If given the chance to go back in time and see ONE band/musical act, who would it be?

[OnTheWarpath15]

I have a flash drive in my car that holds a ton of music, and I let it shuffle on the drive home tonight. Heard a live version of Queen's Fat Bottom Girls that I forgot I even had. Started thinking about some of the YouTube clips I've seen in their performances when Freddie was in his prime.

That morphed into another thought - if I could travel back in time to see one band or musical act perform, who would it be, when would it be and where?

I'm not sure I can even answer my own question, but I bet some of you guys can, and it beats talk of 4-12 and chicken and waffles.

Go.

[Rain Man]

I wish I had seen a Springsteen concert back in the 1970s. But Queen would be good, too.

[Dayze]

Zeppelin.

[TimBone]

I think Queen has to be the best answer, right?

[Just Passin' By]

Beethoven or Mozart

[Stewie]

I'm old school. I'd love to see bands like the Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield, The Animals, etc.. Bands that were full of individual talent who moved on to bigger things, but were damn good when nobody knew who those names were.

[bdj23]

Queen or NWA

[eDave]

Zeppelin.

Absolutely. Without a doubt. No question. This needs to happen.

[noa]

Maybe Allman Brothers when Duane Allman was still around. Would have loved to see him play.
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[Frosty]

Zeppelin.

This. Never got the chance.

[BigRichard]

I would love to go see GnR when the entire band was together but also a huge Beatles fan.

[loochy]

Beiber pre-puberty

[siberian khatru]

Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" tour in 1974-75.

Runners-up: The Who in 1971, 74 or 75; Pink Floyd in 1973-74

[OnTheWarpath15]

I wish I had seen a Springsteen concert back in the 1970s. But Queen would be good, too.

Zeppelin.

I think Queen has to be the best answer, right?

That's what makes this so difficult.

While a lot of folks don't care for their music, a Doors show in San Francisco or the Sunset Strip would have been cool.

Zepplin at a place like London Fog or The Roxy? Unreal.

Too many choices.

[PunkinDrublic]

The Clash in 77.

[ChiefsCountry]

Michael Jackson - 1984.

[Rain Man]

Maybe Allman Brothers when Duane Allman was still around. Would have loved to see him play.
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This makes me think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as well. I'm not a huge fan, but I imagine that they would have put on a good concert.

Don't laugh, but seeing a band like Styx in the 1970s would be good. Second-tier compared to many of the other selections here, but they would have been interesting.

[Dayze]

also Pink Floyd I would have loved to have seen.

[KCUnited]

Less about a specific band and more about a venue during an era, most any 80's Sunday Matinee at CBGBs.

[alpha_omega]

Duh...Hendrix.

[Al Czervik]

Duh...Hendrix.

This....

Also, The Beatles....around 1969

[srvy]

Beethoven or Mozart

^^^ This

Im not really even into Classical Music but these were the geniuses and that Mozart movie was pretty good also.

[ModSocks]

none.

I would just go to Woodstock '69 instead.

BOOYA

and then i'd jump back in my time machine and go to Woodstock '99.

[rico]

The Grateful Dead..no question.

[LoneWolf]

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble

[Munson]

Guns N' Roses

[Trivers]

This makes me think of Lynyrd Skynyrd as well. I'm not a huge fan, but I imagine that they would have put on a good concert.

Don't laugh, but seeing a band like Styx in the 1970s would be good. Second-tier compared to many of the other selections here, but they would have been interesting.

Saw Styx about a year ago. All the members. One of the best concerts I've attended.

County fairgrounds. How the mighty had fallen.

[stonedstooge]

Duh...Hendrix.

. I was only 11 when he passed. Didn't go to my first concerts until I was 14

[PunkinDrublic]

Less about a specific band and more about a venue during an era, most any 80's Sunday Matinee at CBGBs.

I almost said that but I'm convinced I would've got my ass kicked at any early 80s hardcore show.

[Dartgod]

Saw Styx about a year ago. All the members. One of the best concerts I've attended.

County fairgrounds. How the mighty had fallen.

Unpossible.

John Panozzo died in 1996 and Dennis DeYoung has not toured with the core group since 1999.

[lcarus]

Pink Floyd no doubt. Over Zeppelin easily. Though that would be cool too.

