Elliott Smith
Pulp
Daft Punk
I got to see Elliott with Heatmiser, once solo, twice electric. He was/is one of my very favorites. Can't wait to see the documentary this weekend.
Got to see Pulp 3 times....once opening for Blur, then headlining the 9:30, then at Tibet. They were always great. I think my favorite was when they opened for Blur.
So you're just basically bragging and making me feel badly. Great, bearman, great!
LOL, no I'm sorry...just wanted to say that those are good choices and that I like your taste. I'm sure that I have told the Pulp story before. I saw Jarvis Cocker on the street before I saw them and (remember, this is before the internet and before you know what EVERYONE looked like before you saw them) and I thought "who is THAT??" And then he was on the stage and he was one of the most enigmatic and random people I had ever seen on a stage. He basically ate a bunch of fruit and it was fantastic. There a couple way older guys totally geeking out on Candida's keyboard. So much fun.
As for Elliott, I saw him 3 times in 2000. He started off looking like he did on the cover of Figure 8. He even wore the "LA" sweatshirt that he had on the cover. By the end he dropped weight and looked like Jesus. The last song I heard him perform was a cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper". I was stunned to see how much he changed over the course of 9 months.