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Est-ce le meme JF CHAMPOLLION qui 'moderate' la conference 'FOOTBALL' ?
I saw the Undertones once, near the end of their career supporting
Peter Gabriel at Crystal Palace F.C. (there Stuart, I've trampled
the hallowed(?) turf of Selhurst). Good band. A lasting memory is of
seeing them on T.V., a very old recording of when they played a youth
club in Derry. Feargal Sharkey was wearing an annorak and smoking
every cigarette as if it were his last.
Barry.
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The Undertones, Bradford St. Georges Hall, Autumn 1979, shortly before
(or after?) the release of "Hypnotised".
The greatest concert I ever attended. Never before or since have I seen
a band that came anywhere near them. Cartwheels and mayhem on the dance
floor; no frills, no bullshit, no lasers on stage. And they seemed to
be enjoying themselves. Shame that no-one in the place could understand
a word that Feargal Sharkey said.
They went downhill after that - I know you disagree Champers, but
you're a musician and I'm just a punter - and when I saw them in 1983,
they were ropey and bored.
God bless John Peel.
Ed.
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