What are you listening to, right now................

pakman

@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@pakman They briefly toured NZ in 79 right at the height of popularity for My Sharona. I remember them at the Auckland Town Hall. They were probably surprised to see a very “alternative” audience but that song got bundled in with the “punk” era that was changing into post punk and new wave.
Basically anything that wasn’t tradition long hair music got caught up in the same bucket.
IIRC Cheap Trick was another town hall show around the same time.

I was at the Cheap Trick one!

pakman

@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.

I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.

Very distant memory that some mates who went absolutely raved about Garrett.

JC

@pakman He was like a wild animal. To this day Back on the Borderline was the most exciting thing I have ever seen on stage, even though I had never heard it before. I don't think Head Injuries was even out then. We were so impressed we went down to the Tron specially to see them again. It was in the Hilly back bar, I distinctly remember that because I missed the last part of the set along with a load of other people as the cops did an underage raid and pinged me. So 1 x underage in the Kiwi and another at the Hillcrest. Yay for bursary beer tokens.

Crucial

@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.

I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.

@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.

I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.

Your brain cells survived better than mine. You are, of course, correct.
Those main street shows around that time all blend into one especially as a 14-15 year old hiding in the dark corners keeping away from the dickwad boot boys kicking off up front.

pakman

Saw Tom Petty at Epsom Showgrounds in 1980. Pretty cool.

MN5

@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@pakman He was like a wild animal. To this day Back on the Borderline was the most exciting thing I have ever seen on stage, even though I had never heard it before. I don't think Head Injuries was even out then. We were so impressed we went down to the Tron specially to see them again. It was in the Hilly back bar, I distinctly remember that because I missed the last part of the set along with a load of other people as the cops did an underage raid and pinged me. So 1 x underage in the Kiwi and another at the Hillcrest. Yay for bursary beer tokens.

Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil are fucken legends. I don’t even pay a huge amount of attention to what they sing about I just enjoy banging rock songs which these guys have loads of.

Here’s an early clip of him with a tiny bit of hair

Crucial

Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
Go hard and go early please mods. Isolation of the perpetrators is the only way.

MN5

@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
Go hard and go early please mods. Isolation of the perpetrators is the only way.

It’s fine when appropriate. Midnight Oil qualify. Take your gripes to the Grumpy Old Man thread. Cheers.

Crucial

@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:

@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:

Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
Go hard and go early please mods. Isolation of the perpetrators is the only way.

It’s fine when appropriate. Midnight Oil qualify. Take your gripes to the Grumpy Old Man thread. Cheers.

Ah, so it’s age appropriate language that only you young people understand?
That must be why it’s so cringey

mariner4life

Back to live music on the weekend

Went and saw Bernard Fanning play a gig up here. He's bloody good performer, and still a hell of a singer. Only played one Powderfinger song, which i am sure disappointed half of his audience. It must be tough for a bloke like that, who has a lot of solo stuff, that is really quite good, but you know most people are there because of your last band and their music

This was a song i didn't know that sounded fucking good live

Really nice to see live music again

voodoo

😡

Double 😡😡 because they've made it 18+ so I can't take my kid

antipodean

I've seen Midnight Oil from intimate acoustic sets to large outdoor festivals and I can't think of many better pub bands. Politics aside, they just rocked live.

voodoo

@antipodean I've heard that so many times, which is why I'm so gutted I can't take the lad. Would love to show him a classic Aussie band that knows how to deliver live

Bovidae

I see that Crowded House are still marketed as Australian with one less Aussie in the band now. At the moment it's really Neil Finn and sons.

voodoo

@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:

I see that Crowded House are still marketed as Australian with one less Aussie in the band now. At the moment it's really Neil Finn and sons.

It was the inclusion of SplitEnz that really got to me...!!!

MN5

@antipodean said in What are you listening to, right now................:

I've seen Midnight Oil from intimate acoustic sets to large outdoor festivals and I can't think of many better pub bands. Politics aside, they just rocked live.

I'm too dumb and/or disinterested to really pay attention to what they sing about.....but yeah, they just rock. Would love to see them live. I think these are my three favourite songs of theirs.