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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: grotty on April 24, 2006, 12:59:00 pm
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In conjunction with the DBT record review thread,
I'd like to offer up this recent show @ the Charlottesville Pavilion as the worst double bill ever:
Drive-By Truckers
and then
Robert Randolph
Holy WTF! I thought I was going to have an aneurysm during all that jamming. The UVA kids did like it tho when Boyd Tinsley of DMB fame joined the fray.
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Can you top it?
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hmm the obvious answer here is... any HFStival... I've sat thru 6 hours of shit to see 45 minutes of goodness on multiple occasions.
When pelt opened for Sonic Youth it was very odd... Anyone remember that show? They played one note for 25 minutes.
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I think the word "pairing" is usually associated with the word "two". Though I could be wrong.
Originally posted by DriveWay:
hmm the obvious answer here is... any HFStival... I've sat thru 6 hours of shit to see 45 minutes of goodness on multiple occasions.
When pelt opened for Sonic Youth it was very odd... Anyone remember that show? They played one note for 25 minutes.
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Tegan & Sara, Gogol Bordello and Cake was certainly odd...but turned out to be ALOT of fun.
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This Wednesday at York College (PA), the bill is The Roots and Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) !
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u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
on the popmart tour, rage against the machine was the opener at the cotton bowl.
on the zootv outdoor tour, the openers in the bay area was the sugarcubes and public enemy. let's just say that U2 doesn't shy away from interesting combinations.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
i thought that was Primus and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy.
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i saw limp bizkit open for faith no more back in 1997 at the 9:30 club. that was funny.
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in recent memory...
Bardo Pond opening for Dinosaur Jr. has to take the cake.
also, the Zutons opening for Muse were very annoying.
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Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
in recent memory...
Bardo Pond opening for Dinosaur Jr. has to take the cake.
also, the Zutons opening for Muse were very annoying.
anyone who opens for j. doesn't matter, really.
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I'd like to see U2 be braver and take a relative unknown on the road with them. I mean they sell out arenas world wide and people aren't buying tickets to see the opening acts. So why don't they use some of that power and pull to help launch the career of a new artist?
Just my thought. I feel the same way about any artist who can pack houses and stadiums on their own and yet seem to forget what it was like when they were looking for a break.
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Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
i thought that was Primus and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy. [/b]
oh . . . wait . . . i think you're right. either way, it's odd.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
i thought that was Primus and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy. [/b]
oh . . . wait . . . i think you're right. either way, it's odd. [/b]
fishbone would've been much better though!! :)
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in a few months, i'm going to have to deal with Ok Go, the Dresden Dolls, and TurdCity! At The Disco.
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Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
i thought that was Primus and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy. [/b]
oh . . . wait . . . i think you're right. either way, it's odd. [/b]
fishbone would've been much better though!! :) [/b]
Def right - Primus opened on Achtung baby tour
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Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Def right - Primus opened on Achtung baby tour
same tour.
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Right - just remembered that.
Was thinking of the weird Zooropa tour.
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Violent Femmes opening for The Grateful Dead was an odd pairing.
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Back in the day, they took Fatima Mansions with them on a European tour in the early 90s....they were critical darlings but basically unknown
from the bands point of view as well, you need someone with at least a little seasoning - you don't want someone to go out there and freeze in front of 50,000 people.....but in general I agree with you
Originally posted by Shadrach:
I'd like to see U2 be braver and take a relative unknown on the road with them. I mean they sell out arenas world wide and people aren't buying tickets to see the opening acts. So why don't they use some of that power and pull to help launch the career of a new artist?
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Dwight Yoakam toured as support for BOTH of those acts, albeit on separate occasions.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Violent Femmes opening for The Grateful Dead was an odd pairing.
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March, 26th 1978
Wheeling Civic Center
Wheeling,W.Va.
BLUE OYSTER CULT
supported by.......THE JAM !
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Old 97's have opened for both Matchbox 20 and Def Leppard.
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Originally posted by Dr. Jonas Sulk:
March, 26th 1978
Wheeling Civic Center
Wheeling,W.Va.
BLUE OYSTER CULT
supported by.......THE JAM !
heh, i saw the blue oyster cult at some bar in dayton ohio when i was out there on business in march. they weren't bad for being so washed up that they had to resort to playing bars in a shithole like dayton.
