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Hodgynd, Zep at Knebworth was 1979,I was there!! Would love to have seen them at either Bath festival or the Earl's Court gigs in 1975. Would also love to have seen Free-very underrated band.
Rat Pack in Vegas, obviously.
@keithd
Not jealous at all about Zep ( not much!)..it came as a surprise about the year though..
Amen to you comments about Free..every self respecting rock / blues fan should have at least one of their albums in their collection ..with The Free Story being a good starting point ..
The Lush gig at Burberries in 1990 where Miki went for me and I said no, I had a girlfriend...and she said bring her too...and I ran away scared.
Stones Roses, Park Lane, Shrewsbury, 1989. On the cusp of their greatness. Bootleg recording proves it was a great performance. I was 16 and not allowed to go. Only regret of my life was not going.
Did see the roses but it was on the second coming tour in Newport centre. Someone chucked a cardiff city top on stage and Ian brown put it on. Cue lots of aggro afterwards outside as the cardiff/ Newport casuals we’re bottling each other outside. Muppets. Great gig though and the wind up from darkness to kick off as they played the first track from second coming was great.
The Who
Cow Palace San Francisco on Nov. 20, 1973
Keith Moon takes horse tranquillisers, passes out is replaced by a member of the audience.
Rock n roll huh?
Or
Manic Street Pteachers at London Astoria in 1994. Saw them earlier in that tour, and couldn't imagine any gig more intense ...apparently it was.
AC / DC with Bon Scott back in the day +1
Joy Division at the Rainbow in 1980, was meant to go, my schoolmates did, can't remember why I didn't probably being a swat revising. They supported the Stranglers but Hugh Cornwall was in prison so various people stepped in to cover like The Cure, Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson. Ian Curtis died the following month so no chance then...
Velvet Underground in the 60's would have been great to see, luckily they reformed briefly in about 93 and got to go, would love to re-live that again.
Missed the Stooges when the Ashtons were about at Glastonbury a few years back, saw it on telly but would have loved to have gone.
Velvet underground, The Who, Bob Marley would be the folk I would have liked to have seen
However I did see some of the bands mentioned here live back in the old Glasgow Apollo days a long time ago
*smug smirk*
CRASS played trucks nightclub in my home town of wigan.
big punk fan, born in wrong era.
Velvet Underground in the 60’s would have been great to see, luckily they reformed briefly in about 93 and got to go
I schlepped out to Wembley Arena to see them on that tour, I found it massively disappointing.
Maybe 'cos it was Wembley and I had a warm plastic cup of Carling on my lap.
Maybe 'cos they really didn't look like they wanted to be there.
Gave up on "reformed" bands for ages after that.
I gave up on reformed bands after seeing the Mary Chain going through the motions. So dull.
There's far too many great new bands to bother with the old gits.
Stereolab before Mary died
Talking Heads (or anyone really) at CBGB
Madonna at the Hacienda
John Coltrane at the Village Vangard
I would like to have seen The Smiths , anywhere.
Very, very young me on the far right Summer ‘83 at Moles, Bath. Spent the rest of the evening chatting with Marr and Morrisey. Saw them a few months later in Sheffield and they really were brilliant. Love to go back to that one.
CG – you shouldn’t need to ask but it was Wilko Johnson, Lee Brilleaux, Sparko and Figure.
Off at a slight tangent….if you don’t have Goin’ Back Home by Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey you’ve missed out; go buy it now – you’re welcome.
If you haven’t seen Oil City Confidential or The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, both by Julian Temple, I recommend them both; Wilko’s autobiography Looking Back at Me which was co-written by Zoë Howe, wife of Wilko’s drummer Dylan, is an interesting read.
Useless fact….Steve Howe, guitarist with Yes, is Dylan’s father.
@frankconway thanks but it was a long time ago! I've heard that track and have certainly seen Oil City Confidential on the telly. Would definitely like a tour of Canvey Island, what an experience that would be seeing Feelgood's old haunts. Ah, rock family trees. Still listen to "The Yes Album", a genuine classic.
