Bands that can still cut it

[DaveReading]

Going to see these guys on Saturday, haven't seen them since the 70s.



I'll report back.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Specials
and, of course, I would say this...

The Cure (although, having never really been away, do they count?)

and

The Human League

and

Craig David

and

The Pretenders.

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/9XWmwvT8bCw

 

[DaveReading]

Going to see these guys on Saturday, haven't seen them since the 70s.



I'll report back.

Awesome. Great mix of many of their classic tracks and some more recent stuff, including one of my favourites Poor Man's Moody Blues, which they played in honour of Ray Thomas who was in the audience and duly took a bow.

 

[ufkacbln]

I saw Rick Wakeman, with the original vocalist Ashley Holt at the Royal Albert Hall last year for the Journey to the Centre of the Earth



It was superb, and as a musician technology has allowed him to leave the keyboards and do a solo whilst mobile, and the "duel" between him and the guitarist performing the Hall of the Mountain King was fun

 

[ufkacbln]

Inspired by the mention of Sonja Kristina in another thread:

Curved Air



Focus:

 

[Salty seadog]

In general I find the first two or three albums a band I'm into are usually my favourites as thats the real band with the energy and ideas, after that when the session musians and orchesteral backing comes in it starts to get lost.

Gomez by the way, still doing it.

 

[raleighnut]

In general I find the first two or three albums a band I'm into are usually my favourites as thats the real band with the energy and ideas, after that when the session musians and orchesteral backing comes in it starts to get lost.

Gomez by the way, still doing it.

Fantastic band,


View: https://youtu.be/wPs9BsJPEcQ

 

[grumpyoldwoman]

Saw The Wurzels at Weston Pier back in the summer. They're still as good as they always were.

 

[ufkacbln]

Slightly OT, but what I used to find watching the musicians and bands develop

Curved Air was a classic

Darryl Way, Fancis Monkman of "SKY" came through the band. Stewart Copeland of the "Police" was another