I just thought of this one, and I thought it was worthy of making a topic on. I thought I'd be the first to branch out and make a separate forum from the other top 5 forum (who I still give all credit to stalker for..)

mine are in no particular order:

-Primal Scream (in England)
-Blur (in England)
-Radiohead (in England)
-DJ Shadow
-Neutral Milk Hotel (i know they really aren't around, but I grand-fathered them in for all the times long ago when I thought I was about to see them, and then realized I was looking at a tour date page 2 years old)

no specific order:

radiohead
fugazi
thursday
rolling stones
bruce springsteen (preferably travel back in time to when he was playing stadiums)

(Edited by deathscythe257 at 8:56 pm on Apr. 16, 2003)

This closely resembles a previous thread of concerts we'd want to attend. The "before you die" thing makes it sound, unlike the last time, like it cannot include a band that does not exist. For me, most of the bands I haven't seen, but want to see, are bands that have broken up and have dead former members, thus cancelling the chance to see them again (i.e. The Beatles, The Minutemen, Led Zep)

It also makes me realize how blase I feel these days about music, buying CDs, and attending concerts.

All 5 of the bands I mention are ones that I'll want to see AGAIN

FLUID OUNCES
REM
Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth

oh wait...DOS is a band that I haven't seen that I want to see before I die. There we go.



YaDaDaDa = back at #5.

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 7:55 pm on Apr. 16, 2003)

I figured it would have at some point in the past, but who wants to do the research? I thought I'd take the irrelevant risk.

My list includes only two actual bands, but you know....

Paul McCartney
David Bowie
Radiohead
Fiona Apple
The Strokes...again

My list would be much much different if I could include bands that no longer exist. I feel like I might actually have the chance of seeing these.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 8:03 pm on Apr. 16, 2003)

The Shins
The White Stripes
The Hives
The Strokes
Oasis (again and in England)

I would also love to see The La's and Talking Heads but seeing as how Lee Mavers has gone loopy and Talking Heads will never do a reunion tour, those are my 5.

R.E.M.
Pulp
Morrissey
Big Star
The Replacements (a semi-reunion could happen)

Very predictable list as usual...sorry

Morrissey
Radiohead
Zwan (I've seen them once, but I feel it's necessary to see them again)
U2
the Cure

beastie boys
nuetral milk hotel
sleater kinney
the white stripes
the flaming lips

honorable mention to the ramones. at least the other 5 have a viewing possibility.

does anyone with a firm belief in heaven and hell want to make a "bands you want to see after you die" list? i think those would be interesting. you could make supergroups, like that snl skit.

-blur
-olivis tremor control reunion
-zombies reunion
-uncle tupelo reunion
-the pulp

So this is my list from the last time we talked about this, with four changes. First, Elvis Costello came off the list, because I saw him at the Ryman. Second, Sheryl Crow came off because her music has sunk to the point of tainting whatever good work she did earlier in her career. Also, I added XTC and Luke Haines/the Auteurs.

Bob Dylan (will be off the list after April 29)
David Byrne
Pulp
the Beastie Boys
Michael Jackson
Gene
Guns'n'Roses (the REAL GnR reunited)
Beck
XTC
the Smiths (reunion)
Pearl Jam (go on and laugh; I owe it to my inner15yrold)
Suede
the Counting Crows
Johnny Cash
Oasis
Herbie Hancock
Prince
Elliott Smith
Boston
Willie Nelson
Parlaiment
Luke Haines/the Auteurs

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 5:59 am on Apr. 17, 2003)

Hmmmmm...

Radiohead-- I saw them play at the Tibetan Freedom concert in DC, but the venue was huge and they only played like 20 minutes

U2-- I don't own many of their albums, but I've been told they put on a hell of a live show. Seeing their exhibit at the RnRHoF further supported this.

Pavement-- I seriously think this will happen in the next few years. I only saw them back in 95 before I was really familiar with them. I be happy to see Malkmus right now if the bastard would come back to Nashville.

Deftones-- I saw them open for Godsmack (how embarrassing) in the daylight for like 30 minutes. I also saw them way back in 96 (?) opening for 311 in support of Adrenaline. I want to see them headline, though.

Faith No More-- Once again, a reunion I can definitely see happening one day.

Not that anyone really cares, but I forgot to mention The Dandy Warhols in my list, which is retarded since they are one of my top 3 favorite bands of all time. When they tour for their new album ("Welcome to the Monkey House" due July 22) I will see them, even if it means driving on the interstate. It will be a Taylor-Taylor Pilgrimage-Pilgrimage.

All good rock bands would go straight to Hell. Since the sound system there isn't very good, I have no desire to see any of them play there.

I've already seen all five of the bands that I would want to hear live so I'm guess I'm ready to die.

-esposito
-madlib/quasimoto
-built to spill
-pulp
- the kinks, "village green" era (hey, i can dream...)

have you never seen them? i thought you had...

as far as the smiths go, ray davies and i are sure that they won't reunite. still, i'd much rather see a smiths reunion than a stone roses reunion, because morrisey can still sing.

