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loads tidy, I used to just about live at Newcastle city hall, then I got a job there as a spark..... best job I ever had not much to do and got to see loads and loads of bands. Every time I think I've seen everyone I want to something comes from out of the blue, just like these guys did before Bruce played with them The Gaslight Anthem & Bruce Springsteen - The '59 Sound (PROSHOT) - YouTube
Saw them in a club in florida in 2007. Knocked me and Julia sideways Check out Brian Fallon (the singer) 's acoustic stuff, he can almost make me cry
http://youtu.be/Lafj41gvRZQ
 
trev said:
Last gig we wont to was Springsteen at the stadium of ..........
Usual Bruce gig, 3.5 hours of pure joy, only problem was we had to go to Sunderland to see him:)
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Haha.... well you can't have it all.... I was supposed to be working there selling his merchandise but I damaged my ankle so had to cry off. Seemed a good gig so I hear, as was Coldplay. (music to open a vein to) :13:
 
Like you say Tidy you have to love the Big O. Bruce was great but I'd rather go to my own execution than go to a Coldplay gig.
Even though Parachutes was a fantastic album, it's all been downhill for them since then.
What about local bands though? Trev's top recommendation...Bessie and the Zinc Buckets..check them out, If you can go to one of their gigs and not enjoy yourself you have to have died
 
tidyboiler said:
Ooooh, now this is right up my street!

Kings of Leon are legend. Sex on fire is my fave.

Sting:~ Shape of my heart.

Crowded House, anything by them.

Beatles, anything by them but "If I fell" is the ultimate Love song for me... (brings back fantastic memories of my first boyfriend)

Metallica:~ Enter Sandman

Radiohead:~ Creep

The list is endless.:carols:
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I'm surprised ye can remember that far back pet. :oops:
 
Trev you getting me all shook up man,whos Elvis Costello,Presley had more charisma (is that how you spell it)in his little finger than Costello had in his whole body hehe
 
Maybe Presley did have more charisma but in my world Costello has more talent.
If you look at it logically, Presley only made it because he was the first white rock n roller in what was then still a very racist society. There were black guys doing it earlier and better than him, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Chuck Berry for three quick examples. I'm not saying that Presley was untalented because that would be a very foolish claim, he opened the door for many musicians 3 of which I've named and admittedly Presley is one of those artists who come along every ten years or so and change everything but there were people who deserved it more I'd say.
 
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I agree with some of what you are saying.Yes Elvis came along at the right time and did indeed open the doors for other artist,namely black dudes who were trapped in the Racist system.Incidently Carl Perkins was white.
Now im a big big 50s Rock n Roll fan,and yes your correct in saying the likes of Chuck Berry,Litle Richard,Big Bopper,Fats Dominoe,Jerry Lee to name but a few were talented and exiting to watch and listen to,but put Elvis along side any of these and there is something extra going on,i cant put my finger on it,but i guess its just he had the moves the looks the voice the whole package.And before he was an entertainer,guess what he was a Electrician.
 
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I could have sworn Carl Perkins was what is now called mixed race but I could be wrong. I also thought EP was a truck driver.
What EP did was groundbreaking, I just thought there were people before him who deserved as much credit but didn't get it. It's like now, people bang on about Eddie Van Halen and how he came up with a new guitar style which inspired millions of young players when they got their break but Alan Holdsworth was doing what EVH did years before him. Be honest now, how many have heard of Alan Holdsworth?
 
Yeah thats right he was aTruck Driver for the Electric Light Company Tupelo,and somehow he started some apprenticeship,and the rest is history.Alan Holdsworth,never heard of him,i dont think its the guy who worked on the sales team at my last employment
 
I'm sure there's some Alan Holdsworth stuff on youtube mate. If you're into guitar players he's well worth checking out
If you're into guitar players take a look at this guy http://youtu.be/NeooHiX4oH0
I'm glad he's an ugly little dwarf because if he was a handsome lad he'd have everything, it's just wrong that anyone can play two guitars at once
 
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trev said:
Maybe Presley did have more charisma but in my world Costello has more talent.
If you look at it logically, Presley only made it because he was the first white rock n roller in what was then still a very racist society. There were black guys doing it earlier and better than him, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Chuck Berry for three quick examples. I'm not saying that Presley was untalented because that would be a very foolish claim, he opened the door for many musicians 3 of which I've named and admittedly Presley is one of those artists who come along every ten years or so and change everything but there were people who deserved it more I'd say.
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Yer what ...... Carl Perkins a BLACK man ???!!!!!

