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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on November 05, 2003, 12:21:00 pm
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ok, obviously most of us on the list go to a lot of gigs, but have there been bands that you really like, that for one reason or another you never saw live? They have to be bands that you could have seen (you can't say The Beatles), i.e., they played a town you were in and you were old enough to go but didn't....
for me the two that most immediately spring to mind are The Housemartins and The Boo Radleys - I also really would like to see Neil Young but he always seems to play Merriweather or Nissan and I'm secretly hoping he might play 9.30 someday
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by admitting to this i'm just reopening some old wounds.....
but eminem at 9.30.......the other half wanted to go and i thought it would be terrible.........
whoops
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nirvana
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stone roses on spike island......
There was a bus trip from Peterborough for 45 GBP. I didnt realise it would be my only chance. Similarly I never got to see the happy Mondays either....
I guess I am too young to have seen the Smiths or the Clash.
I am really glad I saw Strummer the last time. We got back from a holiday that day and it was a real struggle going. We hung around and met him that night......
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I could have seen Roy Orbison, but did't. Within a year, he was dead.
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
by admitting to this i'm just reopening some old wounds.....
but eminem at 9.30.......the other half wanted to go and i thought it would be terrible.........
whoops
Oh you idiot, I had forgotten all about that...
Actually what does anyone see in him anymore?
I possibly forgive you for making me go to see Robbie Williams. But then you made me see Jamiroquai...... :mad:
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nirvana
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
nirvana
i always remember my friend and i stood in line for 6 hours for nirvana tickets.........a month before the show he killed himself ........
my friend kept both tickets .........bitch
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But then you made me see Jamiroquai...... :mad: [/qb][/QUOTE]
hey who would have thought it would have been that bad........my god that was a horrible show.......
robbie was great though...........
i think i've seen every show i've wanted to see though......
smiths were a little before my concert attending time, happy mondays would have been a laugh, but otherwise i'm happy..........
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Pixies
Clash
Nirvana
There's probably a ton if I thought about it long enough, but that's just too depressing.
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I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.
and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.
Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.
Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.
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Originally posted by grotty:
I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.
and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.
Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.
Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.
actually I should have said Jeff Buckley rather than Nirvana, I dont wnat to think about how many there are
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Originally posted by Chaz:
Pixies
Clash
Nirvana
There's probably a ton if I thought about it long enough, but that's just too depressing.
Pixies --- great big second on that one
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Pulp (3 songs from the nosebleeds at the Tibetan Freedom Concert doesn't count)
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I'm going to boast and say that I saw Cash twice, the Pixies on the Doolittle tour, and was at the Buckley show at the old 9:30 Club. Really, I was. hahahaha :)
Originally posted by grotty:
I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.
and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.
Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.
Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.
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Pulp (3 songs from the nosebleeds at the Tibetan Freedom Concert doesn't count)
yeah, that was the only time I saw em as well - you could barely even make out the songs
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The Beatles
....and yes, I can say it.
Tons and tons of other shows I would have loved to have seen but missed out on for so many reasons. I'm just happy that I've had the good fortune to see all that I have seen.
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Yes, the Happy Mondays, just to see Bez dancing. Would imagine many of their shows sucked too.
PiL with Jah Wobble and Keith Levine. Without them it was the Johnny Lydon road show.
Johnny Cash. That would have been great.
Verve (pre "The" in their name). Never saw either version, but the earlier reverb soaked one would have been great.
Others that I was too young for would fill a notebook so best to stop here.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
The Beatles
....and yes, I can say it.
Tons and tons of other shows I would have loved to have seen but missed out on for so many reasons. I'm just happy that I've had the good fortune to see all that I have seen.
you are THAT old?
mom, is that you? :D
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My mom saw the Beatles....
They were third on the bill, with Tommy Steele headlining, from what I can remember.......
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Pink Floyd (I sold my damn ticket!!!)
Sublime
I paid $150 to see Nirvana in Toronto. money well spent....now.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
The Beatles
....and yes, I can say it.
