Embarrasing gigs you've attended.

[Dave the OAP]

Nik Kershaw at the Centre

Adam And the Ants also at the Centre


Saxon - were fecking awful - loud and out of tune for what we could hear above the feedback

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Gary Glitter at the Brighton Centre, in about 1987. All I can say in my defence is a) it really wasn't my idea, but two girls from college who asked me along and with whom b) I played a very entertaining session of strip poker with later that evening. We all 17, so I'm sure the man himself would have (gulp) given us the thumbs up.

I don't think that's too bad. He was performing a big camp self parody set back them, which was probably quite entertaining. Plus, we didn't know then, what we know now about him.

Also, if you have an alterior motive such as getting into a girl's pants, you are entitled to plead mitigating circumstances.

 

[tinx]

Not a gig as such but my exbird bought tickets for us to go to the Dome to see Hale and Pace live, It was the least funny night I tihnk I have ever seen.

 

[pasty]

John Denver @ Brighton Centre

I throw myself on NSC's kind and loving nature, begging for forgiveness.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I saw a panto once with a genuinely stellar cast of:
Ian Botham
Robin Asquith
June Whitfield
Mark Curry
GMTV's Sally Meen (OK, that's pushing it)
Rolf Harris.

All on one stage. Not bad eh.

 

[Tubby Mondays]

She was fit though, so there is some justification, I guess.

And she couldnt take her eyes off me!

The boy band that the fatman speaks of were appallingly embarrasing though. They had some lyrics about 'Driving you home like a BMW' or something, couple with suggestive dance moves. Wholly inappropriate for the target audience.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

John Denver @ Brighton Centre

I throw myself on NSC's kind and loving nature, begging for forgiveness.

Do you have anything to say in your defence?

Did YOU choose it, and buy the tickets?

Did it somehow get you laid?

 

[cheeseroll]

Gilbert O Sullivan at the Talk of the Town about 1972 and i thought it was good. i was 12 though..

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Gilbert O Sullivan at the Talk of the Town about 1972 and i thought it was good. i was 12 though..

Anything pre-teen is automatically forgiven, I think.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Presumable there was an element of choice, about actually attending though?

No forgiveness for that.

Yes I bought a ticket. It was a leaving ball I think. My flatmate starting a booing rendition for the Cheeky Girls that culminated in plastic pint 'glasses' being thrown about and towards the stage.

In fairness, Chesney was immense and played some great songs with his Dad. Talented musician!

 

[Mr Burns]

Not a gig as such but my exbird bought tickets for us to go to the Dome to see Hale and Pace live, It was the least funny night I tihnk I have ever seen.

You should have gone and seen Ricky Gervais last month then . A waste of £28 quid and 50 minutes of my life. Some complained he wasn't on long enough. I took it as a blessing.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Nik Kershaw at the Centre

Adam And the Ants also at the Centre


Saxon - were fecking awful - loud and out of tune for what we could hear above the feedback

I agree about Saxon, saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool, utter pants!

Not really embarrassing though, at least at the time they were popular spandex metallists promoting "Wheels of Steel"

Adam and The Ants are enjoying a bit of a retro revival now, so also, pretty cred IMO

Nik Kershaw, "The Riddle" pure class!

I saw the Wombles at the Floral Pavillion in New Brighton, now THATS embarassing!

 

[Tubby Mondays]

At a British Hip-Hop DJ championship in Brixton some 15 years ago, Beats International came on and played a few songs. I, and pretty much all of the rest of the big-trainered flouncers, moved to the back of the venue, looking in the opposite way to the stage. We wouldn't even nod our heads at the cosy, teapot-loving, whiteboy popbeats.

I saw them with Lindy Layton singing once at a free thing in a park somewhere (Finsbury?) and they got booed off. I didnt boo though because I quite fancied her.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I agree about Saxon, saw them at the Royal Court in Liverpool, utter pants!

Not really embarrassing though, at least at the time they were popular spandex metallists promoting "Wheels of Steel"

Adam and The Ants are enjoying a bit of a retro revival now, so also, pretty cred IMO

Nik Kershaw, "The Riddle" pure class!

I saw the Wombles at the Floral Pavillion in New Brighton, now THATS embarassing!

Please tell me you were under 12 at the time though?

I used to love the Royal Court. I seen loads there -The Soup Dragons, House of Love, Wedding Present, [you'd never guess what era I was a student!]

 

[NMH]

Wire at The Electric in Camden. They came on in paper hats and did basically tribal dances for about 40 minutes. The skinhead punks wanted to pogo, and after not giving them any more shit for wasting our time than to keep shouting for their awful '12XU' all evening, they got what they wanted.
I didn't, I wanted to hear something off '154' or one of their decent singles, like 'Question of Degree'.

It was total crap, and to top it all it got recorded and released on an album 'Document and Eyewitness'.

Adam and The Ants at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles - too choreographed to be redeeming, and more like a fancy dress puppet theatre.

Jesus Jones at UCLA. When I was about 40, watching blokes with long fringes skipping (probably miming as you can't play instruments properly while doing something that silly, surely?) and wearing calf-length trousers and braces. I didn't realise I was going to see something like a Depeche Mode show replete with Martin Gore lookalike. It was another show which was more about form than function.

 

[B.M.F]

Chez and I saw Cleopatra Bjorn again and the Spice girls at Wembley stadium
The only really good part was all the really fit mums that were there

 

[Tubby Mondays]

I also attended a festival in Northampton in 1988 where Cliff Richards was headlining. I had gone to see the supporting act but stayed around for the Cliff moshfest that followed. I think the festival was called Greenbelt or something, it was some Christian affair and we got slung off the site the next morning. Mind you there were about 12 of us and none of us had paid.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I also attended a festival in Northampton in 1988 where Cliff Richards was headlining.

The winner.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Chez and I saw Cleopatra Bjorn again and the Spice girls at Wembley stadium
The only really good part was all the really fit mums that were there

Cleopatra [is commin atya....]

Bjorn Again

Spice Girls.

Did you take girls with you, or go on your own?

You do understand that this is very serious?

 

[pasty]

Did YOU choose it, and buy the tickets? No, yes

Did it somehow get you laid? No

Do you have anything to say in your defence? The female in question is now my ex-wife!