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Bonnie Prince Billy has played more than one of the best gigs I was ever at. Didn't realise he was playing in the NCH, woulda gone if I'd known
I did see that Bowie gig in the Point that time, my 2 brothers were there too (though I wasn't with them, thank fuck) roaring along with every word. Some lad asked them to shut up, saying (reasonably enough) that he was here to listen to David Bowie rather than two drunk fucks from Wexford, and they started aggresively quizzing him on his knowledge of obscure Bowie shit, thereby establishing that they were more dedicated fans and entitled to sing along
... so it could be worse @snakybus, you coulda gone to the Bowie gig and got stuck beside my infuriating brothers
I was there! Really enjoyed Neil, thought Pearl Jam were boring, can't remember anything else about itFIRST GIG:
Neil Young in Slane, 93.
I was at the saturday night and for years would have said it was the best gig I was ever at. As your memory of the gig and opinion of the band changes over the years, so does option of the gig.FIRST GIG:
U2 Croke Park 1987
That reminds me. @old and I took a holiday to NYC in 99, and saw some astonishing gigs over a couple of nights at a venue called the Cooler. Blonde Redhead at their most rockingest etc.I remember loving Sonic Youth at Sunstroke, but it was my first festival, I think I would have loved them if they'd shat in a bucket.
When they literally did shit in a bucket at ATP years later, it was one of the worst things I ever saw. Would have loved a go of a gig circa Sonic Nurse/Murray St
You forgot Light A Big Fire, according to the internet.I was at the saturday night and for years would have said it was the best gig I was ever at. As your memory of the gig and opinion of the band changes over the years, so does option of the gig.
I'd still say it was one of the best lineups ever. Dubliners, Pogues (classic lineup), Lou Reed, U2.
Gig lineups were something else in those days. Slane used always be great too. People rarely just went to see one band given how many great bands would be on the same lineup. Slane 86 and 87, case in point.
My main take away from this thread so far is that Sonic Youth just weren't very good.
Will do one of these up soon.
Lou Reed played both nights?You forgot Light A Big Fire, according to the internet.
I was at the Sunday one - Christy Moore, The Pretenders, Lou Reed, Hothouse Flowers. No recollection whatsoever. Lou Reed? WHO?
No idea. That’s just what “the most accurate u2 setlist website in the world” said.Lou Reed played both nights?
Yeah Light a Big Fire, now that you mention it. I still have the flyers they handed out at those gigs at home somewhere. They gave the full lineups and other info. Still have the tour programme too.
Lou Reed was probably shite. My only memory of it is people singing along to Walk on the Wild Side, not having a scoobies of any of the words.
I enjoyed them any time I saw them.
I never saw them play a noise set.
Yeah - I was only 15, but it absolutely blew my mind at the time, and in fairness U2 live really were a force to be reckoned with once. Brilliant at Slane in 2001 too, even though at that stage I'd lost interest in them musicallyI was at the saturday night and for years would have said it was the best gig I was ever at. As your memory of the gig and opinion of the band changes over the years, so does option of the gig.
I'd still say it was one of the best lineups ever. Dubliners, Pogues (classic lineup), Lou Reed, U2.
Hahaha exact same hereLou Reed was probably shite. My only memory of it is people singing along to Walk on the Wild Side, not having a scoobies of any of the words.
A snippet of his set at thd time. He has the audience in his hand. A quick Google shows just how special that gig was. Next time he played Dublin, Vicar Street a gang of friends went due to the fawning reports from the Whelan's gig and to my amazement they weren't impressed at all. They just didn't get it.If I were contributing to this I would say his gig in Whelans in the early-mid 90s was one of the best, most memorable gigs I ever attended. Just him and his guitar. Magical, heart warming...
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