[Music] Bananarama tonight at the Brighon Centre

[Weststander]

I didn't go, but love Bananarama.

I saw their mini gig at Coasters in about 1983 or 1984. It interrupted a normal clubbling night there, mid way through.

We stood near them at the bar afterwards, drinking pints of Oranjeboom, whilst drooling over the beautiful Siobhan and Keren.


The Brighton Centre was never as good as the Dome, Top Rank Suite or Portsmouth Guildhall. But I had great nights at gigs of Ultravox, Boney M (forced to go as a kid), OMD and New Order.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I didn't go, but love Bananarama.

I saw their mini gig at Coasters in about 1983 or 1984. It interrupted a normal clubbling night there, mid way through.

We stood near them at the bar afterwards, drinking pints of Oranjeboom, whilst drooling over the beautiful Siobhan and Keren.


The Brighton Centre was never as good as the Dome, Top Rank Suite or Portsmouth Guildhall. But I had great nights at gigs of Ultravox, Boney M (forced to go as a kid), OMD and New Order.

No need to apologise for Boney M. I think they’re great and Bobby Farrell was a class act. Just check him out in this Top of the Pops performance. Silver cat suit, check. Furry cape, check. Out of time ostentatious dancing, check. Star jumps, check. Apparently he liked a bit of marching powder


https://youtu.be/UFQkfHnVU7o

 

[Mr Banana]

I've got a broad taste, from the Britpop bands like UB40, Def Leppard right back to classic rock like Wings.

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Dammit, that was the quote I was thinking of. Fair play sir

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

He’s good on this as well.

https://youtu.be/SgSuSj-6_C4

As an aside, Belfast is quite an odd and incongruous topic for a upbeat disco tune. Think that’s what’s so great about Boney M.

 

[curly69]

The 'Rollercoaster' do.
25, (maybe 30?) years ago.

Blur, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain.

That was pretty damn good.

Me to wife and i was there loved it other ones would be big country with the cult as support dreamtine album,drie straits 1982 my first gig,echo and the bunneymen when the barrier collapsed oceam rain tour,and frank zappa just before he died lots more but they stand out.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

He’s good on this as well.

https://youtu.be/SgSuSj-6_C4

As an aside, Belfast is quite an odd and incongruous topic for a upbeat disco tune. Think that’s what’s so great about Boney M.

That song has some of the worst lyrics I have come across. They seem to think it is a country rather than a city for a start.

 

[pearl]

Take it easy

Here are the lyrics.

In the far desert
On a distant blasted plain
A forgotten corner
Amid the death of all things
Not under the blinding sun or the cultivator's toil
Only in darkness does the flower take hold
It blooms at night

In the old city
In abandoned shells
On a desolated edge
Amid the death of all things
Not under the scornful eye or the corporation's hand
Only in darkness does the flower take hold
It blooms at night

In my own head
Near the hole where hope drains out
And fear is branded deep
Amid the death of all things
Not under law or the thoughts I had before
Only in darkness does the flower take hold
It blooms at night
It blooms at night

In a valley filled with flowers unseen in the dark
In a valley filled with flowers unseen in the dark

Robert De Niro waits, talking Italian


I'll get me coat

 

[Hotchilidog]

Agree with Buzzer can't be doing with music snobbery, the Banarama gig sounded great.

For the record my fave Brighton Centre shows were the Levellers freak Show in 92, Leonard Cohen and Pulp on the This is Hardcore tour. It really is an awful venue, shame Brighton has not been able to build a replacement.

As for fave venues I agree with Herr Tubthumper re the Astoria so many classic nights there notably RHCP on the Mothers Milk tour, absolute mayhem. Also the marquee both in Wardour Street and I also enjoyed the Charing Cross Rd incarnation. Also agree re The Roundhouse, may current fave London venue.

As for Brighton, Green Door Store is my number 1.

 

[Bozza]

Interested to hear the views on Coldplay of the “no music snobbery” crowd.

