Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 27)
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Dicky just posted on the humer unbeam thread.
Funny little garage accessed down a passage in the middle of a row of shops.
Looking at the picture of the outside on streetview and the view I got inside last time I was there I would have said that the garage predates the shops.
Withernsea is a funny little place, it has a lighthouse that is over 1/2 a mile in land.
Funny little garage accessed down a passage in the middle of a row of shops.
Looking at the picture of the outside on streetview and the view I got inside last time I was there I would have said that the garage predates the shops.
Withernsea is a funny little place, it has a lighthouse that is over 1/2 a mile in land.
I went to see Bryan Adams in concert last night.
Fan-bloody-tastic. The man knows how to rock. Go see him if you can.
By way of background this was the first leg of my "deadpool" tour. As I missed out on seeing Michael Jackson or Prince live (I did catch Bowie though), I thought I'd better start ticking off some of the legends. First thing to say is that you have plenty of time with Bryan. He sang his song "18 Til I Die" and, man, you believed him (he even riffed on the fact that the line "Someday I'll be 18 going on 55" pointing out he is now 56 (the song was written 20 years ago). The man looked as fit, sinewy and lean as a racehorse. He banged out a 2 hour set and looked ready for more. Elton John is next on the list - I have a bit more concern for him.
Bryan has the type of back catalogue that artists would kill for - pretty much every song rocked the room. It was a huge karaoke session, as the audience were all singing along. Amazingly, even the words that fill every concert-goer's heart with dread ("here's a song from my latest album") didn't really dampen the mood. The new songs, well, they are like the old songs. He has a formula, it works, he sticks to it. It got the audience on their feet and dancing.
His gravelly voice was rock steady too. It always sounds as though he is at the limit and I wondered how it would hold up. The answer is: just fine. Better than fine.
The band was on point too. The music was studio-clean and right where you'd expect it - close enough to the studio version to be crowd-pleasing with enough extemporising to know you are getting it live. They are all getting on, though.
Great night.
Fan-bloody-tastic. The man knows how to rock. Go see him if you can.
By way of background this was the first leg of my "deadpool" tour. As I missed out on seeing Michael Jackson or Prince live (I did catch Bowie though), I thought I'd better start ticking off some of the legends. First thing to say is that you have plenty of time with Bryan. He sang his song "18 Til I Die" and, man, you believed him (he even riffed on the fact that the line "Someday I'll be 18 going on 55" pointing out he is now 56 (the song was written 20 years ago). The man looked as fit, sinewy and lean as a racehorse. He banged out a 2 hour set and looked ready for more. Elton John is next on the list - I have a bit more concern for him.
Bryan has the type of back catalogue that artists would kill for - pretty much every song rocked the room. It was a huge karaoke session, as the audience were all singing along. Amazingly, even the words that fill every concert-goer's heart with dread ("here's a song from my latest album") didn't really dampen the mood. The new songs, well, they are like the old songs. He has a formula, it works, he sticks to it. It got the audience on their feet and dancing.
His gravelly voice was rock steady too. It always sounds as though he is at the limit and I wondered how it would hold up. The answer is: just fine. Better than fine.
The band was on point too. The music was studio-clean and right where you'd expect it - close enough to the studio version to be crowd-pleasing with enough extemporising to know you are getting it live. They are all getting on, though.
Great night.
GOG440 said:
Dicky just posted on the humer unbeam thread.
I read that and thought, "No, I didn't. I'm just back from I got it in the end.
Edited by DickyC on Sunday 8th May 21:23
I managed to see The Who while John Entwistle was still with us. Moon the Loon had gone. It was a tour of two halves. One was the classics and the other was Tommy. I tried for the classics but it was sold out and so I had to settle on Tommy. They blasted through Tommy - with Billy Idol as Cousin Kevin - and then, at the end, one of them said, "Right, now let's do some of the classics."
That was a good night.
That was a good night.
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