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A little sideways spin off from the Led Zep vs Queen Thread.

Some of these bands are still going, but are past their heyday.

The Talking Heads. Dave Byrne is a total dick for breaking them up.

Sublime. :(

The Talking Heads. Dave Byrne is a total dick for breaking them up.

Sorry, too many bands and too few options to include them all. A great choice though :(

Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine

The Beatles.

Shite.... and thin lizzy (with a y)

Sorry, too many bands and too few options to include them all. A great choice though :(
Thanks.

I wish I'd have had the chance to see DEVO perform live...

Argh, lots.
I was born after my time, and I missed most of the stuff I like. All the good punk bands, all the goth bands, most of the good post-punk.

One specific thing I really wish I could've seen was Shellac at Lounge Ax, Halloween 1998. They dressed up as the Sex Pistols and performed a whole set as them, with David Yow from The Jesus Lizard performing as John Lydon.

A website about it. (http://www.petdance.com/actionpark/shellac/halloween-98/)

It sounds as though it were one hell of a show.

btw - out of the choices listed - I would love to go back in time and see the Beatles, Zep, Queen etc.

so consider Sublime to be a request of the more 'reasonable' nature, since they are a band from my generation, that I cannot ever see (obviously) since Bradley Nowell is dead.

The Talking Heads. Dave Byrne is a total dick for breaking them up.
Yeah, they were an awesome band. At first I hated them because they were a bit weird, but then I realized weird can be good. Of course, like every other band I like, they broke up before I even knew they existed, most likely.

Rage Against The Machine.

Shite.... and thin lizzy (with a y)

Sorry about the Lizzy, my bad.

If you do not like what is on the list then make your own suggestion huh.

Sorry about the Lizzy, my bad.

If you do not like what is on the list then make your own suggestion huh.
It's okay.

I did. 5th post

I voted Pink Floyd, but I'd add to that David Bowie (Ziggy days), Sisters of Mercy, The Doors, Skinny Puppy (not just Nivek with KMFDM, saw that concert), and the Velvet Underground come to mind.

Lots of bands I would like to have seen, but out of the choices above? Queen. Freddy was such a great showman.

Skinny Puppy
Yay!
Wait, I thought they were still together. Didn't they just tour in 2004?
Although, I must admit I don't like their recent stuff very much.

Yay!
Wait, I thought they were still together. Didn't they just tour in 2004?
Although, I must admit I don't like their recent stuff very much.
YES... with Ministry *crying*
And I fucking missed them! AAAAAAargghhh :mad:

eh... I dunno. None, really. I'm not a gig person. Well, I suppose Queen.

Of course, as an alternate selection, I'd have to say Mozart, maybe Holdst. But they'd have to play a best of. A lot of these guys had too much filler inbetween the great stuff. Especially beethoven. He was terrible for that, in my opinion.


And as another alternate, I'd have loved to have seen Miles Davis or Louis Armstrong play.

I wish I had the chance to see Thin Lizzy live. I guess I do, as there is a band with Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham (I think) touring as Thin Lizzy, but let's face it, Phil Lynott made that band.

I wish the Smashing Pumpkins were still together, I became a fan too late :(

I have missed concerts by Opeth and Múm due to factors beyond my control. I want to see them live.

I wish I could see U2. They are playing in my city this summer (lol, my home city is also U2's home city) but the tickets cost €60 euro. I would take it as a personal humiliation to pay that much money for a concert. So I won't go until they charge a fair price.

Definately Rage Against The Machine. I was too young to go and see them live before they broke up.

You can feel the emotion and the rage just listening to their CDs, the tension and atmosphere at their concerts must have been incredible.

I would include U2, but I don't regret not spending £50 on a ticket to see them on their upcoming tour. They are my favourite band but theres no way I'll pay that money for one concert, albeit at a stadium.

Múm
I've heard they're good, although I've only heard short bits of their music.
I should probably go check out their CD next time I leave the house.

It's a lil' strange that the Doors and the Beatles are missing from the list.

Has anyone listened to "Another one bites the dust" by queen, backwards? It actually does say "Its fun to smoke marijuana"

Has anyone listened to "Another one bites the dust" by queen, backwards? It actually does say "Its fun to smoke marijuana"
The horror.