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Jimi Hendrix & The Monkees
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My English teacher in high school told me he saw Ministry open for Roxy Music in 1982...boy, talk about how times change.
I think the weirdest pairing I've ever seen was Ben Folds Five opening for Bettie Serveert. Catherine Wheel opening for INXS was kind of odd, in retrospect it was interesting to see the Strokes open for the Doves too. I also saw the Killers open for Morrissey.
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What exactly make any of these weird?
Originally posted by bearman:
My English teacher in high school told me he saw Ministry open for Roxy Music in 1982...boy, talk about how times change.
I think the weirdest pairing I've ever seen was Ben Folds Five opening for Bettie Serveert. Catherine Wheel opening for INXS was kind of odd, in retrospect it was interesting to see the Strokes open for the Doves too. I also saw the Killers open for Morrissey.
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Some of the Ottobar shows have defied description, but short of those:
Beastie Boys (just turned rap) opening for PiL or Madonna, take your choice.
The Buffalo Tom opening for My Bloody Valentine (with the noisy version of Mercury Rev at the front). They slowed the show to a crawl.
Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young.
These are one's that I have seen at least.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
Beastie Boys (just turned rap) opening for PiL
I was there for that one. Classic.
Trouble Funk opening for Nina Hagen was interesting.
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Originally posted by bearman:
My English teacher in high school told me he saw Ministry open for Roxy Music in 1982...
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Why are Neil Young and Sonic Youth an odd pairing?
Originally posted by Sir HC:
Some of the Ottobar shows have defied description, but short of those:
Beastie Boys (just turned rap) opening for PiL or Madonna, take your choice.
The Buffalo Tom opening for My Bloody Valentine (with the noisy version of Mercury Rev at the front). They slowed the show to a crawl.
Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young.
These are one's that I have seen at least.
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I think with some of these shows, you have to be there to really understand. Seeing the crowd go utterly apeshit for Ben Folds Five and then about half the audience leave for Bettie Serveert, and the people that stayed were far more subdued.
Another weird one was seeing Counting Crows and the Cranberries open for Suede. Another one of those experiences where the openers were just gathering steam and the headliners were not the ones that most people were there to see.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
einsturzende neubauten opened for u2 once.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakajima, Fired by Mascis:
Why are Neil Young and Sonic Youth an odd pairing?
Originally posted by Sir HC:
Some of the Ottobar shows have defied description, but short of those:
Beastie Boys (just turned rap) opening for PiL or Madonna, take your choice.
The Buffalo Tom opening for My Bloody Valentine (with the noisy version of Mercury Rev at the front). They slowed the show to a crawl.
Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young.
These are one's that I have seen at least.
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From the way the Young audience reacted. Continuous boos made Sonic Youth go noisier and noisier. Was a great show, but the majority of the audience really did not think it worked with Neil.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
From the way the Young audience reacted. Continuous boos made Sonic Youth go noisier and noisier. Was a great show, but the majority of the audience really did not think it worked with Neil.
That's a good point. As a Sonic Youth fan it sounds like a terrific bill. As a Neil Young fan I can easily see a large part of the crowd hating Sonic Youth.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
From the way the Young audience reacted. Continuous boos made Sonic Youth go noisier and noisier. Was a great show, but the majority of the audience really did not think it worked with Neil.
That's a good point. As a Sonic Youth fan it sounds like a terrific bill. As a Neil Young fan I can easily see a large part of the crowd hating Sonic Youth. [/b]
i guess so, but i'm pretty sure that was the '91 tour and neil and crazy horse were making a lot of noise those days (that's the tour where the limited edition "arc" cd, which is just 35 minutes of spliced feedback, comes from) so you'd think they would have been able to deal with it.
i might have my dates mixed up, though.
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I saw that tour as well. I agree with Chutney. Based on what Sonic Youth and Neil Young were doing at the time, it WAS a good match.
People booed Sonic Youth and threw shit at them. But then again the same stupid hippies and rednecks were wondering what the hell Neil was doing as well...whining, "What's this shit? Why can't he play Heart of Gold?"
Originally posted by Sir HC:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakajima, Fired by Mascis:
Why are Neil Young and Sonic Youth an odd pairing?
