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If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« on: November 10, 2012, 06:07:09 PM »
Money is no object. Time period is no object.

Here's mine:

The Band's Last Waltz Concert on Thanksgiving Day 1976. Some of the biggest names of the time were there.

The J. Geils Band. I don't know how the hell I missed them. They played all the time in the '80s.

Patsy Cline. She had one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.

Probably more.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM »
Pink Floyd before Syd Barrett went all nutso.

The Beatles before they were famous so I can kick John Lennon in the balls.

The Grateful Dead before Pigpen passed away and they turned into crap.

Metallica before Cliff Burton died and they turned into crap.

The Beach Boys during Pet Sounds.

I wouldn't mind seeing Mozart or Beethoven.  That would be amazing.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2012, 08:33:07 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on November 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM
The Beatles before they were famous so I can kick John Lennon in the balls.

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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2012, 08:39:05 PM »
Littlefeat with Lowell George

The original Lynyrd Skynyrd

Waylon Jennings

The Allman Brothers with Duane and Dickey Betts (I'm boycottingthem now)

Too many others to name.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2012, 09:03:15 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on November 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM
Pink Floyd before Syd Barrett went all nutso.

The Beatles before they were famous so I can kick John Lennon in the balls.

The Grateful Dead before Pigpen passed away and they turned into crap.

Metallica before Cliff Burton died and they turned into crap.

The Beach Boys during Pet Sounds.

I wouldn't mind seeing Mozart or Beethoven.  That would be amazing.

I saw Pink Floyd just after their release of the Ummagumma LP. I saw em at the Easttown theater. They opened for Fleetwood Mac before  Peter Green quit. The Eastown was Detroit's version of the Fillmore West.

This was in 70. I use to go there or the Grande Ballroom every week end, both Fri and Sat night. Selling lids and dealing hippy chicks. :stoner:

I saw the Doors and passed on seeing Hendrix (  :hammer:) I guess I would have liked to have seen Big Brother and the Holding Company.

I've seen most bands of that era. It cost 2 bucks to get in. 
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2012, 09:13:47 PM »
I saw The Clash at the Red Rocks amphitheatre in Colorado.  It was good, I can't imagine a better concert so I guess I'd like to see it over again--and I wasn't even that big of a fan of The Clash.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2012, 09:32:38 PM »
Must've been 2004 when I saw Doc Severinsen. Amazing musician and performer. And he was in his late 70's at the time and he's still going strong.

And if you want to be kicked squarely in the balls by sheer virtuosity, go see Arturo Sandoval sometime:

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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2012, 10:31:05 PM »
This one:

On December 25, 1989, [Leonard] Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin's Schauspielhaus (Playhouse) as part of a celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He had conducted the same work in West Berlin the previous day. The concert was broadcast live in more than twenty countries to an estimated audience of 100 million people. For the occasion, Bernstein reworded Friedrich Schiller's text of the Ode to Joy, substituting the word Freiheit (freedom) for Freude (joy).[34] Bernstein, in his spoken introduction, said that they had "taken the liberty" of doing this because of a "most likely phony" story, apparently believed in some quarters, that Schiller wrote an "Ode to Freedom" that is now presumed lost. Bernstein added, "I'm sure that Beethoven would have given us his blessing."

--from Wikipedia article on Leonard Bernstein.  While I don't expect to meet him in Glory, that concert, for me, made up for much public wrongness (lovin' on black panthers, etc.).
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2012, 12:45:18 AM »
Quote from: ExGeeEye on November 10, 2012, 10:31:05 PM
This one:

On December 25, 1989, [Leonard] Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin's Schauspielhaus (Playhouse) as part of a celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He had conducted the same work in West Berlin the previous day. The concert was broadcast live in more than twenty countries to an estimated audience of 100 million people. For the occasion, Bernstein reworded Friedrich Schiller's text of the Ode to Joy, substituting the word Freiheit (freedom) for Freude (joy).[34] Bernstein, in his spoken introduction, said that they had "taken the liberty" of doing this because of a "most likely phony" story, apparently believed in some quarters, that Schiller wrote an "Ode to Freedom" that is now presumed lost. Bernstein added, "I'm sure that Beethoven would have given us his blessing."

