blandy Posted January 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: What's the best venue for fork music? Any Witherspoons pub? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 24, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, blandy said: Witherspoons Wetherspoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Just now, mjmooney said: Wetherspoons. No, Blandy is on about that posh new pub in town 'The withering spoon' Uri Geller is opening a chain of them across the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Wetherspoons. Sorry Mike, you're wrong it’s spelled Brexittwunts 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: What's the best venue for fork music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Wetherspoons. They have less "Fork" music and more poetry - some of it is quite Ivor Cutlery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 For someone who is mad on music, I've not been to that many gigs. It doesn't help that all of my favourite music is from the 60s and 70s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: For someone who is mad on music, I've not been to that many gigs. It doesn't help that all of my favourite music is from the 60s and 70s. Same here, but those bands have their followers now. I'm actually approaching saturation with Doom, there's just so much of it! I've got tix for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Part Chimp coming up. You'd probably like both of those. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Xann said: Same here, but those bands have their followers now. I'm actually approaching saturation with Doom, there's just so much of it! I've got tix for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Part Chimp coming up. You'd probably like both of those. You're right, there are loads of bands I'd enjoy seeing, but I've just never been much of one for gigs. I'd say as I've got older, the more I've been going to. Gigs at the minute, and probably for a long time to come, are off limits for me. I'll end up on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I can't say for sure, but if I was only around in the 70s I would of been spoilt for choice. I'm probably spoilt for choice now, but I'm just so stuck in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 On 22/01/2018 at 07:01, mjmooney said: I've added a couple of categories. 1. Bar - Tom Russell, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 2015 2. Nightclub - REM. The Warehouse, Leeds, 1984 3. Outdoor - Bob Dylan, Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, 1978 4. Arena - Neil Young, First Direct Arena, Leeds, 2016 5. Stadium - The Who, Charlton Athletic (The Valley), London, 1976 6. Concert Hall - Big Big Train, King's Place, London, 2015 7. University/college - Jeff Beck, Leeds University, 1974 The Who gig, is that the one where Moonie OD on horse tranquillisers, and they got someone out the crowd to come up and play drums. They are not my favourite band, although, they are up there, but I'd of loved to have watched that original lineup over most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: For someone who is mad on music, I've not been to that many gigs. It doesn't help that all of my favourite music is from the 60s and 70s. some decent tribute bands out there ..not the same thing of course but we did Cast off Kinks the other week and they were ace ( few original members of the Kinks but not the Davies bros) off to see a Clash tribute band tomorrow at the 100 club in Oxford Street , close as I'm going to get to seeing them live after being 2 young the first time around the Auusie Floyd tribute band I was quite impressed with how good they were but as I'm seeing Roger Waters at Hyde Park in July I guess I'll finally get to find out just how good Edited January 26, 2018 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: some decent tribute bands out there ..not the same thing of course but we did Cast off Kinks the other week and they were ace ( few original members of the Kinks but not the Davies bros) off to see a Clash tribute band tomorrow at the 100 club in Oxford Street , close as I'm going to get to seeing them live after being 2 young the first time around the Auusie Floyd tribute band I was quite impressed with how good they were but as I'm seeing Roger Waters at Hyde Park in July I guess I'll finally get to find out just how good Seen a few tributes, and they are fun to go to. Some of them make a very good living out of it, and are superb. I always tried to catch Fred Zeppelin when they were local. I've been to a great tribute night at Nottingham rock city once, with various acts. Edited January 26, 2018 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: The Who gig, is that the one where Moonie OD on horse tranquillisers, and they got someone out the crowd to come up and play drums. They are not my favourite band, although, they are up there, but I'd of loved to have watched that original lineup over most. No, that happened in the USA. I put Charlton down as my favourite stadium show, but it wasn't my favourite Who concert - that was King's Hall, Manchester, 1973, second gig on the (original) Quadrophenia tour. I watched the whole show from on the stage, leaning on Townshend's amp stack (sneaked a drink from his plastic cup - slightly surprised that it was just water and not vodka). I was about three feet away from Keith Moon, which was quite an experience when he was in full flight. I still have the T shirt. Edited January 26, 2018 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Fred Zeppelin the cover band names they come up with are almost as good as the film names that get changed for porn films ... Night of the Giving Head , being a particular favourite one (name , alas not seen the film ) I saw a Female (Punk'ish) Duran Duran tribute band once called Joanne Joanne ( 2 members were called Joanne so maybe not as clever as I like to think it is ) Edited January 26, 2018 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: No, that happened in the USA. I put Charlton down as my favourite stadium show, but it wasn't my favourite Who concert - that was King's Hall, Manchester, 1973, second gig on the (original) Quadrophenia tour. I watched the whole show from on the stage, leaning on Townshend's amp stack (sneaked a drink from his plastic cup - slightly surprised that it was just water and not vodka). I was about three feet away from Keith Moon, which was quite an experience when he was in full flight. I still have the T shirt. You lucky man. Moon still had it in 73. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 Just now, Rugeley Villa said: You lucky man. Moon still had it in 73. He certainly did. You'd have loved my music life in that era. I went to at least one or two gigs every week - admittedly many of them local or less well known bands, as well as the big names, but there were a lot of good bands about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2018 That era really shaped who I am. I HAD to get involved in playing music, even though I didn't have any real talent for it. It's why I still enjoy writing and recording my stuff at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: He certainly did. You'd have loved my music life in that era. I went to at least one or two gigs every week - admittedly many of them local or less well known bands, as well as the big names, but there were a lot of good bands about. I think it was a golden era for live music in so many ways. So so many great bands, and I imagine it got a lot of people wanting to start their own bands like yourself. I feel like I missed out, I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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