From my ''vintage'' years!
Big let down:
Elton John 1984 (got the bootleg tape to prove it!)
Big surprise:
The Eagles (Hotel California) Toronto 1976
Men at Work Quebec 1982
Paul McCartney (Wings over America) 1976
The Police 1977 at a small college pub with only about 100 students packed in.
Biggest surprise:
The Rolling Stones at the El Mocambo in Toronto 1977.
This was a surprise act. The sign above the club's entrance was '' Appearing tonight, the Cockroaches ''
When the club owner announced them onstage, here came Mick and the Stones in the flesh.
I was priviledged to be there. The following evening, you had a line-up 3 city blocks long.
They played for two nights in this small club, and you can hear the results on the ''Love you Live'' reissued cd. The atmosphere was electrifying. Compared to the cd, the live event was raw and full of rough around the edges, very much in the spirit of the Stones themselves. I became a Stones fan that evening, and found their cd's too slick and overproduced since.
My definition of Stones music: A bunch of guys player music just for fun and un-structured - anyone pitching in with vocals when they felt like it and all together also- while someone forgot to shut the tape recording machine down.
Big let down:
Elton John 1984 (got the bootleg tape to prove it!)
Big surprise:
The Eagles (Hotel California) Toronto 1976
Men at Work Quebec 1982
Paul McCartney (Wings over America) 1976
The Police 1977 at a small college pub with only about 100 students packed in.
Biggest surprise:
The Rolling Stones at the El Mocambo in Toronto 1977.
This was a surprise act. The sign above the club's entrance was '' Appearing tonight, the Cockroaches ''
When the club owner announced them onstage, here came Mick and the Stones in the flesh.
I was priviledged to be there. The following evening, you had a line-up 3 city blocks long.
They played for two nights in this small club, and you can hear the results on the ''Love you Live'' reissued cd. The atmosphere was electrifying. Compared to the cd, the live event was raw and full of rough around the edges, very much in the spirit of the Stones themselves. I became a Stones fan that evening, and found their cd's too slick and overproduced since.
My definition of Stones music: A bunch of guys player music just for fun and un-structured - anyone pitching in with vocals when they felt like it and all together also- while someone forgot to shut the tape recording machine down.