Tons and tons of other shows I would have loved to have seen but missed out on for so many reasons. I'm just happy that I've had the good fortune to see all that I have seen.
you are THAT old?
mom, is that you? :D [/b]
Fuck off, sonny boy! Or I'll ground you like Kosmo grounded Flawd. :D
I was only a little kid but I remember being very jealous the night my best friend came home after seeing The Beatles play in Baltimore only nights after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
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Originally posted by markie:
My mom saw the Beatles....
They were third on the bill, with Tommy Steele headlining, from what I can remember.......
so did mine........she was also there when tommy steele got the shit kicked out of him by teddy boys......
actually my mum was cool and was a coat check girl in the club where all the big bands played...........probably where i get it from
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Husker Du @ the old club. A few of my friends went, but I decided to stay at college an extra day and missed it. Big mistake. Probably my biggest non-concert-going regret.
Dead Kennedys @ WUST
Talking Heads @ Merriweather
Minor Threat
The Clash - (I saw the "Cut the Crap" version of the band, but that doesn't count)
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Pink Floyd (I sold my damn ticket!!!)
Sublime
I've seen them....twice, Sonny Boy. Once before Dark Side Of The Moon and another time when DSOTM was just released and years before the burn outs got into them. Both times were at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore. Great shows!
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Or I'll ground you like Kosmo grounded Flawd. :)
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
actually my mum was cool and was a coat check girl in the club where all the big bands played...........probably where i get it from
What the band got to check what was under her coat?
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Pink Floyd (I sold my damn ticket!!!)
Sublime
I've seen them....twice, Sonny Boy. Once before Dark Side Of The Moon and another time when DSOTM was just released and years before the burn outs got into them. Both times were at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore. Great shows! [/b]
I had a ticket to see them in 1988 in Toronto, didnt feel like going at the last minute so my dad sold our tickets. He hates me for it too now, cause HE'S never seen them either now, whoops.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Pink Floyd (I sold my damn ticket!!!)
Sublime
I've seen them....twice, Sonny Boy. Once before Dark Side Of The Moon and another time when DSOTM was just released and years before the burn outs got into them. Both times were at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore. Great shows! [/b]
I had a ticket to see them in 1988 in Toronto, didnt feel like going at the last minute so my dad sold our tickets. He hates me for it too now, cause HE'S never seen them either now, whoops. [/b]
Your dad is much cooler than my dad.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Your dad is much cooler than my dad.
my dad is the coolest ever. The first show he took me too was Aerosmith and Guns N Roses in 1988 (i was 11) and he took turns putting me and my friend on his shoulders for the WHOLE show.
he also took me to see Bon Jovi, Poison, Metallica, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, etc.......
ok, so i liked bad music in the 80s, haha.
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Pixies- Aug. '89 at 9:30, not that I remember and still regret not going or anything.
My Bloody Valentine
The Verve
Jesus and Mary Chain
Many specific shows I missed, but saw the bands later when it wasn't quite as cool.
Saw Nirvana twice. Best "catch" before it was too late was seeing Miles Davis at Constitution Hall in Aug. '90, just a little before he passed.
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Originally posted by grotty:
I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.
and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.
Evidently, had you seen Johnny Cash he would've died much sooner! :eek:
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Your dad is much cooler than my dad.
my dad is the coolest ever. The first show he took me too was Aerosmith and Guns N Roses in 1988 (i was 11) and he took turns putting me and my friend on his shoulders for the WHOLE show.
he also took me to see Bon Jovi, Poison, Metallica, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, etc.......
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SHIT! Couldn't he have grounded you as punishment like a normal parent?
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
Husker Du @ the old club. A few of my friends went, but I decided to stay at college an extra day and missed it. Big mistake. Probably my biggest non-concert-going regret.
similiar stories U2 played smallish east lansing club in the early 80s, can't remember which album was got at the time, and i didn't go because it was finals week.
also the jam in high school, use to catch the bus in front of the punch and judy theater, where a good number of the late 70's new wave and punk acts played in detroit. i can remember seeing the poster for the jam and not acting on it because i didn't have hip older guidance at the time.
i have a friend who still has his ticket from the time xtc where to play in east lansing..