He certainly was not ..... at least he wasn't when I met him !!!

He came over here with Bo Diddley in 1970 something to play - among other venues - Newcastle City Hall & after that gig some of us took him to the Elysium Lane club in the Bensham area of Gateshead, which at that time was home to the North East Rock 'n' Roll Society.

For a long time afterwards, his photograph was hung on the wall behind the bar.

The club has since been destroyed by fire and so has the photo (probably)

Perkins wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes" on the back of a flour bag when he was attending a dance & spotted a young black kid who was wearing a pair of blue suede shoes. The kid was apparently nervous about his shoes being stepped on by other dancers & this gave Perkins the inspiration for the song.

Perkins went on to record the song, but before he could do much in the way of touring to promote it, he fell ill & was off the road for a while & it was during this time that Presley recorded it & it became a hit for him.

That's the gist of it anyway, as my memory isn't quite what it was so it may not be word perfect.

If anyone is sufficiently interested, I'm sure Google with have something about him.
 
Paullestrange said:
I agree with some of what you are saying.Yes Elvis came along at the right time and did indeed open the doors for other artist,namely black dudes who were trapped in the Racist system.Incidently Carl Perkins was white.
Now im a big big 50s Rock n Roll fan,and yes your correct in saying the likes of Chuck Berry,Litle Richard,Big Bopper,Fats Dominoe,Jerry Lee to name but a few were talented and exiting to watch and listen to,but put Elvis along side any of these and there is something extra going on,i cant put my finger on it,but i guess its just he had the moves the looks the voice the whole package.And before he was an entertainer,guess what he was a Electrician.
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Was that before of after his career as a truck driver??
 
trev said:
As I said Geordie, I thought he was mixed race. I stand corrected.
Either way, I'll bet he got shafted for the royalties by Colonel Tom Parker.
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Aye .... fair comment bonny lad :) ........ I wonder who didn't get shafted by Parker.

(now Chuck Berry was black when I met him ;) )
 
trev said:
I'm sure there's some Alan Holdsworth stuff on youtube mate. If you're into guitar players he's well worth checking out
If you're into guitar players take a look at this guy Stanley Jordan - Stairway to Heaven - YouTube
I'm glad he's an ugly little dwarf because if he was a handsome lad he'd have everything, it's just wrong that anyone can play two guitars at once
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canny that trev,technically brilliant,but sometimes you need raw guitar to get ya feet tapping..

bob mould/husker du byrds cover,
Husker Du - Eight Miles High - YouTube
 
Geordie Spark said:
Aye .... fair comment bonny lad :) ........ I wonder who didn't get shafted by Parker.

(now Chuck Berry was black when I met him ;) )
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An old mate of mine who is no longer with us was in a band who got to back Chuck at Sunderland. He never got to meet him, reckoned Chuck bowled up 5 minutes before gig time and wouldn't talk to them. Did the gig and left straight away.
All they were told was the opening song, the rest was just whatever Chuck felt like playing
 
trev said:
An old mate of mine who is no longer with us was in a band who got to back Chuck at Sunderland. He never got to meet him, reckoned Chuck bowled up 5 minutes before gig time and wouldn't talk to them. Did the gig and left straight away.
All they were told was the opening song, the rest was just whatever Chuck felt like playing
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Yep ... that's exactly right !!

He rolls up, unpacks his guitar which is rarely in tune with itself & never in tune with the band & expects them all to retune to him !!
 
What about all the old folk singers...!! Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Peter Paul and Mary, Joni Mitchell. There my favourites, and I've even got the guitar out in Stroud a couple of times and sung a few of their tunes. I made more from that than my new venture into electrics so far!! :hippy:
 
Wouldnt have the space or time to list mine but your looking at the 60s, 70s and 80s. I like some modern music but the oldies are in a different league - maybe because they got to where they are though hard work instead of just winning some reality competition on TV.

Some of my favourites include:

1) The Beatles
2) Guns N Roses
3) Fleetwood Mac
4) Led Zeplin
5) Oasis (Yeah I know these aren't a old band but one of the few I like)
 
Some songs you just can't play loud enough!

[video=youtube;Mln0RciE2o0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mln0RciE2o0&feature=related[/video]
 
I like stuff like this, it's not the pretentious title I like it's the laid back electronica:

[video=youtube;HsRxO_icGTw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsRxO_icGTw&feature=related[/video]
 
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