HappyCamper Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Never been, but I feel somewhat incomplete that I will not get the chance to catch a show at the CBGB (closing in a month). Being a Ramones fan - it would have been cool to see one of the haunts of early school punk. This of course got me thinking about cool shows that I would hit if I could go back in time: 1. Ramones at the CBGB at any time during the mid-70's. I saw them at the HUB in the 80's - can only imagine the raw energy in a dingy club. 2. Sex Pistols - San Antonio club - 1978. Interested not in the music more than the "WTF?" and riot that emerged after Sid began mis-behaving. I would prefer to be as far away from the stage and Sid's bass. 3. The Doors - when they were the house band at the Whiskey. I may be influenced by Oliver Stone's vision on this one. 4. Woodstock - The first one. Although maligned a bit now. I bet it was pretty freaking cool to be there - even better if I had my current cynical world view with me there. Boy, what I would give to see Sha Na Na there. 5. Nirvana at the Vogue. I am sure I would not appreciate this in the slightest without some sense of what they became - another loud thrash metal band (well, at least during the Bleach era). Quote
DirtyHarry Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Mozart, Salzburg - 1772. Quite a show. Would have rocked me. Quote
olyclimber Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 You were there??? I was too!!! Third from the back, wearing the Iron Maiden t-shirt. Quote
dinomyte Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Nirvana at the Salem Armory, 12/1993. "I'll catch them next time they come through" Riiiiiight! Quote
Raindawg Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 I saw the Ramones at the Whisky-A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, c.1978. Never had seen or heard anything like that before. Lot of pogo-ing and slamming going on. The Ramones were just getting to be kind of famous...only paid a few bucks at the door to get in. Liked them....went and bought their album shortly thereafter. This one: They sure got a lot of action out of three chords! Quote
miladugga Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 I like to play this game too- I wish I had seen the Clash pretty much anywhere. Nirvana used to play across the street from where I worked in Olympia- never went, didn't know who they were. It kills my kids that I saw the ramones in San Francisco at a free outdoor concert- lunchtime in a park. I saw a lot of groups in those days- Kinks, Blondie, etc., but for some reason I don't remember the shows very well. Went to CBGBs last year to see something there before they closed. Don't forget to see the current great shows, like Gogol Bordello at Neumos a couple of months ago, or the Briefs in Olympia- someday they might be famous shows! Quote
Alpinfox Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Bob Dylan, Newport Folk Festival Hendrix, Monterey Pop Festival Janes Addiction, any of the early LA shows A band I'd really like to see Quote
To_The_Top Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 I saw them at the HUB in the 80's Was a good show complete with a fight between one of the Ramones and someone in the crowd TTT Quote
Raindawg Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Enough of this I wish....I wish.....I wish....like I wish I saw Lincoln recite the Gettysburg Address...it ain't gonna happen so start creating your OWN memories from whatever is going on today. Or go to that 60's theme park known as Evergreen State College and wake up every day regretting the fact that you didn't live in that "Golden Era" where could where you could wear funky clothes and protest an unpopular war (while your drafted friends died overseas)...."ya....but the music was really good!" Whatever. Make your own scene. Joey Ramone, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix ain't comin' back to give you a show. By the way, I saw Frank Zappa at the Paramount in 1984. It was magnificent! Quote
Dechristo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Just a couple of shows I passed on and wish I hadn't: The Who in a small ballroom in '70 or '71 Muddy Waters in the Student Union in '73 Quote
pope Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 John Denver at the Puyallup Fair. Now there's a show you'll never again have the chance to see. And who could forget when Big Bowel and the Movements rocked the Toilet Bowl? Quote
G-spotter Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 I saw RL Burnside at the Yale Wish I'd gone to see Sun Ra at the JazzFest in the early 90s. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 John Denver at the Puyallup Fair. I think I went to that with my parents when I was in 5th grade. Or maybe it was the Beach Boys. can't remember. Quote
Dechristo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 I always had disdain for John Denver. Several people "in the know" told me of his habit of paying a hundred bucks for guy's/gal's songs and publishing them under his name instead of giving credit (and royalties) to the original songwriter. He was a good businessman. Quote
dan_forester Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 wish I'd seen Joe Strummer on his last tour with the Mescaleros. RIP Joe. Quote
sobo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Mozart, Salzburg - 1772. Quite a show. Would have rocked me. Was that the concert at the Archbishop Colloredo's digs?IIRC, Il sogno de Scipione was the closing number. He kicked out Symphony in G (K. 124), too! I think he started his Italian tour after the Count's gig. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Apparently half way through the fourth movement, he threw in some super trippy experimental oboe solos. Quote
sobo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Il sogno de Scipione is an opera; there is no fourth movement. You must be referring to the Allegro in K. 124. Yeah, it reminded me of Zappa during his Apostrophe tour. Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow. Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow... Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 I always had disdain for John Denver. Several people "in the know" told me of his habit of paying a hundred bucks for guy's/gal's songs and publishing them under his name instead of giving credit (and royalties) to the original songwriter. He was a good businessman. It also has something to do with recognizing a good song on paper. It is really difficult to write good songs consistently. A few have done it, but most rely on other composers to a large extent. Quote
Dechristo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Yeah, unethical business practices are the soul of art. Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 It's called a deal, an agreement. Perhaps you would not make such an agreement, but others have. Quote
olyclimber Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 the deal then becomes the expression, rather than the original art. deals can be so aesthetic! like purchasing a first ascent. Quote
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