[lcarus]

Saw Styx about a year ago. All the members. One of the best concerts I've attended.

County fairgrounds. How the mighty had fallen.

My brother saw Kansas at a fair here in Tulsa and said it was one of the best shows he's ever been to.

[Stewie]

My brother saw Kansas at a fair here in Tulsa and said it was one of the best shows he's ever been to.

I saw the original lineup of Kansas at their last show ever (Allen Field House). It's amazing a lead singer from St. Joe could have so much energy (cocaine?) and bring a ton of energy.

[Dartgod]

I saw a ton of bands in their prime back in the 70s and 80s. Here are a few I never saw and would love to go back and see.

The Who
Pink Floyd
Alice Cooper
AC/DC
The Beatles
Rolling Stones

[rico]

I'd love to see Alice In Cains with Layne Staley.

[Sully]

I have to agree...

Queen.
And for me, it's not even close.

[srvy]

Newport Folk Festival 1965 when Dylan went electric. Would have been cool to know its coming and see the jaws drop.



Edit: Got the food threads on my brain. Newport not Newfork.

[GloucesterChief]

AC/DC with Bon Scott
Thin Lizzy
The World Vengeance Tour which had Iron Maiden fresh off Number of the Beast opening for Judas Priest in support of Screaming for Vengeance.

[007]

Queen at wembly. Second would have been genesis anywhere

[Otter]

Always wanted to to Pink Floyd do "The Wall" or "Dark Side of the Moon" but was pre high school age when they were around.

While we're kinda of on the subject did anyone get the ending of "The Wall" (the movie) because I didn't get it. No resolution what so ever.

[Marcellus]

AC/DC with Bon Scott

Damn good pick. I'm torn between that and Zepplin

[Rasputin]

Guns N Roses with Buckethead the best guitarist to ever play for GnR.

[Marcellus]

I would also say that going to the Metallica/ GNR show at Arrowhead in the early 90's would be up there. Every person I have talked to that went to that show said it was fucking awesome.

Damn I'm pissed I missed that.

[KCUnited]

I almost said that but I'm convinced I would've got my ass kicked at any early 80s hardcore show.

The time I got my ass kicked at a Cro-Mags show at CB's has a nice ring to it. Those always made the best show though, when you got a little scared, but left with a boner.

[Pablo]

Pink Floyd at Arrowhead.

[Bugeater]

Paul McCartney and Wings. Some of my all time favorite music and absolute perfection in concert.

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[rico]

I would have loved to see a Sublime show.

Oh and how can I forget...The Doors.

[Marcellus]

Guns N Roses with Buckethead the best guitarist to ever play for GnR.


:LOL:

[DeepPurple]

I saw a few bands early on.

Vanilla Fudge in 1968, their version of 'You keep me hanging on' was the heaviest song I ever heard at that point in time and Carmine Appice was amazing.

Allman Brothers at a bar in St. Petersburg around Oct 1969, didn't know who they were when I walked in except they had two drummers, the keyboardist was the singer and some guy with long blonde hair was killing his red guitar. When they finished the night, they said we're the Allman Bros and our debut album comes out next month.

Jethro Tull in 1972, one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Deep Purple 1972, very disappointing, not enough of Gillan.

Black Sabbath 1972, Ozzy walked off the stage on the second song, end of show.

Queen 1974, outdoor at Sunshine Speedway St. Petersburg, Fire Marshall would not approve the stage, show could not go on. What's up, two in row.

Uriah Heep 1974, the late great David Bryon was the best frontman ever.

Atlanta Rhythm Section 1977, good party band.

Blackfoot & Johnny Van Zant 1979, good ole southern rock, Rick Medlocke smokes the guitar.

Styx 1979, really great sound and show.

Journey 1980, Steve Perry tremendous singer. The Babys as an opening act were no slouch.

1980 Blue Oyster Cult & The Cars, show cancelled the day of the event, their equipment truck broke down.

Foreigner 1982, great show.

Billy Squier 1982, Saga opened and blew him away.

Molly Hatchet 1982, Danny Joe Brown had just returned, one of the loudest bands I ever heard but were great.

REM 1984, very psychedelic lighting and performance, great!!

Def Leppard, Pyromania tour, great show, Krokus and Gary Moore opened, all were good.

