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Dexter St. Clair wrote:Music, uncurtained windows , comfortable seating and enjoying yourself were frowned upon and the introduction of the Licensing Hours act and Dry Areas gave local councillors the opportunity to embody those thoughts in the law. Whilst some of you have a fairly romantic view of the old Labour Party they were of the belief that alcohol was the demon of the working classes and of course the Licensing Board attracted the Pioneers, Abstainers and the Temperance League. Things gradually eased and in the sixties one could see entertainment in bars.
Public houses could not charge for entry as they were supposed to be open to all of the public. However if they had a lounge or other room the public could drink in the bar and private functions could be held in the lounge. They were supposed to be ticket only and tickets had to be purchase in advance not on the door. This of course led to promoters selling tickets at the entrance of a nearby close. That might still be roughly the current law but in certain areas of the city what would normally be regarded as bars with a lounge have entertainments licenses and can therefore charge at the door. Most of them are in Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street. One of them is the Slouch bar and it's free to get in on jazz nights.
Glaswegians prefer to hand over several twenty pound notes to see has beens and next to be has beens and prefer not to pay to see anyone who could be regarded as local musician.
RDR wrote:Dexter St. Clair wrote:Music, uncurtained windows , comfortable seating and enjoying yourself were frowned upon and the introduction of the Licensing Hours act and Dry Areas gave local councillors the opportunity to embody those thoughts in the law. Whilst some of you have a fairly romantic view of the old Labour Party they were of the belief that alcohol was the demon of the working classes and of course the Licensing Board attracted the Pioneers, Abstainers and the Temperance League. Things gradually eased and in the sixties one could see entertainment in bars.
Public houses could not charge for entry as they were supposed to be open to all of the public. However if they had a lounge or other room the public could drink in the bar and private functions could be held in the lounge. They were supposed to be ticket only and tickets had to be purchase in advance not on the door. This of course led to promoters selling tickets at the entrance of a nearby close. That might still be roughly the current law but in certain areas of the city what would normally be regarded as bars with a lounge have entertainments licenses and can therefore charge at the door. Most of them are in Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street. One of them is the Slouch bar and it's free to get in on jazz nights.
Glaswegians prefer to hand over several twenty pound notes to see has beens and next to be has beens and prefer not to pay to see anyone who could be regarded as local musician.
I wanted to pick up on the above from Dex. I remain bewildered about the current public obsession with 'tribute' acts (we get lots at Motherwell Concert Hall) or 'talent shows' (I use the term loosely) where singers cover old songs (or in most cases murder them) rather than pay to go and see new local talent who actually write and play their own material.
If you want to hear the real Led Zepplin (or Abba god forbid) then just buy their CD's or download them.
The Egg Man wrote:I believe Motherwell Civic Centre is cheap to hire, has good parking nearby and good motorway connections to a huge population.
Josef wrote:The Egg Man wrote:I believe Motherwell Civic Centre is cheap to hire, has good parking nearby and good motorway connections to a huge population.
Sounds about right. As I recall, it has decent acoustics too. It's underrated. Although that goes without saying, given that it's not in Glasgow or the capital.
Josef wrote:RDR wrote:Dexter St. Clair wrote:Music, uncurtained windows , comfortable seating and enjoying yourself were frowned upon and the introduction of the Licensing Hours act and Dry Areas gave local councillors the opportunity to embody those thoughts in the law. Whilst some of you have a fairly romantic view of the old Labour Party they were of the belief that alcohol was the demon of the working classes and of course the Licensing Board attracted the Pioneers, Abstainers and the Temperance League. Things gradually eased and in the sixties one could see entertainment in bars.
Public houses could not charge for entry as they were supposed to be open to all of the public. However if they had a lounge or other room the public could drink in the bar and private functions could be held in the lounge. They were supposed to be ticket only and tickets had to be purchase in advance not on the door. This of course led to promoters selling tickets at the entrance of a nearby close. That might still be roughly the current law but in certain areas of the city what would normally be regarded as bars with a lounge have entertainments licenses and can therefore charge at the door. Most of them are in Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street. One of them is the Slouch bar and it's free to get in on jazz nights.
Glaswegians prefer to hand over several twenty pound notes to see has beens and next to be has beens and prefer not to pay to see anyone who could be regarded as local musician.
I wanted to pick up on the above from Dex. I remain bewildered about the current public obsession with 'tribute' acts (we get lots at Motherwell Concert Hall) or 'talent shows' (I use the term loosely) where singers cover old songs (or in most cases murder them) rather than pay to go and see new local talent who actually write and play their own material.
If you want to hear the real Led Zepplin (or Abba god forbid) then just buy their CD's or download them.
Och, come on sir. You must have seen Saturday night tv at some point in the last 40 years.
People over the age of (roughly) 30, by and large, want unchallenging stuff. Stuff they've heard or seen before. It's the reason why, a decade or so ago, you'll have found people saying "Have you heard Radio 2 recently? They're playing really good stuff these days!".
As to the buying the cd : people clearly still like to have the live music experience. They've got sod-all chance of seeing such megabands live (they're either not there anymore or prohibitively expensive). And anyway, I'm told that several of the tribute bands are actually better live than the band the pay tribute to.
Although possibly not in Motherwell. I did once work in Motherwell Civic Centre, btw - I retain fond memories of it.
RDR wrote:Plenty of the tribute bands are perfectly competent, just a pity they don't want to stretch themselves and do something original. Easy money I suppose.
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