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Oh, I forgot the king of all missed shows:
Van Halen- 1984 Tour, March 1984 at Capital Center
My friend and I tried to convince his brother to drive us there for weeks (we were 11). He didn't. Jackass.
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Your dad is much cooler than my dad.
my dad is the coolest ever. The first show he took me too was Aerosmith and Guns N Roses in 1988 (i was 11) and he took turns putting me and my friend on his shoulders for the WHOLE show.
he also took me to see Bon Jovi, Poison, Metallica, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, etc.......
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SHIT! Couldn't he have grounded you as punishment like a normal parent? [/b]
i wanted to see them, silly. he didnt like that crap!!
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot...the story of my mis-spent youth:
http://www.planetkrulik.com/hmpl.htm (http://www.planetkrulik.com/hmpl.htm)
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U2 at Ritchie Coliseum on the War tour.
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The Smiths -- how did I miss them? I'm thinking they didn't hit Florida....
Husker Du -- got into them after Mould's first solo album
The Clash
Robbie Williams
early Foo Fighters shows
Ash
The Tyde @ Velvet Lounge -- crazy late Sun. night show, and they cancelled their other in town gig.
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If I could travel back in time to see one band and only one band, I'd have to go with Joy Division...probably in Amsterdam, at the Paradiso. I have a bootleg from that show that never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck raise.
I'm awfully glad I got to see the Ramones, Nirvana (@ Bender Arena), the Pixies, etc., but to be honest I enjoyed the Breeders opening for Nirvana more than I enjoyed Nirvana. It was not an enjoyable experience to watch Nirvana...and more specifically, not enjoyable to watch the audience watching Nirvana. A lot of people were getting hurt, and hurting each other. Of course, that was back in the day when the moshing thing was really getting out of hand. I enjoyed Smashing Pumpkins the following week at WUST a lot more...with Swervedriver opening, no less. What a great concert that was.
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Originally posted by grotty:
Heavy Metal Parking Lot...the story of my mis-spent youth:
http://www.planetkrulik.com/hmpl.htm (http://www.planetkrulik.com/hmpl.htm)
My wife was at the show where they filmed this movie!
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yeah Bunnyman - that Nirvana show was a mess - I tried to stay out of the fray as much as I could but by the end of the show nearly the entire floor was consumed. They had Pat Smear with them at the time & he spent a lot of the show tongue kissing Novaselic. Weird.
While the show was not one of my favorites - you just knew you were seeing something special - important even.
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modest mouse in dallas
fugazi in dallas
ani difranco in paris
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Stone Roses :(
GnR :(
Nirvana :(
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This one's simple:
The Clash.
It was just in the window between my parents taking me to see their classic rock bands and me venturing off to see new acts. My folks weren't into punk and neither was I when I first started seeing bands on my own.
I will always be bitter about that. Who's idea was this?
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
If I could travel back in time to see one band and only one band, I'd have to go with Joy Division...probably in Amsterdam, at the Paradiso. I have a bootleg from that show that never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck raise.
I'm gonna have to 2nd this one!!Count me in,where's the time machine :D
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pavement like 3 times in pittsburgh
fugazi like 4 times also in pittsburgh
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
If I could travel back in time to see one band and only one band, I'd have to go with Joy Division...probably in Amsterdam, at the Paradiso. I have a bootleg from that show that never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck raise.
I'm gonna have to 2nd this one!!Count me in,where's the time machine :D [/b]
A 3rd ticket for me!
And the Velvet Underground in NYC.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
If I could travel back in time to see one band and only one band, I'd have to go with Joy Division...probably in Amsterdam, at the Paradiso. I have a bootleg from that show that never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck raise.
I'm gonna have to 2nd this one!!Count me in,where's the time machine :D [/b]
A 3rd ticket for me!
And the Velvet Underground in NYC. [/b]
I recently made a trade with a guy on the BJM list and got an awesome bootleg of thiers recorded in New Hampshire,so I've got to 2nd that VU as well,every boot i've heard of theirs is worthy.
