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I've seen most of the bands I care to see, but I would love to have seen Bad Religion in their prime in the early 90s.

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[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The earliest I could find was a mesopotamian priestess named enheduanna, so that's who I would want to see, just the chance to hear music no human since would ever get to hear

[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Points for imagination! That's somebody's next album cover.

[–] AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Woodstock '69 at the age of 19.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago

YES. Woodstock is also my “where would you go first if you had a time machine” answer.

[–] twykomantis@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  • Pink Floyd c. 1979 during The Wall tour
  • Portishead in '94 around the release of Dummy
  • CCR at any point really
  • Deftones in 2000 after the release of White Pony
  • Jeff Buckley just performing Hallelujah
  • Millencolin in 2000 right after release of Pennybridge Pioneers
  • Bob Dylan at Newport in 1964, then again in 1965
  • Nirvana at MTV Unplugged
  • Hendrix at Woodstock
  • AC/DC with Bon Scott in 1979
  • Rage Against the Machine in 1999
[–] porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

This is an excellent list. I might add (just for fun) mid 70's Deep Purple & mid 80's Allan Holdsworth.

[–] FardyCakes@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Frank Zappa’s Roxy band from the mid 70s

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I dunno, Beatles in either the white album or Sgt pepper era would be amazing.

Specific performance, the nirvana mtv unplugged might be a better option.

Then again, there's a dozen performances at Woodstock that were nuts. Hendrix at that show? Fuck me, that's a peak music experience.

I dunno man, this one is hard.

Fuck! Robert Johnson! Any performance ever. The recordings from back then are not the best possible audio, and you know that man could tear up a room. That's my final answer.

[–] classic@fedia.io 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I might be wrong, but the Beatles weren't performing live by those albums. The closest option would the famous rooftop jam they did at the Apple studio in 69

https://archive.org/details/thebeatlesapplerooftopconcert1969fullvideo

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I'd take it!

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I'd like to see Zappa perform.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 5 days ago

Ziggy Stardust

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Right answer IMHO!

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Rolling Stones back in 735BCE

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

To be on the Festival Express train in 1970 and experience that rolling party/jam session with members of the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Buddy Guy to name a few.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I got to see Kraftwerk perform Computerworld live a couple years ago and it was amazing. At this point I’ve seen the majority of my bucket list artists and I feel fortunate for this.

If I’m thinking time travel maybe an early Daft Punk show in France.

[–] fiendishplan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Prince in the early 90s. I'm not even that big of a fan but I've seen footage of this era and it looks amazing.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I’m a big fan. Came here to say I regret not being able to see Prince at a random show at Paisley Park.

This is one of my favs (not there haha)

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Allman Brothers Band with Duane and Berry Oakley (I’m old).

[–] porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

Allman Brothers is a solid answer! 100%

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I don't really like concerts, but I really would love to see GWAR. I don't know if they still tour; I had heard they retired but they also made a music video within the last year or two so IDK if they plan on coming back or what. I don't follow music as much as a friend I haven't talked to in years did.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I got dragged to a Gwar show in college. I was warned about the blood, but nothing can really prepare you for that.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

I got dragged to a Revolting Cocks concert. Nothing prepared me for the giant phallus the lead singer pulled from under his kilt and squirted a foamy liquid over the front row audience. It was a fake one not his own, but I was a bit like wtf.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't even wanna go for the music; the show they put on itself looks awesome from the few tapings I've seen.

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[–] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

I can't decide between early Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath or Bal-Sagoth for something newer

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I got to see them in a club down here, and am so glad. They drove a tiny white van all the way across the country. There were like 30 people at that show.

[–] Emsquared@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

I really racked my brains with this one and think mostly it would be to go back and see somebody just prior to becoming big to see the embryo performances at smaller gigs so maybe Early Kraftwerk or even Sparks. Also (and I can't believe I'm saying this as generally it's not my genre) Focus as part of the audience for the midnight special.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

rockgar and the apes.

I heard they were all the rage in 4500BC.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Rammstein in Germany.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Crazy Town, circa 2000. I want to be there for that first tour just after Butterfly released and experience the paradigm shift for myself. If I have to pick a single show, let's make it the November 29th WBCN X-Mas Rave at the Avalon Ballroom in Boston, where you'd not only get to experience Shifty Shellshock in his prime, but also P.O.D. and Insane Clown Posse. In one night.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago
[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago

Electric Warrior, Devotional Tour, Hendrix

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

Had an opportunity to see system of a down during one of their last tours with a chance to meet them backstage. But capitalism made me prioritize working that night.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Beatles rooftop concert, hands down

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Beatles in the Cavern before to they got huge and before all the screaming.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago

Ooh you make a compelling point! But timing would be crucial - there's only like a year there between when Ringo joined the band and their last appearance at the Cavern.

[–] zecg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Zappa and the Mothers, the lineup of Live in NY (I think 1978.), with Bozzio on drums and Michael Brecker playing sax. Alternatively, I'd really like to hear Django Reinhardt sometime in the 1930s.

[–] oOAlteredBeastOo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Zappa's last US show was pretty epic. One of the most interesting covers of Stairway To Heaven I've heard. March 23-25 1988.

https://youtu.be/adLkYUXjB58?t=7326

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (7 children)

2006 The Blood Brothers, easily. The craziest shows I’ve ever been to and I would LOVE my partner to be able to come with me.

Also, late ‘00s of Montreal. Not big into their recent stuff, but I loved the costumes, cross dressing, and all of their songs from inception to Lousy with Sylvenbriar.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I got to see Of Montreal a fee years ago in LA and it was a great show! Would recommend.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Full agree! I love their pivot to crazy electronic screens, but I really did love the cosplay era of the mid-2000s a LOT

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

I’m torn between the Beatles, honestly at any point. And Daft Punk.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Nothing at a stadium. I have gotten to see a lot of bands on the way up, in small venues, can't complain. So I'll go with the NIN show at the Ritz theater, or maybe Lady Gaga, since I'll never get to see them anywhere small, and could have.

My mom ran away from home to see Elvis in a high school basketball gym, that always struck me as much cooler than I would have thought her.

It would be great to hear some of that Baroque music back when it was new, Bach is so good.

[–] porcelainpitcher@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

George Benson 1986 in Montreux. Or indeed any of those jazz guys in their day. Cobham, Davis, Hancock, Scofield, Corea... The list goes on.

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