| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... 16:36 - Sep 24 with 11937 views | Discodroids |
Going to see Kim Wilde tonight in Westcliff, Southend . I literally have less than zero interest in going but promised 'er indoors i would go when the tickets were booked back in December.
I know two of her records. 'kids in America' and 'Cambodia'. I've had a face on like Nelly pledge all afternoon. Bollocks.
As a Beacon of Hope, has anyone been to a gig they were dreading but turned out ok?
The closest i can recall was being made to see Howard Jones 5 years ago. It turned out ok as i got him mixed up with Thomas Dolby. [Post edited 24 Sep 2022 16:56]
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 16:52 - Sep 24 with 5975 views | Airtomoreira |
Was persuaded by my ex (of Russian origin) to go with her to see a touring Russian operatic company performing Yevgeny Onegin at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. What made it even worse was that there was no "set" as such, it was just these 5 Ruskies belting it out standing at the front of the stage.
Oh my, it was awful. So much so that I made my excuses (well, not so much an excuse, I simply told the truth) at half time and went to sit in the car while she went back in for Part Two |  | | |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 16:55 - Sep 24 with 5968 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Van Morrison in The Point in Dublin.
Love his music, but I can't stand the miserable hoor himself. I knew he could be awful live and I'd gotten to the stage of begrudging him my rolled up tenner.
Anyway, it was a group thing and I bowed to pressure. The grumpy bastard played nothing but skiffle shÃte and didn't speak to his audience once. Not once. It fell to Richie Buckley to introduce all the tunes and to say thanks after every song for the ever decreasing applause. I stayed 'til the end cos I fancied one of our crew. The gig got worse and the woman wasn't interested in me either. |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 16:59 - Sep 24 with 5960 views | Discodroids |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 16:55 - Sep 24 by BrianMcCarthy |
Van Morrison in The Point in Dublin.
Love his music, but I can't stand the miserable hoor himself. I knew he could be awful live and I'd gotten to the stage of begrudging him my rolled up tenner.
Anyway, it was a group thing and I bowed to pressure. The grumpy bastard played nothing but skiffle shÃte and didn't speak to his audience once. Not once. It fell to Richie Buckley to introduce all the tunes and to say thanks after every song for the ever decreasing applause. I stayed 'til the end cos I fancied one of our crew. The gig got worse and the woman wasn't interested in me either. |
Hahahahaha. Van the man doing 'Skiffle'. Hahahaha. | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:01 - Sep 24 with 5955 views | Mick_S |
Busted and Mcfly. The kids wanted to go. The place fillled with the stench of teenage sweat as the concert went on, and it did. We left early with the kids’ blessings. |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:17 - Sep 24 with 5909 views | Discodroids |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:01 - Sep 24 by Mick_S |
Busted and Mcfly. The kids wanted to go. The place fillled with the stench of teenage sweat as the concert went on, and it did. We left early with the kids’ blessings. |
You 'aint giving me much hope Mick.
I was hoping for wonderous stories of shit gigs that turned into great gigs.
I've dug out My snug Gil Scott Heron 'Spiro Agnew' T shirt but can create the visage of svelte by teaming it up with my Cecil Gee Brushed 3/4 Length corduroy jacket.
I look like Diana Doors. [Post edited 24 Sep 2022 17:22]
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:26 - Sep 24 with 5895 views | QPRSteve |
A mate of mine persuaded me to see Devo at the Hammersmith Odeon. Awful. About an hour of them on a video screen and about 20 minutes of them playing live. Plus loads of fans dressed like the band hopping up and down the aisles.
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:33 - Sep 24 with 5877 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
A bit of hope for you disco. I went to see a band once who were friends of friends. Anyway they were support act for the Hoosiers that night and we got there early to see my friends friends band. We were thinking about leaving before the main act but decided to stay for another beer.
The Hoosiers came on, it was a while after they were famous and was their last ever gig or something because some of the band were leaving to do other things. It was a bit corny as you’d expect but they were really good. They rattled through all the ‘hits’ with aplomb.
We stayed to the end and I enjoyed it. I still feel dirty thinking about it… [Post edited 24 Sep 2022 17:36]
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:37 - Sep 24 with 5863 views | Discodroids |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:33 - Sep 24 by CliveWilsonSaid |
A bit of hope for you disco. I went to see a band once who were friends of friends. Anyway they were support act for the Hoosiers that night and we got there early to see my friends friends band. We were thinking about leaving before the main act but decided to stay for another beer.
The Hoosiers came on, it was a while after they were famous and was their last ever gig or something because some of the band were leaving to do other things. It was a bit corny as you’d expect but they were really good. They rattled through all the ‘hits’ with aplomb.
We stayed to the end and I enjoyed it. I still feel dirty thinking about it… [Post edited 24 Sep 2022 17:36]
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That's what i'm after Clive. A ray of hope ! | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:45 - Sep 24 with 5833 views | RangersDave |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:37 - Sep 24 by Discodroids |
That's what i'm after Clive. A ray of hope ! |
Saw 4 'Lets Rock' gigs last year, each with Kim Wilde and she, and her band really gave it all.