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Gotta agree with folks about regretting not seeing/wishing I had seen the Clash (although I might be too young). I also would have liked to have seen Johnny Cash. Feel good about seeing the Pixies though. My Bloody Valentine got a little boring after a while.
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Being a bit on the young side for any serious missage, I think Pavement is the only band I could have seen, but didn't. Definitely regret that one.
Oh, and Pulp-not-TFC for me too.
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The list of performers I shouldda seen live is to long and depressing to think about (including both Tim Buckley and his son). But among the ones I also couldda seen and managed to screw up the (now lost forever) chance:
Velvet Underground and Nico (Crown & Anchor, Provincetown MA, August 1967)
The Clash (UM, College Park MD, 1979)
Roy Orbison (Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis MA, 1988)
John Hartford (Station Inn, Nashville TN, 1996 among others)
Danny Gatton (way too many chances passed up)
A few caught just in time:
Joe Pass
Laura Nyro
John Fahey
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Originally posted by walkman:
Being a bit on the young side for any serious missage, I think Pavement is the only band I could have seen, but didn't. Definitely regret that one.
Summer Babe is a fantastic song.I regret seeing them as well,even though i wasn't all that keen on them after Crooked Rain Crooked Rain.
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Velvet Underground and Nico (Crown & Anchor, Provincetown MA, August 1967)
The Clash (UM, College Park MD, 1979)
Roy Orbison (Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis MA, 1988)[/b]
ouch. extra-specially #2...'79 was quite a year.
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Would have like to see Joe Strummer and At The Drive In during their existence. Still regret missing Converge at 9:30 when they opened for hatebreed.
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Originally posted by pollard:
nirvana
I saw them in Barcelona a few months before the death of Kurt Cobain and they sucked big time.
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did any of you lucky bastards actually ENJOY your nirvana experiences?
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Originally posted by walkman:
did any of you lucky bastards actually ENJOY your nirvana experiences?
No
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Talking Heads when they recorded the Stop Making Sense movie.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Talking Heads when they recorded the Stop Making Sense movie.
waiiiit...are you telling me that you had the chance to be in the audience for that show????
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Danny Gatton (way too many chances passed up)
I've seen him several times. Great guitar player! He was kind of a shy guy and humble. He is definitely missed.
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Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Talking Heads when they recorded the Stop Making Sense movie.
waiiiit...are you telling me that you had the chance to be in the audience for that show???? [/b]
Are you making fun of me or do I need an English translator to help me understand the meaning of this thread? We should definetely have some threads in Spanish.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by Liberte:
Danny Gatton (way too many chances passed up)
I've seen him several times. Great guitar player! He was kind of a shy guy and humble. He is definitely missed. [/b]
Lucky you. I don't know how many times I almost went to see him and ended up doing something else because, you know, the guy is always playing somewhere every time you look in the paper. Until he wasn't playing anywhere ever again. Moral of the story (and the whole thread) is if there's someone you really want to see, especially if you never have before, and you get the chance, just freakin' do it.
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You've got that right! Even if it's only to see them while they are hot.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Talking Heads when they recorded the Stop Making Sense movie.
waiiiit...are you telling me that you had the chance to be in the audience for that show???? [/b]
Are you making fun of me or do I need an English translator to help me understand the meaning of this thread? We should definetely have some threads in Spanish. [/b]
No puedo creer que usted casi estaba en ese concierto. Por favor, perdón mi español.
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jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
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Originally posted by lily1:
jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses? And am I imagining things, or do a lot of you - whose taste I usually respect - seem to have a liking for that wanker? Isn't he the British Justin Timberlake?
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Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by lily1:
jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses? And am I imagining things, or do a lot of you - whose taste I usually respect - seem to have a liking for that wanker? Isn't he the British Justin Timberlake? [/b]
Y como pueden estar los Pixies y los Stone Roses en la misma lista que U2?
