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Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:15 pm

One of my favorite tunes of all time right there

Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:53 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:47 pm

Cornuck wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:32 pm Saw them twice - great, great shows.

Good find.

Saw the Clash twice, at the Commodore and at the Areanex, but never the Mescaleros. I was living in Belize back then

Saw the Pogues with Joe Strummer singing in place of Shane MacGowan who was in rehab. A memorable show. They did about 4 clash songs. The Clash’s Straight To Hell with the Pogues as the band and Strummer singing was a live music highlight for me.

That would have been fun. Missed it.

The first Mescaleros show, they a lot of Clash songs, the 2nd time, I'm not sure if they did any.

The Areanex? At Kerrisdale?

^^The Shocking Blue video lacks only go go girls dancing in bird cages and slightly better lip synching.

Besides that though, perfect

The Music Machine's epic cover version of Neil Diamond's classic Cherry Cherry.

Features signature flute playing and baddass fuzz guitar plus, you guessed it. Go go girls.

No birdcages yet though. They're coming




*no idea why everyone is wearing one leather glove. That's weird.

Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:46 am
*no idea why everyone is wearing one leather glove. That's weird.

Early Michael Jackson fans?

Areanex was a building at the PNE. It was a larger version of a highschool gym. Stage at one end, massive floor space, bothers on one side. Also saw the Police there when the Specials opened and blew them out of the water. Also caught Know Jackson there.

Ok - saw a few shows there, guess I never knew the name. The Clash played the Kerrisdale Arena (Combat Rock tour).

Topper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:01 am Areanex was a building at the PNE. It was a larger version of a highschool gym. Stage at one end, massive floor space, bothers on one side. Also saw the Police there when the Specials opened and blew them out of the water. Also caught Know Jackson there.

That’s where I saw the Pogues with Strummer. It’s the building right at the north east corner of Hastings and a Renfrew?

Saw the Clash when they opened up for the Who in Seattle. The Clash was by far the better show. Amazing live act

Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:28 am Saw the Clash when they opened up for the Who in Seattle. The Clash was by far the better show. Amazing live act

I left after the Clash.

When I was in Iowa in 1981/82 no one had even heard of the Clash.

I bought London Calling to the kid in the host family, but he was unimpressed. Preferred REO Speedwagon and AC/DC.

Heathens.

Per wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:50 am When I was in Iowa in 1981/82 no one had even heard of the Clash.

I bought London Calling to the kid in the host family, but he was unimpressed. Preferred REO Speedwagon and AC/DC.

Heathens.

Sounds like Surrey at the time.

Cornuck wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:51 am

Per wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:50 am When I was in Iowa in 1981/82 no one had even heard of the Clash.

I bought London Calling to the kid in the host family, but he was unimpressed. Preferred REO Speedwagon and AC/DC.

Heathens.

Sounds like Surrey at the time.

But probably with less people and more corn and soy beans...

The day they played the Commodore, I read something about them and it being their first North American show. Hopped a bus downtown and had to sneak into the the show because I was underage.

Fuck I miss the Commodore. Jerry Jeff Walker played his entire set three times and finally told everyone he was done and it was time to go home. The horsehair was alive that night. Lucinda Williams tore up her set list saying " so you guys like the blues" then launched into an incredible show. She had her song book on an easel and flipped pages between songs, just playing what she felt we wanted to listen to. Her guitar techs were going crazy trying to keep up. Some songs, her band had never heard. The Replacements left me black and blue as did DOA.

There was also a club in Gastown near the Woodward's parkade, can't remember the name.

Joe Ely played the Blarney Stone one night but I was too drink to remember any of it.