Bucket List!
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@Kruse Woah! Quite the list.
What's 'Prophets of Rage' like? I'm going to Download fest next year in Melbourne and not sure if I will bother watching them, having seen both Rage and Public Enemy separately before. I'm probably more concerned about them being politically preachy. Saw Refused earlier this year who were awesome up until the singer gave the audience a speech about the gender wage gap and how all men in the audience should feel guilty over it. Left a bit of a sour taste so don't want to see anything like that again.
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@rembrandt Sorry, just checked Fern after some time.
(escaping Christmas by flying to Islamic Morocco)
Prophets (topical?)... pretty much exactly as you'd expect when you read the list of members. Plenty of Rage songs with different vocalists, plenty of old school Cypress/NWA songs. New stuff is pretty rubbish. A little bit of sermonising, but not much more than any gig I've seen the last two years.
If I'd ever seen RATM, I probably wouldn't have bothered. Saw NWA & Cypress recently, so this was just the closest I'm likely to get to Rage.
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@rembrandt said in Bucket List!:
@Kruse Woah! Quite the list.
What's 'Prophets of Rage' like? I'm going to Download fest next year in Melbourne and not sure if I will bother watching them, having seen both Rage and Public Enemy separately before. I'm probably more concerned about them being politically preachy. Saw Refused earlier this year who were awesome up until the singer gave the audience a speech about the gender wage gap and how all men in the audience should feel guilty over it. Left a bit of a sour taste so don't want to see anything like that again.
They've done two great songs this year but I think the hypocrisy of multi millionaire rock/rap stars preaching inequality might grate a bit after awhile.
Still, as I say they do cool music and they're nowhere near as annoying as this fluffybunny.
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Just back from seeing the Finns. Fucking great night. Sat in a park eating cheese, drinking wine, and listening to some talented musicians play some amazing music.
And what a classic playlist. From the opening bars of History Never Repeats we were treated to Neil singing a raft of classics. Yes there was new stuff. But fir every one of Liam's prog rock theatrics we got 2 Crowded House ir Splt Enz songs.
Great show, great sing a long. Worth the effort
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I know that the bucket list thread has needed up as 'bands I really want to see' but can I add another?
You know how you watch sports on TV and think "that would be cool to try'?
How about Olympic Bobsleigh? I did a run down the olympic track in Innsbruck the other night. Wow! That was one of the most white knuckle things I have ever done. It was only a 'tourist bob' but still, the Gs pulled on the corners and the being thrown from side to side!
Can mark that of the list now and thankfully not go back.
PS: those dudes on the luge and skeleton must have some cajones.
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Finally got to see the Blockheads last night. Awesomely wow!
Norman Watt-Roy is a bass god. Got a great solo from him during Rhythm Stick.
Derek does a fantastic job of honouring his best mate Ian Dury while adding his own touch.Was worried my hopes would be too high travelling all the way up to Hertford to catch them but they were surpassed. So cool that you can still catch bands of this quality in small packed out venues.
On another bucket list note went to the Four Tops and Temptations earlier in the week. My hopes for this certainly weren't high and it pitched about where I thought. Old fellas doing cabaret versions of their hits. Was worth it though just to see a couple of original members still doing their stuff. Got to give kudos to someone that had million selling records before I was born (a long time ago) and are still strutting their stuff. Was a good sing a long anyway.
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@bones said in Bucket List!:
@crucial is this where I mention I popped to see Go West in March in the twells assembly hall thingy. It was bloody brilliant, more cheese than I ever could've hoped for.
No it isn’t. The two are not comparable.
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@catogrande said in Bucket List!:
@bones said in Bucket List!:
@crucial is this where I mention I popped to see Go West in March in the twells assembly hall thingy. It was bloody brilliant, more cheese than I ever could've hoped for.
No it isn’t. The two are not comparable.
The green eyed monster rears it's ugly head.
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@bones said in Bucket List!:
@catogrande said in Bucket List!:
@bones said in Bucket List!:
@crucial is this where I mention I popped to see Go West in March in the twells assembly hall thingy. It was bloody brilliant, more cheese than I ever could've hoped for.
No it isn’t. The two are not comparable.
The green eyed monster rears it's ugly head.
Oh no, I’ve been outed. Will I be able to hold my head high at the Culture Club fan reunion next week?
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@catogrande said in Bucket List!:
@bones said in Bucket List!:
@catogrande said in Bucket List!:
@bones said in Bucket List!:
@crucial is this where I mention I popped to see Go West in March in the twells assembly hall thingy. It was bloody brilliant, more cheese than I ever could've hoped for.
No it isn’t. The two are not comparable.
The green eyed monster rears it's ugly head.
Oh no, I’ve been outed. Will I be able to hold my head high at the Culture Club fan reunion next week?
Again.
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@bones said in Bucket List!:
@crucial is this where I mention I popped to see Go West in March in the twells assembly hall thingy. It was bloody brilliant, more cheese than I ever could've hoped for.
I want to hate this post but I can't. We close our eyes is one of the best songs of the 80s.
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@crucial said in Bucket List!:
Finally got to see the Blockheads last night. Awesomely wow!
Norman Watt-Roy is a bass god. Got a great solo from him during Rhythm Stick.
Derek does a fantastic job of honouring his best mate Ian Dury while adding his own touch.Was worried my hopes would be too high travelling all the way up to Hertford to catch them but they were surpassed. So cool that you can still catch bands of this quality in small packed out venues.
On another bucket list note went to the Four Tops and Temptations earlier in the week. My hopes for this certainly weren't high and it pitched about where I thought. Old fellas doing cabaret versions of their hits. Was worth it though just to see a couple of original members still doing their stuff. Got to give kudos to someone that had million selling records before I was born (a long time ago) and are still strutting their stuff. Was a good sing a long anyway.
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
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@mn5 said in Bucket List!:
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
At least spell his name correctly.
Wimbish. Living Colour next week for me.It must be time for your Top 10 bass guitarists list. I've seen some very good bass guitarists live, mainly from the rock and prog scene (including playing the Chapman Stick and a fretless bass).
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