Stereolab before Mary died
Saw them a few times when they were touring to promote the first LP or EPs, they really were fantastic. I always liked their straightforward Krautrock-inspired stuff best anyway.
I gave up on reformed bands after seeing the Mary Chain going through the motions.
The JAMC are one band I wouldn't wanna go back in time to see in their heyday, by all accounts they were terrible then. Saw them on the Rollercoaster tour and that was disappointing anyway, but at least MBV were playing too. We were too snobby to watch Blur.
Nice photo devbrix
CG - Goin' Back Home is an album re-working some of the Feelgood's finest; there is a track with the same name.
You could compare & contrast between the classic Feelgoods doing it live on Stupidity and Wilko'n'Rog.
X-Ray Spex
Nirvana, Reading.
Rolling Stones, Roundhay Park, Leeds 1982 - was working in a pub a couple of miles away which had people from all over the UK and Europe drinking there in the lead up to the gig. Could easily have got a ticket but weirdly decided not to.
The Damned - Bridlington Spa - 1979ish - great gig but ended prematurely due to a huge fight between groups from Hull and Middlesbrough.
Talking heads, stop making sense era.
Thin Lizzy live and dangerous
Early Genesis..
CG & DezB -
Daltrey from 30 mins in.
Then there's a clip from the Feelgood's farewell at Southend;
Wilko famously described them as ....three alcoholics and a drug addict. From the days when going to a gig left you feeling hot, sweaty and dirty.
Nothing 'sanitised' in either performance.
Hendrix early London gigs
Jeff Buckley at Cafe sine
Elliott Smith gig
Howlin' Wolf london sessions.
Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade 'lux' Lewis, Billie Holliday, Mahalia Jackson - anywhere they played.
Fats Domino anywhere in New Orleans.
Any of the old blues men and women - anywhere.
More recently, Rhiannon Giddens.
Bit of a theme emerging.
As for a gig I went to.....Legendary Shack Shakers at the Brudenell in Leeds; here's one of theirs recorded in Denmark
Go see them.
I’d like to have seen Dire Straits live, specifically their original line-up.
Saw them as a support! Talking Heads were the headline...
Same with Blondie, supporting Television...
I’d have loved to see Genesis, had tickets for The Lamb Lies Down...’ tour, which got cancelled, then reinstated, I posted off for tickets, but they’d changed venue, the one they were originally playing didn’t return my application until the tickets had sold out at the other venue.
Who else: The Smiths at Golddiggers, in Chippenham - didn’t go, didn’t like them that much.
King Crimson, same venue, they were touring Discipline, I’d heard they weren’t playing any old stuff, so didn’t go.
The Waterboys, same venue.
Roxy Music, Chippenham Neelde Hall, my girlfriend wasn’t interested.
R.E.M. Newport, sold out while finding out if friends wanted to go...
Others I never got to see:
XTC
Sandy Denny
Talk Talk
Joni Mitchell
Many many others I did get to see over the last going on fifty years, though.
I was at that Stones gig at Roundhay Park ..J Geils Band & Joe Jackson in support & I think Dr.Feelgood ..also saw them at St James Park the week before ..and I'm not a huge Stones fan..just thought that they were nearing the end ..
How wrong could I have been !
Has anyone mentioned Howard & Pete's Sex Pistols gig at the free trade hall yet? That one.
The 'judas' Dylan gig (Liverpool?) In 66 (I think).
Velvets in the 60's (one them 30+ min sister ray shows). Def not reformed, what I've seen they were pale imitation of the real thing.
Would have loved to see Al Green in the early 70's and early 60's Coltrane quartet.
People I missed at the time the Clash, Throwing Muses and early Nirvana (I'd mates who went down to see them twice in Embra (liquid rooms?) but I couldn't have been arsed...) And Rosalìa in London late .18.
