Janne Schaffer, a guitarereo from sweden.
He played on several Abba tracks, but as a solo artist
he did typical 70s jazz-rock fusion.
I saw him in the early 80s I think, when his star was
sinking yet.
The music was okay, if you can stand fusion, but the man
was horribly grimassing, it was impossible to watch.
Every solo he played - and there was lots of noodling! -
he repeated with his tongue.
Imagine Gene Simmons, maybe you get the picture.
At first I thought it was meant as a joke, but Janne
did it the whole concert through.
His girlfriend must be a lucky woman by the way...(-:

Andy j's there seems to be shagging theme running through your threads at the
moment !!!

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> i worked with someone that claimed to have shagged
> her in a bus stop before she got famous


i'd have given alot of 'Heart & Soul', to have been in his shoes

i doubt it. his feet stunk

Sting, in the royal albert hall sometime in november 1999. The boss paid for the ticket and for a spot of dinner in Sticky Fingers. The meal was top notch, the gig was crud, and it's 2 and a half hours of my life i shall never have back

Franky goes to Holywood, 22 years ago?

In 1995 I took my little pre-pubescent cousins to see Take That.
Watching 5 young men dancing in red leather thongs was quite embarassing.
Only good thing was they opened with Satisfaction.

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>> Only good thing was they opened with Satisfaction.

sweet jesus.

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> Satisfaction.
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> sweet jesus.

Agree

AdrianL..... spice girls gonna get a mention yet? solo maybe?

thanks ablett for mentioning that one...ahem....

altogether now- Shepherds Bush Empire , circa 2002/3 :-

"i am an anti-christ, i am Sporty Spice", (sung to Anarchy In The UK)

Repent you evil child!!!!

The Greatful Dead 1979-----they played for over three hours and I think it was only two songs !! Mindless, endless jams....
Was looking through the blissed out crowd of women with hairy legs and armpits for something sharp to slash myself with and end the misery....

I went to a couple of KISS shows back in the seventies, when I was a teenager, then went to one of their "farewell" shows back in the mid-nineties just to see what it was that I liked about them. Should have saved my money.

*Wayne Newton (very amusing yet sad)
*Englebert Humperdink
*Mr. Bungle (just noise)
*Spice Girls (went on 90 mins late, played 40 mins then took an intermission)
*Son Volt (I Actually fell asleep)
*Pat Boone
*Blink 182 (do not play well in arenas)
*Kenny Rogers (in his late 1970's mega hit period)
*Village People (First major arena tour around 1979)
*Lauri Anderson (Fell asleep,and my date was embarassed and she suggested we go)

Some of these shows my parents dragged me to...

I was dragged to see the Bee Gee's in 1979 or 1980...they were quite good.

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> i had an unhealthy fascination for Miss Carol
> Decker, circa 1987-88.

She still looks okay but takes herself way too seriously.

I saw a programme on Danish television about a "festival" in Denmark with a lot of past-it bands - Slade mark II, one of the incarnations of Sweet, Suzi Quatro and also T-Pau (which - I believe - is Carol Decker and whoever she has with her??).

In that programme they interviewed Carol Decker and ya had to larf. It was like listening to Ginger Spice in her glory days, thinking themselves some kind of cultural icons on par with Elvis, Bob Dylan, Beatles and Stones. And Ginger was probably closer to the truth than Carol. Except for a few wet dreams back in her day - what lasting contributions has she made?

She should just be happy that she can make a buck on the nostalgia-circuit (IMHO) ;-)

[www.progg.se] Unos Kanoner.
Didnt only attend the concert; I arranged it.

Menudo

Not really a concert as such, but I saw Keith Harris and Orville perform live at Butlins.

There's no shame in having seen Keith & Orville. World class entertainment and pleasant memories all combined. Not unlike the Stones!

"I wish I could fly right up to the sky, but I can't"

" i hate that duck"

Orville and Blondie Chaplin seem to have the same hairdresser.

Good call Adrian!! I was more a Nookie the Bear man meself

Genesis at Dodger stadium mid-'80's. My older sister had a spare, so I went.
Worst concert ever, Phil Collins is very embarrassing.

lots of sisters getting the blame, around here!

You think that lot is embarassing?

I roadied for the Barron Knights when I left university....I needed the money. It was at Xmas time and it was all club shows, real variety show stuff with crap pub singer warm up acts one of which was Chas and Dave.

I saw Tears for Fears, Cliff Richard and Status Quo @ Knebworth in 1990. Pink Floyd, Clapton and Page & Plant were also on the bill.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

NickB I was there too for that concert, there were rumours abounding that the Stones were going to do a surprise appearance. Obviously didn't happen. Remember Cliffs Pink shiny suit?

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> NickB I was there too for that concert, there were
> rumours abounding that the Stones were going to do
> a surprise appearance. Obviously didn't happen.
> Remember Cliffs Pink shiny suit?

Yeah Cliff's pink suit. Remember the storm of paper plates @ the end of Hey Jude?

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

I think so as my wife of the time was 7 months pregnant when we went and I had her sitting on my shoulders for a lot of the show so most of the time I had my head buried on my chest as the bulge from her pregnant stomach pushed into my neck.Hardly saw a thing!

I have a some truly bad ones ...

I've seen Steve Vai solo (the clou of the gig being him playing a 3 neck / heart shaped body guitar dressed up like the bad guy in Terminator moovies)

AND Marylin Manson once ...

AND that terrible band of Kurt Cobain's wife

AND Brian Adams too


C