by Graeme Cumming | Mar 10, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
Having been in the wrong kind of mood when I saw Queen in 1984, then missing them at Live Aid as a matter of principle, when the opportunity arose to see them again, I didn’t hesitate. The Magic tour was being held in stadiums, so it was time to head to Wembley....
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 | Jan 6, 2019 | Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
When I heard about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, I dismissed it. I love the cinema but, generally speaking, don’t like biopics, and I’m not keen on recreations of live performances. I’ve seen plenty of the real thing, and you can’t match those. Part of me also worried...
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 | Sep 20, 2017 | The Gigging Years |
It’s a few months since I last wrote about my gigging years so, to jog your memory, I’d left things when I’d been to Milton Keynes Bowl. There, my expectations of what live music should be about were raised significantly. Up to now, my recollections have been...
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...
