Tags - Squeeze
Corey Bearak
Dec31
A Best of 2023 as the year concludes
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Going into New Year’s Eve, I prepare my annual year-end commentary recounting my top ten shows for the past 12 months. I post the list with comments on website on my Commentary page. Some of the concert reviews include Sunday commentary posted to Gotham.   Enjoy the list   1) Jackson Browne (August 28,Beacon Theatre)   2) Jim Messina (Novembe

Corey Bearak
Sep17
Squeeze those Furs
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Less that a week after seeing the Boss at Met Life, Shelly and I took in a co-headline bill at Radio City.  While bill that way, it was one band - Squeeze - that induced the ticket purchase.  I heard of the other band, The Psychedelic Furs, but was not even sure I knew any of its music.  That said both bands put on strong performances but when you

Corey Bearak
Jan01
New Year comes with a Best of 2022
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Concert of course! As New Year's eve approaches, I prepare a commentary recounting my top ten shows for the preceding 12 months.  I post the list with comments on my website on my Commentary page.  Some concert reviews borrowed from posts here.   Here's the list. 1)  The Who (October 7, UBS Arena) 2)  Sir Paul McCartney (June 16, MetLife Stadiu

Corey Bearak
Oct02
G.O.A.T.
Posted By : Corey Bearak

No secret that I enjoy attending shows.  Not many fit the troubadour  - unaccompanied solo artist - variety.  At the very least most artists enjoy the support of at least one accomplished sideman.  I probably saw John B. Sebastian in troubadour mode the most; Roger McGuinn second. No offense to the former leaders of the Lovin' Spoonful and The Byrd

Corey Bearak
Jan02
Top Ten list covers 2021 shows
Posted By : Corey Bearak

As is traditional I shared my top ten shows of the past year on my website commentary page.   Check it out for the details but here goes: 1) John Fogerty.  November 13.  Premier Theatre at Foxwoods.   2) The Eagles. August 21. Madison Square Garden.   3) Hall& Oates/ Squeeze.   August 11.  Jones Beach.   4) Chicago. October 9. Tilles Ce

Corey Bearak
Aug15
No Milk or Sugar
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Finally (and in honor of this blog, taking my coffee black this morning)!   Got to see a live show featuring one of my most fave bands. We chose an outdoor venue: The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater. We — my daughter Marisa with me — saw Squeeze opening for Hall and Oates. Marisa said she liked the Squeeze set best. Both bands played relati

Corey Bearak
Jul11
Live for the music
Posted By : Corey Bearak

One of the (many) things that I look forward to as much of our nation recovers from the impacts of COVID-19 centers around the return of live music, and soon I’ll get to start seeing some of my all-time faves live in concert!   Several blogs ago I mentioned a night out to see some live music ahead of the return of Gotham Battle of the Bands®, this

Corey Bearak
Aug30
The Show(s) Must Go On
Posted By : Corey Bearak

The other day one of my young (yes young) basketball (Our school gym has been closed since schools closed in March and we remain without any word on a possible re-start.) players texted he is part of an outdoor summer “free, socially distant” concert in downtown Jamaica. I responded there were plans that eve to see one of my all-time faves in the S

Corey Bearak
May24
What plans
Posted By : Corey Bearak

This time of year, I usually look to gather lists of summer concerts, many free, to recommend. Not this year. Often, the discussions about music involve what great show got canceled, postponed or rescheduled. Not sure how many texts and emails I’ve exchanged with my friend Jason about changes involving shows planned at Jones Beach this year. We’ve

Corey Bearak
Jan26
Shows Up
Posted By : Corey Bearak

No secret to frequent followers of this blog, and to many (most? All?) who know me how much I enjoy music, especially of a certain genre. Yesterday, I saw a tweet between two City Council Members I know that I think was trying to equate the quality and state of music today to politics today and a comparison to an earlier era. I replied my view that

Corey Bearak
Jan05
My Ten
Posted By : Corey Bearak

At the end of every year, I compose a review of the top ten shows that I attended. This year. I posted my commentary to my website on New Year’s Day. While I prefer to post on the eve, this year and last I posted on the first day of the year. As with 2018, many of the shows received coverage in this Gotham space (View the links to review those past

Corey Bearak
Nov10
Rock and more rock
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Last week I needed to prefile my blog. Simple reason. A flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to JFK. One might call it a classical trip. It involved an awful lot of rock.   My daughter and I landed a week ago Monday and promptly visited two castles, Hampton Court and Windsor.   Tuesday involved the musical variety: a classic rock/ Beatles tour (See pic

Corey Bearak
Sep15
The best...ever
Posted By : Corey Bearak

With my daughter back in town, she took up offers to join me at Citifield and Madison Square Garden on successive days. The Mets, in an afternoon game without any input from their “Polar Bear” parked a record six shots over the fence; not bad to attend a record breaking game and of course a victory, 11-1 over the D-Backs. The next eve we took in a

Corey Bearak
Aug25
Black Coffee
Posted By : Corey Bearak

I started my day with Black Coffee. If you read last week’s blog (or viewed my last post to Gotham’s RockRap Music listserve), you already know why.   One word (or title or name).  Squeeze.   We took in one of my fave bands last night at The Rooftop at Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport. I viewed some set lists for shows the band led by Glenn Tilb

Corey Bearak
Aug18
A Very Melodious August
Posted By : Corey Bearak

We saw some really great shows so far this year. And it’s not impossible that by the time this month passes nothing can top 2019’s August. Already this month we saw Poco co-founder Jim Messina (perhaps better known for his work with Kenny Loggins) August 5 at current fave venue, My Father’s Place. This past Thursday at Radio City Music Hall, we enj

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