Just For Fun

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!



1. How are you feeling today

Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons

2. Will you get far in life?

Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Janis Joplin

3. How do your friends see you?

Dead Ringer For Love - Meat Loaf

4.Will you get married?

The Riddle (Extended Mix) - Nik Kershaw

5. What is your best friend's theme song?

(Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City - The Mighty Avengers

6.What is the story of your life? 

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror - Elvis Costello

7. What was high school like? 

The Banner Man - Blue Mink

8.How can you get ahead in life?

Go Back Home - Stephen Stills

9. What is the best thing about your friends?

She Likes Rock 'n' Roll - Dave Rave and the Governors

10. What is in store for this weekend?

Wounded - Nik Kershaw

11.To describe your grandparents?

One of a Kind - Dave Rave

12. How is your life going?

Dancing Girls - Nik Kershaw

13. What song will they play at your funeral?

Whatever You Want - Status Quo

14. How does the world see you?

The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys

15. Will you have a happy life?

Guilty - The Pearls

16. What do your friends really think of you?

As We Go Along - The Monkees

17. Do people secretly lust after you?

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

18. How can I make myself happy?

I'm Bored - The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

19. What should you do with your life?

The Quest - Donovan

20. Will you ever have children?

High and Lonesome - Jimmy Reed

21.If a man in a van offered you candy, what would you do?

That's The Way It Goes - Billy Fury

22. What does your mom think of you?

Wombling In The Rain - The Wombles

23.What is your deep dark secret?

Gonna Knock On Your Door - The Pete Best Four

24. What is your mortal enemy's theme song?

Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper

25.What's your personality like?

The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

26. Which song will be played at your wedding?

Circle Sky - The Monkees

27. If you were to become the Dictator of a small Eastern-European nation, would you be?

I'm So Worried - Monty Python

28. What are your aspirations?

Carry Me - Crosby Stills and Nash

29.What goes through your head when you wake up?

Footloose - Kenny Loggins

2015 Gigs In Review

Just a year end post to put all the links to my gigs stuff together.

Links to Live Reviews -
The Bonzos
Elvis Costello
King Crimson
Crosby Stills And Nash
Rick Wakeman and Gordon Giltrap
Donovan
Nik Kershaw, Go West and Carol Decker


Click here for all of my Live photographs in one neat collection. (Including from events not fully reviewed here)

Here's some of my favourite gig pics that I have taken this year.
 

Photos of Magenta and Touchstone from Leamington last night.

Great night. If you prefer to view these as a flickr set click here.

A Visit From The Buzzcocks

In work today we were visited by members of The Buzzcocks so I grabbed a quick picture with Steve Diggle.

Nik Kershaw and Go West with Carol Decker - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 15th November 2015

I realise that quite a lot of my gigs tend to be proggy or rock, but I do like my pop music too. If you took a trip back in time and asked 13/14-year-old me what would be the best gig line up I may have replied with this one. Honestly, I poured over articles in Smash Hits, avidly watched them all on Saturday morning TV shows and Top of the Pops etc...

Anyway...I went to this gig with Emma who was rather excited at the prospect of seeing Nik Kershaw, more than I expected to be honest. I do love going to gigs with Emma, she really gets into them and dances away.

The show opened with Carol Decker who was a bit of a hero of mine when I was younger. I kind of wanted to be her when I grew up, she just seemed so rock and roll to my teenage self. She still sounds amazing and belted out the hits, filling the hall with sound. There were two new songs too which will lead me to investigate the new album as soon as I find a few minutes to do so. I barely had time to recover from hearing some of my favourite T'Pau tracks (Sex Talk! Yay!) before Go West and Nik Kershaw appeared on stage to round off the first part of the evening, returning after a short interval to entertain us a whole lot more! 

The set was a whole load of hits, with a smattering of covers. As Emma commented afterwards, you really do forget how many hits they clocked up between them. There was a lot of dancing going on too. It was a brilliant night! Thirty years seems sounds like a long time ago but it feels a lot less than that since I was singing into my hairbrush to these tunes and cutting pictures out of magazines to stick in my scrapbook. 

Highlights - 

 - Carol Decker and her magnificent coat

 - Finally getting to see Go West

 - Don Quixote.

 - Richard Drummie! 

 - Emma's face when Go West sang her favourite Nik Kershaw song.

 - Emma realising that Nik was the perfect sized pop star for her

 - The One And Only!
 - Okay....let's face it, the whole show was one big highlight. I couldn't even be annoyed by audience chatter and people checking facebook because I was having such a brilliant time!

Full collection of photos HERE.

Donovan - RNCM 17th October 2015

It had been a while since I'd been to see Donovan, and somehow the 50th Anniversary tour seemed to be the right time to go and see him again.

Sat cross-legged on a small stage with Kelly, his guitar, Donovan took us all on a trip back through his career. The first half included some more obscure early stuff, but he assured everyone that they were never more than a song or two away from something that they would know.

Purely acoustic until the final number, the set list was full of delights interspersed with tales from the past, all told with fondness and amusement at his own antics.

The show ended with Mellow Yellow, but instead of playing the song on the guitar the single was piped through the sound system while he sang along. There was a meet and greet afterwards, which gig buddy Alix stayed for, but I chose to skip out and head home.

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Rick Wakeman - Lancaster Priory 16th October 2015

I have fallen a little behind with things, the next couple of posts are a bit of a catch-up.

In October, I went off to see Rick Wakeman with my gig buddy Phil. The concert was in Lancaster Priory and was the first of what they hope will be several Prog at the Priory gigs.

Gordon Giltrap was the warm-up for the main show. I'd never seen him before, I loved his set and sense of humour.

The Wakeman section of the evening was  a bit different to usual. Most of the regular favourites were there, including the Nursery Rhyme Concerto (I think this was only the second time I have heard it live), but due to the Priory Choir being part of the show we got a bit more 1984 stuff. The soloist also featured on Amazing Grace and The Meeting.

Lovely setting, fine show and Rick got his hands on the church organ for Jane Seymour, excellent stuff.

Gordon Giltrap

Rick Wakeman