The Off Season Leftfield thread

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The Off Season Leftfield thread

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We are between seasons,and I have had a few cold ones this afternoon,so I thought that I would start a random thread to pass the time until the Football resumes,,not of the usual "Top 5 fave bands,books,"etc,but 5 that you THINK people should listen to,or read,or watch,or whatever.
So,to kick it off,here is my list of 5 bands that I think people should give a listen to:-
HP Lovecraft
Fountains of Wayne
King Missile
My Morning Jacket
Cosmic Rough Riders

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Well I'm too old to have heard of any of them but back in the 70's I used to enjoy several bands who were just below the mainstream and can now be unearthed on youtube;
Stackridge
Skid Row
Osibisa
Burnin Red Ivanhoe
Blodwyn Pig

Yeah, I'm very old :(

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Red Snapper wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:00 pm
Well I'm too old to have heard of any of them but back in the 70's I used to enjoy several bands who were just below the mainstream and can now be unearthed on youtube;
Stackridge
Skid Row
Osibisa
Burnin Red Ivanhoe
Blodwyn Pig

Yeah, I'm very old :(
Fountains of Wayne,and My Morning Jacket,and Cosmic Rough Riders are bands from the 2000's,and King Missile are a 90's band.
HP Lovecraft are a late 60's psychedelic band named after the author.

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Steps
Sclub7
Backstreetboys
And wham

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A mate came round yesterday to watch Scotland v England,so obviously a few beers.
He told me that he had paid the thick end of £300 for 2 U2 tickets at Twickenham for the Joshua Tree 30th tour. :shock:
I told him that 30 years ago I may have paid to see them,but they are now just bloated,pompous,self-righteous wankers,and I wouldn't go to watch them if they were playing in my local,even if they gave me a rider.
Agree or disagree?

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Rugby Gooner wrote:
Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:50 pm
A mate came round yesterday to watch Scotland v England,so obviously a few beers.
He told me that he had paid the thick end of £300 for 2 U2 tickets at Twickenham for the Joshua Tree 30th tour. :shock:
I told him that 30 years ago I may have paid to see them,but they are now just bloated,pompous,self-righteous wankers,and I wouldn't go to watch them if they were playing in my local,even if they gave me a rider.
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You know you are getting a little older when a group decides to pop (pun intended) up after 20 years and to gain a few hundred thousand quid for their pension funds!
Cynicism does it again, me old egg!....

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Rugby Gooner wrote:
Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:50 pm
A mate came round yesterday to watch Scotland v England,so obviously a few beers.
He told me that he had paid the thick end of £300 for 2 U2 tickets at Twickenham for the Joshua Tree 30th tour. :shock:
I told him that 30 years ago I may have paid to see them,but they are now just bloated,pompous,self-righteous wankers,and I wouldn't go to watch them if they were playing in my local,even if they gave me a rider.
Agree or disagree?
Agree. Bono is one of the world's biggest hypocrites. Can't stand them.

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Rugby Gooner wrote:
Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:50 pm
A mate came round yesterday to watch Scotland v England,so obviously a few beers.
He told me that he had paid the thick end of £300 for 2 U2 tickets at Twickenham for the Joshua Tree 30th tour. :shock:
I told him that 30 years ago I may have paid to see them,but they are now just bloated,pompous,self-righteous wankers,and I wouldn't go to watch them if they were playing in my local,even if they gave me a rider.
Agree or disagree?
Yeah agree ..Was a fan in the early 80s but wouldn't go to their Dublin concert even if offered a free ticket. That isn't necessarily for musical reasons..I just couldn't spend hours looking at them.

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Agreed.

Bono will probably spend most of the concert delivering his expert opinion on world events whilst he continues his crusade to get a knighthood like his compatriot Bob!


deluded prick!

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I haven't taken U2 seriously since I saw bono in leather trousers ,turtle neck jumper and a a mullet haircut doing I will follow but I got dragged to see them in the palladium NYC in 82-3 and they were very good .

I saw my old friend Jock McDonald aka Jerry O'Donnel in concert Saturday night in Brighton,The Bollock Bothers remain fantastic !

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Boner (copyright Beavis & Butthead :lol: ) is a pompous twat. Never particularly liked their music either tbh (the guitar playing is schoolboy level :oops: ) but when Boner starts pontificating about world poverty and green issues (after flying in from one of his mansions on a private jet) I just switch off completely. Prize prick. :roll: :censored:

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Makes me laugh when multi millionaires whose careers and wealth were given a massive boost by live aid don't pay tax in any country , ask me for money to help the poor in Africa .
Almost as bad as the so called charity UNICEF


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XTC
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The lines
Pink industry
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