If you could see any music act in 1978 live which would you pick?
downtownrobbrown
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The height of a lot of good bands.
Did anyone see P-Funk in 1978? This video is incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JbUP-skb7E
Did anyone see P-Funk in 1978? This video is incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JbUP-skb7E
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Never went to a p-funk show. They played DC a lot in the early 70s but I was too hippied out to be knowing.
Saw James Brown 3 times in the 80s and Maceo and Fred in the 90s. Bout as close to p-funk as I ever got.
Gotta love the old days. What grade were you in? Where does that show rank all time for you?
so no Dead shows in 1978? A lot of good shows that year.
I'm in th uk so would have been 4th year of secondary, not sure what grade that was but I was 15. Definitely top 5, nobody beat Sun Ra for me.
Just remembered I found these in a box recently
Saw the Dead in '73 or so. My only bad acid trip.
Saw them again in the early 90s. Had back stage pass and had lots of fun. The hippie family, mom, dad, Sunshine, Cedar and the dog, all barefoot, sitting under the condiment table by the stadium hot dog concession. The guy squatting in parking lot cooking canned ravioli in an aluminum pan over a camp stove with a sign '$1.00 a bowl'. The crowd going nuts when the band finally came together to play a turn-around in unison. But mostly we sat in the cafeteria back stage talking with a guy who did security for Phil Graham for decades. Funny thing about backstage at a Dead show, there are hundreds of people backstage, Hells Angels, and Merry Pranksters and equipment folks, and groupies, friends of friends, and record store owners. The only people who are no where near backstage are the band.
I think the Dead could have been a good band if someone had played a back beat.
Are you putting the Rhythm Devils on blast? lol
David Bowie
Ramones
Weather Report
Van Halen
were all at great points in their careers and probably would have been pretty great to see in 1978.
Disco was pretty much ruling everything else.
Hard to pick one.
Saw both of them in '78.
First two real rock shows I saw.
Buzzcocks
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
The Fall
Von Lmo
Amazing......
Verdine's bass solo at 11:20 is NEXT LEVEL
Motorhead.
Queen.
Lizzy.
I think Prince might have been opening for Rick James around that time.
From the footage I've seen, EWF probably put on the most epic shows, in terms of spaceships and shit, closely followed by P-Funk.
Alas the one I was too late for was the Pistols, a source of regret for ever more.
#WellJell. Und props to digging out the proper "??".
I don't personally pine for missing out on Punk, I was a wee nipper and it was lost on me. I have of course given it a go in later life and understand it's cultural significance (I mean, someone had to see off The Bay City Rollers) but it's not a lane I frequent.
The metal came from being handed cassettes from the older kids in school that had denim and leather jackets that smelt funny. You can read that how you want, it's all correct.
Definitely not Showaddywaddy, my one actual live music experience of 1978.
Joy Division
The Clash
Dennis Brown
Gregory Isaacs
Of all the acts mentioned above, I won't lord it over anyone by naming how many I've seen multiple times (I was even once in a band that opened for one of them in '79), but I will say that's probably one of the few benefits of being old as fuck.
Tim Maia
Banda Black Rio
Gerson King Combo
and Mot??rhead, of course.
How's man gonna do me like that?
B/w c'mon son, floss!
Ditto -
I am guessing The Fall for Doc, and The Blockheads for S*eve?
I did throw Mark E Smith out of a club.
(Kelub-ah.)
Showaddawaddy?
But they hadn't turned up by the time our set was done; and neither did more than a hundred punters
An invaluable lesson in expectation management
Wmic
Thin Lizzy/BOC was a close second but the Dictators cancelled as the opening act
Worst show of '78 Rolling Stones/Peter Tosh/Foreigner JFK Stadium
Edit: The B52s!!
I hear a big difference in production/slickness/feel between '73 Burnin' and '78 Kaya.
Concert wise that is
Van Halen
The Clash
AC/DC
The Cramps
The Police
The Jam
Prince didn't really start touring until 1981, and EW&F was a little slick by then for my taste. I much prefer them "Gratitude" era, just listened to that record this morning.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Springsteen, '78 was his "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" tour which everyone raves about. Too bad I can't stand Springsteen.