Absolutely crazy that this was a glastonbury headliner 34 years ago.. the music sounds completely futuristic compared to the dross headlining these days.. this is art
I was there, I can confirm it was organised chaos. Laughed my bloody head off. The LSD had nothing to do with it, of course. I'm looking forward to watching this................thank you for your service!!
Wow! Can’t believe I’ve not seen this on here sooner! I couldn’t always get inside to FU gigs as I was around 15 and sometimes got refused entry 😂 But I can really feel the intensity, vibe and mayhem through this video that I experienced,to the point It made the hairs on my arms tingle with nostalgia, got a bit emosh if I’m being honest. Got a feeling I’ll be watching this loads. Gotta love Bazza, totally bonkers but it just works so well. One of London’s finest and criminally underrated because of it and not from the NW.
There is something about them just caught me when I was young have always listened to them since thanks for the awesome music thanks a lot 👍🏻, rip Liam & Joe😢
I was there and remember this so vividly.......so sad what happened as I'd been looking forward to it for weeks. No trouble during the support acts - the 1st act on was 2 white guys attempting rock-rap over a backing tape - the mix was so bad you couldn't hear a word - one looked like James Dean in aviator shades, the other looked like either half of The Proclaimers. They were beyond terrible. Much better, next up was Def Jam labelmate Davy DMX showing us his best Scratching & Cutting skills. His rapper DJ Hurricane was also the Beastie Boys scratcher too. The Public Enemy LP "Yo bum rush the show" was playing while we were waiting for the Beasties......who, sadly who were only on the stage 12-15 mins at the very most. The missiles being thrown (Which were also bouncing off Hurricanes turntables) caused them to stop and ask "Do you want us to play?" - met with showers of abuse and V-Signs so MCA said "You can wave your fingers all you want to but if you keep throwing things we can't play". Just after he threw a half full can of lager at the guys on the mixing desk (which bounced off the wall just behind them and they had to duck - I was yards from it) because he wanted the house lights up so he could see the culprits - Ad-Rock then came onstage with a baseball bat to deflect the missiles in a playful way but the football chavs at the front who only came to start trouble took that as a direct challenge and that's when all hell broke loose. The music stopped, A roadie grabbed Ad-Rock from behind and pulled him off the stage, and the house lights went up followed by a loud multitude of booing. Joe Musker turned to me and said "We best get out of here right now" and luckily we were by the mixing desk so were able to quickly get out of the door that was at the back. Then we stood on the long gone Roe Street bridge and watched the fights and arrests. Sad......earlier that day one of the BB had seen Joe at the Adelphi in his 'Drums over the Mersey' t-shirt and asked him for one. What you hear at 11:30 into the video can only be the moment when the baseball bat came out. The last thing you hear on the recording is the huge multitude of football hooligans basking in their victory by chanting 'Beastie Boys are wankers'. Within the hour Radio City were lying that they were "booed offstage" and played clips of people outside the venue saying that "Most of the people were just there for the violence" and a woman describing seeing a man with blood on his head. Apparently someone had their throat slit too. Needless to say BB never played Liverpool again.
Ive been listening to this man since in the womb his voice warms me and even here when people take over its not the same ! RIP shane don't be scared god loves a sinner
Kind of feel Shane has dementia (most likely alcohol induced). He seems quite lost mentally in this recording. Reminds me of my old man in his last months of his life.
Poetic Irish verse delivered with real heart and grit of working class folk and their times,... at its very best,...sang with emotion , soul and real poignancy .....rip mate , the world will miss you ,as will every fan...
Went to see the Pogues decades ago. Shane had to be held up on stage by two men, he was so wasted. I thought he'd be a goner soon then, but he pulled through for many years after. A very special man with a special heart. RIP, you will be missed
I used to play and sing in a band and had to watch how much i drank because I'd forget how to play, I'd forget the chords and the lyrics. Somehow shane never forgot the lyrics .
Sad to say I must be on me way so buy me beer and whisky cos im going far away, id like to think ill be returning when i can, to the greatest little boozer and to sally macllenan. I love you my brother. I remember singing this as ye played guitar. I miss us and the way we used to be.
