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Fri May 15, 2026 10:24 pm
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Sounds like an interesting life, which is the only kind to have. I've made some questionable decisions in life, but they always lead to some adventure or another. I can't imagine having lived life coloring inside the lines, but know plenty of people who have. I don't think they had a lot of fun, even if they did feel "secure"...lol! |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #26 My wife was at that Red Rocks concert. She barely knew who the band was and got asked to go by a friend.
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #26 As I know I saw U2 at about the same time, in a smaller venue that that, I was sufficiently motivated to get on to Google to see if I could prove Bono wrong - and I came up with this, an apparently complete list of all 2082 of their gigs since 1976: https://u2tours.com/tours/concert/ Amazing. So I found my gig (Sheffield City Hall, 17 March 1983; capacity 2,300); and I see the one at the (smaller!) SF Civic Auditorium on 1 June 1983, so I'm afraid Bono was indeed mistaken (quite apart from the fact that they'd already played that venue twice the previous year!) Or perhaps it was one of the 1982 events you attended? KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS |
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I think it was the June 1983 concert at SF Civic. We also saw The Psychedelic Furs at the Greek Theater (outdoor) in Berkeley, CA in 1984...and REM made an unannounced, surprise appearance. |
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I find it a right pain buying motorcycle boots. I am quite slim which applies to the feet as well, most motorcycle boots are like buckets, so end up always having to look for lace up boots. Tend to try to buy Italian as they seem to come up slimmer. |
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Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #35 Daytrip to Bangor for me on 5 June to see Richard Thompson, one of the best guitarist/songwriters of my lifetime. £45 in the university Pontio theatre. Actually, not a daytrip, as staying overnight in a pub, another £54. 160 mile round trip so maybe £25-30 in fuel. Cheap night out compared to your trip. I used to like Rush in my youth but would not pay that much to see them. Rarely listen to them now but Mr Thompson on the other hand is always on my youtube playlist.
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Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #35 //////////////////// I'm still chuckling about the Daytona platform boots for disco boots. Maybe I could get a silver set of leathers to go with them lol .... So Frey claims a 6 cm increase for your stand heigh for the platform Dayton. But, it seems the catch is, that is probably from a bare foot. I measured my Zamberlan hikers and they are right at 4 cm ..... But I still might get the Daytonas to have as a dedicated MC boot, as they don't really raise you much at all, maybe 3/4 of a kings inch. In fact the normal height model may even be lower than the Zamberlans. I'm guessing .... It's great to hear that Rush is touring again. They must of found an incredible drummer. I think I might have saw some piece where they were playing with a young lady on drums but I don't know. They are known for very high standards when performing live IMO ... Many of the rock greats like Neal Pert or Jimi Hendrix and so on, might be considered by most unplayable. But I do like that australian band that tackled performing some Pink Floyd music live a few years ago. I hope there is more of that coming. That is primarily the reason IMO that Vivaldi went unknown for quite a spell. As he was almost unplayable, being a profound virtuoso ... But there are folks that can pull it off now ....
larry l langford
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #36Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #35 Will you be taking the bike to see Richard Thompson? I am going to see Rush in September. I suppose it would be appropriate to ride the GS.
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Zitat von Paul911 im Beitrag #38Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #36Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #35 If the weather remains favourable as the ride is through the Snowdonia National Park via Lake Bala 
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We saw RUSH a couple of times a few years ago. The show was great. But I don't know about this new tour with Annika Nilles drumming. Yes, she's a very good drummer, but replacing Neil Peart was never going to make sense. Peart wrote all the lyrics, so now this is simply going to be Alex and Geddy playing old RUSH songs. Perhaps I'd feel differently if they'd picked someone like Mike Mangini, who left Dream Theater. Dunno... |
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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #40 IMO, Annika is a better drummer than either of the Dream Theater guys. I think Neil would have approved. My first concert was the Signals tour. I went with the most of the drumline from my high school marching band. I played in drum corps after that and Neil always reminded me of a one man drum line due to the orchestration in his parts. Later on I realized I preferred people like Stewart Copeland and Steve Gadd.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #39Zitat von Paul911 im Beitrag #38Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #36Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #35 That's beautiful. I'd really like to see Richard Thompson as well.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #39 ////////////////////////////////////////////// It's one of my favorite rides is to ride up to Red Rocks with the MC and go to a concert for sure. But you need good parking and RRs has treated the motorcyclists very well. They let us park up in the very small top parking lot that is reserved for handicaps and celebrities and limos. The main body of parking is on dirt down below the venue and you need to be in decent shape to walk up to the theatre. But i would not park in those lots with an MC. Somebody would prolly back over your bike or break into your bags ..... crowds can be a pain .....
larry l langford
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