Scorpions 1984, one of the best twin guitar attacks, Bon Jovi opened and kinda sucked, nobody knew who they were.

U2 1985, Unforgettable Fire tour, good show, not great but good.

Pink Floyd 1988, great light and music.

Peter Gabriel 1988 & 1993, one of my favorites.

Boston 1997 Great Show, both singers were there.

Styx & Kansas 1997 both were great!!

[LoneWolf]

I'd love to see Alice In Cains with Layne Staley.

Saw them when they opened for Ozzy back in 92'. They were awesome.

[srvy]

How bout pop in for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison as a con. Then scram before shower and lockdown. No Sir dont get caught at shower.

[rico]

Saw them when they opened for Ozzy back in 92'. They were awesome.

RIGHTEOUS! That is badass.

[Third Eye]

Pink Floyd circa 1970-1972, no question.

[bdj23]

Pink Floyd at Arrowhead.

My parents went to that.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Queen, as mentioned before...probably in the 80's.

Iron Maiden, on the World Slavery Tour in 85 or so. I saw them in 2000...not as good.

Zeppelin...hell to the yes.

Pink Floyd

I've seen Alice Cooper a lot since he came out of rehab (the second time). Would LOVE to have seen the Welcome to my Nightmare tour.

ACDC with Bon Scott.

And probably a shit load more if I think about it.

[saphojunkie]

I'd go see the Beatles when they were just playing some bar in Berlin before getting famous.

[Why Not?]

Zeppelin.

Thread should have ended here

[LoneWolf]

There are a few more recent bands that I never got to see that I wish I would have back in the 90s.

Nirvana
Soundgarden
Candlebox
STP

[Fish]

Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[Dartgod]

I would also say that going to the Metallica/ GNR show at Arrowhead in the early 90's would be up there. Every person I have talked to that went to that show said it was fucking awesome.

Damn I'm pissed I missed that.

I was there and yes it was.

[Trivers]

Unpossible.

John Panozzo died in 1996 and Dennis DeYoung has not toured with the core group since 1999.

Ooops.

To my ears, they sounded like the old band.

Nevermind.

[Hammock Parties]

Queen. 1986. Wembley. Done.

The last truly great moment for Freddie.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Jimi or Led

edit: if I had to pick one. JIMI FUCKIN HENDRIX FTMFW

[Delaney37]

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I'd go back to this performance. Twice I had concert tickets where Jeff was on the bill, only to have him cancel at the last minute due to health problems. I had tickets to SRV and Clapton concert but that was canceled because of the crash.

[ILChief]

Original guns n roses

[Buck]

Stevie Ray Vaughan no question.

[notorious]

Alice In Chains Unplugged.

[tecumseh]

Radiohead at Viper club on the Sunset strip Ok computer. They were so fantastic people were afraid to applaud and spoil the vibe. The band thought they didn't go over well until Brad Pitt told them. Pink Floyd , Animals tour 77. the sound was just fantastic. Even in a football stadium.

[mlyonsd]

Glenn Miller.

[Brianfo]

I would love to go see GnR when the entire band was together but also a huge Beatles fan.

This minus the Beatles. Gnr ftw.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Creed

[tk13]

SNR would choose the White Stripes.

[Garcia Bronco]

Grateful Dead, Hampton 1989

[DJJasonp]

from a historical perspective....

would love to have been a part of:

Beatles on Ed Sullivan

Johnny Cash (wherever)

Elvis (jumpsuit....from Vegas or Hawaii...for the fun of it)

Queen at Wembley

Doors on Sunset Strip

Boston (pre-suicide, etc)

U2 at Red Rocks

Nirvana in Seattle (before they blew up)

Michael Jackson's Billie Jean performance at the Grammys

Joy Division in Manchester (again, pre-suicide obviously)

And probably Live Aid

[BossChief]

Sublime or the doors

[lewdog]

Hendrix...without a hesitation it would be him.

[noa]

I also wish I could have seen the Talking Heads do the Stop Making Sense production
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[WhawhaWhat]

Queen. All of them could write and all of them could perform. Freddie owned the stage and the crowd as well. I was much too young to ever see them though.

