tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post5115288838697875247..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: In Concert - Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community - Part 2Séamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-1662428447955703842017-09-22T18:38:30.504+01:002017-09-22T18:38:30.504+01:00 Beautifully said Seamus Beautifully said SeamusEuroTimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506222917309593088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-18951161423027255522017-09-22T15:43:11.976+01:002017-09-22T15:43:11.976+01:00Good times Jacqui, when the world was young - or w...Good times Jacqui, when the world was young - or we were...Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-12912655705196542802017-09-22T15:42:36.262+01:002017-09-22T15:42:36.262+01:00Hi Colin, I remember one particular gig which was,...Hi Colin, I remember one particular gig which was, I think, in Sides nightclub. I was one of an audience closer to single figures than three figures and it was just before Christmas. Smiley Bolger stood up after the gig to say that if anyone wanted to buy the band a drink they would appreciate it. (Clearly, they weren't going to be buying too much from the proceeds of the gig..) <br />I remember the first time I saw them I felt that they were a mix of Television and The Velvets, with Stephen and Stan as Richard and Tom and Bernard as Maureen Tucker... I am not great at recalling detail, the memories are moments floating free, a song, a guitar riff, the sense that this was just better than I had any right to expect... I remember tracking down Big Star /Alex Chilton and Richard and Linda Thompson's magnificent I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight because they were mentioned during or after concerts. I remember I would see people in town and think "Where do I know him from?" and realise it was from Stars' gigs. The regular requests for Light's of Tetouan. The palpable frustration at some gigs firing even greater performances.....Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-83561006647045948002017-09-22T08:26:06.955+01:002017-09-22T08:26:06.955+01:00Any Stars of Heaven memories?Any Stars of Heaven memories?EuroTimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506222917309593088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-80964246384445754512017-09-22T08:18:22.930+01:002017-09-22T08:18:22.930+01:00Love your reminiscences about The Smiths gig and M...Love your reminiscences about The Smiths gig and Morissey's shirt. Takes me back to the days when I saw them in Nottingham in the mid '80s. It may well have been the same tour...JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.com