by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
I wrote recently about going to watch Bohemian Rhapsody. The film begins and ends at Live Aid, and reproduces in full the set played there by Queen. Watching those fifteen or twenty minutes of film left me feeling very emotional. In part, it was watching this...
by Graeme Cumming | Oct 18, 2017 | Music, The Gigging Years |
In my previous Gigging Years post, I’d written about going to see a group of ageing rockers. At least, to the teenage me, after celebrating 20 years together, they must be ageing. Later the same year, I was heading to see an even more ageing group of rockers. Quo...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 21, 2017 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
If you haven’t read Part One, I would recommend that you do so now, otherwise, this post won’t make sense. In 1978, a live album was produced which set a benchmark for all live albums that followed. That’s not my opinion, but a rough approximation of the...
by Graeme Cumming | Mar 12, 2017 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
In the summer of 1979, I met the love of my life – at least, that’s what I thought at the time. The spark between us was immediate and intense. Flatteringly, the meeting was contrived, with me being lured to a house party where it turns out I knew hardly anyone. The...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 11, 2017 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
1979 was a significant year for me in many ways. I turned 16, left school, lost my virginity (if anyone finds it, will you let me know), and went to my first gig. It’s difficult to say for sure which of these was the most significant, but the most relevant here is the...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 11, 2016 | Music, Nostalgia |
I woke up this morning to the news that Leonard Cohen had died. It wasn’t shocking news, not like Bowie’s death earlier this year, or Phil Lynott’s back in the ’80s. Cohen was 82 – not ancient, but at least it felt as if he’d lived a long enough life. Still, even if...