[KCGal]

If Elvis, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis really used to play all together in tiny venues as portrayed in Walk the Line, to catch one of those shows would be incredible.

[BigRedChief]

Led Zepplin early 70's.

[Nzoner]

Wow this is tough as Queen would have been my first choice but I saw them live,twice,in the early 80's on The Game and Hot Space tours.

Also not to brag I've seen a shitload of the classic bands already listed here and I don't think The Traveling Wiburys ever played live with Roy so I'm going to say Orbison's A Black and White Night would be mine.

Especially this specific performance with some very familiar faces including Springsteen and Costello....

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[teedubya]

Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys, while on some mind altering drug.

[Mojo Rising]

Pink Floyd at Arrowhead.

I was at the show in 88 at Arrowhead. Was a little buzzed driving in and made a wrong turn and ended up in the VIP Parking. The 2 girls with my buddy and I went down to the floor from our lower level sideline seats, probably section 104.

The came back with floor stubs for us so when we all went down to the floor with no seats we decided to try the front row. Low and behold there were 4 seats front row center empty so we grabbed them.

At the end of the intermission someone came for my buddy and his girls seats so they had to bounce back to 2nd row center.

I still remember looking back at the crowd and realizing that everybody wanted my seat, which really wasn't even mine. Great time!

[Mojo Rising]

Zeppelin.

Never saw Zep. Saw Page Plant with Jason Bonham at Kemper. Great show, even though my ex wife puked all over our row.

[Dayze]

lol

[Carlota69]

Damn, great question.
My initial thought was Zeppelin, but then Queen popped into my head. I mean Freddy Mercury live??? Yeah, that was a huge loss to the music world. I'm going with Queen.

[Mojo Rising]

The Grateful Dead..no question.

I saw the Dead 25 times before Jerry died. Once in KC at their last Sandstone show around 4th of July.

Others were Landover (people actually got thrown out for smoking tobacco, see difference of west coast shows on same tour later), Memphis, Soldier Field, Riverport in Stl, Denver (McNicholls before it closed), Phoenix, Eugene (many topless chicks on the same Landover tour) Mountain View (on same Landover tour, saw a dude with a 3 foot glass bong on the lawn. How did he get it in?)

Good times. Still see the other band members and their tours but nothing close to when Jerry was alive.

[Mojo Rising]

Always wanted to to Pink Floyd do "The Wall" or "Dark Side of the Moon" but was pre high school age when they were around.

While we're kinda of on the subject did anyone get the ending of "The Wall" (the movie) because I didn't get it. No resolution what so ever.

Saw Roger Waters do the Dark Side of The Moon tour like 6 years ago. Was good.

[Kiimo]

Pink Floyd at Arrowhead.

It's funny that you mention this, I was there and time traveled. It was that last joint passed around. They called it a black magic special. I don't know what that means, I just know I was free of my mortal coil.

[ChiefsCountry]

Speaking of the Metallica/GNR stadium tour, just think Nirvana was asked to be the opening act. Talk about one hell of a historically tour that would have been.

[Lonewolf Ed]

Black Sabbath anywhere from 1970 to 1975.

[Mojo Rising]

I would have loved to see Ozzy with Randy Rhodes. I saw the tour with Jake E Lee when Motley Crue opened for them (Shout At The Devil Tour.)

Ozzy shot the "Shot In The Dark" MTV Video in Stanley during his visit. Bark At The Moon tour. If you went to BVH in 86 you heard all of the stories!!!

[beach tribe]

I'd like to see Pantera again.
Rowdy crowd.
Singer whose esophagus has a set of nuts of it's own.
Drummer who plays so hard he has to hold the sticks backwards.
And a signature sound of the highest order on guitar.

Billy G and ZZ (talk about siganature sound/Living Legend)

Pink Floyd. The pure spectacle and exclusivity of it.

[beach tribe]

Speaking of the Metallica/GNR stadium tour, just think Nirvana was asked to be the opening act. Talk about one hell of a historically tour that would have been.

Would not have made long before someone in Guns, beat the shit of someone in Nirvana(probably Kurt)
Two TOTALLY different species of human beings, both great in their own way.

[beach tribe]

Damn, great question.
My initial thought was Zeppelin, but then Queen popped into my head. I mean Freddy Mercury live??? Yeah, that was a huge loss to the music world. I'm going with Queen.

