violin has a very piercing sound.

 

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