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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
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Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
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868.0. "THE UNDERTONES" by ULYSSE::CHAMPOLLION (Miracle in Rennes) Wed Jul 17 1991 19:17

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868.1Cause he flicked to kick and I did'nt know.ARRODS::OHAGANBNew Gold Dream : 91,92,93,94Wed Jul 17 1991 20:4412
    Crikey!
    
    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.
868.2Jump BoysEUSEBE::STURTPsycho milkmanThu Jul 18 1991 19:2817
    
    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.   
868.3ULYSSE::CHAMPOLLIONMiracle in RennesFri Jul 19 1991 19:3017
868.4MOEUR7::BROOKSWed Jul 13 1994 22:287
    
    All the 'tones albums are now available on CD (about time too).
    
    For me 'Posistive Touch' is their best.
    
    Steve.
    
868.5RUTILE::LETCHERIf not for good; if not for betterWed Jul 20 1994 17:164
    Feargal Sharkey once gave me a Positive Touch T-Shirt. I wish now that
    I hadn't worn it to death at the time.
    
    Piers