Music mistakes you've made.

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

had a chance to either see supertramp or ac/dc
chose to go to supertramp,


it was the last gig before bon scott died

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Going to an E-Male gig...

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[tinx]

Had a ticket to see the prodigy at the brighton centre but instead went to the event to some freshers ball where Mike FLowers Pops was playing simply because my mates wanted to pull some fresher birds. I did realise the error of my ways and saw the second half of the prodigy in the end but still regret missing the first half and none of my mates pulled either.

 

[Peteinblack]

Travelled up to the Lyceum in London in 1980 to see the Buzzcocks.

"Let's give the support band a miss and go the bar for a beer or two before the Buzzcocks start their set."

That support band, it turns out, were Joy Division.

I never got the chance to see them again, and have regretted it to this very day.

Ever since, I've always made a point of checking out the support band at a gig, and still do (although I've seen and heard some utter shite as a result!).

:guitar::guitar::guitar:

 

[Trufflehound]

Travelled up to the Lyceum in London in 1980 to see the Buzzcocks.

"Let's give the support band a miss and go the bar for a beer or two before the Buzzcocks start their set."

That support band, it turns out, were Joy Division.

I never got the chance to see them again, and have regretted it to this very day.

Ever since, I've always made a point of checking out the support band at a gig, and still do (although I've seen and heard some utter shite as a result!).

:guitar::guitar::guitar:

The suppport bands around 1979-1981 were quite amazing sometimes, especially at the Sunday night Lyceum gigs.

Among many others around that time, I first got to see U2, Depeche Mode, The Beat, Teardrop Explodes, and UB40 that way.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Foo Fighters

I was the luckiest man alive when I got tickets to see the Foo's at the Concorde in Brighton. Now I realise that I can never see them again without making the comparison to that gig. It will never be the same again..... boo hoo..... sniffle........

 

[Danny-Boy]

Missing out on the Who/Spencer Davis tour when it came to the Fairfield Halls Croydon in 1966.

I caught up with the Who at Live Aid (minus Moony of course by then sadly) but never had a chance to see Spencer Davis again, they broke up in 1967 and have never reformed though Spencer himself does gigs under the SDG label.

Stevie Winwood seems to have gone off the touring now, I think he's in America.
Muff his brother went into production.

Pete York

 

[Braders]

At Reading festival 2003 I decided to stay in the tent and watch boring welshies Feeder cos it was raining a bit, rather than go and watch Sheffield legends Pulp play what turned out to be one of their last ever gigs. Idiot.

that doesn't count as a mistake - two fantastic bands

 

[Gwylan]

The suppport bands around 1979-1981 were quite amazing sometimes, especially at the Sunday night Lyceum gigs.

Among many others around that time, I first got to see U2, Depeche Mode, The Beat, Teardrop Explodes, and UB40 that way.

Too right.

I've seen Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Talking Heads, Blondie, The Buzzcocks, Suicide, The Stranglers and Altered Images as support bands

You hardly see any decent support acts these days

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

When I was about 17 a mate said there was an American band called R.E.M playing in a small club in Worthing. I couldn't even be bothered to go...

 

[Man of Harveys]

A mate of mine had a spare ticket for an up and coming band who were playing at the fairly intimate Astoria in London that evening. "Fancy coming along to see what all the fuss is about? There's quite a big buzz about them" he asked...but I gave it a swerve, think it would be the usual landfill indie.

Thereby foregoing a chance to see OASIS. Brilliant.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

we had an invite to go to hank 111 private news years party at his house, where he played and down played, with free beer all night. However the wife wanted to stay in Nashville for the night and couldent be bothered to drive to his flea pit !! As she was the only one insured for our trip (cheaper as she still has yank drvin L) i had to stay in Nashville and although a good night............It still pisses me off no end.

 

[bhafc99]

Buying this:
Moonshake - The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow (CD, Album) at Discogs

I've tried to listen to it several times, but can't hack it.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I gave away a ticket to see The Libertines to someone at uni. Not a mistake MUSICALLY but they flogged it for major spondooly.

 

[Hotchilidog]

I had the opportunity to see Pearl Jam open their UK account at the Borderline, but turned it down as at the time I didn't like the debut album, which ironically is now one of my favourite albums of all time. Doh!!

 

[bhaexpress]

Watching support band Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Dome and then staying to see main act Goldorn Earing.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

I had the opportunity to see the Clash. Nope, having a drink in a pub was a better idea, thinking I can see them any day. What a fool, Jones was sacked soon after and the Clash were effectively over.

Record wise: Neil Finn solo Album (the name escapes me, cos its so underplayed). Crowded house maybe great, but on his own, well utter gash doesn't come into it.

Squeeze: Now I love Squeeze, but their first album was utter turd. At least they admit it themselves.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Being born in 1974, and thus having the eighties as my main musical upbringing.

My dad, on the other hand, saw Hendrix, The Who and Pink Floyd amongst many others whilst at Brighton Uni, whereas I had to put up with Dead or Alive and a reincarnation of Boney M when I was at Nottingham.

Also, having to answer "Adamski - Space Cowboy" to the question "what is the first single you ever bought?"

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

With a couple of honourable exceptions (Primal Scream, Arctic Monkeys) a simple rule of thumb is to spurn, as you would a rabid dog, anyone who ever won the Mercury Music Prize. Yes I mean YOU Roni Size, Talvin Singh, Antony And the Johnsons, Gomez, Badly Drawn boy etc etc etc

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Thinking that the Gaslight Anthem were a pretty obscure band on a small American punk label that not many people would have heard of, and therefore leaving it too late to get a ticket to seem them at the C2, the likes of which i suspect they won't be playing again anytime soon.