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by lily1:
jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses? And am I imagining things, or do a lot of you - whose taste I usually respect - seem to have a liking for that wanker? Isn't he the British Justin Timberlake? [/b]
Y como pueden estar los Pixies y los Stone Roses en la misma lista que U2? [/b]
No entiendo que tampoco.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by lily1:
jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses? And am I imagining things, or do a lot of you - whose taste I usually respect - seem to have a liking for that wanker? Isn't he the British Justin Timberlake? [/b]
Y como pueden estar los Pixies y los Stone Roses en la misma lista que U2? [/b]
Usted hace un buen punto.
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Originally posted by walkman:
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses?
Because that's who they wished they had seen.
Are you familiar with the term "guilty pleasures"?
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Originally posted by walkman:
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses?
Because that's who they wished they had seen.
Are you familiar with the term "guilty pleasures"? [/b]
hell, we've all got our guilty pleasures...it's just that, apparently, there are more than a few boardies who harbor a secret passion for Robbie Williams...which I can't for the life o' me figure out. In England, it might make more sense...he does have good teeth...
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Originally posted by walkman:
Will somebody please explain to me how Robbie Williams makes the same list as the Pixies, U2 and the Stone Roses?
Because that's who they wished they had seen.
Are you familiar with the term "guilty pleasures"? [/b]
"¿Placeres culpables?"
Nope, that´s foreign to me.
My friends in England don´t even like Robbie Williams.
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Originally posted by walkman:
In England, it might make more sense...he does have good teeth...
Hmmm, maybe I'll have to check him out. I'm down to crumbling bridgework myself.
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Originally posted by Liberte:
Originally posted by walkman:
In England, it might make more sense...he does have good teeth...
Hmmm, maybe I'll have to check him out. I'm down to crumbling bridgework myself. [/b]
Bet you Robbie is too. He just has all the money in the world so he can afford good denistry in either country.
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by walkman:
Being a bit on the young side for any serious missage, I think Pavement is the only band I could have seen, but didn't. Definitely regret that one.
Summer Babe is a fantastic song.I regret seeing them as well,even though i wasn't all that keen on them after Crooked Rain Crooked Rain. [/b]
I have to admit, like all their records, more or less. But Crooked Rain is in my top 5 of all time.
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hey i'm a late convert to robbie williams... he has what justin timberlake wishes he had... attitude, swagger, and good looks apparently. he also has/had a great songwriting partner who used to be in house of love. hooks galore it's a guilty pleasure like spice girls and hair metal singles are.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
hey i'm a late convert to robbie williams... he has what justin timberlake wishes he had... attitude, swagger, and good looks apparently. he also has/had a great songwriting partner who used to be in house of love. hooks galore it's a guilty pleasure like spice girls and hair metal singles are.
Robbie Williams? Hair metal?? Spice Girls???
I think the problem here is that I'm WAY too insecure in my indie deckness to go for a pleasure any more guilty than, I dunno...Depeche Mode or Oasis.
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Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
hey i'm a late convert to robbie williams... he has what justin timberlake wishes he had... attitude, swagger, and good looks apparently. he also has/had a great songwriting partner who used to be in house of love. hooks galore it's a guilty pleasure like spice girls and hair metal singles are.
Robbie Williams? Hair metal?? Spice Girls???
I think the problem here is that I'm WAY too insecure in my indie deckness to go for a pleasure any more guilty than, I dunno...Depeche Mode or Oasis. [/b]
Don't worry. I still don't get the pleasure part of it. He's not even good looking to me.
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watch it walkie, depeche mode is NOT a guilty pleasure. neither is prince or madonna.
(awaits onslaught of "what shit taste in music you have lily" comments from the bb)
Originally posted by walkman:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Robbie Williams? Hair metal?? Spice Girls???
I think the problem here is that I'm WAY too insecure in my indie deckness to go for a pleasure any more guilty than, I dunno...Depeche Mode or Oasis. [/b]
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Originally posted by walkman:
I think the problem here is that I'm WAY too insecure in my indie deckness to go for a pleasure any more guilty than, I dunno...Depeche Mode or Oasis.
Oh, c'mon. Be the first to reveal the subversive indie vibe in Celine Dion. Or something.
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I like Depeche Mode and I don't care who knows it!
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Originally posted by lily1:
watch it walkie, depeche mode is NOT a guilty pleasure. neither is prince or madonna.