 

[tinx]

I've always rather liked the Brighton Centre as a venue, seen some amazing performances there and some not so great.

Oasis around christmas one year were great, support form the Las and Ride.

Saw the Prodigy there a couple of times and they are always amazing

The Flaming Lips on the Yoshimi tour were awesome.

Killers were fantastic

Coldplay were pretty good too (Unpopular I know but they were)

Royal Blood on Wednesday were up there as one of the best.


On the flip side of that I remember seeing Pulp, the Strokes, Radiohead, Kings of Leon and a few other decent bands who just weren't all that there. But I've seen at other venues where they were fantastic.

 

[tinx]

Oh and the worst thing I've ever seen there was Ian Brown who was supporting the Manic Street Preachers, he was terrible and I seem to recall got booed off stage for being a bellend at the end of his set.

 

[Weststander]

No need to apologise for Boney M. I think they’re great and Bobby Farrell was a class act. Just check him out in this Top of the Pops performance. Silver cat suit, check. Furry cape, check. Out of time ostentatious dancing, check. Star jumps, check. Apparently he liked a bit of marching powder


https://youtu.be/UFQkfHnVU7o

I went p'd off as a 13 year old not wanting to go on a family outing. By the end of the evening, I loved the music.

Still catchy now, I can see why there were massively successful.


The worst gig there for me was Stiff Little Fingers in c. 1980. Crap band, in an auditorium 75% unsold empty.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Interested to hear the views on Coldplay of the “no music snobbery” crowd.

I have a number of their albums. Think they’ve evolved into a brilliant stadium art/pop band, like their dabblings with Eno, Clocks and Speed of Sound are my favourites and I’ve seen them live twice.

Oh, and Chris Martin seems a thoroughly good egg a funny guy: check out the extras on the Extras box set and also his Car Pool Karaoke (love his impressions of The Boss and Mick Jagger and his Heroes cover)

 

[Weststander]

That song has some of the worst lyrics I have come across. They seem to think it is a country rather than a city for a start.

Worst lyrics ever were:

Starship - built this city on rock n roll. Even my young nippers laughed when it came on the radio, for its repetitve tedium.

Followed by:

Gurvitz - Classic. Zzzzzzz

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I went p'd off as a 13 year old not wanting to go on a family outing. By the end of the evening, I loved the music.

Still catchy now, I can see why there were massively successful.


The worst gig there for me was Stiff Little Fingers in c. 1980. Crap band, in an auditorium 75% unsold empty.

I saw SLF at the Top Rank on a come back tour in 88 I think. Opened up, in the dark, with a half-paced Alternative Ulster and when the lights came on Jake Burns was wearing black pleated trousers.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Interested to hear the views on Coldplay of the “no music snobbery” crowd.

Saw them at Glastonbury in 2011 and I have to say......I thought they were great. I thought Ed Sheerhan was pretty good this year too. Not a particular fan of their recorded music but those performances were impressive and I enjoyed them.

 

[Trigger]

Bananarama were IMMENSE last night, still got it, simply put, that was one of the best gigs I've been to.

 

[studio150]

The best I saw at the centre was:

Bob Marley
Thin lizzy
Supertramp
kiri te Kanawa
Queen
Rod Stewart
Jools holland
...and over 1 weekend....Duran Duran on the Saturday and police on the Sunday.

And most of those from the days when you had to actually queue up at the box office to get a ticket.

Personally I preferred the Supertramp gigs at the Dome on the tours prior to Breakfast in America.

Was the Thin Lizzy the one which was a rearranged date following cancellation on the day of the scheduled date due to throat issues which was probably too stoned to play

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Interested to hear the views on Coldplay of the “no music snobbery” crowd.

Some of their songs are good. Some are annoying. Keane are in a similar vein. Under the iron sea, I quite like.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Personally I preferred the Supertramp gigs at the Dome on the tours prior to Breakfast in America.

This. And before they thought that mocking Jim Callaghan would attract the Daily Mail readers.