Friday 15 April 2011

Memories of Live Music

I recently spent a weekend away with an old friend who has spent his entire working life in the music industry, firstly as a roadie and now as a performance co-ordinator at a well-known theatre. We talked at length about performers we’d seen and, being the grumpy old men we’ve become, complained about the state of the music industry today.

In these days of iTunes and YouTube, the thrill of seeing an international act seems to be becoming a more mundane experience. Back in the day, even hearing them could have meant sitting by your radio and just waiting, if you didn’t have the pocket money to buy their latest album (I was never one for singles).

Therefore, as much for the purpose of reliving my younger days as for firing up your own memory, I herewith provide, in rough chronological order, the more noteworthy performers I’ve had the pleasure to see live on stage (some more than once)…

Jesus Christ Superstar – the Australian cast, pre-Marcia Hines
Linda Ronstadt & the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
David Bowie
Choirboys
Cold Chisel (twice in three days)
U2
BB King
Queen
Paul Young
David Bowie
ZZ Top
Sting
INXS
Sandii & the Sunsetz
Poison
U2
Ian Moss
Public Image Ltd
Cheap Trick
Alannah Myles
Simply Red
Models
Tokyo Shock Boys
KISS
Sarah McLachlan
Natalie Merchant
Ani DiFranco
Jewel
Cold Chisel
Dwight Yoakam
Marilyn Manson
Kings of Leon
Foo Fighters
U2
Jet
Powderfinger

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