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Ever been to a gig and been gobsmacked to hear a song you never expected to hear live?

Have just discovered that U2 are playing a song called Your Blue Room, which is way up there on the obscure scale. Is from their Passengers album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpvMZCjS ... annel_page

Like them or loath them it's a really ambient song.

From personal experience it'll have to be Giving Ground at Crystal Palace in '93. Didn't expect it in a million years at the time.
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"Drowning" (long forgotten b-side) has always been one of my fav All About Eve songs... one the way to their Royal Albert Hall gig (91?), I was jokingly saying "they'll play it, they'll play it!" and my friend was "noooo frigginn way!!!"

And then they AAE turn up on stage, and kick off the set with it!
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JaMC kicking of their set with "everything is alright when youre down" in Athens back in 91. My favourite gig ever.
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I was quite taken aback when the Sisters opened (& subsequently murdered) with Comfortably Numb in Birmingham 92.

Took a while to recover from Confide In Me at Brixton in 97 too.

Zodiac Mindwarp played I'm Your Man when I saw them in 86

But I think the best one was The Cure doing I Dig You in Brighton in 85.
The even got Frank Bell up there to "sing" it.
Or was it when they finished the last tour with Forever in NY last year?
No-one was expecting that to happen.
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Bowie was always good for pulling an obscure song out for a treat but my fav surprise was Bewlay Brothers at Hammersmith in 2002.

More recently Muse played the Albert Hall last year and encored with Megalomania, playing it on that dirty great big organ which was a bit special :)
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Pista wrote:I was quite taken aback when the Sisters opened (& subsequently murdered) with Comfortably Numb in Birmingham 92.
I nearly died laughing. :notworthy: :innocent: :notworthy: :innocent: :notworthy:
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Comfy Numb/Skos as first one at the Pukkelpop festival was a very big surprise, but the Sister Ray/Ghost Rider at the end of the show certainly got the first price!
Giving Ground the year after at the Beach festival was another good surprise...

... thank goth we didn't have internet back then :innocent:

Although Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:


Another case that comes to mind is Sonic Youth at the Lokerse Feesten last year (brilliant gig!) when they opened with The Burning Spear from their first ep. I never expected that in a million years either!

Oh... funk/soul wonder Me'shell N'degeocello playing Joy Division's Interzone last year was quite a bomb too 8)
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Richard Hawley plays Elvis.....in Holmfirth!
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radiojamaica wrote: Although Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:
This is true, the Sister's fans there were mind~boggled by that one!:notworthy:
We really needed to roll one after that gig! 8) ;D

*waves at Almiche V & czuczu* ~ hiya gents haven't seen you two around for awhile. :D
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** waves at Debs **
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czuczu wrote:** waves at Debs **
Pixies tonight for me :)
Going to HMH next week?
You'll love Pixies so enjoy! :D
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:lol: You'll never guess!

HMH Linky


They're always a good night out, fingers crossed they'll play a decent length set and not just Doolittle and the B Sides..
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velvet revolver (guns 'n' roses without axl, with guy from stone temple pilots) playing "negative creep" by nirvana.

sisters playing "he's got the whole world in his hands". :lol:

all about eve playing "paradise".
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czuczu wrote::lol: You'll never guess!

HMH Linky


They're always a good night out, fingers crossed they'll play a decent length set and not just Doolittle and the B Sides..
OMG, me & my blonde moments! :lol:
No not going this time. Yeah they are a good night out and I'll keep fingers and toes crossed that you get what you want from them!
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radiojamaica wrote:Comfy Numb/Skos as first one at the Pukkelpop festival was a very big surprise, but the Sister Ray/Ghost Rider at the end of the show certainly got the first price!

Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:
Yep! :D
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Ozpat wrote:
radiojamaica wrote:Comfy Numb/Skos as first one at the Pukkelpop festival was a very big surprise, but the Sister Ray/Ghost Rider at the end of the show certainly got the first price!

Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:
Yep! :D
jealous as fuck! and unexpected indeed! 8)
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nodubmanshouts wrote:"Drowning" (long forgotten b-side) has always been one of my fav All About Eve songs
With you on that one.

Killing Joke digging up Primitive was another. Am sure that song's about chavs :lol:
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radiojamaica wrote:Although Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:
This.

No love for Althea and Donna? (I can't, because I wasn't there :P)
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Motz wrote:
radiojamaica wrote:Although Good Things at Suikerrock was no lesser surprise! :notworthy:
This.

No love for Althea and Donna? (I can't, because I wasn't there :P)
Oh no! ...how could I forget about that one :eek:

Yup, add it to the list, please ;D
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