Comments on: SELF-AID 1986: IT EVEN SEEMED A BAD IDEA AT THE TIME http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Wed, 23 May 2012 12:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Robert http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-78340 Robert Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:44:30 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-78340 I was at the Anti-self aid gig that afternoon in McGonagles ,South Anne St,It was organised by a few left wingers like Eamonn McCann and Paul Cleary,The Paranoid Visions played and a few other small punk bands which I cant remember .I rekon there were about 100 people max mostly punks who were in and out to the off licence all day.McCann gave a bit of a speech about the futility of the self aid concert (which was on at the same time in the RDS I think and which was also broadcasted live on Rte radio)and Decko dedicated one of the Paranoid Visions songs to "all those shitbags down there in Leinster house.."!The Blades were the most prominent of the acts billed and I rekon they played last but most of us were so drunk by then I cant really rem how it finished up.I'd be interested in hearing somebody elses recollection of that gig. I was at the Anti-self aid gig that afternoon in McGonagles ,South Anne St,It was organised by a few left wingers like Eamonn McCann and Paul Cleary,The Paranoid Visions played and a few other small punk bands which I cant remember .I rekon there were about 100 people max mostly punks who were in and out to the off licence all day.McCann gave a bit of a speech about the futility of the self aid concert (which was on at the same time in the RDS I think and which was also broadcasted live on Rte radio)and Decko dedicated one of the Paranoid Visions songs to “all those shitbags down there in Leinster house..”!The Blades were the most prominent of the acts billed and I rekon they played last but most of us were so drunk by then I cant really rem how it finished up.I’d be interested in hearing somebody elses recollection of that gig.

]]> By: stephen http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-78322 stephen Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:35:05 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-78322 I was at the concert, and I thought it was great. I reckon we jumped at the chance for our own Live Aid, Phil Lynott tribute, revolving stage and all, and this is what we got, and I'd buy the DVD in the morning. The U2 performance is very interesting as they were half way between Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree and seemed to be happy to do their experimenting in public back then. They were good at Live Aid, but seemed to have learnt from Queen's performance about packing in a stack of songs into a short set. I was at the concert, and I thought it was great. I reckon we jumped at the chance for our own Live Aid, Phil Lynott tribute, revolving stage and all, and this is what we got, and I’d buy the DVD in the morning.

The U2 performance is very interesting as they were half way between Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree and seemed to be happy to do their experimenting in public back then. They were good at Live Aid, but seemed to have learnt from Queen’s performance about packing in a stack of songs into a short set.

]]> By: Sean Baite http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70086 Sean Baite Mon, 04 May 2009 17:46:43 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70086 Ah come on now Van, let poor Paul Brady ourra dat headlock... Ah come on now Van, let poor Paul Brady ourra dat headlock…

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70052 Donagh Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:17 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70052 I think if you remember Self-aid fondly as the first time you saw Elvis Costello and the Pogues then fair enough. It's not like you decided to go because you wanted to help support those poor unfortunates without a job. you just wanted to go see your heroes. But Cactus World News! They were like Aslan without that fucking song. I used to work in the bar in the Clontarf Castle when I was 18 and most Sunday evenings the singer from CWN would be in there with Larry Mullin. The two of them would sit in the same window seat, drinking their Guinness without much to say to each other, or so it seemed. It was like they were an old married couple who'd realised after years of marriage that they had nothing in common. I think if you remember Self-aid fondly as the first time you saw Elvis Costello and the Pogues then fair enough. It’s not like you decided to go because you wanted to help support those poor unfortunates without a job. you just wanted to go see your heroes. But Cactus World News! They were like Aslan without that fucking song. I used to work in the bar in the Clontarf Castle when I was 18 and most Sunday evenings the singer from CWN would be in there with Larry Mullin. The two of them would sit in the same window seat, drinking their Guinness without much to say to each other, or so it seemed. It was like they were an old married couple who’d realised after years of marriage that they had nothing in common.

]]> By: Sue http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70047 Sue Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:59:35 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70047 So, when the members of NAMA lose their jobs, will there be a farewell concert or just an even bigger golden handshake as seems to be written into the contracts for all the idiots that have gone before. Golden handshakes, i.e. pensions, payouts, long standing pay awards. So, when the members of NAMA lose their jobs, will there be a farewell concert or just an even bigger golden handshake as seems to be written into the contracts for all the idiots that have gone before.

Golden handshakes, i.e. pensions, payouts, long standing pay awards.

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70042 Conor McCabe Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:09:22 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70042 Jim, the exception doesn't make the rule. The exception proves the rule. As for the line-up. Ugh! http://tinyurl.com/d6zugw http://tinyurl.com/cevgaw And this wasn't a concert, it was a benefit, a fucking, patronizing, idiotic benefit. Jim, the exception doesn’t make the rule. The exception proves the rule.

As for the line-up. Ugh!

http://tinyurl.com/d6zugw

http://tinyurl.com/cevgaw

And this wasn’t a concert, it was a benefit, a fucking, patronizing, idiotic benefit.

]]> By: Jim Kennedy http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70041 Jim Kennedy Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:37:27 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70041 Ah, come on now sonofstan... Eh, actually, I've got nothing for your comment. Just didn't want you to feel left out... Ah, come on now sonofstan…

Eh, actually, I’ve got nothing for your comment. Just didn’t want you to feel left out…

]]> By: Jim Kennedy http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70040 Jim Kennedy Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:35:50 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70040 Ah, come on now Twenty... "God, that was the most depressing concert of all time." I though it was a great gig, particularly as it was my first gig, first time away from the parents, up from the country, and I got to see Elvis Costello, Cactus World News, Rory Gallagher, and the Pogues... Ah, come on now Twenty…

“God, that was the most depressing concert of all time.”

I though it was a great gig, particularly as it was my first gig, first time away from the parents, up from the country, and I got to see Elvis Costello, Cactus World News, Rory Gallagher, and the Pogues…

]]> By: Jim Kennedy http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70039 Jim Kennedy Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:30:59 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70039 Ah, come on now Conor... “Then again, given the enormous capacity for originality among Ireland’s middle class - Joyce didn’t call them The Dead for nothing” You can’t imply on the one hand that there’s no originality in the Irish middle class and then back yourself up with reference to Joyce! A man who went to all the posh schools, UCD in 1890something, never had a proper job until he went to be tutor abroad, swanned around the drinking classes. It’s not like he was a docker or anything. And it’s not like he was ‘unimaginative.’ Ah, come on now Conor…

“Then again, given the enormous capacity for originality among Ireland’s middle class - Joyce didn’t call them The Dead for nothing”

You can’t imply on the one hand that there’s no originality in the Irish middle class and then back yourself up with reference to Joyce! A man who went to all the posh schools, UCD in 1890something, never had a proper job until he went to be tutor abroad, swanned around the drinking classes. It’s not like he was a docker or anything. And it’s not like he was ‘unimaginative.’

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70037 Conor McCabe Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:57:37 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/04/23/self-aid-1986-it-even-seemed-a-bad-idea-at-the-time/#comment-70037 Cheers for that sonofstan. I'm going to be in the national library today so I might do a bit of digging around that gig and write something up about it. Cheers for that sonofstan. I’m going to be in the national library today so I might do a bit of digging around that gig and write something up about it.

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