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hmmmm...might argue that madonna is the definition of guilty pleasure.
but his purpleness and DM are truly great artists...I'm with you there. Only guilty pleasures in that some of us may have to argue on behalf of our feelings, depending on who's asking...
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
I like Depeche Mode and I don't care who knows it!
Moderators, I think this last message is offensive enough to ban this thread. Now seriously, are we talking about guilty pleasures? I just remembered that the first live show I saw was Witney Houston in Barcelona in 1988 (I was 15 years old, she was hot!)
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
I like Depeche Mode and I don't care who knows it!
Moderators, I think this last message is offensive enough to ban this thread. Now seriously, are we talking about guilty pleasures? I just remembered that the first live show I saw was Witney Houston in Barcelona in 1988 (I was 15 years old, she was hot!) [/b]
I use to know some guy back in the mid 80s who spent a week with her in her hotel room in Florida doing coke.
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did any of you lucky bastards actually ENJOY your nirvana experiences?
I did - saw em support Sonic Youth literally the week before Nevermind came out - I'd loved Bleach so was well into the gig - I was doing a bit of work for the promoter at the time so I was working on the set up and tear down for the gig - we had these massive speaker stacks with wheels still on the bottom one and it was just held in place with a piece of wood nailed into the floor - I was bricking it the whole night that the speakers would shift and slide off the stage - they were supposed to come back a couple of months later but things started getting weird and the cancelled and the rest is history
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Originally posted by Captain Jack:
Would have like to see Joe Strummer and At The Drive In during their existence. Still regret missing Converge at 9:30 when they opened for hatebreed.
To me they ruled that Hatebreed show. Blew me away, my ears were shot by the end, but it was worth having Easter dinner early for it.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
he also has/had a great songwriting partner who used to be in house of love. hooks galore
Now there's a band i hadn't heard in awhile.They are much better than the recognition they get in the states.
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Originally posted by lily1:
jeff buckley
robbie williams
pixies
stone roses
u2 on the joshua tree tour
rem on the green tour
You're going to hate me lily, but I've seen each of those bands and in the right time frame.
That Tree tour show (LA Sports arena on April 22, 1987) is still my favorite show of all time. And the Fall outdoor tour with the pretenders is a close 3rd or 4th.
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Originally posted by walkman:
did any of you lucky bastards actually ENJOY your nirvana experiences?
Pearl Jam and Nirvana at the Whiskey in 1991 were mindblowing for me.....
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smackie! :mad:
Originally posted by vansmack:
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You're going to hate me lily, but I've seen each of those bands and in the right time frame.
That Tree tour show (LA Sports arena on April 22, 1987) is still my favorite show of all time. And the Fall outdoor tour with the pretenders is a close 3rd or 4th. [/b][/QUOTE]
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
he also has/had a great songwriting partner who used to be in house of love. hooks galore
Now there's a band i hadn't heard in awhile.They are much better than the recognition they get in the states. [/b]
Yes, to this day I never understood the complete lack of recognition from the hipster set of this band. They still put a smile on my face whenever I hear them.
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Frank Zappa
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black sabbath
queen
the stooges
the velvet underground
not a band, but i would have loved to see janis joplin.
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Originally posted by Urbansprite:
black sabbath
queen
the stooges
the velvet underground
not a band, but i would have loved to see janis joplin.
I saw Black Sabbath on their 1st US tour. Fleetwood Mac opened for them and (in my opinion) blew them away. This was when Peter Green had just left the band and Jeremy Spence was on guitar. Wasn't even one of their better performances because they just jammed all night long but it was still a great set.
Sorry to say, I walked out not liking Black Sabbath anymore and loving Fleetwood Mac. (Until they commited suicide when they took on Buchingham and Nicks.)
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At the Drive In and Rage Against the MAchine were bands I would have wanted to see, but I had just started my concert going career during their demise.
I would like to include Refused, but they broke up when I was eight. :(
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Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
Rage Against the MAchine
surprisingly good show (considering I'm not a fan).
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Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
I would like to include Refused, but they broke up when I was eight. :(
oh god refused is the best!!!