Originally posted by Sir HC:
Some of the Ottobar shows have defied description, but short of those:
Beastie Boys (just turned rap) opening for PiL or Madonna, take your choice.
The Buffalo Tom opening for My Bloody Valentine (with the noisy version of Mercury Rev at the front). They slowed the show to a crawl.
Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young.
These are one's that I have seen at least.
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From the way the Young audience reacted. Continuous boos made Sonic Youth go noisier and noisier. Was a great show, but the majority of the audience really did not think it worked with Neil. [/b]
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I loved the bill, I even thought Social D was great that night. To me the only issue as to a bad pairing is how the majority felt, and for this the majority felt it was horrible. Neil squealed as much as Sonic Young but his fans couldn't handle it. So that is what made it bad, the audience's reaction.
I guess Suicide opening for Elvis Costello and others could be on the list, but I never saw that.
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Originally posted by Alex:
Tegan & Sara, Gogol Bordello and Cake was certainly odd...but turned out to be ALOT of fun.
Cake likes to do that...like the Detroit Cobras/Cheap Trick/Cake show from a couple years back.
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Originally posted by Shadrach:
I'd like to see U2 be braver and take a relative unknown on the road with them. I mean they sell out arenas world wide and people aren't buying tickets to see the opening acts. So why don't they use some of that power and pull to help launch the career of a new artist?
I'm with you -- I'm not really a fan, but I think it's completely awesome that the Rolling Stones do just that. Some recent opening bands for them include Sloan, Metric, Antigone Rising, Brooks and Dunn and QOTSA.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
einsturzende neubauten opened for u2 once. [/b]
so have bb king, velvet underground, the pixies, pj harvey, ash, placebo, and even third eye blind and smashmouth. U2 is known for choosing interesting openers.
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Another odd paired Roots show was this past year at Bender. DJ? Acucrack opened up for The Roots.
Rage Against the Machine and Wu Tang Clan
Nine Inch Nails and Saul Williams
King's X and Tapping the Vein
Rush and Primus was kinda odd but who can really open up for Rush?
The Deftones and Denali
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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The Pogues opening for U2, what the fuck were the Pogues doing with such a mediocre band?
Also, UB40 opening for the Pogues, that was a strange but good mix in the late 80s.
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Peach of Immortality opening for anybody...help me out here people!
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Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
Didn't the Pixies open for U2 at one point?
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The Replacements opening for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at Merriweather Post in the summer of 1989.
Looking back, perhaps this sounds like it could have been pretty cool. If you were old. The Mats had already slipped in to their mature mode touring on Don't Tell a Soul and Petty was touring on Full Moon Fever, which turned out to be a classic. But at the time? First off, it was 1989. Not a stretch to say R.E.M. and the Mats were the Kings of college/alternative music. R.E.M. had already crossed over w/ Green (selling out the Cap Center that spring) . . . so there was something kind of sad about this. Like the great playwright moving to Hollywood to writing for a sitcom, the Great Replacements opening for some f*cking classic rock dinosaur. WTF?? And Tom Petty was a dinosaur. Literally. I mean, he was in the Traveling Wilburies at the time. Second off, The Mats were in my pantheon and I was listening to Let It Be and Pleased to Meet Me most days on my way to or from a summer job from which I pocketed $50 a week. So I was dying to see The Replacements but didn't have the disposable income (nor did my friends) - nor much desire - to see them play a 40 minute set in broad daylight in front of a 1/3 full Merriweather with completely unappreciative fans waiting for one of the Traveling Wilburies to rock the house. Last off, to make matters worse, that was their ONLY stop in the DC area on the Don't Tell a Soul tour. Would have to wait until 1991 to see them at Lisner.
Worst pairing that turned out to be good? All the Dead references remind me of seeing Sting play a fantastic set opening for the Dead in 93. And keep in mind you don't go to those things any kind of sober . . . so this was a different Sting from the guy in new Sheryl Crow video. He stepped up and really put on a strong show and connected w/ that crowd.
