Prince Added to Coachella

Originally posted by bearman:
makes you feel like you've just seen the greatest rock band on the planet.

I feel that every time i see Radiohead.


I saw Prince once, and when i left, i felt like i had just eaten a bucket of fried chicken.

Simple minds are easily blown.

Originally posted by Shadrach:

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
I've seen Portishead twice and it's just mind blowing.

Just curious since I've probably seen literally thousands of live performances in nearly every type of venue and can't really say that I've ever had a "mind blowing" experience. I've seen memorable shows and even shows I would call great, but I'd be interested in what defines a show as mind blowing? Even my favorite band, Clutch, who I've seen maybe 70 or 80 times and who, in my personal opinion, puts on the best live club show out there, has never left me with that feeling of having my mind blown.

Originally posted by Shadrach:
Just curious since I've probably seen literally thousands of live performances in nearly every type of venue and can't really say that I've ever had a "mind blowing" experience.

i can't help but wonder if having "seen literally thousands of live performances" hasn't done something to dull your sense of wonder. i have no doubt that you really enjoy live music, but some of the edge might have been worn off…

Originally posted by callat703:
The shows I've described as mindblowing left me feeling as though I'd seen something that was unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

well said, but that's only part of the equation. i've experienced very "unique" shows that didn't blow my mind :)

it's hard to define, but whenever a show has blow my mind, i walk away incredulous - i can't believe that i've just experienced something that impressive, powerful, majestic, etc. i guess a mind-blowing show creates a certain kind of self-doubt in me :)

probably the single-most mind-blowing show i've ever seen was a command performance of the national acrobat company of china, in 1999. i was at a big diplomatic shin-dig in beijing, and the conference organizers invited all participants. as the photographer for our publication with a big fancy digital camera, i was plunked in a front row seat, dead center. what i saw that night beyond impressed me - i was utterly shocked. i left with the distinct feeling that i had just experienced a pinnacle of human achievement. for hours afterwards i experienced mixture of sheer awe, afore-mentioned disbelief, and a little bit of sadness - i knew i'd never witness something like that again. dang, gonna have to dig up those old pix this weekend.

daft punk @ lolla last year was a close second. my first few cirque du soleil shows also did it. most mind-blowing show at the 930: iggy and the stooges.

Or conversely, having seen thousands of shows means he's someone who's not so easily impressed; it takes something really special to make a big impression.

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by Shadrach:
[qb]Just curious since I've probably seen literally thousands of live performances in nearly every type of venue and can't really say that I've ever had a "mind blowing" experience.

i can't help but wonder if having "seen literally thousands of live performances" hasn't done something to dull your sense of wonder. i have no doubt that you really enjoy live music, but some of the edge might have been worn off…

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or maybe its just….

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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Or conversely, having seen thousands of shows means he's someone who's not so easily impressed; it takes something really special to make a big impression.

aren't we saying the same thing?

Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
or maybe its just….

well, yes, in as much as no one is literaly having their minds blows - everyone's skull is still in one piece :p

It's kind of a double-edged sword…seeing so much of what's out there can give you a pretty wide spectrum of what a concert can be, but at the same time it's easy to become jaded. Not everyone is going to experience the same thing. It can be an off-night, maybe you've had a bad day and didn't really feel like going out…it depends on your state of mind.

Example: my favorite time I saw Sonic Youth was when I had been in Italy after my grandma died. I had been with my sister, who was being a total pill. I had spent the evening listening to her rant incessantly about my evil aunt, and we were back at the hotel after having returned from dinner. I knew Sonic Youth were playing that night, but it was already 9:30pm and I didn't have a ticket or know where the show was. Rather than stay cooped up and still deal with family obligations and drama, I looked at a map and realized that the show was literally about half a mile away. So I actually ran to the venue…it was an outdoor amphitheater, with all these cool colored lights in the cypress and palm trees. Sonic Youth opened with "Cotton Crown", and then did songs from Murray Street and Daydream Nation. It was a humid night, but everyone was having a great time. It seemed like the best concert because I was in a place where I could really appreciate it…I'll never forget that.

Originally posted by callat703:
The shows I've described as mindblowing left me feeling as though I'd seen something that was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. Very few shows really get that distinction, I think…Daft Punk is the only recent one that I think I'd put in that category. [/QB]

That was how I felt after seeing Faithless. I think hearing 'God is a DJ' and 'We Come 1' was something I'll never see again (unless i went to glasto or some other big festie they were playing at). A friend in Scotland told me I would never see a show quite like it, and I had seen some video from festivals and figured he might be onto something. Prob one of the best shows I had ever seen. Maxi Jazz worked the crowd into such a frenzy starting it off on a slower tempo and building it up.

Anyway - it was best summed up as mindblowing.

Is there anyone going willing to pick up a poster for me?

Originally posted by bearman:
I actually ran to the venue…it was an outdoor amphitheater, with all these cool colored lights in the cypress and palm trees. Sonic Youth opened with "Cotton Crown", and then did songs from Murray Street and Daydream Nation. It was a humid night, but everyone was having a great time. It seemed like the best concert because I was in a place where I could really appreciate it…I'll never forget that.

That sounds really close to mind blowing if you ask me. At the least, extremely cool.

Originally posted by bearman:
Bands that at one point or another have blown my mind:

Now, there's a sentence just waiting to become a thread.

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I got that invite email too.


How was last year's anyway? My flight got in too late for me to try to make it.

didn't go last year, i was at the JAMC warm-up gig. joe and i were 10 feet away from the stage, at most, versus 150 feet away (more?) at coachella.

good times, very good times :)

set times are now online

sean penn is doing two "sets" on sunday? wtf?