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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

152.0. "" by BONNET::MCALLISTER () Fri Jul 22 1988 18:06

    
      I remember this incident vividly,as if it was last night,I
    was doing a gig with a band called "Third Time Lucky" (groan)
    in "The Twisted Wheel" in Carlisle,which has a disco downstairs
    and a public bar and dancefloor up stairs. We were playing 
    upstairs and in the middle of our second set belting out stuff
    like "Booggie-oogie-oggie","You make me feel,Mighty Real (?)"
    "Long Train Running","I'll go where your music takes me","Blowin'
    Free" etc,we arrived at a number that I can't remember the nameof
    but started of with a bass-drums disco 16s beat and broke into the
    same beat in the middle of the song.
     As was normal in this song our keyboards player jumped onto the
    dancefloor and boggied around for a while,except this time because
    there was a small stage he did a summersault from the stage on to
    the floor,this seemed to go ok,until in the last quarter of the
    song I look over to watch him playing the keys and he was frantically
    pointing to an empty mouth where his false teeth used to be !!!! The
    result of him mis-calculating the summersault.
     It did ZERO for the bands image when he scampered onto the dance
    floor at the end of the song to crawl on his hands and knees to
    find the teeth in the dim lights.
    
        Ah such memories....mcbill_who_is_going_through_a_nostalga_phase
    
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152.1is this a family conference?AYOV28::MDONNELLYThe Alligator man is snap happyFri Jul 22 1988 19:078
    
    C'mon Bill, tell them about the fancy-dress night at the 
    Covenanters in Newmilns with the drummer wearing the shorts....
    ...mm, then again, maybe you shouldn't bother.
    
    
    Michael
    
152.2..yeah,an' there was when we were at...BONNET::MCALLISTERTue Jul 26 1988 14:1616
    
    
      This one was in the Pagoda Resturant in Carlisle,we were getting
    dressed in the "Dressing-room" before starting when I took an 
    uncontrollable urge to empty my bladder into an empty pint mug.This
    being done we went ahead and did our set. Ajourning back to the
    dressingroom a couple of the local "shielas" came in,whom we'd met
    before we started,they came in and started to chat when without
    pausing for breath one girl said "Is this lager,I'm desperate for
    a drink" and deposited a quarter of the contents of the aforementioned
    pint mug down her throat before realising that something was sadly
    wrong........................needless to say,none of the lads went
    out with her that night !!!!!
                                                                
    	Cheers (excuse the phrase ).....mcbill
    
152.3As we're in nostalgia mode...BREW11::LAWTONThere ain't no Sanity Clause...Sat Apr 08 1989 15:5523
    Back in the late seventies , when I'd just started gigging , my
    band got involved at a local college's Christmas " do " . At the
    time , we did a pretty lively version of "Stairway To Heaven " 
    ( didn't everyone ? ) . Anyhow , during the last section of the
    song , you know , the " And as we wind on down the road.." bit ,
    we'd arranged to ahve a strobe light on us ( Woooooodstock ! ).
    The vocalist decided to leap about the stage , in simulated slow
    motion , which was fine until he leapt into the drums , sending
    them over in a graceful , slo-mo topple.
    
    	Roadies galore came rushing on stage and stood them up again,
    we finished the song , curtains came down to rapturous applause,
    and just as the clapping died down , the drummer , who was none
    too enamoured with the singer , shouts at the latter , " You
    stupid f------- w----- !!!!!!" , not realising that the P.A. had
    just relayed his measured opinion to the audience , which , on this
    particular night , included parents .
    
    We didn't get asked to go back the next year....strange that...
    
    Phil