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Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
Rod Stewart headlining, Air Supply opening - Spectrum, Philadelphia 1977
Rolling Stones, Foreigner, Peter Tosh - JFK Stadium Philly 1978
Jerry Garcia Band, Rachel Sweet - Lisner 1980
Love and Rockets, Pixies - DAR 1989
Public Enemy, Sisters of Mercy, Gang of Four - DAR 1991
Big Audio Dynamite, PiL, Live - Smith Center 1992
Porno for Pyros, Mercury Rev - Wilmers Park 1993
Rolling Stones, Counting Crows - RFK 1994
Jeff Buckley, Emmett Swimming - Black Cat 1994
Blur, Emmett Swimming - Cap Ballroom 1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair - USAir Arena 1996
The Who, Drivin' and Cryin - Nissan 1997
Rolling Stones, The Corrs - MCI Center 1999
Jane's Addiction, Live - Nissan 2001
South, Elbow - 9:30 2002
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
Love and Rockets, Pixies - DAR 1989
Porno for Pyros, Mercury Rev - Wilmers Park 1993
That L&R/Pixies show sucked because of technical hell, loved the Pixies opening by saying "This is our soundcheck". And the lights failing for L&R, and Daniel having multiple hissy fits.
For the Porno show, you forgot that Velocity Girl and the Holy Rollers (IIRC) opening at like 3 in the afternoon and the huge lull til PFP.
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South, Elbow - 9:30 2002
Why is this such a bad pairing? While Elbow are clearly the superior band, they have a similar sound....
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Originally posted by thingsfallapart:
Originally posted by walkonby:
u2 "zoo tv tour" rfk
openers were primus and fishbone.
beat that.
Didn't the Pixies open for U2 at one point? [/b]
I saw them on Zoo TV in 1992 at the Hampton Coliseum.
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The Tom Tom Club opening for Echo and The Bunnymen a few years ago at 9:30. Sad thing for Echo was that they got blown away that night by The Tom Tom Club.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
The Tom Tom Club opening for Echo and The Bunnymen a few years ago at 9:30. Sad thing for Echo was that they got blown away that night by The Tom Tom Club.
I can imagine that.
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Queens of the Stone Age opening for Zwan at Towson University in 2003. So many people thought Zwan would be opening that they missed QOTSA!
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Blur, Emmett Swimming - Cap Ballroom 1996
Jane's Addiction, Live - Nissan 2001
I think the thing that made the Live/Jane's show horrible was Ed Kowalczyk every 2 minutes talking about 9/11. I came to the show to get away from that...he made me wonder if I missed them handing out revolvers at the door so I could shoot myself during Live's set.
I remember that Blur/emmet show as a DC 101 Summer party at the Ballroom! Didn't really think emmet was a good mix for Blur even though I like emmet swimming a lot.
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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has nobody even mentioned the current Red Hot Chili Peppers / Kanye West tour?
although i guess with Pop music nowadays, nothing is sacred.
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Originally posted by mrpee:
Peach of Immortality opening for anybody...help me out here people!
New Carrolton!
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Originally posted by Mobius:
The Replacements opening for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at Merriweather Post in the summer of 1989.
Looking back, perhaps this sounds like it could have been pretty cool. If you were old. The Mats had already slipped in to their mature mode touring on Don't Tell a Soul and Petty was touring on Full Moon Fever, which turned out to be a classic. But at the time? First off, it was 1989. Not a stretch to say R.E.M. and the Mats were the Kings of college/alternative music. R.E.M. had already crossed over w/ Green (selling out the Cap Center that spring) . . . so there was something kind of sad about this. Like the great playwright moving to Hollywood to writing for a sitcom, the Great Replacements opening for some f*cking classic rock dinosaur. WTF?? And Tom Petty was a dinosaur. Literally. I mean, he was in the Traveling Wilburies at the time. Second off, The Mats were in my pantheon and I was listening to Let It Be and Pleased to Meet Me most days on my way to or from a summer job from which I pocketed $50 a week. So I was dying to see The Replacements but didn't have the disposable income (nor did my friends) - nor much desire - to see them play a 40 minute set in broad daylight in front of a 1/3 full Merriweather with completely unappreciative fans waiting for one of the Traveling Wilburies to rock the house. Last off, to make matters worse, that was their ONLY stop in the DC area on the Don't Tell a Soul tour. Would have to wait until 1991 to see them at Lisner.
Ha - I was there! Kind of.
It was my shot to see the Replacements. Only we were so late that I just heard Westerberg finish as we entered the gate.
