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Upbeat **** you songs. RIP.

 

I'm not crying. You're crying

 

Porcupine Tree are half way through a World Tour. Last Thursday they played to a 16k crowd in Santiago. Absolutely mental reaction! (fan video footage of the start of the gig!)
Regardless of music taste, this says everything about the benefit of standing areas at gigs. The pure emotion is something else!

I'm guessing Wembley on Nov 11 may be a bit less vibrant!

 

Absolutely!

This week has set this discussion ablaze on Damned forums. It seems that there were some tickets left in the seated circle area at all of the gigs. Vive Le Rock! ran a promotion for their purchasers to buy tickets at £19.76. A lot of people are rightly upset at having paid £40 more for their seats. I've paid £60 more to stand in London and very nearly that in Manchester...

...but if I hadn't, I probably still wouldn't buy a seat upstairs, at the back. Sitting at gigs is a far diminished experience, made even worse by the distance involved. It might wash for some, but it ain't for me. or that kind of music, you have to stand...and the nearer the front, the better.

 

Due to my physical disabilities sitting is my only option now, I refuse to go to the mega auditoriums bands play today as unless you get near the front (Roxy Music this week £700for First 10 rows) you end up watching the video screens but I do get your point about standing

 

I'm not sure my body would have withstood standing in that Chilean crowd to be honest!!
But just watching that enthusiasm from above would still be worthwhile. My tickets for the Wembley gig are similar to where that video was taken, so almost the best of both worlds!

 

Several dimensions to consider ...

1. Going to a gig is akin to eating at home vs at a restaurant.

You do the former all the time, so you are looking for
something from the latter that is far from routine.

2. Part of the joy of a gig is the communal experience.
That is very primal.


And for this one in particular ...

I assume the band are not denizens of that country
(so do not regularly gig there) . So the native fans are
likely to be far more up for it then those who see
them more regularly ( < familiarity breeds contempt > ) .

 

Porcupine Tree are from Hemel Hempstead.
They went on hiatus in 2010 and haven't toured in that time.
Not sure if they've played South America before, but it's a long time ago if they have.

 

It'll come to me one day...as all things do. Until then, I will stand at the bar, at football and at gigs. Anyway, most seats are too ****ing low and there's usually insufficient leg room, especially if you're Mrs B.

 

Steven Wilson has toured there and Mexico solo with his band over the past decade or so, but never to venues that large. (I think Mexico last week was a 12k arena) The PT 'legend' has grown in their absence assisted by that solo career.
But they still remain the most popular band no-ones ever heard of!

The US gigs were smaller venues, generally sold out, but all-seating and crowds a lot less vocal. Europe will likely be half way between the two.

 

RIP Steve Roberts, former drummer with UK Subs and The Exploited. A fine drummer and very decent chap. (just been reminded that Steve Roberts played drums on Captain's initial solo album - the one with the annoying singles).

I recall him being a fill-in drummer for The Damned at a gig, in about 1981, after Captain and Rat had a punch up, on the way to the venue...these reunion gigs are going to be very interesting indeed...

...the last time they 'toured' together, Brian flounced off an entire US tour, after Captain said some Captain type things about royalties.

 

After the last couple of days I've had I needed stuff drink and a bit of Space Travel

 

Today I've done a clean up of my CDs , just put 105 CDs in the loft most of them from Mojo, Q and uncut magazines , I can't bring myself to get rid of music and keep telling myself they will be worth something one day

 

There was a lot of social media over the weekend about great debut albums, now I am not going to pitch the obvious here so here are 5 that are amongst my favourites none of which turned up in the posts that I saw at the weekend

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On another note I forgot my phone this afternoon so had to play the only CD that was in the car which happened to be 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle. What a strange collection of songs that is. Lots of covers which range from the inspired Something Else to the tragic Johnny B Goode or substitute take your pick. A couple of great originals Anarchy, The title track and no one is innocent, a version of Silly Thing that is so much worse than the single, the orchestral numbers and the great sing a long at the end. It passed the journey, but it also reminded why I seldom listen to it in full and that is why it was still in the car!

 

Johnny B Goode -

Pick your favourite, I didn't include the pistols version!

I like the original, but Hendrix is the winner for me, the back to the future version is excellent as it is from the film, I don't care for the Stones version and the less said about Judas Priest the better, though I am sure it must appeal to someone.

 

It's Chuck for me.

I love the story about the inclusion of Chuck Berry's inclusion on the gold disc contained on Voyager II...

 

A few weeks ago, I went to see The Pistols (a fine tribute act) and they did all the stuff on G R'n'R Swindle...including a word for word unfinished Johnny B Goode, Who Killed Bambi, Belsen was a Gas, the whole nine yards. very strange indeed...but weirdly enjoyable.

 

Great debut albums
Stranglers
Steely Dan
Joy Division
Talking Heads
Arctic Monkeys
Television
Elvis Costello
Portishead
Clash
To name a few off the top of my head

 

The Ruts
X-Ray Spex
UB40
The Smiths
The Beat
The Damned (shocker, eh?)
The Adverts
Stone Roses
Billy Bragg