Anya ,'Touched'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
We can pick any show in history, not just conceivable misses?
Then I change my answer to Miles Davis at Fillmore West in 1970, the show documented on It's About That Time, 'cause GODDAMN.
And I'm with Jon on the 2nd one. I've even seen Jandek live on what sounded like the best of his American live dates. I missed Wire when they came through in 2002 because I was off seeing the Mekons in NYC, so maybe Wire.
We can pick any show in history, not just conceivable misses?
Yes.
I did get to seem him once but I wish I would have been able to see Elliott Smith again before he died and once I was a bigger fan.
I would have DIED and gone to HEAVEN if I could have seen the Smiths when I was say... 15 right when Strangeways came out.
Still thinking about who I must see - I really want to see Richard Buckner but that will probably happen in a matter of weeks. I haven't seen Rilo Kiley yet so they better do another tour once they get the side project stuff done.
I've seen Buckner play about 8 times, and his shows have varied widely in quality. I suspect that he has a pot plateau, and the worst shows are when he's either not high or too high. The best ones were when he had Eric Heywood on pedal steel accompanying him.
Saw Joe a couple of weeks ago and he was fine, if in pain, if that makes sense.
Hey, Corwood, I'm not hallucinating that you're Austin-based, am I? I've got a crazy-brief last-minute trip down there for work Tuesday-Wednesday.
Excellent! Wanna grab a beer & some yummy Tex-Mex? Maybe meet Li'l Sphere, who wasn't even a gleam in my eye last time I saw you?
What band do you most regret not seeing before THEY were dead and what band do you most want to see live before YOU are dead?
I was about to write Pixies as (1) but since they're not dead anymore it's a tough one. Charles Mingus? The Jam? But no, I go with Cats Laughing.
(2) is either Flaming Lips or Thea Gilmore. I can't choose.
I wish I could've seen Marvin Gaye. And Tina Turner.(Although Tina is very much alive, she gave up touring and I've got no reason to think it was a Cher/Rolling Stones fakeout thing.) I've hardly seen anybody live, but am very glad I bought those B.B. King tickets. Bruce Springsteen, without having to rob a liquor store.
You ever seen Gimme Shelter, Erika? I never got Tina Turner until I saw that.
No, I haven't. Not all of it.
The Real Behind the Music: [link]
While battling a cold and killing the world's last dragon, Danzig built the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and the Golden Gate Bridge. When he placed the bridge in San Francisco, he started the band the Misfits, which invented rock-and-roll. They were the biggest band in the history of the world for many years, until Danzig broke up the group in 1983. He then formed the band Samhain, which instantly became the world's second-biggest band ever. Again, Danzig got bored with what he was doing, and in his spare time he discovered the cure for cancer and the meaning of life, but kept them to himself because he liked seeing people suffer.