eph221

craigb

KenB123

eph221
Interesting everyone saw rock shows.
 

 
Not true if you read the lists closely.

True!  Paper and scissors shows were included.  

Kenny and Ken are the only others that mentioned non traditional rock (I include blues in rock).  And no one mentioned classical.

 
I worked as an usher at Carnegie Hall for 2 1/2 years . I just didn't do a full list of every Classical Concert I saw ...
In my post I did list a few Conductors ...
Kenny

I think I've seen more Classical live than I have other types of music.

jamesg1213
We might have done this before, Strummy will know  but I was just making a list (the evenings are long now)
 
In no particular order...
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Level 42
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James, or others that saw Level 42, how were they live in concert?

This is a band I knew nothing about during there peak period of fame (they were not much known in the U.S. for some reason, at least in my neck of the country). At some point I 'discovered' their albums, sometime after they were no longer together. A great discovery for me. Great songs and playing. I still listen to them on occasion. 
 

KenB123

jamesg1213
We might have done this before, Strummy will know  but I was just making a list (the evenings are long now)
 
In no particular order...
... 
 
Level 42
...

James, or others that saw Level 42, how were they live in concert?

This is a band I knew nothing about during there peak period of fame (they were not much known in the U.S. for some reason, at least in my neck of the country). At some point I 'discovered' their albums, sometime after they were no longer together. A great discovery for me. Great songs and playing. I still listen to them on occasion. 
 

Very good live Ken, I saw them twice, when it was Mark King, Mike Lindup and the Gould brothers, Boon on guitar and Phil on drums. Much more 'muscular' sounding live than on record.

jamesg1213

KenB123

jamesg1213
We might have done this before, Strummy will know  but I was just making a list (the evenings are long now)
 
In no particular order...
... 
 
Level 42
...

James, or others that saw Level 42, how were they live in concert?

This is a band I knew nothing about during there peak period of fame (they were not much known in the U.S. for some reason, at least in my neck of the country). At some point I 'discovered' their albums, sometime after they were no longer together. A great discovery for me. Great songs and playing. I still listen to them on occasion. 
 

Very good live Ken, I saw them twice, when it was Mark King, Mike Lindup and the Gould brothers, Boon on guitar and Phil on drums. Much more 'muscular' sounding live than on record.

 
I always loved their sensibilities.  I was obsessed with this band for awhile.  Their songs are so well put together.  I like anything medium to medium well done.

I saw Slim Pickins back in the 80s when I was working for Freeman, he wasn't singing but he was dang big!!
I think I saw Elvis last week at Walmart too!
I'll
Make a list but it won't compare to some of these... but I like it.
J

I remember a gig with level 42 in Austria once. The stage and the auditorium had sprung floors, once the audience started bouncing up and down, so did the PA stacks, spent the best part of an hour clinging desperately to the PA straps praying they didn't fall and crush the front row.

I remember this:
 
http://www.rollingstone.c...nnati-concert-19800124
 
BTW I saw supertramp and def leopard in Vienna.  (I also saw Larry Coryell and Philip Katherine in a very small, intimate venue).

Level 42 live was just awesome. Their studio work in the 80's was reference material, I think - very solid songs with impressive musicianship. Plus very prolific - they cranked out a lot of albums. Most of their songs really hold together in the lyric department, but my one disappointment with them is that, on some songs, their lyrics become totally . . . what is the British term . . . "twee?"
 
They continue today as old dogs, check out a live video on you tube, there are lots.
 
Their current drummer is Pete Ray Biggins - jeebus can he funk it!
 
Highly recommended

emeraldsoul
Most of their songs really hold together in the lyric department, but my one disappointment with them is that, on some songs, their lyrics become totally . . . what is the British term . . . "twee?"

Yes, 'twee' would be right, 'Running In The Family' being one example.