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Hands down, no contest.

It's a lil' strange that the Doors and the Beatles are missing from the list.

The Doors was an oversight on my part. The Beatles simply do not quite fit with the other choices. To pop not enough rock. I suppose I should have included the word rock in the title of the thread.

Another one: The Pixies.

Faith No More :(
Smashing Pumpkins :(
Morphine :(

And I never saw NIN, but then again, never had the opportunity :/

Queen at Wembley '86. Wow.

Queen at Wembley '86. Wow.

^^What I was about to say

The Ramones.

The Ramones.
good choice.

Pink Floyd. but i love all the old classic rock.

funny....my dads going to see Cream in April....maybe i should go too....

funny....my dads going to see Cream in April....maybe i should go too....
Maybe!?!?!?!? Go. Don't miss it.

i've never been to a concert :(

Well, Cream really is number 1 but the few ppl who voted jus dont know it. Only 2 an a half years but they were/are quite possibly the best. There having a reunion concert in England now right? O yes, who is cream? check tha flag bitches. Yes, that is a vintage picture of ERIC CLAPTON with his own heart... lol... :headbang:

i've never been to a concert
*pats on head*

i've never been to a concert :(
Sorry to hear that. They can be a lot of fun.
But what concert would you like to see?

funny....my dads going to see Cream in April....maybe i should go too....

HOLA CRAP MAN... if u miss it and u had a chance to go... well, the opportunity has truly been wasted. they are most excellent, i highly recommend them, unless u don wanna blow ur mind. :headbang:

Sublime or bob marley or the beatles I think.

Though if I could have seen anything, it would be the first time they ever performed beethoven's 9th symphony.

Has anyone listened to "Another one bites the dust" by queen, backwards? It actually does say "Its fun to smoke marijuana"
It's a bit of a stretch...
Hrm, let me dig up that old link, there was a website with sound.
Argh, what the hell. The site seems to be down or dead. It was entitled "Stairway to Heaven Backwards", but it had other bands if I remember correctly.
It was here (http://www2.memlane.com/jmilner/stairwaybackwards.htm).

No matter, I've found another site.

http://www.wootang.net/backmask/classicrock.html
:)

A little sideways spin off from the Led Zep vs Queen Thread.

Some of these bands are still going, but are past their heyday.
Cream all the way, Led Zep 2nd. Cream would have been sooo cool, especially if one got high first...

funny....my dads going to see Cream in April....maybe i should go too....
where where where where where where where??? when? any tickets left?? where do you get tickets from???
(sorry... very excited. i heard of the possibility of reunion but nothing in ages...)

lets see.....i would have liked to have seen Metallica, Bad Company, Tesla.

now....i'd like to see Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, Chevelle


would also like to have seen some of the great jazz musicians perform live.

and would like to go to an Opera just once.

where where where where where where where??? when? any tickets left?? where do you get tickets from???
(sorry... very excited. i heard of the possibility of reunion but nothing in ages...)
Albert Hall, playing 4 dates i think...

Tickets went on sale on monday morning, all 4 dates were sold out by 3pm...

ebay has some though....for a ridiculous amount of money


sorry...

and would like to go to an Opera just once.
Come to Sydney, we have them free in the Domain. (It's a big arse park...)
Although it tends to storm in summer...

Nirvana. I think it was December of '93 when they came thru my part of the world. Cobain was dead in April of '94. I was 14 years old and a huge Nirvana fan. I could've gone, but I didn't. I also regret only seeing Pantera once.

Smashing Pumpkins. I need to see Pearl Jam and REM before they break up.

I'm glad I got to see Stabbing Westward before they broke up.

I def. regret seein Phish...i never got a chance to go before they broke up :headbang:

Albert Hall, playing 4 dates i think...

Tickets went on sale on monday morning, all 4 dates were sold out by 3pm...

ebay has some though....for a ridiculous amount of money


sorry...
yeah i know - just checked. cheapest ticket i can find is £277! still gonna go though, dont care about price... i have to see em!

I wish I could have seen Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in performance. Now THAT was music.

Elvis

Bruce springstein

Metallica in 1986 (when they were good)

I def. regret seein Phish...i never got a chance to go before they broke up :headbang:

Aye.

