This has definitley been done before but whatever
What would be the 5 acts that you would most like to see live.
Doesn't matter if you've already seen them or not just any 5 acts.
Alive though, not dead.
Mine would be:
-Arcade Fire
-Arctic Monkeys
-LCD Soundsystem
-Beck
-Jack White
On your picks: I have seen Arctic Monkeys - probably my favourite concert. There was such a connection among the audience and it was pretty transcendent. AF were pretty good as well.
i wish i could see/hear SUN RA live. people i've spoken to pretty unanimously say it was the greatest show they'd ever seen.
i've been a huuge BJORK fan for ages now, and i've never been to a show, so that needs to get prioritized. i don't really know how she is live? but i presume it's theatrically fantastic, so let's do it.
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK would have been cool to see/hear too, since he'd at times play three instruments simultaneously and without cheapening any of the instruments... like it was musical and not gimmicky.
for sure, RADIOHEAD makes the cut, since they're like my BEATLES or whatever. i have seen them live, and it was incredible. conditionally, they'd have to play the "original" version of VIDEOTAPE as well as a brass-trio versions of LIFE IN A GLASSHOUSE and NATIONAL ANTHEM. um... they've got to do SCATTERBRAIN too. basically, a ton of songs from HTTT, KID A & AMNESIAC.
i'd've loved to hear NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN and his brother live. they're voices are so ethereal and raw and mesmerizing and and and an annnnn nn n n n ndd.
tl;dr:
SUN RA
BJORK
RAHSAAN
RADIOHEAD
NUSRAT _________________ follow me on the bandcamp.
i wish i could see/hear SUN RA live. people i've spoken to pretty unanimously say it was the greatest show they'd ever seen.
I saw Sun Ra in 1989 and while it was really good, it didn't blow me out of my socks or anything. When I was around 10, my father took me to see him -- free outdoor concert in the mid-70s. Though of course I couldn't appreciate or understand the music, there were fire eaters and dancers, and in retrospect it was probably an amazing concert.
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RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK would have been cool to see/hear too, since he'd at times play three instruments simultaneously and without cheapening any of the instruments... like it was musical and not gimmicky.
Don't know if you like to watch concert videos, but there's a very good quality DVD available -- Jazz Icons: Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Live in '63 and 67.
Kirk and Hendrix jammed at least twice at Ronnie Scott's Club in England. That I would give blood to see!!!
Artists I'd see again:
Pre-2002 U2
Pre-2009 Radiohead
Pre-2008 Muse
Pre-2002 Weezer
Pre-2002 Foo Fighters
Pre-2002 The Anniversary
Pre-2002 Piebald
2011 Thrice (not playing anything pre-2006)
Beck
LA Phil
New York Phil
Artists I missed and wish I could have seen in their prime: (Also I'd be about 20 years old... you have to impress me a lot more these days and I'm afraid I'd be bored and less impressionable)
Stravinsky
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Itzak Perlman
Pablo Casals
Yo-Yo Ma
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Donovan
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Rolling Stones
R.E.M.
The Beatles (A real Sgt. Peppers Tour with the psychedelics they had in their music videos)
Sly and the Family Stone
Arcade Fire
Red Hot Chili Peppers (with John Frusciante as guitarist)
Sigur Ros
Pink Floyd
Nirvana (likely that Paramount show... I like that show)
Rage Against the Machine
Little Richard
Louis Armstrong
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Phish
The Grateful Dead
LCD Soundsystem
Ray Charles
Depeche Mode
Santana
James Brown
Miles Davis
Billie Holliday
Aretha Franklin
Elvis Presley
Talking Heads
Ok this list is ridiculous, but it's a wish list, right? And no, it is not curated to be a nice show like I was supposed to...haha
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