The Ones That Got Away
Posted by smurphy on 10 June 2008 - 2:47pm.
I recently saw Nick Cave for the 1st time live and he blew my mind. I'm glad I've seen him as he is now in his 50s and it left me musing about the ones who got away. I've seen Morrissey, but never seen the Smiths. I will never see XTC live (as they don't tour) and just missed Gorky's before they broke up.
What are your nearly made-its, gig-wise?
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Bob Marley & The Wailers...
...anywhere but particularly at that Lyceum show. If everyone who claimed to have seen them there was actually at the show, the Lyceum must have had a capacity of 20,000 or so. My other total regret is an odd one. I wish I had seen the J. Geils Band before they went pop. I remember reading about them and the reviews of their first UK gig, also at the Lyceum I think, were phenomenal. And I always enjoyed their live albums over anything they did in the studio. I've seen everybody else that matters.
I saw the J. Geils Band at the Lyceum
For some unknown reason they came on at about one in the morning. They followed Brewers Droop if you can believe that. They were very good but not as good as they were on subsequent tours when they played the Sundown in Edmonton, which was as good a venue as London has ever had.
Yes, I was at the Marley Lyceum show and I only know one other person who was there. Maybe we just crow about it a lot.
Jeff Buckley
Live at The Garage. Thought about going. Not my favourite venue. Couldn't be arsed. I'll catch him next time....
I was twelve years old
growing up in Hereford. It was 1980. My friend and neighbour Mark, four years older than me, and some of his friends were off to the Malvern Winter Gardens to see a band from Manchester play. They were meant to be good and had released a really terrific debut LP. Spare ticket. Would I like to come?
Thanks, but no thanks. I'll listen to the LP and see if I like it, and see them play with you next time.
I listen to the album and fall in love with it. I wish I'd gone to see them with you. If they play near here again, can I come with you?
The band play Birmingham, but Mark is on holiday with his parents, so we don't go. Trouble is, the Birmingham show turns out to be the last show the band ever play, as Joy Division's singer, Ian Curtis hangs himself a few days later.
I'm still kicking myself.