Subj : Next concerts....
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 26 2023 18:43:47

  Re: Next concerts....
  By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Wed Apr 26 2023 06:30 pm

 NR> Haha, fair enough, you got me there. I'm not a big Cure fan, more my
 NR> wife's thing but I don't dislike their stuff. TMBG were never on my radar.
 NR> I think it's an American thing so she's off to see them with a friend. I'm
 NR> a big Genesis fan so Mike and the Mechanics is a natural. You probably
 NR> know more stuff of theirs than you realize.

I know I've heard their songs that were played on the radio, though with They Might Be Giants, I remember hearing their "Particle Man" and "Constantinople" because the TV show 'Tiny Toons' made cartoon music videos for those, and I used to watch that show when I was a kid (early 90s)..

 NR> Dallas even tho I had to pay for the tickets lol. Talking of birthdays, I
 NR> saw Phil Collins a few years ago on my birthday. He didn't bring me a cake
 NR> tho :) 

Phil Collins would be good to see.

 NR> How was the Paul Simon show?

I thought it was pretty good.  It was around 2005, I think, and I remember him playing some of his older Simon & Garfunkel songs and some from his Graceland album etc..

 NR> I wasn't a big McCartney fan. Never into the
 NR> Beatles. I found Wings music to be somewhat basic and uninteresting. The
 NR> late 70's and early 80's saw syncpop and new wave and he was playing Mull
 NR> of Kintyre.

I think that's the thing about it - It's music that's easy to listen to and fun when you feel like that kind of thing.  I liked the Beatles too.  I suppose I have a range of music I like..

 NR> Back in England, my first concert was A-ha. Genesis twice in 1992 and Dire
 NR> Straits the same year. Lisa Stansfield opened for Genesis at the first
 NR> concert. Lyle Lovett and his Big Band and Was Not Was opened for Dire
 NR> Straits... segway...

It would have been fun to see some of those bands back then.  I was a bit young to be going to concerts at that time though.

 NR> Lee came out and I shouted, can I have an autograph please, he smiled when
 NR> he saw me waving his book around. I was the only person waiting, and I
 NR> didn't even have a ticket for the show! Anyway, I said, you have to flip
 NR> me off first, which he did with a "f..k you". I gave him a "f..k you back"
 NR> with a flip and we had a nice conversation. We laughed about the lack of
 NR> anything to read in the book. He signed it "To Nigel. Few words, but best
 NR> wishes". He was really cool and wish I had more time to chat.

That sounds fun. :)

 NR> Colin Hay signed my concert tickets because I already picked up a signed
 NR> album from the merch table. I have a couple of Jean Michel Jarre signed
 NR> items, and several Steve Hackett items too.

That's cool.  :)  I actually don't have any signed concert tickets..

 NR> Probably the cream of the crop was meeting Thomas Dolby, such a pioneer. I
 NR> have Golden age of Wireless signed but it got a little smudged.

Yeah, I know he did some good stuff (one song of his I can think of is 'He Blinded Me With Science'; I don't remember offhand what else he did).

Nightfox
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