In 1985 my dad took 3 of us to Carlisle to see the cult.My first gig with my peers. Love tour , it was amazing , Billy Duffy and Jamie Stewart were sooo cool .We were waaaay too square , so I'd go again in at least a paisley shirt. Ha.
& I'd also like to go back to the Newcastle Big Country gig (same year, I think) and tell myself not to buy the white sweatshirt ,and then ruin it "down the front".
Only been to see a few reformations , only the bands I love - The first Blondie one( few months before maria) , Cud ( didn;t have the amazing Mike Dunphy on guitar ,so sadly not great), Ride ( Amsterdam , pretty dam amazeballs!) & the Doves (who would be good in my shed let alone the Albert hall 🙂 ).
Also like to see the Specials before I kick off this mortal coil.
Good shout on Roxy music too - but has to be Eno era. 🙂
Townes Van Zandt when he recorded Live at the Old Quarter.
Gosh, where do I start there are many bands that I have seen but wished I'd seen them elsewhere.
This for instance
Beasties
Great thread, just reminding of the great music I'm going to be listening to this weekend.
Lots (stooges, Jimi Hendrix, mc5)
My first proper gig was in Apr 1994 at 17 and a quick Google search shows that Jeff Buckley played Manchester university 01 march 1995
I could've gone to it! I didn't get into his music until after he died, problem for me was that Grace was a bit too glossy sounding
By all accounts, astonishing:
Grace is a beautiful piece of work, only I can't listen to it these days. Just reminds of a low point in my life.
David Gilmour at Pompeii. The DVD is great, can't imagine how good the atmosphere must have been.
Rolling Stones, Roundhay Park, Leeds 1982 – was working in a pub a couple of miles away which had people from all over the UK and Europe drinking there in the lead up to the gig. Could easily have got a ticket but weirdly decided not to.
I was at this gig,I swapped a Moggy Minor van with no gearbox for the ticket.I love the Stones & that week was my 21st birthday,what a gig to celebrate my birthday!
I’d like to have seen Dire Straits live, specifically their original line-up.
We save them at Manchester Apollo in 1982,another excellent gig.
Good shout about Sex Pistols. Perhaps not the most amazing band in the world ever, but just to *BE* there when it all started.
@johndoh, I agree 100%. Iv'e seen most of the bands form around that time but never got the chance to see the pistols. I have seen PIL... Mr. Rotten should stick to selling butter.
Also the Tad gig at Portsmouth Poly when I saw them walk past the building where I was working, but didn’t know Nirvana were supporting.
Ah, I was going to post that as the gig I am most glad I *didn't miss*. Except I saw them at SOAS not Portsmouth Poly.
Band I am most disappointed not to have seen = Screaming Blue Messiahs.
Also a bit disappointed I missed Lou Reed's Berlin shows that he did not that long before he died.
Iv’e seen most of the bands form around that time but never got the chance to see the pistols.
I was a bit young to catch the punk scene, otherwise I am sure I would have been hooked - I still play a bit of punk now (esp. Dead Kennedy's and the Pistols). The only punk band I have seen (excluding festivals where I may have wandered in and out of tents) was The Damned but that was quite late on (some time after Phantasmagoria and they reformed) so it was more of a tribute to their early years full of old accountants dressed as Goths for the night.
Elvis in Vegas (possibly the one where he breaks down during "Are You Lonesome")
Bob Marley in Jamaica
Hendrix at Isle of Wight
Queen in their pomp
Have seen AC/DC loads of time with Brian Johnson and they've always been superb. However, like a few folk have said, I'd love to go back in time and seen them with Bon.
I’m not a huge Stones fan..just thought that they were nearing the end ..
That reminds me of an old boss of mine who, in the mid sixties could only afford to see one of the Stones or the Beatles. With their bad boy reputations he reckoned the Stones were less likely to have longevity so he went for them, figuring he would catch the Beatles on their next tour.