Would recomment fully, Disco, enjoy :-) |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:05 - Sep 24 with 5788 views | Mick_S |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:37 - Sep 24 by Discodroids |
That's what i'm after Clive. A ray of hope ! |
Feck it mate. You know it’s going to be a ‘mare. Anywhere decent after to make up the shit you are going to go through tonight? I’m shockingly rubbish at going where I don’t want to go. We have an agreement here. “Why don’t you want to go?” I ask if Cath wants to go Rangers. Tie break winner.
Good luck. I feel your pain. Kim is into her gardening, might do a little slide show. Every cloud.
Looking forward to the just got back. Might be around 8 tonight.  | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:07 - Sep 24 with 5777 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 17:37 - Sep 24 by Discodroids |
That's what i'm after Clive. A ray of hope ! |
Ray of hope. How did I not think of that one! | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:09 - Sep 24 with 5775 views | ted_hendrix |
Hexagon, Reading.
Mrs Ted organised a family get together way back when, all her side are Irish and she got ten tickets to see the Irish band Clannad.
I duly picked up one of her sisters and her husband in me car and we all met up at the foyer. I was dreading It.
We were bloody stuck right in the middle of a row half way back in the auditorium.
I struggled through the first two songs listening to and watching the lead singer singing to us all about herself being in love with a tree or a mountain or some such bolox and when the second song finished I got up and walked out much to the annoyance of everyone in our row.
When everyone came out at half time Mrs Ted found me in the foyer and asked me what was wrong and I said "It's shit It's doing me head In" she mumbled at me about coming back In but I didn't.
When It finished and they all came out we drove home and I had to listen to Mrs Ted, her bloody Sister and her Husband all waffling on about what a lovely evening they had.
For the following week Mrs Ted treated me to a picture with no sound. |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:21 - Sep 24 with 5748 views | Lblock |
The missus forced me to go to see Paloma Faith before she was famous
I was actually quite surprised as it was quite enjoyable.
Good voice and all that.
However, a few years later we went to see her again.
AWFUL!!!
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:29 - Sep 24 with 5727 views | Mick_S |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:21 - Sep 24 by Lblock |
The missus forced me to go to see Paloma Faith before she was famous
I was actually quite surprised as it was quite enjoyable.
Good voice and all that.
However, a few years later we went to see her again.
AWFUL!!!
She spent most of the night ramming politics into every song break |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 18:42 - Sep 24 with 5692 views | nix |
I went to see Raiding the Rock Vault which is an assembly of old timers singing old classics from Black Sabbath AC/DC. Not my normal speed but it was bloody marvellous. Absolutely fantastic musicianship as the band members had played with the original bands. It was absolutely stonking and I knew more songs than I thought and danced my little socks off.
Brian that woman clearly doesn’t recognise class.
I have seen Van a couple of times when he’s on form and singing the classics but it’s a gamble admittedly. Annoying when he decides to go off piste. |  | | |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 21:04 - Sep 24 with 5592 views | paulparker |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:00 - Sep 24 with 5531 views | HAYESBOY |
INXS at Wembley Arena late 80's. Ticket was free so I went. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Tina Turner at Wembley Stadium just after Golden Eye had come out. Again ticket was free. She was best when doing the old stuff like Night Bush City Limits. [Post edited 25 Sep 2022 6:11]
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:02 - Sep 24 with 5523 views | Esox_Lucius |
Airborne, who had won a TV talent show, at The Hambrough Tavern, Southall. It was so bad a fight broke out with an audience member wearing the edge of a bass guitar on the side of his head and the barman getting glassed. They were proper shit but it was always the Hambrough on a Friday night in my circle so we went. [Post edited 25 Sep 2022 9:12]
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:43 - Sep 24 with 5450 views | loftboy |
Wham the final concert, Wembley 86, only got the tickets as the girl I was with at the time was a big fan, spent the day getting wà nkered at the bar. |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:44 - Sep 24 with 5441 views | Boston |
'Little' Stevie Wonder. | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:59 - Sep 24 with 5429 views | PunteR |
Blue.
Do you remember them..?
Well my missus loved them, so i bought her tickets for our 2nd wedding anniversary.
Wembley arena.
It was shit and it did my head in. |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 23:09 - Sep 24 with 5406 views | Discodroids |
Back Home. 7/10.
It was ok. | |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 23:11 - Sep 24 with 5395 views | aston_hoop |
James Blunt. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I was hammered though and already had the bar set pretty low. I don't recall large chunks of it |  |
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 23:20 - Sep 24 with 5371 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 23:09 - Sep 24 by Discodroids |
Back Home. 7/10.
It was ok. |
Can we not get you up to an 8?
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| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 00:29 - Sep 25 with 5271 views | nix |
| Live Gigs you didn't want to go to... on 22:59 - Sep 24 by PunteR |
Blue.
Do you remember them..?
Well my missus loved them, so i bought her tickets for our 2nd wedding anniversary.
Wembley arena.
It was shit and it did my head in. |
It's a toss up between this and Clannad. I think you just about win because Ted only had to sit through the first half. | | | |
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