Music/gigs

[Upside Down]

13 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Were you playing the Rickenbacker on that ? I was expecting a more jangly, Johnnie Marr, Roger McGuinn sound 

Believe it or not that was a 12 string Rickenbacker through a Super Reverb.

Check out some of the other tunes, I can certainly bring the jangle when needed.

https://traficante.bandcamp.com/music

We're also on the Spotify as well.

Edited May 13, 2024 by Upside Down

[Norbert Rassragr]

Last day in Prague after seeing Rammstein again. Fucking amazing as usual and played a few of my favourites.

My camera work is pretty shoddy, but never mind.

[Upside Down]

Saw Peter Hook at the weekend.

Was really good. I must say I preferred the New Order set to the Joy Division set.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

There’s a review of Paul Weller’s latest album in today’s “ Guardian” complete with a photo of him looking very dapper indeed in a really nice blue suit. “ I’d like to meet his tailor “ . Name that tune ?

Edited May 24, 2024 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Gav]

https://kiefersutherland.com/

I noticed Kiefer Sutherlands band are playing at Leadmill in Sheffield in August, country blues, £35 a ticket. 

Think I may nip along to that one.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Paul Weller on the Jules Holland show tonight.

[oldjamfan1]

On 24/05/2024 at 10:26, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

There’s a review of Paul Weller’s latest album in today’s “ Guardian” complete with a photo of him looking very dapper indeed in a really nice blue suit. “ I’d like to meet his tailor “ . Name that tune ?

It’s a little place in Soho where PW goes. 
New album is excellent - I don’t know how he keeps doing it.

The tune is Warren Zevon isn’t it?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

43 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

It’s a little place in Soho where PW goes. 
New album is excellent - I don’t know how he keeps doing it.

The tune is Warren Zevon isn’t it?

10/10.
 

Prostate cancer got him and it had a go at me. Take the PSA test lads.

Talking of tailors I know a very good one in Rochdale if you ever need any high class alterations.

Edited May 25, 2024 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Weller’s obviously flavour of the month. There’s a full page spread of him on the front page of today’s “ Observer “ magazine. One for “ Oldjamfan’s “ bedroom wall no doubt. Nicely turned out as usual. Black “ Brooks Brothers “ polo shirt, black slacks and some nice black leather slip on shoes. He needs a word with his tailor though, the slacks are about 2” too short. The Four Tops circa 1965 style.
He dresses like me only I could give him a stone or two unfortunately ! He’s obviously looked after himself.

Edited May 26, 2024 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[oldjamfan1]

It’s promotional work for his new album Tyrone. An almost guaranteed number 1.

[wilsdenrover]

5 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Weller’s obviously flavour of the month. There’s a full page spread of him on the front page of today’s “ Observer “ magazine. One for “ Oldjamfan’s “ bedroom wall no doubt. Nicely turned out as usual. Black “ Brooks Brothers “ polo shirt, black slacks and some nice black leather slip on shoes. He needs a word with his tailor though, the slacks are about 2” too short. The Four Tops circa 1965 style.
He dresses like me only I could give him a stone or two unfortunately ! He’s obviously looked after himself.

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Nothing wrong with them kex.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, Upside Down said:

Nothing wrong with them kex.

Yeah, they’re fine. It’s just his legs are too long.

 

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah, they’re fine. It’s just his legs are too long.

 

I was about to say that 😄

[Upside Down]

Hopefully this will be appreciated on here

Any BRFCS members present will get a free DoBro.

[Gav]

Got this album on right now from The Rifles 2006, If you like Weller and The Jam, its a must. They're playing in Sheffield soon on the Richard Hawley Rock n Roll Circus gig at Don Valley. 

 

Edited June 1, 2024 by Gav

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

On 26/05/2024 at 13:21, oldjamfan1 said:

It’s promotional work for his new album Tyrone. An almost guaranteed number 1.

Don’t read the letters page in today’s Sunday Ob. One correspondent is less than impressed - “ So Paul Weller looks good at 66, has been lucky in the hair department and wrote some decent songs 40 years ago “. It goes on …….

You write in and should put the record straight.

[oldjamfan1]

5 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Don’t read the letters page in today’s Sunday Ob. One correspondent is less than impressed - “ So Paul Weller looks good at 66, has been lucky in the hair department and wrote some decent songs 40 years ago “. It goes on …….

You write in and should put the record straight.

To be fair he doesn’t look that great for 66. Too many cigarettes and sun loungers. 
 

There’s a lot of folk stuck in 1982 but thankfully (despite my username on here) I’m not one of them.

On 01/06/2024 at 13:04, Gav said:

Got this album on right now from The Rifles 2006, If you like Weller and The Jam, its a must. They're playing in Sheffield soon on the Richard Hawley Rock n Roll Circus gig at Don Valley. 

 

Fabulous live band as well Gav

Edited June 2, 2024 by oldjamfan1

[Upside Down]

9 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

To be fair he doesn’t look that great for 66. Too many cigarettes and sun loungers. 
 

There’s a lot of folk stuck in 1982 but thankfully (despite my username on here) I’m not one of them.

Fabulous live band as well Gav

Yeah Weller looks a lot older than 66.

Booze, ciggys and too much sun will do that to you.

It looks to me like a letter written by one of the many sour muppets that are stuck in the past and believe that Weller "should just reform the Jam".

These also tend to be the same cretins that sneer at younger people who also listen to bands from that era. I've had this many times in my life from these clowns, "that's my era". Fuck off you silly old twat.

Just old people who are bitter about the fact they're no longer young and that the world has moved on leaving them behind.

Then you'd have the opposite. People like @oldjamfan1 who were always open minded, supportive and enthusiastic. They were great to be around, they showed us some great stuff we'd have never found without them and were always keen to hear what we were doing.

I've listened to a couple of tracks from 66 and they were pretty good. TBH I haven't listened to a lot of music recently, I've written a few tunes though.

[Gav]

One of my favourite bands of all time, the worlds a worse place without REM.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722rr51928o

The original line-up performed for the first time since 2007 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York on Thursday.

 

 

[oldjamfan1]

8 minutes ago, Gav said:

One of my favourite bands of all time, the worlds a worse place without REM.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722rr51928o

The original line-up performed for the first time since 2007 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York on Thursday.

 

 

I was just reading about that Gav. Yeah I last saw them at Old Trafford cricket ground in the mid noughties. Great band.

[Gav]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I was just reading about that Gav. Yeah I last saw them at Old Trafford cricket ground in the mid noughties. Great band.

I bet I went to the same gig OjF, seem them many times over the years.

We even went to their home town of Athens in Georgia on a trip to the states a few years ago. Famous for REM of course and College Football Team Georgia Bulldogs. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Not exactly a gig but “ The Northern Soul Proms “ are on BBC 4 TV at 8-30 tonight. I’m not really Northern  Soul fan although some of the records are great.

Twenty years ago I used to be in a quiz team with a bloke who bought and sold Northern Soul records for a living. What he didn’t know about the genre wasn’t worth knowing.

Edited June 16, 2024 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Upside Down]

On 16/06/2024 at 20:02, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Not exactly a gig but “ The Northern Soul Proms “ are on BBC 4 TV at 8-30 tonight. I’m not really Northern  Soul fan although some of the records are great.

Twenty years ago I used to be in a quiz team with a bloke who bought and sold Northern Soul records for a living. What he didn’t know about the genre wasn’t worth knowing.

Top tunes.

Do they still do the Northern Soul nights at King George's?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

59 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Top tunes.

Do they still do the Northern Soul nights at King George's?

Don’t know, I’m not that much of a fan.