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Allan
Old Love
USA
560 Posts |
 Posted - 16/10/2004 : 13:44:36
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One of the main venues to see bands in the 60's in Philadelphia was called The Electric Factory. It was an old converted tire warehouse, and had no seats or chairs. It had a little room with large mirrors on the wall so that when you walked by them, your image was distorted...either a long body with short legs, or a short body with long legs-the kind that you would see in carnivals.
The year was 1969. There was this band that was playing that I didn't know anything about. But for $2 on Thursday and Sunday night, and for $3 on Friday and Saturday night, I would frequent The Factory almost weekly, no matter who was playing. I was lightly amused just by the name of this band, and that was enough for me to see them.
From the first note, I knew I was in for one of the loudest bands I've heard. I thought that amplification was being brought to a new level. The first song was 'No Fun'. Four guys with just a ton of feedback coming from the lead guitar. They went on to "Real Cool Time", and the audience, including myself, were just sort of plastered. They continued to roll through their set, and at one point, the lead singer looked like he was ripping at his arms with his fingernails, and drawing what looked like blood in long scratches on his arms. They did a song called "I Wanna Be Your Dog", which mesmerized me.
They ended their set. The audience was stunned. I've never seen anything like this before. I mean it...the band just walked off stage and the audience were all sitting with their mouths open. It was like 'WTF just happenned?' Not one person applauded. Everyone and I mean everyone were just sitting on the floor with their mouths open. The band had blown everyone's mind.
The Stooges...1969. Iggy Stooge, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander |
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astrolobe33
Fifth Love
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2006 : 17:35:01
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Well let me be the first to say
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ZFarrar
Fourth Love
USA
164 Posts |
Posted - 20/04/2006 : 17:52:35
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| Allan sounds like a great show. I would say mine was Patti Smith in 1978, she absolutely rocked with more attitude and energy than 99% of the acts I've ever seen. |
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ruxprncd
Fifth Love
305 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2006 : 01:32:04
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Alan,
let ME be the first to say...
you lucky b*stard :) |
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MikeP
Fifth Love
406 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2006 : 02:00:18
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| New album currently being recorded. |
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BobbyFischer
Fifth Love
Norway
440 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2006 : 02:17:44
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| This evening,Ray Davies at rockefeller Oslo!All day and all of the night,Till the end of the day,set me free and a shiver down the spine version of village green!Ive read in the Castle that Love at an early point used to cover among others The Kinks,wonder what song(s) and how they sounded! |
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astrolobe33
Fifth Love
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2006 : 07:17:05
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"Til the End of the Day"... no joke!?!
I've been mucking around with that one lately, one of the greatest tunes! Surprisingly difficult chord structure, especially on the acoustic.
That's great! |
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Arnstein
Fifth Love
Norway
340 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2006 : 14:01:34
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| I MISSED THE RAY DAVIES CONCERT! DAMN! |
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BobbyFischer
Fifth Love
Norway
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Posted - 27/04/2006 : 18:30:04
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| Couldnt agree more astrolobe!My favourite tune of the three classic Kinks garage songs,strangely its the less known of them.Arnstein:You have my deepest sympathy :)but Im sure he will come back to Oslo soon,especially after getting such a wild and cheering response from the audience even from the lesser known songs of the 70s and the new album,was a magic evening i will never forget! |
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A concert that left me 'stunned'
