Che, thank you for listing your gigs - I wasn't going to post simply because almost all of mine are ancient!
However....they're not as old as yours! ;-)

First ever gig - Culture Club the week they got their first number one - 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me' - great energy and fun all in the Margate Wintergardens!

Best ever gig - that's a hard one...probably The Eurythmics in about 1984 or '85 - I was right at the front - people were leaning over me and touching Annie Lennox's red lace up brogues. She has an amazing voice - so many bands can be really disappointing when live (especially those from the miming '80s!) but she was sublime.

Most Cool Points Gig - The Smiths on their Meat is Murder tour. Fantastic opening - I think it was Holst's 'Mars' (from the Planet Suite)that they played as they came on stage with search lights swooping around the crowd - quite magnificent.

Worst gig - without doubt it would be Tears for Fears in about 1985 or '86 - they used backing tapes instead of musicians and someone sprayed shaving foam at Curt Smith's guitar so he walked off in a huff!


I wish I'd seen The Cocteau Twins before Liz Fraser went loopy.

I wish I hadn't bothered going to see Kajagoogoo - yes they were as crap as they were perky. Even at the gig my best friend and I stood around in our long black skirts tutting at all the day glo and girls screaming and fainting. We were far too cool to do that - we'd seen The Smiths!

Oh and another that was good - The Human League - really good in the late '80s.

Nowadays I tend to see live music at local pubs - The Angry Pirates are good - mostly playing covers of indie stuff. And what was The Keytones but now are Hullabaloo - they're excellent. All local bands and no big names.


I feel really, really old now.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 15:29, Reply)