Three Bands/Artists You Regret Never Seeing In Concert

While you are all absolutely free to post whatever you want, and for the most part all the answers have been excellent choices. the intention of the thread was to post three bands that no longer exist due to death or what is generally perceived to be a permanent break up.  Carry on…

the beatles
the smiths
nirvana

RatBastard wrote:
While you are all absolutely free to post whatever you want, and for the most part all the answers have been excellent choices. the intention of the thread was to post three bands that no longer exist due to death or what is generally perceived to be a permanent break up.  Carry on…

Cocteau twins
ABBA
DC Star

To add an interesting anecdote here, when I was in high school there was no middle school.  Elementary school was 1-6 and high school was 7-12.  During my 6 years at high school, the band director was personal friends with Buddy Rich.  Rich came to my school every year for those six years and performed a free concert for the students.  Like a total dumb ass I never went.  This was back in the early 70s when my weekly consumption of marijuana was about ¼-½ pound counting just personal use.  I am guessing that there was a direct connection between these facts.

Julian, wrote:
Elliott Smith
Pulp
Daft Punk

Elliott Smith was one of the worst shows I ever saw.  It was awful.  Awful crowd, he was a mess, the band were jerks to the crowd.  Horrible.

I wasn't allowed to go to shows until I was 18 except for the Screaming Trees/Soul Asylum/Spin Doctors show at Hershey Park when I was 14. 

So, I am sad I never got to see

Nirvana
Rage Against the Machine
The Smiths

But, I did get to see Bowie twice, so that's good.

K8teebug wrote:
I wasn't allowed to go to shows until I was 18 except for the Screaming Trees/Soul Asylum/Spin Doctors show at Hershey Park when I was 14. 

So, I am sad I never got to see

Nirvana
Rage Against the Machine
The Smiths

But, I did get to see Bowie twice, so that's good.

Yeah… I got kind of screwed in my teens due to not having a major city within 80 miles… I only saw about 10 shows from age 14 to 18.

The Jam / Style Council
Queen w/ Freddie
Prefab Sprout

K8teebug wrote:

Julian, wrote:
Elliott Smith
Pulp
Daft Punk

Elliott Smith was one of the worst shows I ever saw.  It was awful.  Awful crowd, he was a mess, the band were jerks to the crowd.  Horrible.

Was this one of the 9:30 Club shows? I think you would have loved his solo acoustic shows at the Black Cat. You could hear a pin drop. Nobody would say a word. As soon as he was done with a song there'd be thunderous applause, then everyone would stop almost as if they were afraid they'd miss something he'd say or do.

XO tour?

http://reviews.modernrock.com/44

New Pornographers
Wolf Parade

Vas wrote:
XO tour?

http://reviews.modernrock.com/44

Yes.  That tour.  It doesn't mention that Smith was so messed up he could barely sing.

K8teebug wrote:

Vas wrote:
XO tour?

http://reviews.modernrock.com/44

Yes.  That tour.  It doesn't mention that Smith was so messed up he could barely sing.

I missed that one and at the time I was really bummed, but it sounds like the shows were pretty average. Both of the 9:30 Club shows in 2000 for Figure 8 were great.

This is pretty what how I remember it sounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRwZ8PUClRw

wait, sounds like it's from the Figure 8 tour.

K8teebug wrote:

Vas wrote:
XO tour?

http://reviews.modernrock.com/44

Yes.  That tour.  It doesn't mention that Smith was so messed up he could barely sing.

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
November 29, 1957

Big Star
National Association of Rock Writers Convention
Memphis Memorial Day Weekend 1973
Featured in the most excellent documentary 'Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me'

One Love Peace Concert
Bob Marley & the Wailers, Culture, Big Youth, Tosh solo, Dennis Brown, Mighty Diamonds, etc.
April 22, 1978 at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica

Speaking of Elliott Smith:

https://archive.org/details/esmith1998-04-17.flac

(Holy crap, the cover of "Jealous Guy" instantly makes me tear up. Stellar.)

oops, figure 8 tour.  sorry.

i'm surprised no one has mentioned James Brown.  that's a show i'm still kicking myself for missing… i assumed he'd be back.  he always came back.

Bowie is another wish-i-coulda.

stevewizzle wrote:
a couple of recent bands stick out to me… i've either had work commitments, travel, show conflicts, or simply i couldn't get tickets. hopefully i'll have another chance over the next few years to cross some of these off the list.

swans
the walkmen
radiohead
daft punk
the war on drugs

only "maybe" on that list is daft punk.  who knows if they'll ever tour again.  you should have a chance to see the others.

I thought of a few more:

Glen Campbell
Nico
Ringo Starr

Thousand wrote:
New Pornographers
Wolf Parade

Both those bands suck live.  You haven't missed anything.