Bands at a party:
Scorpions
Judas Priest
Disturbed
Murwayne
Ozzy
And I recon Axel would be all go...
Mwahahaha, I'll tell you a little secret, my husband and kids enjoy listening to him. I think it's a Dutch thing.
For performers, in regard to a live acts as opposed to recordings, Elton the queer is right up there in my book (yes I did see him years and years ago in Auckland), am really looking forward to seeing Kylie next week; and even though he's the king of mega weird I reckon as a live act Jacko would have to be right up there with the best of them. (When he was at the top of his game anyway).
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Barry Manilow.
Zouten dropjes? Eek!
My in-laws are Dutch, and strangely, although my wife doesn't like salty licorice, our eldest son does. Mind you, he's weird...
It can't be good for you though, it's loaded with all kinds of salts and chemicals.
I have to admit, if you don't count Sleepwalkers and Mombassa, I haven't been to many live concerts. My feelings are a great concert is one where the performer sounds much better than listening to a recording. Too many sound worse (don't put anything extra into it).
I went to see Bowie on his "Serious Moonight" tour some 25 years or so ago, and was most disappointed. After listening to his live performances from the prior decade, and given that Auckland was his last concert on the tour, I was expecting somewhat more than the measured and restrained performance he gave, and felt ripped off. Similarly, Little Rive Band at Nambassa may as well have not bothered turning up - they sounded exactly like a recording. So now, with the odd exception, I don't 'do' live concerts, as they're often overpriced and poorly engineered; do concerts have to be so loud that you can't actually hear any detail?
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
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Just so you know, there is a newly released Bowie Live CD "Called Live at Santa Monica 1972". Its been widely bootlegged though often of inferior quality because it was simulcast on a local radio station. The official release is worth buying because the sound is not bad. As Bowie says in the liner notes "we screwed up a few things, but it was a good gig" or words to that effect.
I am a HUGE fan of a Bowie live recording called "David Live": its concerts recorded in Philedelphia in 1976. You need to get the reissue because it has better sound and an extra track. The Ziggy Stardust live DVD/CD at the Hammersmith Odeon (ending with the immortal "this is not only the last stop on this tour its the last concert we'll ever do" line) is only OK in my view.
Stage is the other essential live Bowie recording as well. If only for the version of Station to Station on it.
I dont share your opinion about the Serious Moonlight gig/tour by the way: I saw the Wellington show and it was excellent. Theres a DVD of it around too.
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I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
I have just finished reading a book about Black Sabbath, and have been playing their first five albums non stop for two weeks.
Jealous about the Wembley thing: thats an amazing DVD.
The band I would most like to see live (apart from the Clash, or the Sex Pistols in 1976) presently is Rammstein. I reckon that would be good show (having watched the Volkerball DVD a LOT)
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
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