What band do you regret never seeing in concert

[LynneSin]

Ok some conditions to this: First, it has to be a group you could have actually seen in concert (I would have loved to see Jimi Hendrix in concert but I was a mere toddler when he died) and it also has to be a band that no longer exists.

For me it would have to be Queen. They came to Harrisburg twice back in the late 80s but I was kinda irritated with their new music and refused to see them. Little did I know :cry: I have 2 DVDs of Queen in concert and watching them makes me regret the decision I made so long ago.

BTW, I was suppose to see Led Zeppelin in concert for their tour to support "In through the Out Door" but well, John Bonham died :cry: But I've seen Robert Plant in concert now 7 times and Jimmy Page 3 times (twice with Plant).

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Husker Du

I'll post others as they pop to mind.

[Drifter]

2. Led Zepplin

I had tickets for a concert in Buffalo (I think), and Bonham died about 2 months before the show.

Cheers
Drifter

[LynneSin]

4. Plant is going on tour again

We saw him at SXSW and his new material is fabulous. I kinda got bored with some of his solo work when it started to be too much like pop music (hey it was the 80's). But his new stuff is just awesome. He'll be touring this summer and I hope to see him again (that'll be #8)

[Cary]

3. Up With People!!

They are dead. Aren't they?

[Heidi]

20. No, they're not dead!

They live on in the guise of Baptist youth group music ministers and bright-eyed inhabitants (i.e. "Children of the Corn) of suburbia worldwide!

[BOSSHOG]

5. CREAM

Although they may not meet your criteria since they are reuniting for a concert in London this Fall.

[LynneSin]

6. I would dole out serious cash to see them in concert

What a great band!!

[flakey_foont]

7. Serious?

haven't heard that...any links?

[BOSSHOG]

12. WRNO - Classic Rock Station in New Orleans

has been advertising it for about a month now. They have a contest to win tickets to go to London. I believe the concert will be at Royal Albert Hall sometime in the Fall; don't know the exact date.

[LynneSin]

14. But the tickets sold out immediately

http://www.getmetickets.net/tickets/viewsubjectevents?name=Eric%20Clapton&type=Concert

[underpants]

8. I had the chance to see Nirvana about 2 months before Cobain's suicide

it was a Sunday night concert at Wm&Mary Hall and I don't even remember why I didn't go.

[SteppingRazor]

9. Nirvana

I was born in 1976, so all of the "late, great" bands don't apply to me.

[DBoon]

10. Kraftwerke and Devo

Back in the late 1970's

I also had a chance to see Iggy Pop at a small club in 1979, but delayed. The show had sold out by the time I got around to getting advanced tickets

[NewJeffCT]

11. Nirvana

On their last tour, they stopped not too far from me. I was going to go, but decided not to at the last minute, figuring I could just go next time they came around.

:cry:

[NewJeffCT]

15. Also, Van Halen with David Lee Roth & Black Sabbath with Ozzy

And, Ozzy with Randi Rhodes...

[MissMillie]

13. Talking Heads

I'm sure that would have been fun.

[Itchinjim]

16. Frank Zappa, The Police.

Could have seen them both but passed because I thought I'd get another chance. Well, now Frank is gone and The Police broke up. Damn. on edit, I was also offered a ticket to the last Dead concert with Jerry in Chicago but passed again for the same reason. Double damn.

[woofless]

17. In 1968 Hendrix played in Miami Beach,

I was 16 and Ma forbade me to go to the concert. Oh how I wish I had disobeyed her. He died on the day I was inducted into the Air Force two years later.

[Brewman_Jax]

18. INXS

I was in the Navy in the late 80's and they came to the LA area, I don't remember the venue. Opening for them was Steel Pulse! We were out to sea the week of the concert and didn't get go. :cry:

[MrScorpio]

19. Miles Davis

I was in Austin some 20 years ago. There was a Reggae Sunslpash Festival on the same day and at the same time as the Miles Davis concerts.

I went to the Reggae Sunslash, it was down by the Colorado River. Somehow things got fucked up and some bands came on late. Then precisely at midnite, they cut the power off and all the sudden it was over.

Everbody was bummed, but since most of the people out there were ganja smoking hippies nobody started a riot.

But however, when I talked to all of my Jazz musician buddies who when to see Miles, they told me I missed a fantastic concert.

Miles died before I ever had the opportunity to see him again.

[progmom]

21. I saw Miles 3 times.

And met him once.