Man...I was bitter @ the time.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
Jeff Buckley, Emmett Swimming - Black Cat 1994
Wow - this may win the coveted award for Worst Pairing EVER.
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Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
Originally posted by mrpee:
Peach of Immortality opening for anybody...help me out here people!
New Carrolton! [/b]
fukkk yaaa!!
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hanson opening for michael jackson. now that's odd.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
hanson opening for michael jackson. now that's odd.
maybe its NOT so odd????
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Originally posted by eros:
Originally posted by thingsfallapart:
Didn't the Pixies open for U2 at one point?
I saw them on Zoo TV in 1992 at the Hampton Coliseum. [/b]
pixies opened up for the indoor portion of the zoo tv tour. . .saw them at arco arena in sacto.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
Big Audio Dynamite, PiL, Live - Smith Center 1992
that was a group tour. . so, that's not really fair. in san jose, we got blind melon, live, PiL and BAD II. but, it was billed as an MTV 120 Minutes tour, so to say that they opened for BAD II is misleading.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Alright, pulling out my concert book here. And the worst of the worst were:
Rod Stewart headlining, Air Supply opening - Spectrum, Philadelphia 1977
Rolling Stones, Foreigner, Peter Tosh - JFK Stadium Philly 1978
Jerry Garcia Band, Rachel Sweet - Lisner 1980
Love and Rockets, Pixies - DAR 1989
Public Enemy, Sisters of Mercy, Gang of Four - DAR 1991
Big Audio Dynamite, PiL, Live - Smith Center 1992
Porno for Pyros, Mercury Rev - Wilmers Park 1993
Rolling Stones, Counting Crows - RFK 1994
Jeff Buckley, Emmett Swimming - Black Cat 1994
Blur, Emmett Swimming - Cap Ballroom 1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair - USAir Arena 1996
The Who, Drivin' and Cryin - Nissan 1997
Rolling Stones, The Corrs - MCI Center 1999
Jane's Addiction, Live - Nissan 2001
South, Elbow - 9:30 2002
I don't see any that are too odd...?
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It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.
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I'm guessing they'd attract the same somewhat mainstream collegiate and post-collegiate crowd?
Originally posted by El Teezer:
It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Shadrach:
I'd like to see U2 be braver and take a relative unknown on the road with them. I mean they sell out arenas world wide and people aren't buying tickets to see the opening acts. So why don't they use some of that power and pull to help launch the career of a new artist?
I'm with you -- I'm not really a fan, but I think it's completely awesome that the Rolling Stones do just that. Some recent opening bands for them include Sloan, Metric, Antigone Rising, Brooks and Dunn and QOTSA. [/b]
How much input do you think the Stones have on something like that? I personally can't see Mick or Keef sitting around and listening to any of these bands.
Plus, getting to open on a huge tour (U2, Stones, etc) seems like something that is more orchestrated by labels than artists.
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Originally posted by El Teezer:
It's not completely crazy, I guess, but I'm still scratching my head at the Guster / Ray LaMontangue pairing at WT this summer.
it seems to make perfect sense to me ... same fan-base, and i like small doses of guster
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Originally posted by MindCage:
Rush and Primus was kinda odd but who can really open up for Rush?
maybe rush could get coheed & cambria for their next tour.
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Originally posted by Dr. Jonas Sulk:
March, 26th 1978
Wheeling Civic Center
Wheeling,W.Va.
BLUE OYSTER CULT
supported by.......THE JAM !
HOLY CRAP! my first show ever was at the Wheeling Civic Center, too... and it was almost as wierd of a pairing.. don't remember the exact date, but it was:
1979
Sha Na Na
w/ Special Guest "Dr. Hook"
(don't dis me.. I was 8 years old and lived in Wheeling, WV, forchrissakes!) ..and hey, I mean.. Sha Na Na played Woodstock! ..talk about a weird pairing.. which brings me to...
Does everyone know that Jimi Hendrix opened up for the Monkees on a tour in the late 60's? ...now that would be funny.. bringing your kids to a Monkees concert in the late 60's, only to see a black guy making loud guitar rock music that sounds like nothing you've ever heard of... and then lighting the guitar on fire! ...oh yeah.. and then to be followed by four vanilla white guys playing "Daydream Believer".