Yeah, didn't think of that. Obviously only read the thread title and not the OP.

FM live would be a sight to behold. What sick a Fn talent that guy was.

[beach tribe]

I'm not sure I can even answer my own question, but I bet some of you guys can, and it beats talk of 4-12 and chicken and waffles.

Go.
Then let's talk 10-6, and some post season success.
KC will be one of the toughest teams in the league this season.
Mark it down.
Our pass rush will not fall off this season.
Poe will get rest.
The O will continue it's recent history of continued improvement,
And there will be a whole lot of:
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[007]

Paul McCartney and Wings. Some of my all time favorite music and absolute perfection in concert.

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Bacon Cheeseburger?

[Megbert]

The Clash. Had the chance to see Joe Strummer in the early 2K's but I passed with the thought "I can see him later." Later never came.

Faith No More played the Lonestar while supporting The Real Thing, I wasn't 21 so I couldn't get in. I did see them 2 times since. Once in '92 at Peony Park in Omaha and then at the Palladium in L.A. in 2011.

[Coochie liquor]

This is easy for me. First and foremost would be Bob Marley and the Wailers playing the One Love Peace concert on April 22, 1978 in Kingston.
This concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the People's National Party. The concert came to its peak during Bob Marley & The Wailers' performance of "Jammin'", when Marley joined the hands of political rivals Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP).
2) Bob Marley and the Wailers with the OG lineup with Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh
3) Sublime
4) Buju Banton
5) Rebelutiion (with the original lineup

[Pushead2]

'tallica with Burton.

[otherstar]

The Grateful Dead..no question.

I'd rather go see the whole Monterrey Pop Festival from 1967...everybody that was anybody at the time was there (The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Mama's and the Papas, The Animals, etc. check out this list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival_(set_list))...and it was Hendrix's first show in the U.S.

I was lucky enough to get to the the Grateful Dead at Sandstone on June 24, 1991...the next night was the last time they ever played at Sandstone. I would have loved to have seen them pre-1972 because the Grateful Dead with Pigpen was a DIFFERENT band...so says a friend of mine who became a fan in San Francisco back in the '60s, and was still going to their shows in the '90s.

[BlackHelicopters]

Led Zep

[Red Beans]

The Doors or Zep

[Dayze]

'tallica with Burton.

also ...with Mustaine or Hammett? :hmmm:
I go with Mustaine.

[Nzoner]

For all of you mentioning Queen next Tuesday at Starlight kicks off 6 nights of the rock opera We Will Rock You.I know it's not Queen live but if you consider yourself a fan I think it's a must see.I saw it in Vegas 10 years ago and was wowed,got tickets for opening night next week.

[MTG#10]

Pink Floyd

[lcarus]

Bobby Brown on his Ghostbusters 2 "On Our Own" tour. Hands down.

[MTG#10]

While we're kinda of on the subject did anyone get the ending of "The Wall" (the movie) because I didn't get it. No resolution what so ever.

http://www.thewallanalysis.com/

[Frosty]

This. Never got the chance.

Honorable mention (in no particular order):

The Who around the time of "Who's Next" (actually anytime when Moon was still alive)
Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust phase.
Early Black Sabbath (saw Sabbath with Dio and saw Ozzy solo a couple of times)
Blondie at CBGB
Ramones at CBGB
Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd when Waters was still in the band
early Johnny Cash (with the Tennessee Three)
Emmylou Harris when she still had the Hot Band

[Omaha]

Zeppelin seems like the obvious choice here.

[NewChief]

The Grateful Dead..no question.

I saw them quite a few times, but I WOULD love to go back to some of the Acid Test shows, just because they were important historically.

[Omaha]

Guns N Roses with Buckethead the best guitarist to ever play for GnR.

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[NewChief]

I would love to go see GnR when the entire band was together but also a huge Beatles fan.

I saw the Use your Illusion tour when I was in high school. Pretty epic.

[NewChief]

also Pink Floyd I would have loved to have seen.

Saw them on the Division Bell tour... mind blowing. When the fucking flames and pigs started going on One of these Days.... shit=lost.

[Omaha]

Hendrix...without a hesitation it would be him.

