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TrypF commented on the post, What Fresh Hell Is This? 2 days, 5 hours ago
Isn’t this the premise of Goodnight Sweetheart?
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TrypF commented on the post, The most awkward gig you’ve been to… 2 days, 21 hours ago
Lou Reed on the Magic and Loss Tour of 1991. As we took out seats at the Hammy Odeon (as it was) an announcement came over the PA: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen – please note that Lou Reed and his band will be playing the […]
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TrypF commented on the post, The most awkward gig you’ve been to… 2 days, 21 hours ago
Been there. Last year, as part of a day-long ‘open house’ music fest in a market town, I signed up for a solo gig to break the monotony of when my band wasn’t playing two other gigs.
It was a ‘sports’ bar, an I […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Rush – In Rio 1 week, 5 days ago
You got there before me – I was going to post the same clip. I love the bits where Geddy and Alex give each other little looks, as if to say ‘can you believe this lot?’
South American crowds are properly mental […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Jeremy Hardy – RIP 2 weeks, 1 day ago
A real shocker – I didn’t know he was ill. Every time his name was announced for the News Quiz or I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, I’d mentally plump a cushion and smile – I’d be in for a good half hour. I loved the […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Powerpop 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hi Mickey. I was at that Borderline gig. One of my top 5 shows.
Some many great memories: The ‘Mints starting with the Monkees’ Porpoise Song, then straight into ‘…Greg Lake’, the cover of Todd’s ‘Couldn’t I […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Powerpop 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Women in power pop – that’s another thread in itself. I’d nominate Aimee Mann (especially the first two albums), the Bangles (but of course) and, for something more up-to-date, Anna Burch.
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TrypF commented on the post, Gilmour has a clear out! 2 weeks, 2 days ago
He’s a thoroughly good sort, isn’t he, old David? I recall he sold a house in London (checks: in 2002) and gave the money (£4.5M) to Crisis – a gesture only the very rich can do, granted, but not one many of them […]
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TrypF commented on the post, “Play some new!” – Songs before they were hits! 4 weeks ago
Not hits exactly, because this is Grant Lee Buffalo, but I saw them in about 1993-4 at an instore in the small Marble Arch HMV. I was hoping for some of the ‘Fuzzy’ songs I loved, but instead, they played most of […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Tom Petty – The Best of Everything 4 weeks, 1 day ago
I’m working from home today and made an iTunes playlist of this collection in full, bar the ‘completists’ track at the end. I’m a massive fan and it’s interesting to hear the songs in this order, but I’m more […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Are Greta Van Fleet the Emperors New Clothes? 1 month ago
I’m the same with a similar sounding band, Rival Sons – an EP given away with Classic Rock was fantastic, first couple of albums proper were great, since then – diminishing returns for me. Saw them in a small club […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Rush – this is how to open a heritage gig!!! 1 month, 1 week ago
The washing machines filled the gap where Geddy’s amps should be, as he had stopped using them onstage. It’s a (slight) visual gag as they’re roughly the same shape and size as bass cabs. Every so often a roadie […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Rush – this is how to open a heritage gig!!! 1 month, 1 week ago
This is my favourite opening vid of theirs. Geddy and Alex have some serious comedy chops as well.
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TrypF commented on the post, The Favourite 1 month, 1 week ago
I loved it. Didn’t mind the use of strange angles/lenses, which I think added to the claustrophobic atmosphere of the court, and the Alice in Wonderland unpredictability of the Queen’s whims. All three leads were […]
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TrypF commented on the post, David Cavanagh RIP 1 month, 2 weeks ago
That’s very sad. Remember him slagging off REM’s Monster in an early Mojo, and Peter Buck saying in an interview in the following issue ‘Mojo? I hear Cavanagh didn’t like the album’. In the same follow-up issue DC […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Coldplay…a strange band 2 months ago
I saw them very early on as a mate of a mate’s band in about 1998, bottom of the bill at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town. Their influences were very apparent (Buckley, Radiohead) and they were very nerdy (Chris […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Classic Line-Ups 2 months, 2 weeks ago
What Dai says, for me. The albums may be patchy/downbeat/too challenging (delete to taste) but live this incarnation is unstoppable. Saw them last year in Brixton, after a horrible day/journey, ready for […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Classic Line-Ups 2 months, 2 weeks ago
To be fair, that IS the Revolution. Other bands the little feller had run them close (the NPG I saw – Mr Hayes, Barbarella, Seacer Jr, Bland, T, Mayte. But wish I’d seen the Revolution.
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TrypF commented on the post, Classic Line-Ups 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Wilco: current lineup have really come into their own:
Tweedy
Stirratt
Kotche
Cline
Jorgenson
SansonePlus, of course, the Ramones. Classic lineup for me is:
Ramone
Ramone
Ramone
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TrypF commented on the post, What band did you want to be in? 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Great question. With a lot of the bands I wanted to be in growing up, I couldn’t replace that band member even in my mind, because they are/were so distinctive. Bass player in Yes, rhythm guitarist in the Stones, […]
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