#21

Can’t imagine Kramer trying to play every instrument in a string section!

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#22

:grin:

#23

I went to that gig. Brilliant gig.

#24

Interesting! I might get a ticket for that. Beyond Galaxie 500, Luna are a band I like rather than love (possible hot take: Romantica is the closest thing they have to a classic album IMHO) and I have a huge soft spot for Dean & Britta’s Back Numbers, especially this song:

#25

Yous probably all know this but…
Britta’s first musical job was as the singing voice of the cartoon 80s rock star Jem!
Blew my mind a bit when I first heard that.

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#26

Was so so lovely

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#27

I forget the third band on the bill. That was the first time that I saw/had heard of Ringo Deathstar. The third band (whoever they were) were good too.

Yep. It was a fantastic night.

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#28

Probably my biggest musical regret is not going to see Galaxie 500 in Edinburgh on the This is Our Music tour. About a week before the gig which was eventually released as Copenhagen.

Never had much interest in Luna but finally saw Dean a few years ago when he was doing a G500 heavy tour and it was pretty great. Give it a try.

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#29

Where did they play?

#30

In Edinburgh? Think it was Calton Studios or maybe The Venue.

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#31

always thought they would have been one of those magical bands live, like can’t believe they even existed and people got to see them, then I watched the ‘dont let our youth go to waste’ dvd and they just seemed really lacklustre, made me realise that there will always be a mysterious allure of bands you just missed out on, but really they are just bands and live music isn’t that great

#32

granted that dvd is probably not the optimal way to judge galaxie 500’s live stature

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#33

The Copenhagen live album is great if you haven’t heard it.

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#34

When I did see him, Dean’s between song chat had the slightly disillusioning effect of showing how the magic is done.

“This song is about this one time we took acid and went to the woods.”

“This next one is about this time we took acid and watched the news.”

“We wrote this one after we took some acid and watched a film about helicopters.”

Like @Kallgeese says though, Copenhagen is amazing. That cover of Here She Comes Now!

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#35

Yeah, one of my eternal regrets is not seeing Galaxie 500 playing Winkles nightclub in Bedford, although at the time (i) I was probably just too young and (ii) I thought it was commonplace for bands like this to play the town (Dinosaur Jr played Bedford College the year before)

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(btw - I have it on good authority they are adding a Manchester date to this tour).

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#36

Haha, remember seeing this in the DVD liner notes and being so so confused they’d played there.

I was 6 in 1989 and didn’t know who they were for at least another 15 years.

(Assume Winkles is what became the Pad?!?)

#37

Yeah, it was Winkles, then Limehaus, then the Pad, and then whatever it became after that. My brother went. He said when they played Ceremony someone got on stage, sat on an amp and just put his head in his hands for the entire song. Classic Bedford.

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#38

Excited for this…thanks for sharing…one of my faves (the 3 LPs are all in my personal top 30 or so) but just too young to see them…pleased to see the positive reviews - somehow missed the last time he did this…snapped up one for Islington but would be superb if he also does Primavera…

#39

For anyone who hasn’t seen, the upcoming shows have been rescheduled to early 2021

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#40

and now January 2022. Will be at the bristol show whenever these happen.

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