[Absorbine_Sr]

Band I'd most like to have seen would be the original incarnation of King Crimson in '69. I've heard the live recordings and they were magic.

Best Shows:

Tool, 9/9/2001
King Crimson at Poplar Creek near Chicago sometime in the '80's (I'm an old guy and the memory is going

)
John Cale solo at Park West on a snowy night in like '98
Rocket From the Tombs in 2003
Iggy Pop on The Idiot tour with Bowie playing keyboards (Trivia - Blondie opened and half the crowd went to the lobby they sounded so bad - I think they got better later)
Both of the most recent Chicago Lyric Opera Ring Cycles.

A_Sr.

 

[lmilhan]

Without hesitation:

SRV

 

[nspindel]

Zeppelin. Without a doubt...

 

[virometal]

Miles Davis with Hancock, Williams, Shorter, and Carter

 

[ooheadsoo]

Meyerbeer's Le Prophete sounds like a hoot.

Maybe Art Tatum.

 

[Aman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by virometal Miles Davis with Hancock, Williams, Shorter, and Carter

Hell yeah!

Honorable mentions go to:

The Beatles at the Ed Sullivan Show
The Revealing of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Frank Zappa's Holloween Concerts

 

[darkisz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, you did say anyone.

Top 5 shows I've seen, not in order:
-Soundgarden in '89 at 4808 in Charlotte, NC
-NIN in '89 opening for J&MChain at The Pteredactyl in Charlotte.
-Robert Fripp and the Leauge of Crafty Guitarists in a little chapel on Georgetown Campus in '95
-Tori Amos in Baltimore in '94
-Orbital at 'new' 9:30 in '97

Most upset I never got to see Nirvana.

 

[Homeless]

I would have loved to see queen, maybe at wembley or something...

Top Five shows in no order...

1 System of a Down at Kool Haus in Toronto (Early 2002 i think...)
2 Deftones at Aero Hall in Mississauga (November 2003)
3 Tool at Molson Park in Barrie (July 2001)
4 Foo Fighters at The Molson Ampitheatre in Toronto (August 2005)
5 Red Hot Chilli Peppers at Skydome (March 1995 or 1996)

I regret missing NIN and Queens of the Stone Age at the ACC about 6 weeks ago...

 

[Wmcmanus]

The Beatles first then The Doors and then Dylan (while he was still worth seeing). I would have also loved to have seen a lot of the great singers, especially Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn and Eva Cassiday.

 

[raisin]

Allman Brothers (original), with a bottle of Jack!

Bruce
CSN
S&FStone
Beach Boys
Jackson Browne

 

[deadlierchair]

Maybe Nirvana or Hendrix would be my top choice.

I would say Rage Against the Machine but I think it's possible that they will get together and do some reunion tour maybe so I won't list them.

 

[Mr Bounce]

Probably Rock in Rio. The fast-moving camera angles of the DVD don't detract from the energy, IMO.
Another big one would to have been at Dream Theater's Live at Budokan.

 

[Otto]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwitel 1)You can pick anyone...who and why? 2)Also, what were youre top 5 shows? (when and where) 3)Which show do you regret missing the most?

1)
Hendrix

2)
Black Sabbath- 1971 ? 72?
David Bowie- '73-'74?
ZZ Top- mid 80s
Rolling Stones- '75?
Oingo Boingo- late 80s

3)
Led Zeppelin- early 70s

 

[Sleestack]

Hendrix or Glenn Gould.

 

[Old Pa]

1) Monk and Coltrane
2) New Riders of the Purple Sage (which automatically includes a Grateful Dead concert

)
3) Allman Brothers (with Duane)