I wish I could've seen the Grateful Dead before Jerry Garcia died. Cream would be neat too. I'm surprised that Jimi Hendrix isn't up there, though. Now that would be a show, especially with the Band of Gypsies.

The Talking Heads would also have been great to see live, and Stop Making Sense just blows me away every time.

I'd have to say, though, if I had to choose only a few musicians, it would have to be Booker T. and the MGs and Marvin Gaye. My Grandfather went to a Marvin Gaye show where a snake escaped into the auditorium.

Apparently it was amazing though. Its funny how my 82-year-old grandpa is such a huge soul and R&B fan.

Out of the list, Led Zep.

But there's so many others I can think of. Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins...:( *cries*

Zep, hands down.

said Cream before. thinking of changing my answer to Hendrix (would have to be at Woodstock tho)


edit: why isnt Hendrix on the list :confused:

Take That.

Cream at Albert Hall is going to be great I wish I could go. Another one for the list would be The Band. The last Waltz was great.

As i have said in a couple of posts before, Queen is my favorite band ever, so i definitely wish i could have seen them live. I know they are touring a bit this year, but it's not the same without Freddie.

Pink Floyd!

However, I did get to see Janis Jolin live with the Stones! Awesome. Just totally, totally awesome. :D

From the list - Pink Floyd, definately

However without a doubt the one gig i would love to have been to more than other would be Hendrix, Woodstock. That was special.

I wish I could have seen Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in performance. Now THAT was music.

Good call. I'd have never thought of it myself but yeah, that would be great too.

said Cream before. thinking of changing my answer to Hendrix (would have to be at Woodstock tho)


edit: why isnt Hendrix on the list :confused:

Because I don't think of Hendrix as a band. I know that is unfair, but it is what kept him/them off the list, along with Janis.

From the list probably Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd...off the list i would have to go with The Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the Grateful Dead..and you can't forget Sublime or Rage Against the Machine. Those would all be great concerts.

From the list probably Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd...off the list i would have to go with The Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the Grateful Dead..and you can't forget Sublime or Rage Against the Machine. Those would all be great concerts.

Ditto to the Doors, definitely, as well. And of course Hendrix as well.

I would probably have to say The Clash on one of their 1978 tours, or possibly early 1979 prior to the release of London Calling. In a way though, with the death of Joe Strummer, I can say that I am somewhat glad that we know now that there won't ever be a half-arsed reunion tour. One other consoling thought is that a great deal of their gigs were in fact bootlegged and so the performances aren't entirely lost to the mists of time, as the 80+ hours of live stuff on my hard drive attests.


As far as performances that I just missed goes - I managed to miss seeing Pete Seeger play at the WTC (prior to it coming down, obviously) by about five minutes due to a delay on the NY underground. Damn. I still want to see him before he croaks.

Because I don't think of Hendrix as a band. I know that is unfair, but it is what kept him/them off the list, along with Janis.
meh fair enough. band or no, i would still have loved to see him live

I would definatly go see Lynard Skynard. just think about FREEBIRD.....LIVE!!!!!

Pink Floyd. Not just because I love their music (I loved most of the stuff on there), but because their live performances were supposed to have been some of the best ever made by anyone.

Saw Queen in 1982 from the front row, it was the last time they toured in the US
saw Pink floyd during the learning to fly tour, really great show

*snip*
and would like to go to an Opera just once.

Been there, done that, its quite an experience.

I would see the Cranberries. They even existed after I was born!

i saw skynyrd in concert, they were pretty good.

probably my two biggest regrets would be rage against the machine and soundgarden, but we've got audioslave now so... perfect. hopefully i'll get around to incubus and RHCP.

cross tween zep and floyd

I think i said Queen and not with David Bowie or John Farnam Pure Freddie

Concrete Blonde. A friend of mine, man do I miss her, was close to the husky voiced singer of that fine band but I never did catch them. Allways doing 21 & older shows. :mad:

cross tween zep and floyd

An interesting concept. Waters and Page together?

Ok then...The Jimi Hendrix Experience... ;) its a band then!

I would see the Cranberries. They even existed after I was born!

I saw them at The Royal Albert Hall in London in the 90's.

Great band.

I wish I'd have had the chance to see DEVO perform live...

They'll be playing nightly in hell. You won't miss your chance if you don't want to.