What a load of old shit. I'd maybe] like to see Horace Andy and Tippa Irie. Or Gang of Four. But not at the Southbank prices, nuh-uh. I might take the Masketeers to see George Clinton, though.
But those are just the tiniest e.g. drops in the e.g. ocean of what he's done. So, I'd go and see that one, at the drop of a dubplate.
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: I might take the Masketeers to see George Clinton, though.
Do! He's brilliant!
About 11 years ago I was at a frat party and he turned up with his band and set up right there in the house and played about an hour... I carried his bassist's erm... umm.. bass and had a conversation with George. The first famous person I ever saw up close and personal, let alone spoke too.
He was playing in the next town and the show got canceled and he heard about the party and just showed up.
I've been a fan ever since.
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It cost a fucking fortune for Motorhead and Stooges tickets last year.
Some of the invited artists do little acoustic sets and whatnot in the foyer of the RFH for free. So, it's worth keeping an eye on the website/Time Out/Guardian Guide etc.
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I'm going to the blade runner thing. Regular readers of my last.fm page will have noticed that Vangelis seems to have maintained a high position on my most listened to artists. This is a result of caning the blade runner soundtrack over the last couple of years, so I'm really looking forward to seeing it made cool by the Bristolian misterablists.
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i might start referring to my area as vangelis. 'what have you been listening to recently, disco?' 'a fair bit of motown, some old madchester stuff, you know... but come a rainy evening i cant help returning to the dark, haunting music of vangelis'.
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im not going to meltdown. nothing much there that excites me, except the showing of somerstown, and i can go and watch that in a cinema in bristol when it comes out.
news from bristol- a friend of mine met banksy. apparently hes a ginger. LOL, WTFF.
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Grace Jones? I picked up a copy of Island Life on cassette from Heart Foundation the other week and her cover of La Vie en Rose is the best, most summer-y-est thing ever.
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Most of these musicians are worth watching, it's just most of them don't suit the southbank. That venue's more suited for the classical or introspective stuff. Stupid Meltdown, should've been at Brixton.
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Seeing the bands out of context is quite cool, actually. The acoustic at the RFH isn't great for rock, though. After seeing Selfish **** last year we dashed downstairs to get a couple of pints before the main attraction. We heard Motorhead firing up from the foyer and dashed back up to the auditorium. There was an usher on the door, he used what I suppose was his usual approach to the situation, "I'm sorry but the performance has started, you can't enter now as it might disturb the other audience members." There was much laughing as we elbowed him out of the way and a stream of stragglers piled in.
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: "I'm sorry but the performance has started, you can't enter now as it might disturb the other audience members." There was much laughing as we elbowed him out of the way and a stream of stragglers piled in.
Did any of the other audience members lower their opera glasses and give you disapproving looks?
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Did any of the other audience members lower their opera glasses and give you disapproving looks?
A large unkempt gentleman in a greasy leather jacket approached me, tugged a French lace hankerchief from his cuff and flounced it in my direction. Needless to say, I took a pinch of snuff and sauntered regally past him.
At the end of both the gigs I attended the door-staff looked extremely forlorn. "Who let these barbarians into our hallowed halls?!"
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Top evening. Primal Scream were excellent, highpoint was Swastika Eyes. MC5 (or DKT as they're now known) were astonishing. Extremely powerful. Kramer is a fabulous guitarist. Handsome Dick was bumped for the Alice In Chains guy, Duvall. I really wanted to see Dick, but Duvall was a superb frontman, he really caught the Tyner vibe. Very good. The show was running late and the Masketeers were exhausted, so we had to leave before the end (sob) but apparently all we missed was John Sinclair doing his hippy rant thing. So... not perfect, but a memorable night.
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Primal Scream live have got to be one of my all time favourite Bands. They can be hard as nails those boys. Still not convinced by watching them in the festival hall though.
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