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Did anyone else think that last year's Wilco/Roots show @ Merriweather was an odd pairing?
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
Did anyone else think that last year's Wilco/Roots show @ Merriweather was an odd pairing?
That was my favorite show of last year. Such a great contrast. I also think I was the only person there to see both. I loved watching the fans of each band educating fans of the other band. Still, Wilco played last and by the end most Roots fans had left, leaving the Tweedy adorers alone.
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Originally posted by samsfresh5:
HOLY CRAP! my first show ever was at the Wheeling Civic Center, too... and it was almost as wierd of a pairing.. don't remember the exact date, but it was:
1979
Sha Na Na
w/ Special Guest "Dr. Hook"
(don't dis me.. I was 8 years old and lived in Wheeling, WV, forchrissakes!) ..and hey, I mean.. Sha Na Na played Woodstock! ..talk about a weird pairing..
Watch this DVD. Seriously.
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Originally posted by bellenseb:
This Wednesday at York College (PA), the bill is The Roots and Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) !
Nice...the alma mater doing me proud. They've had many an odd pairing.
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Sam you will like that I remembered this one:
Run DMC w/ Spider Monkey @ the Bayou
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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Originally posted by El Teezer:
Originally posted by chancegardener:
I don't see any that are too odd...? [/b]
Basically I meant to convey that of all those concerts, one act was good, and the other sucked royally .. the good act not necessarily being the headliner. As for Elbow and South, Elbow were just vastly superior; South didn't even register, I have no memory of them. As for the Pixies .. they blew Love and Rockets off the stage, no wonder Daniel Ash pitched a fit on stage. And Emmett opening for Blur and Jeff Buckley, well let's just say it's nice they rode that train while they could .. they got to open for some great bands. But these kinds of pairings are part of the great fun of live concerts, and why as much as possible it's worth seeing opening acts ... you never know who will eventually rise to the top. Such as:
Gang of Four and R.E.M - the Bayou 1981
PiL and the Beastie Boys - the Warner 1986
Red Hot Chili Peppers/Smashing Pumpkins/Pearl Jam - Bender Arena 11/91
Mike Watt/Foo Fighters/Hovercraft - Black Cat 1995
etc etc
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Screaming Blue Messiahs and Jazz Butcher sometime in '86 on F St. Great show but weird pairing.
I wonder if the Monkees were getting into their "Head" stuff when Hendrix toured with them. "Circle Sky" and "Daydream Believer" sound like they're from two completely different bands.
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Maroon Five opened for Cowboy Mouth at Slim's in San Francisco three or four years ago.
I knew something weird was up when a couple dozen teen girls were attending.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Screaming Blue Messiahs and Jazz Butcher sometime in '86 on F St. Great show but weird pairing.
>>> Very Nice! Saw both bands only once each,but it woulda been a whole lot more if I had a chance!
The Messiahs were blistering live!
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
you never know who will eventually rise to the top. Such as:
Hovercraft
totally man. :)
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How could I forget Jason Mraz and Liz Phair.
Having her sing that Flower song to a huge audience of Mraz fans was great.
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Originally posted by you be pickup:
Originally posted by chancegardener:
you never know who will eventually rise to the top. Such as:
Hovercraft
totally man. :) [/b]
i saw that show with Mike Watt,Foo Fighters and Hovercraft...
Seeing Mike Watt play with Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl was like seeing the Cream of my Generation... Foo Fighters were on their first tour without having yet put an album out, Grohl and who ever was his drummer at the time did a little dualing drummers bit. Pat Smear was still on guitar. And I believe Grohl meet one of his wives at the show because she was from Detroit.
The lovely Hoovercraft with Eddie wearing a mask which didn't stop people in the audience from calling out his name. Is Eddie still married to the women whose band Hoovercraft was? My only thoughts were if I had a band it would have probably sounded like them...
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How many wives does Grohl have?
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divorced twice maybe?
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Opening acts...I saw the Go Go's open for The Police way back when.
Actual pairings...Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth on tour together. What a publicity stunt. I missed the backstage broohaha because I was on vacation but there were stories when I got back.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned the Jacksons Victory tour from RFK in the summer of 84. Sold out, 50,000 people. You know who opened for them?
a juggler.
no shit.