easy 3
09-02-2007, 08:53 AM
Sorry if that title sounds a bit morbid?
A friend of mine once stayed at home to eat a pizza because he couldn't be bothered to go and see Desmond Dekker play locally that night.
Desmond Dekker died a week or so later and my friend had missed his last ever gig and was obviously gutted.
The popularity of Live Music seems to be on the rise, maybe to compensate for the difficulties the music industry is going through (you can't download the feeling of a great gig and real human interaction after all) and this has given me the opportunity to see some great gigs lately.
The Beasties aren't getting any younger but I hope there's a good couple of decades left in them yet - I once saw what I believe was the last ever Ramones gig in London UK and it's funny - someone pointed out that almost no sooner had they stopped gigging than they all started dying off! As if being a Ramone was there purpous for breathing or something?
I'm glad to have seen James Brown, Jam Master Jay and Big L perform and was lined up to go see Bo Diddley earlier this year - unfortunately he had a stroke about a week before the gig (I'm really not sure of his condition since but hope he's OK).
Performers aren't like paintings that can be traded for millions once they're gone.
Which artists would you like to see before they die?
A friend of mine once stayed at home to eat a pizza because he couldn't be bothered to go and see Desmond Dekker play locally that night.
Desmond Dekker died a week or so later and my friend had missed his last ever gig and was obviously gutted.
The popularity of Live Music seems to be on the rise, maybe to compensate for the difficulties the music industry is going through (you can't download the feeling of a great gig and real human interaction after all) and this has given me the opportunity to see some great gigs lately.
The Beasties aren't getting any younger but I hope there's a good couple of decades left in them yet - I once saw what I believe was the last ever Ramones gig in London UK and it's funny - someone pointed out that almost no sooner had they stopped gigging than they all started dying off! As if being a Ramone was there purpous for breathing or something?
I'm glad to have seen James Brown, Jam Master Jay and Big L perform and was lined up to go see Bo Diddley earlier this year - unfortunately he had a stroke about a week before the gig (I'm really not sure of his condition since but hope he's OK).
Performers aren't like paintings that can be traded for millions once they're gone.
Which artists would you like to see before they die?