He told me to go away. :P

[buczak]

22. several, Clash, Ramones, Grateful Dead,

The original Clash line up with Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, etc. I saw the Clash for the 'Cut the Crap' tour after Jones left and was replaced by two folks, but it wasn't the same. The Clash were touring in the UK and Europe before Joe Strummer died.

The Ramones one last time. I've seen them like 10 times, but it was
never enough. Especially the original line up with Dee Dee Ramone.

Grateful Dead. Perhaps I would have appreciated them more if I saw them live. I like some songs, but never got into their jam's sessions.

Also on the list: The Smiths, The 'Original' Guns and Roses, Zaiko Langa Langa, Celia Cruz.

[gnofg]

23. Derek and the Dominoes and Hendrix

I had tickets to see Band of Gypsys but didn't go. I figured I would catch him next time. ooops. I saw just about everyone else including Led zep's second tour in the US. I saw Cream, Blind faith, 461 oceans Blvd tour. Janis, etc

[gnofg]

24. went

to the original woodstock. name them and I saw them including the Who before Tommy.

[Theres-a]

25. Clash

[CanuckAmok]

27. Same here... I could have seen the "Combat Rock" tour, but I was...

...grounded for god knows what. I make sure to remind my mom every time I see her, to this day.

[shrike]

26. Queen was terrible

The time I saw them. Sound was way too loud (I was a sophomore in college at the time and my boyfriend and I both had our hands over our ears), Mercury and friends were contemptuous of the audience and for Bohemian Rhapsody, the group turned on a recording of the song and walked off stage. We walked out at that point.

BTW, I love Queen's music and still do. I just wish I could get my money back.

[CanuckAmok]

32. Re live Bohemian Rhapsody:

I read somewhere that BR was something they did not want to perform in concert, but it was such a monster hit, they couldn't get away with not doing it; fans kept demanding it.

There was no way to perform the operatic part of the song live, and they didn't want to lip-sync it because it was "insincere" (imagine an artist saying that today!), so they routinely just played the recorded part of the song and left the stage for the duration. Then they returned to the stage to finish the number, and the concert.

[givemebackmycountry]

28. U2 in 1983

In May 1983 I was standing in line trying at a Denver area King Soopers (a local grocery store) to get tickets to see the Pat Metheny Group at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
They were touring to promte their new release "OFFRAMP".

There were hundreds of kids surrounding me, most of them dressed in punk garb, who were in line to snatch up tickets to see some band I had never heard of before.
The band U2 was also slated to play Red Rocks on June 5th.

I dismissed them, knowing I was going to see the better concert.
And maybe I was right, because Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays put on a truly amazing concert.

However, I feel I missed a "once in a lifetime" event by passing on seeing U2.

For many fans, the enduring image of U2's early days will be the band's June 5, 1983 concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre -- the show made famous on the Under a Blood Red Sky video release and featured on the album.



On the day of the show, it started raining early.
By showtime the temperatures had dropped into the 40's.
In June, mind you.
But, that's Colorado and stuff like that happens.

I may see U2 in concert eventually, but I will never have the opportunity that I had back on that day.
I could have purchased tickets for both shows.
Sadly, I did not.

I missed a classic.

[Goathead]

31. I saw Phish at Red Rocks

The next year they played there and there were "riots". They can't play there anymore. Same thing happened to the Dead. Great place to see a show.

[givemebackmycountry]

34. Sorry...didn't read THE RULES... they obviously still exist

[Goathead]

29. Bob Marley, Led Zepplin, The Doors, Pink Floyd

n/t

[mtnester]

30. Hate to tell ya but Queen does exist, and will be touring this summer

with Paul Rodgers al lead vocal.

Nothing like being told when and where a train wreck is to happen.

As for me, I regret not seeing the Talking Heads and the Ramones. I would also pay great sums of money to see Roger Waters on tour with Pink Floyd, and Peter Gabriel on tour with Genesis.

[mac56]

33. Rockpile and Squeeze.

nm

[Jamastiene]

35. Nirvana

I know Kurt Cobain gets bashed a lot nowadays, but I loved the man's music and his stage presence and his attitude. I would have loved to have met him too. I heard he was pretty compassionate and very liberal.

[LostInAmerica]

36. Mott The Hoople

The original Alice Cooper band.

[On the Road]

37. Two I Almost Made

One of my favorite musicians is Papa John Creach, who played electric violin for the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna along with some solo work. He was playing in Arligton Va in the late 80s with a Grateful Dead tribute band and I ALMOST went to see him. But I had no one to go with and I'm not a big Dead fan. He died about ten years ago, so now I'll never see him live.

