Sparks

[DaveP67 is back!]

Was lucky to have been in the audience at the Royal Albert Hall last night to see them live. Unbelievable performance from 2 guys well into their 70’s as was quite a proportion of the audience, age doesn’t seem to have affected them at all, This Town and Number One Song In Heaven had everyone up dancing!

[WBA1955]

They were good and original in the seventies.
I might be old fashioned but pop is a young mans game, not the same seeing old blokes in their seventies or in the case of the stones, their eighties prancing around the stage.
Last Friday they had a singer on at the local and these women in their fifties turned up in short skirts and low cut tops and started dancing with abandon.
It looks good in your early twenties but not in your fifties.
Some people can't let go of the past, they make themselves look silly especially to younger people.
Let people remember you at your best then quietly fade into obscurity.
Nick Berry called it right.

[Leicesterbaggie]

Good post ‘55. As the saying goes ‘mutton dressed as lamb.’ It’s not just females but males as well. Men with long hair and pony tails look silly in my opinion. Mind you, I don’t like pony tails on young men either. Don’t go a bundle on tattoos either.

[Joy_Division]

Saw Sparks live in Coventry when they first came on the scene. My Dad cajoled me into taking my young sister who was mad on them. Got to be honest they were very good and a lot better than I had expected. The big surprise for me was the support band. It was Pilot who had just had a hit with It's Magic. They were really good and had a brilliant guitarist.

[phild]

Sparks were a one off due to the appearance of the keyboard player and I was surprised to find much later that they were brothers. Does he still look like Hitler?

[mickd1961]

Sparks were a one off due to the appearance of the keyboard player and I was surprised to find much later that they were brothers. Does he still look like Hitler?

https://www.nme.com/news/music/spark...rucior-3342665

[DaveP67 is back!]

https://www.nme.com/news/music/spark...rucior-3342665

Look exactly like that! The new music is pretty good.

[Omegstrat6]

Apparently, despite appearances, the two brothers in Sparks are one of the few sibling acts that still get on together (unlike the Everly or Gallagher brothers for example) and are still working. Certainly made an impact when they first turned up -Lennon reportedly phoned Ringo up to say he'd just seen Marc Bolan and Hitler on the telly together when he first saw them which is probably what most people thought-but personally think the gimmick didn't wear that well. Surprisingly to me, they had more decent songs to them than This Town.