#1980s #yuppy
A very rare and special recording: Lloyd Cole & the Commotions playing live, during their prime in 1987! This has performances of songs from the Mainstream album that I've never heard live anywhere else.
It also includes something I never thought I would hear: a proper live performance of my favourite song of theirs, Hey Rusty! The only other live versions I've heard have been crappy acoustic ones by Cole on his own, which deprive the song of its energy and triumphant tone. This version, complete with 80s synths, is so much better!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4m3hV98bQ
A very rare and special recording: Lloyd Cole & the Commotions playing live, during their prime in 1987! This has performances of songs from the Mainstream album that I've never heard live anywhere else.
It also includes something I never thought I would hear: a proper live performance of my favourite song of theirs, Hey Rusty! The only other live versions I've heard have been crappy acoustic ones by Cole on his own, which deprive the song of its energy and triumphant tone. This version, complete with 80s synths, is so much better!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4m3hV98bQ
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Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham - 13/11/87
I used to really enjoy listening and indeed recording the BBC Radio 1 In Concert series on a Saturday evening during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. I also caught a few BBC Radio Friday Rock Show and Capital Radio sessions. I still have the cassette tapes and…