Im the same, twice in 79 at Tiffiny's and next time at Cathedral and also last year in Manchester.Saw them first at Tiffany's back in 79 and last at the Cathedral in 2019 . Fantastic memories. I've always been proud to say they're from Cov .
Do you know thinking about it I’m not sure if it was the Lanch or Locarno, racking my old brain, around that time the Lanch had a music festival and I know all the top Mowtown stars came to the theatre week after week Including, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye. Temptations, Jackson 5 week after week. The Who came to the Lanch for definite.Actually Ill amend that it wasn’t the Locarno it was the Lanchester Hall opposite the cathedral I seen lots of top acts there and the Locarno you get moved up who.
Do you know thinking about it I’m not sure if it was the Lanch or Locarno, racking my old brain, around that time the Lanch had a music festival and I know all the top Mowtown stars came to the theatre week after week Including, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye. Temptations, Jackson 5 week after week. The Who came to the Lanch for definite.
Imagine coming from Leics and having to big up Showaddywaddy!!When you think all the bands that might have been noted for coming from Cov and we got The Specials, one of the coolest bands ever to set foot on a stage.
Yeah, I am only saying it's grim because everyone was saying it was. I didn't feel it personally and the late 70's was great, because I was so into the punk scene and great bands were playing pretty much every week in Cov back then. I saw the Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, X Ray Spex, The Undertones, the Skids.It’s weird, I was 16 in 1970 so enjoyed a good part of my youth in the 70’s and had a great time. I didn’t give a shit it if it was ugly, never noticed. Too busy having fun down the town with mates, or dating girls. Didn’t seem grim at all.
a neighbour was Terrys cousin, so saw him now and again. RIP
Exactly this. It’s part of being a Coventrian…which I still consider myself to be even though I ain’t lived there for nearly 30 years.99% of people from Coventry say negative things about it but we're all proud to be from the city.
Yeah, it's quite funny really. My new missus was from Coventry. Moved down to Kent when she was 6. She had nothing good to say about Coventry.Exactly this. It’s part of being a Coventrian…which I still consider myself to be even though I ain’t lived there for nearly 30 years.
Wait…have I missed the ‘new missus’ memo?Yeah, it's quite funny really. My new missus was from Coventry. Moved down to Kent when she was 6. She had nothing good to say about Coventry.
I brought her up to show our city now and she absolutely loved it here. Thought it was fab and then also started to remember all the good bits she liked back then in the first place.
Well when I say new, I just mean "not the Russian"Wait…have I missed the ‘new missus’ memo?
Imagine coming from Leics and having to big up Showaddywaddy!!
Like you, I had a great time as a teenager, although it was in the early to mid 90s. We were all over the place!Yeah, it's quite funny really. My new missus was from Coventry. Moved down to Kent when she was 6. She had nothing good to say about Coventry.
I brought her up to show our city now and she absolutely loved it here. Thought it was fab and then also started to remember all the good bits she liked back then in the first place.
And Englebert HumperdinckTo be fair, the do have Kasabian
Bloody hell.That memory still fuzzy .Wait…have I missed the ‘new missus’ memo?
I live here. I was born here. I love Coventry, but I have said many disparaging remarks about the city too. It used to be an awful, oppressive place at times and ugly too.
The 70's were especially grim. Many, many of us have slagged the place off. True Coventry kids.
Spot on, Otis. It's always been a rough old working class town, and it's funny how we can both hate it and love it in equal measure.
Anything that was anti-Thatcher and poked a finger in the eye of the racist dickheads was ok by me, the fact that it was brilliant music just added to the mix.
I couldn't care less that Terry was supposedly a Man U fan, or that he slagged the place off from time to time. He was always one of us, always will be, and what he and The Specials achieved will rightly be linked with the city forever.
We had Frank Ifield, well he was born in Coundon and lived there until his family moved to Aus, Hazel O’Connor and the “singing dustman” Vince Hill.
Great article on Terry and being a Coventrian.
Coventry & A Spirit Of Unbelonging: Terry Hall Remembered By Neil Kulkarni | The Quietus
I have a theory about love. It’s not about taste, or compatibility or about ‘fitting’ with someone. It’s about finding someone who has a mix of hope and hopelessness that matches your own. Find someone too cynical, and you will feel foolish, hopeful, idealistic. Find someone too hopeful, and you...thequietus.com
Annie Lennox heard the Lover Speaks perform no more I love you's when they supported the Tourists at the General Wolfe... probably made David Freeman a lot of money from her cover of the song.Delia Derbyshire too and David Freeman of The Flys and The Lover Speaks. He wrote No More I Love You's.
I've lived in a few other places other than my city of birth - Coventry, but I would never return to live there. Just visiting folk these days is a depressing chore. I will always speak highly of the place and carry the torch proudly, but return to live? Nah! I'm quite settled in lovely Malvern.I live here. I was born here. I love Coventry, but I have said many disparaging remarks about the city too. It used to be an awful, oppressive place at times and ugly too.
The 70's were especially grim. Many, many of us have slagged the place off. True Coventry kids.
I seem to remember Pink Floyd did a midnight set after Chuck Berry.Forgot them their old mum banging away on that old piano and let’s not forget Chuck Berry recording his big hit My Ding-a Ling live at our Locarno, I was at that concert so can boast being a crucial part of a number one record by singing along with the chorus.
Or EnglebertImagine coming from Leics and having to big up Showaddywaddy!!
Great article on Terry and being a Coventrian.
Coventry & A Spirit Of Unbelonging: Terry Hall Remembered By Neil Kulkarni | The Quietus
I have a theory about love. It’s not about taste, or compatibility or about ‘fitting’ with someone. It’s about finding someone who has a mix of hope and hopelessness that matches your own. Find someone too cynical, and you will feel foolish, hopeful, idealistic. Find someone too hopeful, and you...thequietus.com
U2 played at the General WolfeAnnie Lennox heard the Lover Speaks perform no more I love you's when they supported the Tourists at the General Wolfe... probably made David Freeman a lot of money from her cover of the song.
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