This reminds me of a song from Sesame Street. Can anyone guess which one?

everyone makes mistakes? if moon were cookie? imagine that? ladybugs picnic? i could go on, but i won't...

Sorry for being vague. It is unimportant. I was going to be a prick, but I didn't want to start a seven page discussion.

I think he's referring to "one of these things is not like the other," damon.

haha...i figured that one out. i just wanted to list random sesame street songs.

I interpreted this question to mean what bands have I not seen that I want to see...

The Replacements
The Olivia Tremor Control (I would be front row muthafuckin center)
The Velvet Underground
Stereolab
AC/DC (fuckin A)

indeed!

go get 'em, black avenger!!!!!!!!!! RAHHHHH!!!!!

ok , I forgot one of the biggest:

PRINCE

(Edited by roadie at 6:14 pm on Apr. 17, 2003)

Is that what he's going by now?

Yes it is, Lauren. Come on, get with it.

And no, damon, I have never seen Oasis. Predictably, I'd really love it if I could go back in time and see them with the old lineup, but I would settle for seeing them now. I thought I was going to get my chance when they played at the Tabernacle, but that got screwed up.

I guess some of these are fantasy because the will most likely never have a reunion but....

The Smiths
Devo
New Order
David Bowie
Blur
Cecil Taylor
Ornette Coleman
Jimmy Smith
McCoy Tyner (i am going to be out of town next week goddammit!!)
The Stooges
Talking Heads
Tom Waits
Sly and the Family Stone
Lou Reed
Air

Pink Floyd (with Roger Waters)
ELO (with Jeff Lynne) or a Jeff Lynne solo show (man's a genius)
Fleetwood Mac
The White Stripes
And, uh, I can't think of a 5th

I'm not too big on the "real" concerts. I enjoy seeing good bands up close and personal in clubs. The only real concerts I've been too were Fiona Apple (awesome), Creed (too loud), and Parliament with George Clinton. And yes, it was groovalicious.

New Order
Paul Weller (or even better a The Jam reunion.....but that will never happen)
David Bowie
ABBA
Radiohead

and of course....Ray Davies/The Kinks

(Edited by ray davies at 5:19 am on Apr. 18, 2003)

It was their live show that got me hooked on them. I hope you get the chance to see them.

anyone hear what they've been up to since mary's death? i wonder if they will go on as "stereolab." i enjoyed their show at 328 a few years ago.


i've seen two of the bands that were on my first list (when we explored this topic last year sometime): sigur ros and spiritualized. if you make a wish on the message board, it'll come true! (hahah)

i'd like to see blur.

i think this is true. see feildayfest for further info.

sorry, im just soooooo excited.

gloater.

I wasn't even aware of this.

Details, anyone?

one of my friends suddenly left school one day and didnt tell anyone where he was going. when he got back we asked him "where have you been?". he acted all coy and said "yeah, i didnt do much.....i just drove down to atlanta to see Sigur Ros....I had a free ticket.....I ended up being front row...", and then he just walked away......he had received a free ticket from a girl he met over the internet.....who said that meeting over the internet wasnt a good thing?

This is an old article that was linked on my messageboard when it happened in mid-December. I believe her death was greatly overshadowed by Joe Strummer's death a week or two after that. I think we were all still reeling from George Harrison's death as well.

i think george harrison died a year before that. but i'm still upset anyway.

(Edited by 6969hOoBaInCuBuS420 at 10:56 am on Apr. 18, 2003)

Crap, you're right. I remember he died in November, but I could have sworn it was last year. I guess that's just a testament of how upsetting it was.

Radiohead
The Kinks
and I wish The Features would hurry up and get some dates so I could see them again before I die

Everyone that I would want to see before I die I have already seen. I mean, if there is someone I want to see so badly that I couldn't bear to die without seeing them play.. then I go see them.

You make it sound so trivial and easy Rachel... I've had three failed attempts to see Radiohead, the only band I haven't seen that I feel I'd be eternally sad to have missed.

Will

Yeah, so far it has been easy to see bands for me (other then because of age requirements) so I didn't really think that it might not always be that easy. What happened all three times? That sucks. I was out of town when Spice Girls came in 5th grade and I remember being pretty bummed.

Is it possible that you usually only hear about bands from the radio and TV? If that's the case, then you always have a better shot of seeing the bands you want, because bands that tour are the bands they'll be playing on MTV.

Of course, having lived in Tennessee (a state which frequently gets the shaft on quality tours) for 80% of my life I'm amazed to hear such a statement from a fellow resisdent. I've had to go pretty far to see some of my favorite bands.

Yeah, usually. I mean, obviously I wouldn't be here (the board) if I only listened to whats on the radio and on tv but that and through friends is where I first hear a majority of music. Its not always just because of MTV though. I first started listening to The Strokes because I heard them perform of SNL and went out and got the cd.

