I am sitting around with my father in law, drinking too much wine and listening to music. He's seen a ton of great old rock groups from Zeppelin to Emerson Lake and Palmer and has been walking me through some of the great shows he's seen.
I mentioned that I wish I could have been at The Last Waltz. Then I had to pick a song from that show. Without a doubt, it was Van Morrison's performance. What a bad ass and the Band looks like they're having such fun playing with him.
Gotta love the kicks and his dropping of the mic and leaving prior to the songs ending. What a performer.
The Paris police arrive by intermission, but they restore only limited order. Chaos reigns for the remainder of the performance. Nijinsky and Stravinsky are despondent. However, Sergei Diaghilev, the director of Les Ballets Russes, comments that the scandal was "just what I wanted." The Rite of Spring Riot, 1913 Punk Rock As FuckOn May 29, 1913, in Paris, Les Ballets Russes stages the first ballet performance of The Rite of Spring (Le Sacré du Printemps,) with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. The intensely rhythmic score and primitive scenario -- a setting of scenes from pagan Russia -- shock audiences more accustomed to the demure conventions of classical ballet. The complex music and violent dance steps depicting fertility rites first draw catcalls and whistles from the crowd, and are soon followed by shouts and fistfights in the aisles. The unrest in the audience escalates into a riot.
sounds_sound also mentioned that particular moment in history. It's an interesting call given the concert, the times in which it was played and the artistic statement being made. -A strong choice for sure. It's definitely bad ass.
How incredible would it have been to see the last LCD Soundsystem concert at Madison Square Garden, and hear them finish with "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down". This concert went for nearly 4 hours, and had guest appearances by Arcade Fire, Reggie Watt, Shit Robot and others. It must have been a night to remember. LCD Soundsystem is one of those bands that I got into too late.
LCD Soundsystem is one of those bands that I got into too late.
-Me too. I only started listening to them in the last year. I heard him on Stephen Colbert announcing his retirement from LCD and was like, "damn, this is good shit." -Better late than never.
Damn tough question. The idea that your choice isn't the Beatles kind of disturbs me. Here I thought I knew something about the world and you go and give it a series of high kicks. By a leprechaun in a raspberry leotard none-the-less. One of my biggest musical regrets is not seeing Nirvana play live. I was of concert going age when they were together and touring too. That's the part that stings. The fact that I could have seen them. I wouldn't choose them though. Without over thinking it, I would probably say Hendrix playing the star-spangled banner at Woodstock. Iconic. To be in a sea of people for that one brief moment...
I thought about the Beatles but don't have a specific show or song. It would definitely be in the Hamburg days, pre Beatlemania, back when they were playing 12 hours a day. That would be the shit. But I can't think of a particular show or song. -kind of cheating. I saw a lot of bands in the 90's and Nirvana wasn't one of them. I always assumed I'd see them eventually. -definitely a bummer.
At least once a week, I lament over the fact that I wasn't able to see Daft Punk when they came to Colorado for ALIVE 2007. But I swear to you all, I will do whatever it takes to see Daft Punk live next time they go on tour. Whatever. It. Takes.
That video is tuned higher than the version on DVD that I have (and a little sped up). I wonder which version is really correct?
Without a doubt, I would have loved to see Queen perform Under Pressure at Wembley. The atmosphere there must have been incredible. If anyone wants, here is the full show, nearly 2 hours long.
The Wall, definitely... The mix of theatrics and Pink Floyd in their original lineup just sounds too incredible to miss.
Great band. I saw them years ago but it was the Gilmore incarnation, no Waters. I thought David Gilmore did an awesome job keeping that band together in Water's absence though. My father-in-law and I were talking about the greatest guitar solos in pop-music history and Comfortably Numb was right up there in both of our estimations. My favorite Floyd song remains Fearless
It would be pretty hard to narrow it down to one song. As for shows, back in 1991 there was a show that had the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam all on the same bill. I would be hard pressed to turn that down. For any other midwest emo fans out there, there was a show in 2009 with Midwest Pen Pals, Grown Ups, Snowing, and Sleep Patterns. That and Snowing's Final Show (which I actually went to) are probably the most stacked emo lineups I have ever seen.
