Pick one band to go back in time and see live...

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  • Coltrane/Tyner/Garrison/Jones circa late 1963

  • Miles Davis Quintet circa 1959 b/w MC5 circa 1968

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    The Stooges in '69 or '70.


    But I'd also give a toe or something to see Can

    Those were the first two to spring to mind for me. I want to see the first time Iggy cut himself on stage with a drumstick.


    I'd also be down to check out a Dead Boys show.

  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    miles 57 w the classic 6

    hendrix

    jbs 69

    pfunk -maggot brain tour

    king tubbys on any given day 1974

    floyd 69

    hawkwind 71

    meters -

    convention 78


  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Thin Lizzy, circa Jailbreak lp mid 70's

    Tubby Hayes at Ronnie Scotts

  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    hendrix for sure...


    plus soul caravan. the band played about 200 concerts a year. one of germany's biggest live act in the late 60s. yes, plaese!

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Coltrane, Tyner, Garrison, Jones...anywhere.

    And Clifton Chenier...in da bayou.

  • THIS:



    or something similar



    exactly what i was gonna say....

  • Booker T & the MGs 1969
    Cream 1969
    The Beatles 1969
    Issac Hayes 1970
    Led Zeppelin 1970
    James Brown 1972
    Joy Division 1979
    The Smiths 1986
    Burzum 1993

    the flyer above this post
    Ludwig Van Beetoven - way the fuck back....


  • this show will do nicely

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    That's a no-brainer for me:

    Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 @ The Shrine, Kalakuta Republic.




    ooops. im with you. no question

    Second that emotion. Video evidence included.


  • MondeyanoMondeyano Reykjavik 863 Posts
    Donny Hathaway.


  • One is not enough

    Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life era
    Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes Virgin Killer era
    James Brown - 1970
    Meters - 1972
    MC5
    David Bowie - Ziggy era
    Sly Stone - anytime before 1975
    Kate Bush - any one of the handful of dates she ever did

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    jimi hendrix experience.

    Jimi used to invite people into the studio to jam, or just hangout and get high. I'd love to have been there.



    There's many others. I think all the rest fall into two catagories, 1, beinng there a the birth, or seminal point in musical history. 2. Gigs that just look like one hell of a good time.


    Maybe the Parliament-Funkadelic's "P-Funk Earth Tour", would be my pick.

  • The Who Live at Leeds




    Also this double bill from May 25, 1969




    That ticket stub comes from this guys site. Check it:

    http://www.e-rockworld.com/tickets.htm

  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    That's a no-brainer for me:

    Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 @ The Shrine, Kalakuta Republic.

    First thing that came to mind when reading the title... would LOVE to see Fela!

  • That's a no-brainer for me:

    Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 @ The Shrine, Kalakuta Republic.

    First thing that came to mind when reading the title... would LOVE to see Fela!

    my ex-girlfriend's father was in the state department and saw a show at the compound...he said folks were smoking joints the size of tubes of toothpaste...

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    this show will do nicely

    Seriously.

    My choice would be the shows the Monks played with Jimi Hendrix in Germany, if we are doing shows.

    Otherwise, any Monks show back in Hamburg in '66 would be fine.


  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    I JUST WANNA GO BACK 15 years.
    i'd like to have seen:


    NIRVANA.



    i mean, yeah, it's be cool to see fela, or jb, or zeppelin, but nirvana actually had an impact and were around in my youth, and when he killed himself i was fuckin DISTRAUGHT!

    let the hatt commence.

  • tuneuptuneup 586 Posts
    I JUST WANNA GO BACK 15 years.
    i'd like to have seen:


    NIRVANA.



    i mean, yeah, it's be cool to see fela, or jb, or zeppelin, but nirvana actually had an impact and were around in my youth, and when he killed himself i was fuckin DISTRAUGHT!

    let the hatt commence.


    no hate from me.

    saw them tour the Bleach Lp here in Toronto at the time. they were Ok, but don't fret too much. Wasn't the best show ever.



    My pick.....very hard to pick just one, nay impossible to do.
    one person though would have been Charles Brown with the Johnny Moore trio in LA in the late 40's or early 50's.
    some serious cool, mellow sounds.

  • I JUST WANNA GO BACK 15 years.
    i'd like to have seen:


    NIRVANA.



    i mean, yeah, it's be cool to see fela, or jb, or zeppelin, but nirvana actually had an impact and were around in my youth, and when he killed himself i was fuckin DISTRAUGHT!

    let the hatt commence.

    I was at this show:

  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts

    I was at this show:

    oh yeah, the infamous smashed bouncer/soundboard night. i have this bootleg vhs.

  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    One band is too hard

    Ike and Tina
    1950s R&B revues at the Apollo
    The Impressions
    Joy Division
    MC5
    Stooges
    Mahalia Jackson
    any clashes that included Dodd, Reid and Prince Buster

  • BamboucheBambouche 1,484 Posts
    I JUST WANNA GO BACK 15 years.
    i'd like to have seen:


    NIRVANA.

    I saw Nirvana in a bar post-Bleach, pre-Nevermind. Didn't strike me as much, same as all the other bar bands. Guess I was wrong!

    Speaking of, I'd like to go back and see Steven Jesse Bernstein open for Big Black on their final show in Seattle. In the preface of Bernstein's book it is mentioned that Cobain was standing in the front row of that show absorbing everything. Makes perfect sense now.


    THIS IS MUSIC, ASSHOLE![/b]





    I'm going to see Joanna Newsom right now?!

  • apparently Beethoven killed it on the keys...that woulda been dope to see.

  • tuneuptuneup 586 Posts
    damn....

    I gotta add this one.

    Being in the audience for the recording of Curtis Mayfield "Curtis Live".
    What a show!

  • 8bits8bits 146 Posts

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  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    damn....

    I gotta add this one.

    Being in the audience for the recording of Curtis Mayfield "Curtis Live".
    What a show!

    stone junkie slays me.

    this would be my #1 pick as well.

  • Hippy Boys.

  • Sly & The Family Stone circa 1969

    Parliament/Funkadelic circa 1976/77 Mothership Connection tour

    Sorry,that's 2,it's a tie
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