Bands you love that you wouldn't see live

Mr. Shadow said:

I worked their show back in '85 during the Steel Wheels tour.

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The Steel Wheels tour did not begin until 1989 though. Their previous North American tour was in 1982.

Foxhound said:

The Steel Wheels tour did not begin until 1989 though. Their previous North American tour was in 1982.

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I had my dates wrong... it was '89.

Sept. 16

Main Set

1. Start Me Up
2. Bitch
3. Sad Sad Sad
4. Undercover (Of The Night)
5. Harlem Shuffle
6. Tumbling Dice
7. Miss You
8. Ruby Tuesday
9. Play With Fire
10. Dead Flowers
11. Rock And A Hard Place
12. One Hit (To The Body)
13. Mixed Emotions
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler
16. You Can't Always Get What You Want
17. Little Red Rooster
18. Before They Make Me Run
19. Happy
20. Paint It Black
21. 2000 Light Years From Home
22. Sympathy For The Devil
23. Gimme Shelter
24. It's Only Rock'n'Roll
25. Brown Sugar
26. Satisfaction
27. Jumpin' Jack Flash


A few weeks earlier -- The Who in Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC 7/27/89

Twenty-fifth anniversary tour (that's where the five came from. )

Setlist

Overture
1921
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Acid Queen
Pinball Wizard
We're Not Gonna Take It
Eminence Front
Let My Love Open The Door
Face The Face
I'm A Man
I Can't Explain
Substitute
Who Are You
Magic Bus
Baba O'Riley
My Generation
A Little Is Enough
Boris The Spider
5.15
Love Reign O'er Me
Sister Disco
Rough Boys
Join Together
You Better You Bet
Behind Blue Eyes
Won't Get Fooled Again
Hey Joe
Dig
Summertime Blues

The Animals - for three reasons:

1. With the constant changes in lineup, you never know what you're going to get - and without a violin player, they can't perform two of the tunes that I most like to hear in concert, "When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot".

2. Eric Burdon's voice has declined over the years.

3. I've seen them five times already.

All of them. I went to countless concerts in the 70's. I guess the prices then spoiled me. The costs of attending a concert now just isn't worth it to me. I really would have liked to have seen Joe Bonamassa in Charlotte NC last month. Just couldn't bring myself to drive 60 miles, pay for parking, and the $60+ bucks (with tax and everything) for great seats. If I were to go to another, it will have to be premium seats. But I doubt I will attend another.

There are not too many classic rock bands that can keep pace with their former days. I think Steve Winwood is playing here soon. He can pull it off as a solo artist, but it's never going to be the same as Traffic or Blind Faith. Those days are gone, except their recordings. These old guys coming back for reunions may still play okay, but it's hard to regain the energy of their youth.

Mr. Shadow said:

There are not too many classic rock bands that can keep pace with their former days. I think Steve Winwood is playing here soon. He can pull it off as a solo artist, but it's never going to be the same as Traffic or Blind Faith. Those days are gone, except their recordings. These old guys coming back for reunions may still play okay, but it's hard to regain the energy of their youth.

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I think this may depend solely on the band and the people in the band, I'll use Social Distortion as an example, I missed their show when they came through, but thats neither here nor there... SD plays with as much energy today as they did in the early 80s... Mike Ness is still a gigantic ball of pure energy, my friend who did go to the show(and surprisingly remembers this one) said he had the same stage precense and energy, he played better, it wasn't the same naive youthful energy, but just different energy, not worse but geared toward something else.... I'll agree there are bands that have lost their youthful energy, just like some adults lose that feeling of being young....but its not all of them

and a show I would not like to see

REO Speedwagon, well, I would see them, but i would not go very far out of my way, they seem to have softened and gotten a bit too "hit" oriented over the years

LIMP BIZKIT!!! I'm not into mosh pits..
No if they were still together I might buy a nose bleed seat to just enjoy from a safe distance..

Thumper said:

LIMP BIZKIT!!! I'm not into mosh pits..
No if they were still together I might buy a nose bleed seat to just enjoy from a safe distance..

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Hopefully they don't burn the venue down like they incited at Woodstock!

Soot and Stars said:

Hopefully they don't burn the venue down like they incited at Woodstock!

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That whole ordeal sucked!! The Beastis Boys were not happy about that shit..

Thumper said:

That whole ordeal sucked!! The Beastis Boys were not happy about that shit..

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Just one of the reasons that Linkin' Park was way ahead in that poll for me!