SPARKS

cab call by violet violet.
all-girl band from norwich. sleater kinney / kleenex influenced. noisy, shouty stuff.

i spoke to 3 people i think over the course of the 21 shows - although i sometimes brought friends/family with me.
there was a nice irish lady who gave my boy some sweets!
i told an enthusiastic la ...

me!
themightybishop aka alan from hemel hempstead. 27.8 miles from islington.
i'd like to thank the vicar at school who allowed me to postpone a governors' meeting, my wife for encouraging me to go ...

best:
plagiarism
no 1 in heaven
grat sax
lil' beethoven

wonderful:
half nelson
woofer
kimono
propaganda
big beat
hello young lovers
exotic creatures

rather good:
indiscreet
whomp
a ...

highlight for me was and is always the bit when the drums kick in on number one song in heaven. but there were so many others - including all those above.
in addition, decline and fall of me was gre ...

" was once at a Jimmy Nail gig years ago (I'm a Geordie)

was it compulsory? because, if it wasn't, i'd keep it quiet if i were you!

i've thought of swinging my golden ticket lanyard thing around, like a newcastle supporter's scarf. better still, we could all take our sparks t-shirts off and swing them around our heads. hope i'm ne ...

just about to leave for my 20th of 20 and i can't add anything to what has already been said. except, i am so pleased to be in love with such a brilliant band.

agreed. they were brilliant. but the song about the mc canns was not something i could laugh at.

and the last word goes to steve nistor:

"The pinnacle of the show was Jimmy Somerville's appearance on a symphonic/disco version of "No. 1 Song in Heaven." He stole the show! I'd nev ...

balls indeed!!
only thing to add is that russell seemed to throw a bit of a hissy. when bob gave him a second mic, he sang into it (sounded good to me) then chucked it back in bob's direction with so ...

kev
i reckon you gave it a miss because, on paper, it wasn't going to be as great as it was.
the best sparks show ever?
to be fair, only those who were at both meltdown and plagiarism can really sa ...

I've seen the brothers many many times since 1975, and that was as close as it gets to perfection. Not an album I play too often, but to have pulled off all those different versions was (american word ...

didn't ted nugent have the strap-line "if it's too loud, you're too old"?

Just watched the autons. Very good indeed. Lots of 80s synth influences combined with a bit of punk rock electric guitar. Good start to the evening.

or throw her away and get a new one!

hey bigman. you and me both.
sat in the kitchen. wife asks if i'm going, to which i reply "no".
she asks why. i tell her there is nothing about the album i like.
she tells me i'd regret i ...

a great performance from the band last night. another 80s album i'm not familiar with too much and the cd doesn't do too much for me. but, live, it was a different kettle of drums. decline and fall is ...

I'll never, ever, ever understand why any Sparks fan would have a problem w/ Whomp or Angst - both classic Sparks albums. They're so much fun! Not liking them is like not liking fun! Great performance ...

loz
it's probably a man-thing!