--from Wikipedia article on Leonard Bernstein.  While I don't expect to meet him in Glory, that concert, for me, made up for much public wrongness (lovin' on black panthers, etc.).


I was stationed in West Berlin at that time and I remember Lennie's visit. I didn't attend either performance, unfortunately.  :banghead:
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Re: Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2012, 02:45:02 AM »
Beatles, hands down. Zeppelin is a semi-close second.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2012, 04:10:56 AM »
I miss Levon!
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2012, 06:00:49 AM »
Well I've pretty much seen all the bands I'd like to see in concert so there are a few I'd like to see again.

Becoming the Archetype
Demon Hunter
As I lay Dying
Sleeping Giant
White Collar Sideshow

Also that was all young people rock and roll for all you old people. With their loud guitars and drums.

Bands I have seen, but don't care to see again are
Ozzy Osbourne
Megadeth (They sucked soooo much. Dave should've retired years ago.)
Metallica
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2012, 06:13:50 AM »
Quote from: ColonelCarrots on November 11, 2012, 06:00:49 AM


Also that was all young people rock and roll for all you old people. With their loud guitars and drums.




Mine. And I'm old.

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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2012, 06:14:25 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on November 10, 2012, 06:07:09 PM
Money is no object. Time period is no object.


Patsy Cline. She had one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.



I saw Patsy Cline when I was seven or eight.  I was eight when she died.  I cried because I was in love.
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2012, 06:59:45 AM »
I bet seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park would have been pretty good.

I saw Levon Helm and his band maybe 3 years ago at the Electric Factory in Philly--I was this close to the stage. He was pushing 70, had suffered through throat cancer. It was the best concert I've ever seen, hands down.

Cats, have you ever gone to a Midnight Ramble at the barn up there?
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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2012, 07:14:39 AM »
No they were a might pricey! But a few private jam sessions at the farm and I knew him as a customer of mine as is Garth. I was very close to the stage at this one!
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2012, 07:22:06 AM »
Ok. I'm giving you a high-5 out of jealousy.

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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2012, 07:32:53 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on November 11, 2012, 07:22:06 AM
Ok. I'm giving you a high-5 out of jealousy.

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I return the high5 for listing The Last Waltz! Yeah I think if I could pick one that would be it. I wore the vinyl out of that album!
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2012, 07:36:40 AM »
Quote from: catsmtrods on November 11, 2012, 07:32:53 AM
I return the high5 for listing The Last Waltz! Yeah I think if I could pick one that would be it. I wore the vinyl out of that album!

There's a smartphone app called Wolfgang's Vault. It collects concerts from some of the greatest bands ever. The band's Last Waltz concert is there, completely unedited. It's a little raw, but it's great to hear it.

I'm not sure if you're a smartphone/ipad/ipod geek, but if you are, it's worth getting.
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2012, 07:46:48 AM »
Thought of another one I'd have loved to be there for:

Roger Waters's The Wall at the Berlin Wall in 1990. That would have been fun to see--pretty star studded.
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2012, 08:21:54 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on November 11, 2012, 07:46:48 AM
Thought of another one I'd have loved to be there for:

Roger Waters's The Wall at the Berlin Wall in 1990. That would have been fun to see--pretty star studded.

I will take that!

I would also like to catch up with bands I somehow missed.  Iron Maiden and Motorhead specifically. Don't know how I did that?
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Re: If you could see anybody in concert at any time, Who would you see?
« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2012, 10:48:07 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on November 11, 2012, 07:36:40 AM
There's a smartphone app called Wolfgang's Vault. It collects concerts from some of the greatest bands ever. The band's Last Waltz concert is there, completely unedited. It's a little raw, but it's great to hear it.

I'm not sure if you're a smartphone/ipad/ipod geek, but if you are, it's worth getting.

You can access Wolfgang on any computer.
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« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2012, 10:48:32 PM »
I'm probably and oddball here, but I would have liked to have seen Harry Chapin and John Denver.
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« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2012, 08:15:38 AM »
The Beatles if they would have continued touring past 1966.The Doors,Led Zeppelin.I would have loved to have seen Van Halen on their first tour.
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« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2012, 09:15:34 AM »
I love John Denver too. Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton. Elvis Presley, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Diamond, Abba, Reba Mcintire, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, and Susan Boyle...

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