Tweet
For me nothing beats seeing a great live band , the best possible day/night out for me would have to involve having a few beers and seeing a decent band .
Of the top of my head some of the highlights for me over the last year have been ..........
Neil Young - At Malihide Castle .
For anyone unfamiliar with Ireland Malihide is a lovely little coastal town about 10km north of Dublin .
Lucky for us the one decent day of sunshine this summer fell on Sunday 29th June , the day old shaky was in town .
After a pleasant afternoon drinking Guinness in a local beer garden sun splitting the trees , it was time for a walk through the fields to the castle to catch the living legend that is Neil Young .
He opened up with "Love and only love " followed by "I've been waiting for you " before launching full blast into "Powderfinger" and" Hey hey my my " every tune maximum volume plus extended guitar solos , every bit as good as Crazy Horse in their prime .
He even dropped the pace a little for an acoustic set in the middle - "Oh lonesome me , The needle and the damage done, Old man , and Unknown legend " being the highlights , before picking up the electric again for another full frontal assault including a 25 minute + version of "No hidden path " from last years Chrome Dreams album .
One of the most beautiful things I have witnessed in my life was the sunset over the bay as he played "A day in the life " the old Beatles classic for the encore .Trashing his guitar in the process .
An amazing 2 and a half hours
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dublin Castle .
The perfect back drop for old Nick as he stalked the stage like a praying mantis , hollering out a collection of oldies and new material from "Dig Lazarus dig " cursing the night sky , one of the greatest live performers of our generation .
The Stones - Slane Castle .
Pure rock n roll this one , around twenty of us travelled down from Belfast for this one , camped out in pissing rain , got covered from head to foot in mud , to be part of 80,000 people to see the Stones in Ireland for the first time since 1982 .
We blagged our way into the front circle , which was about 3 feet of mud , got totally pissed all weekend , I came home minus my shoes , and spent a week in bed with flu ...... real rock n roll man , and yes the Stones were magic
Groove Armada /Super furry animals / The Rapture / Toots and the Maytals - Malihide Castle again for the Lovebox weekender .
Plus a dance tent , and a Trojan ska/reggae tent for good measure , you just knew you would be a groovin all night and day , and we were
Kasabian - Tennants Vital Belfast .
One of the best live bands around , they totally blew away the main act - The Killers . Brilliant
Honourable mentions must go to , The Verve and The Enemy .
And I've still got Paul Weller , The kings of Leon and Primal Scream to come later this year
So anyway I've rambled on enough , who is the greatest band or artist you've seen recently , or a long time ago it doesnt matter , lets have em ........
Of the top of my head some of the highlights for me over the last year have been ..........
Neil Young - At Malihide Castle .
For anyone unfamiliar with Ireland Malihide is a lovely little coastal town about 10km north of Dublin .
Lucky for us the one decent day of sunshine this summer fell on Sunday 29th June , the day old shaky was in town .
After a pleasant afternoon drinking Guinness in a local beer garden sun splitting the trees , it was time for a walk through the fields to the castle to catch the living legend that is Neil Young .
He opened up with "Love and only love " followed by "I've been waiting for you " before launching full blast into "Powderfinger" and" Hey hey my my " every tune maximum volume plus extended guitar solos , every bit as good as Crazy Horse in their prime .
He even dropped the pace a little for an acoustic set in the middle - "Oh lonesome me , The needle and the damage done, Old man , and Unknown legend " being the highlights , before picking up the electric again for another full frontal assault including a 25 minute + version of "No hidden path " from last years Chrome Dreams album .
One of the most beautiful things I have witnessed in my life was the sunset over the bay as he played "A day in the life " the old Beatles classic for the encore .Trashing his guitar in the process .
An amazing 2 and a half hours
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dublin Castle .
The perfect back drop for old Nick as he stalked the stage like a praying mantis , hollering out a collection of oldies and new material from "Dig Lazarus dig " cursing the night sky , one of the greatest live performers of our generation .
The Stones - Slane Castle .
Pure rock n roll this one , around twenty of us travelled down from Belfast for this one , camped out in pissing rain , got covered from head to foot in mud , to be part of 80,000 people to see the Stones in Ireland for the first time since 1982 .
We blagged our way into the front circle , which was about 3 feet of mud , got totally pissed all weekend , I came home minus my shoes , and spent a week in bed with flu ...... real rock n roll man , and yes the Stones were magic
Groove Armada /Super furry animals / The Rapture / Toots and the Maytals - Malihide Castle again for the Lovebox weekender .
Plus a dance tent , and a Trojan ska/reggae tent for good measure , you just knew you would be a groovin all night and day , and we were
Kasabian - Tennants Vital Belfast .
One of the best live bands around , they totally blew away the main act - The Killers . Brilliant
Honourable mentions must go to , The Verve and The Enemy .
And I've still got Paul Weller , The kings of Leon and Primal Scream to come later this year
So anyway I've rambled on enough , who is the greatest band or artist you've seen recently , or a long time ago it doesnt matter , lets have em ........
1980 and Mick Jones wasn´t even in, but angry Strummer in a mohawk is a moment i´ll never forget.
Jimslim,i'm surprised you haven't mentioned the group playing in the bar in walking street we went to play pool in,our last week in Pattaya.I could swear you told that was the best live music you ever listened too.
My first ever gig was The Rolling Stones, back in 1965 at Melbournes Palais theatre, aged 9.
Comment