Good call. Where was my head? Hendrix or Zeppelin? Hmmm.

[Dayze]

Saw them on the Division Bell tour... mind blowing. When the ****ing flames and pigs started going on One of these Days.... shit=lost.

better than Nickelback????

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Queen would be awesome, but probably slight edge to Pink Floyd

[L.A. Chieffan]

Milli Vanilli

[Ghost of Maslowski]

Black Sabbath around 1973-74

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I have a flash drive in my car that holds a ton of music, and I let it shuffle on the drive home tonight. Heard a live version of Queen's Fat Bottom Girls that I forgot I even had. Started thinking about some of the YouTube clips I've seen in their performances when Freddie was in his prime.

That morphed into another thought - if I could travel back in time to see one band or musical act perform, who would it be, when would it be and where?

I'm not sure I can even answer my own question, but I bet some of you guys can, and it beats talk of 4-12 and chicken and waffles.

Go.

Seeing Queen in their heyday would be pure awesome.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

New Kids on the Block 89' FTW!

[frankotank]

Stevie Ray or Hendrix for me......
prolly SRV

[blaise]

The Clash probably.

[OmahaChief]

For me it would have to be Sinatra and the Rat Pack in their prime out in Vegas.

[Easy 6]

There are just too many for me to pick one, too many great choices... though I really love Lonewolf Ed's suggestion of Sabbath or KCgal? who said Cash, Elvis, Holly, Lewis etc playing small gigs in the early days.

Either one of those would be a mind crusher.

More recently, I'd love to have caught GNR at some Hollywood club before they broke out, same thing for Nirvana in some Seattle club before they hit it big.

[Red And Yellow]

Hendrix, The doors, or The beatles can't choose just one and you can't make me!

[Graystoke]

Frank Sinatra at the Sands in 1966 . Accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.

[Easy 6]

Frank Sinatra at the Sands in 1966 . Accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.

A very classy choice, I wouldn't argue with that at all, I would deeply enjoy it no question... particularly if Dino opened for him.

[Halfcan]

I wish I had seen a Springsteen concert back in the 1970s. But Queen would be good, too.

Queen put on a great show!! Glad I got to see them!!

I would go back and see Rush-their first show with Neil in Cleveland.

[Halfcan]

I would go back and see Jimi when he burned his guitar at the Monterey Pop Festival. Seeing that from the front row would be like seeing God.

Also would go back and hang out in Jimmy Page's living room the first time Led Zeppelin met and played through a few songs. Those first crunching chords change music forever.

Would go back and hang out in Sun studio and wait for Elvis to get done driving his truck and stop by to sing with the gang. Perkins, Cash as well.

[HC_Chief]

Pink Floyd

Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

[OmahaChief]

Frank Sinatra at the Sands in 1966 . Accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra.

Good taste in musics Gray.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Would have to be the original Monterey Festival. Incredible lineup. So much culture changing talent. With Jimi.

[Predarat]

Richie Valenzuela, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. Knowing me I would have tried to stop them from getting on the plane and altered the time line and the space time continuem. We would be in an Alternate 2014.

[GloucesterChief]

Surprised no one has said this but James Brown in 70s. You may not like the music but damn that had to be a hell of a show.

[PunkinDrublic]

The 930 club in DC around 79-80 to see Bad Brains and Minor Threat.

The Church in Hermosa Beach, CA in 77 to see Black Flag when Keith Morris was the lead singer.

[cmh6476]

So, this is a pretty greta thread. There's several I would have loved to be a part of, like many have mentioned the dead, zeppelin, etc.


However, I wonder what bands performing now might people look back on in 40 years and say damn, I wish I had the chance to go back in time and see those guys play. I get to plenty of shows when I have the chance, am tagging along with the wife to some country shows this year, but I must say I'm pretty stoked to have tix to see the Avett bros in a couple weeks, and also pretty pumped to know Jack White will be playing the midland in august. Gonna try and jump on the chance at presale on thurs for that.

[DTLB58]

I was gonna say Beatles, but with all the girls singing probably wouldn't be able to hear a damn thing.

[ISUJeff]

Early Beatles, James Brown, or obviously Led for historical significance but Live at Fillmore East is often considered the greatest live album, so gotta say Allman Brothers with Duane.