Lolla Palooza '92 had RHCP, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, Tool, Fishbone and Arrested Development. It was a bitchin' show. I watched Tool on a second stage with this really cool chick. I slagged Babes in Toyland to her. Turns out she was the bassist. Fuckin' epic. We saw it in Dallas and Ministry refused to go on until it was dark. Everybody discovered that you could stretch blankets and launch girls into the stratosphere. Also, plastic burns. It looked like fuckin' Thunderdome by the time Ministry took the stage… with Gibby Haynes singing Jesus Built My Hotrod. Fuckin' Propah. Then Eddie Vedder came out to do Lay Lady Lay. It was pretty dope.
Yep, '92 was the year to go to Palooza. I missed that year but made it to 1993 at the Milan Dragway in Michigan. -Fun show: Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Arrested Development, Front 242, Babes in Toyland (Michele Leon on bass), Tool, Rage Against the Machine.
They say the memory is the first thing to go... Those were good times. There was some good music to come out of that era. I listened to Janes Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual the other day, still holds up. -Great piece of work imo.
That would have been sweet to see. for anyone not familiar:That said, "Nothing's Shocking" is a better album.
No argument here. They were a great band. I always thought that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were the poor man's Jane's Addiction. That's really only because I was introduced to both around the same time from the same person.
Chili Peppers were a get stoned and have a good time band. May I present one of our favorite drunken misheard lyrics songs of all time, "Happenin' Subaru:" Jane's Addiction was an eat mushrooms and try to make out with drama chicks band. Or, after you fail to make out with the drama chicks, listen to them over and over and bemoan the fact that you're not making out with the drama chicks. We called them "the untouchable stoner chicks." There were five of them, they listened to all the same bands we did, they drove cool thrashy cars, and none of us got to first base with any of them. And oh my GOD were they hot.
"Happenin' Subaru" -that's pretty damned funny. I completely agree with your assessment of the two bands. The cool stoner chicks that listened to the same music as us were, thankfully not untouchable at my school :) Some are good friends to this day and a couple of them are still OMG hot. -Some people are timeless. Thanks for sending me down a Jane's Addiction worm-hole. Been listening to Nothings Shocking since you mentioned it. A great band I haven't paid attention to in years.
I think it would have been quite cool back in the early 1970s to have heard Helen Reddy I Am Woman when it first came out. It would have been so anthemic and inspiring. Bear in mind that women's rights have come a long way since then. A huge amount of progress was made that decade. I also think, particularly if I was gay, it would have been superb to hear I Am What I Am on Broadway live. That was the era of AIDS, continued enormous discrimination and even criminalisation, and I can imagine it moved people to tears.
Yeah, thought about that one too but, and I could be way off here, I would guess that the sound quality for anyone listening (unless you were roof-top) was pretty horrid.
scrimetime, would you choose a different song to see live from that show? I wrestled between this and Stage Fright.
I would go with The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. That's my answer today....
Yeah, that's a good call. Very strong song, great build of energy throughout and Levon singing... doesn't get much better. -But what about Papa Staple?
I know you're not asking me, but if I could have seen Ophelia or The Weight, I would die happy.
The sign of a great band/concert, when you can't pick the one song you think would have been the best to see live. I actually enjoy Joni Mitchell's Coyote a lot too. I'm not a big Joni fan, but it's a good one.
Helpless is pretty great as well, with Joni doing the backing vocals offstage.
No doubt. I've heard it told that other than Robbie, no one in the band really knew Neil and he wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms. You can see Danko seems dismissive during the song etc. None the less, it sounds great. -He's so damn "young" -pun completely intended. I could have done without the Neil Diamond song though. "Come Dry Your Eyes" is probably my least favorite tune from that night.
from what I heard no one but Robbie wanted Neil Diamond there, and he was a real dick. Notice the trend here though: most of that night was really about Robertson, IMO. the rest of the band wanted to keep going, keep playing, keep touring, but he wanted to do other things so he pulled the plug. For better or worse, that decision lead to one hell of a night of music.