In no particular order:

Frank Black
Matt Sharp
Space Twins
Nada Surf
Superdrag

And one wishful thinking band, Weezer - circa 1996

Jack

mary got hit by a truck backing out when she was riding her bike in london. it was pretty sad. I think a few of them are doing solo projects right now. I've gotten to see Stereolab twice. Once when they opened for Sonic Youth at the Tabernacle, and another time at the variety playhouse. both were really good. one of my favorite bands to see live.

I missed that show in lieu of seeing Fluid Ounces, but I have heard how great it was. I saw them the night before at Tennessee Theater, and it was awesome. They seemed to have produced a large body of work in a short amount of time. If nothing new has been released since her death, then it's doubtful that they'll come back. D'oh.

A new twist on the same topic, in light of this depressing turn, could be

Name the top 5 artists that you want to see before they die.
Think of the old, think of the haggard, think of the drug-addicted, and list the top 5 whose clocks are ticking.

Mine:
Paul McCartney
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant
Brian Wilson
Johnny Cash
Pink Floyd


This post probably secures my place in hell.

The old:

Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith (I have seen her once, but it was amazing and I'd love to see her again)
Johnny Cash

The drug-addicted:

Royal Trux
Elliott Smith

ah yes, elliot smith would be nice to see before he dies...i hope he makes it to fielday...

matt sharp used to (and might still??) live in leipers fork, tn. maybe you can find him there. knock on doors until you find him and demand an impromptu performance.

He played Blue Sky Court a few months ago. Very quiet and laid back. He made frequent mention of recording his forthcoming (at the time) album in Leiper's Fork, but as far as I know, he doesn't live there anymore. I think the house where he stayed is featured on the album cover. Did this ever come out? I wasn't that compelled to follow up on it.

to the guy who wants to see sonic youth, three words for you: bonn a roo

bands/artists i've never seen and would sell my left soul to see:
michael jackson
weezer
the beastie boys
the pixies
elaine
matthew sweet
the jamiecarrolls
the coloration
neutral milk hotel
(dear buckley, i don't know you, but i have knighted you for your musical taste contirbution...i too looked at the nmh website once and almost had a heart attack before i realized the listings were old. did you look at the same, never-been-updated site that still teases a release of early works and says that jeff wants to write a movie about snails?)

bands/artists i'd desperately care to see again:
the sneaky eaters (reunion tour of the tri-cities?)
lifeboy (i hear the bassist still woos young girls at local italian spots)
belle and sebastian
dottie peoples and the people's choice choir
jurassic 5

bands/artists i'm pissed at and won't see again:
wilco
steve malkmus

shows you all are secretly dying to be at with me, frontncenter:
trans am, louisville, may 3rd

i assume you're a fan of "churchin' with dottie" ?

Care to elaborate? I'm curious.

i'm also very curious.....do tell......

Man, I can't even remember...but it was probably the same one. I really was about to flip out b/c I think the page even mentioned a Chattanooga show (which is where I was living at the time). Now that I'm living in Athens, I'm trying to get a glimpse of Jeff Mangum who might happened to walk into Schoolkids or the other record stores 'round here. But if I do, I prolly wouldn't say anything to him, although I would LOVE to (I feel we have this strange connection, both being from Louisiana, and I have had this cool dream of him playing in this really dark and dingy house out in the country in La.) b/c I've heard he's pretty hostile to fans that talk to him.

i was fortunate to see neutral milk hotel twice; once in chattanooga (the PAs stopped working, so it was a mostly-acoustic unplugged-type show. jeff ended up singing without a mic most of the show. incredible!) second was during the kindercore festival thingy in athens at the 40 Watt. it still ranks up there as one of my favorite shows of all time. i have some great pictures from that show, too. i went to a "kindercore picnic" while i was down there & all the guys from of montreal, NMH, olivia tremor control, etc...were there, playing kickball, listening to the stone roses, and eating veggie burgers.

neuboy and i attended the one in 2000. it was a blast, as athens is an amazing town. i think we barely ate, as most of our money went to beer and pot. we were dissapointed by the crowd though. i think we thought it's be more of an uberhip swingin' drug taking set. instead it was mainly 18 yr olds whose main concern was having their picture taken with masters of the hemishpere. those nordic twerps from kings of convenience both deserved a smack in the mouth as they told us, "if you feel the need to talk at the bar pleas go outside." it's fuckin georgia ladies, get a drummer and and a bass player or get over it. i think the highlight was the late night dance party and possibly eight track gorilla's and summer hymn's sets.

r.e.m.
that's it for me.

artists that will never die [literally]:

paul mccartney
madonna
kieth richards
sting

Oh, how I wish that was true...I think about it every now and then, and it makes me sad to know that sad day will come sooner than later.

We can only hope that cloning technology is well-developed enough by then that we can make a 5-piece band of Pauls.