You can just feel it in all of the recordings from that time, it would be perfect to actually be there.

[Coochie liquor]

After reading most of the answers on here, this is what I picture the posters of CP to look like.

[cmh6476]

After reading most of the answers on here, this is what I picture the posters of CP to look like.

20 years ago, now we are all fat and bald with goatees

[BoneKrusher]

Led Zeppelin

[Coochie liquor]

20 years ago, now we are all fat and bald with goatees

Lmao, nice!! If I had to pick a rock band to go back and see it would be either Zep, or maybe CCR. I used to like them a lot more but after hearing them over and over my whole life....

[BoneKrusher]

Lmao, nice!! If I had to pick a rock band to go back and see it would be either Zep, or maybe CCR. I used to like them a lot more but after hearing them over and over my whole life....

CCR, :thumb:

[Coochie liquor]

CCR, :thumb:

I can't believe I didn't see them mentioned yet. Maybe some back in the day Parliament would be crazy too. There was a tour back in the day too that was Bob Marley and the Wailers and The Commodores that woulda been good. And Stevie Wonder in his prime.

[BoneKrusher]

I can't believe I didn't see them mentioned yet. Maybe some back in the day Parliament would be crazy too. There was a tour back in the day too that was Bob Marley and the Wailers and The Commodores that woulda been good. And Stevie Wonder in his prime.

Yeah, all good mentions.

[Lzen]

My choices would be Doors, Zep, or Floyd.

[Dartgod]

20 years ago, now we are all fat and bald with goatees

Hey, I'm not bald and no goatee!

[Jakemall]

Beatles, Hendrix or Doors...maybe even Janis Joplin. Zepplin is up there..but I've seen Page play and that's enough to give these others a leg up.

[ct]

monterrey, the whole damn thing

[Coyote]

Stones at Altamont with Sonny Barger.

"Now that the situation had totally spun out of control, the Stones were talking a lot of “brothers and sisters” type of hippie shit. Everybody who tried to rush the stage was thrown off. A big fat girl was trying to get up on the stage. She was topless and probably very @#$%& up on drugs. Some of the Angels tried to stop her, and it looked to me like they were trying to get her off the stage without hurting her. Keith Richards of the Stones leaned over to me and said, “Man, I’m sure it doesn’t take three or four great big Hell’s Angels to get that bird off the stage.” I just walked over to the edge of the stage and kicked her in the head.

“How’s that?”

I didn’t see the stabbing of Meredith Hunter but I remember him. Hunter had a loud green suit on and really stuck out from the crowd. When he rushed the stage and pulled out a huge black gun, the rest of what went down happened pretty fast. Jagger was singing “Under My Thumb” when the Hell’s Angels bravely moved quickly toward the gunman. Once we jumped off the stage, that’s when I heard the gun go off. All I know is that Hunter was up on the stage, got knocked off; a gun was flashed and fired. Then he was stabbed. He was close to the stage when we stopped him. By the time I got to Hunter he had already been stabbed. We picked him up and passed him over to the medics.

Meredith had shot a Hell’s Angel. Since the guy he shot was a fugitive at the time, we couldn’t take him to a doctor or an emergency ward. It was just a flesh wound anyway."

Excerpted from Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and The Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club by Ralph “Sonny” Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman, ©2000 by Sonny Barger Productions.

[cmh6476]

So, this is a pretty greta thread. There's several I would have loved to be a part of, like many have mentioned the dead, zeppelin, etc.


However, I wonder what bands performing now might people look back on in 40 years and say damn, I wish I had the chance to go back in time and see those guys play. I get to plenty of shows when I have the chance, am tagging along with the wife to some country shows this year, but I must say I'm pretty stoked to have tix to see the Avett bros in a couple weeks, and also pretty pumped to know Jack White will be playing the midland in august. Gonna try and jump on the chance at presale on thurs for that.

So, as focking fast as Jack White sold out, and as much as I focking paid through Vivid Seats to get a couple after the on-sale sold out in just a matter of minutes, I think it is now safe to say that I hopefully have tix to a concert that is a tough to get as any of these would have been in their prime. Fock.

[cmh6476]

if there is one person that can single-handedly save the current state of over-commercialized and crap music, it has to be jack white.

this is just effin awesome

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