In high school, I was all set to go to a Jefferson Airplane/Traffic concert in Dayton, OH with a friend, but lost my wallet at the last minute and we had to cancel. Damn! I still miss not going.

On the other hand, I did see Miles Davis while he was still with us (his "Tutu" tour) and the Preservation Hall Band a couple of times with a lot of the old-time members, who were in their 80s and 90s.

[immoderate]

38. Beatles

Saw most of their contemporaries, Byrds, Stones, Kinks, Spoonful, Hendrix, Airplane, Dead, Simon and Garfunkle, etc.

Would also like to have seen the Zombies!

In jazz, I missed Coltrane. I've seen Ellington, Miles, Basie, Dizzy, Monk, Blakey, Cannonball, Hamp, Rahssan, goes on....

--IMM

[tigereye]

40. The Who

The Minutemen ( and I could have, too, they were in Pittsburgh and a lot of my friends went) although I did see Firehose.

Romeo Void

Jazz

Betty Carter. I saw her speak, but not sing.
Thelonious Monk. That would have been amazing.

can't think of any others at this moment, but I'm sure I will later.

:)

[immoderate]

41. Got it, got it, need it.

I saw Monk and Betty Carter. Saw the Who at Woodstock. Missed those others.

--IMM

[tigereye]

45. oh you are very lucky!

I have seen a lot of other jazz folks who are gone... Ella, Dorothy Donegan, Carmen McRae, Lester Bowie, Sun Ra, but Monk and Betty are sadly not on the list.

[immoderate]

46. Believe me, I know it.

Dorothy, among the greatest and most overlooked, used to call me up on stage because she knew I was a hoofer. Sun Ra played at Squat Theater, which was across the street from me. Sometimes he would do a two week gig there. And I would go every night.

Never saw Ella live or Lester (or the Art Ensemble) but I saw Carmen at a strange gig. I was an audience extra at a tribute to Monk TV taping. Carmen sang "Straight, No Chaser" (yes, there are words) and was having a tough time, many takes. Dizzy took her aside for a pep talk, and she came back and nailed it. The strangest part was tapper Bunny Briggs dancing to "Evidence."(!?)

Living in New York, and being into the music scene since I was a child gave me some grand opportunities. Now I brag.

--IMM

[tigereye]

47. you should brag!

I actually have the Carmen Sings Monk album, but purists ( I am not one) don't usually like it because they think the words take over the music.

I like it, though, I think it is a great addition since she was soooo good.

[immoderate]

49. I lean toward instrumentals myself.

With a special allowance for Chet Baker. (That's for times of suffering.) Only occasional vocals in my mix. I like Sara, Nina, Bob Dorough, Mose Alison. Nothing against singers I just like the talk of the instruments.

Rock, R&B is a different story.

--IMM

[warrens]

39. Creedence Clearwater Revival

And the Subhumans. Apart from those two, I've pretty much seen everyone I really, really like. Some were by luck, like Tim Buckley at a little jazz club in Boston. I was walking by, sorta remembered him from when I was a kid and just went in. What an amazing show.

At the time they were around, I thought of Creedence as sort of teenybopper, a really stupid concept of them. So I never bothered to see them. Big mistake.

[Bullwinkle925]

42. DEFINITELY The Beatles!

[politicat]

43. Pink Floyd, since their status is so nebulous.

I could have seen them as a teenager, but wasn't interested at the time.

Now, I wish I had, and since no one really knows what they're doing or planning on doing...

[RetroLounge]

44. Louis Prima and Keeley Smith

Elvis.

Glenn Miller.

Buddy Holly.

All before my time...

[Fleurs du Mal]

48. Tito Puente

Had tickets twice and missed both shows :banghead:

[SmileyBoy]

50. Nirvana and System Of A Down.

I wish I could've taken in a Nirvana show before Kurt killed himself, and also I wish I could've taken my only chance to have seen SOAD in St. Paul back in 1999. They basically don't do any shows nowadays, so that sucks.

[Bok_Tukalo]

51. R.E.M.

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[solinvictus]

52. The Breeders/Nirvana..

They played here in Birmingham back in late 1993. The Breeders opened for Nirvana and both bands played kick-ass shows. Of course, we know what became of Nirvana and unfortunately, due to drugs The Breeders went on an eight year hiatus and never regained the magic of "Last Splash".

[hedgetrimmer]

53. white snake, iron maiden, and dolly parton

NOT!