Top 5 Bands You Wish You Could Have Saw In Their Prime

[Absolute34]

Frank Zappa

[MVDMB]

I'm adding Curtis Mayfield to my list as well

[bartender_man]

Henxdrix
Zep
Floyd
Nirvana
Guns

[bartender_man]

Originally Posted by drop2d

Beatles
Pantera
Hendrix
Alice in Chains
POE

Pantera is an interesting choice.

[Foreverford05]

Stones
The band
Allman Brothers
Queen
dmb

[Speilmen230]

Originally Posted by defcon

Led Zepp
Pink Floyd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Eagles
Allman Bros

Obvious I'm impartial to Southern Rock, but I wish I could have seen all of these. A very close 6th was Bob Dylan

I've been fortunate to see several bands in their prime, Metallica, Blues Traveler, Barenaked Ladies, DMB, etc.

Allman Brothers is a nice pick. Don't know if they could knock anyone off my list though.

[drop2d]

Originally Posted by bartender_man

Pantera is an interesting choice.

I had a chance to see them back in 93-94 but my parents wouldn't let me go . Now I'll never see them so I really regret not sneaking out and going anyway.

Most other bands I've wanted to see, I've seen. Pink Floyd , while maybe not 'in their prime' I really can't imagine them performing any better than they did. Same with Prince, etc.

[LadyMadonna68]

Queen
Jimi Hendrix
Guns N Roses
Miles Davis
DMB

[salrx95]

1. Genesis
2. Beatles
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Jackson 5
5. Frank Sinatra

Genesis is easily my 2nd all time favorite band. I saw Genesis at Giants Stadium in, I think 1991, and while they were still hugely popular, their best years, imo, were the years around 1980.

Beatles and Zeppelin are self-explanatory.

I grew up on Motown and Sinatra as those were my dad's favorite music. Jackson 5 was my first favorite group and I remember being upset when I wasnt allowed to go to the reunion tour show at Giants Stadium. My dad didn't get enough tickets and I was left out. Their Christmas album is still a top one for me.

Sinatra is my dad's favorite guy. He offered me to go once to Carnegie Hall to see him and I laughed. I have regretted for years now not going. I obviously grew to appreciate his music and knowing what his music means to my dad and what my dad means to me, I would love to go back and experience a show with him.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by Roose13

Seen
1. Billy Joel
2. DMB
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Phish
5. Metallica

You saw Bruce in his prime? Someone way older than me on this site!

[junior94]

thing is with Nirvana, okay their MTV Unplugged is an all time classic, but it feels like most of the stuff I've heard of them live (especially most of 93 and on), Kurt's voice just did not hold up very well outside a studio.

[drop2d]

Originally Posted by junior94

thing is with Nirvana, okay their MTV Unplugged is an all time classic, but it feels like most of the stuff I've heard of them live (especially most of 93 and on), Kurt's voice just did not hold up very well outside a studio.

Same goes for Layne with AIC. There's no live recordings out there where his voice sounds 'great' (even Unplugged). I still would've loved seeing them back then though.

[DaveHead36]

1. Beatles (their Hamburg/Cavern days before they took off)
2. Genesis
3. Miles Davis
4. Billy Joel
5. Would be a tie between James Taylor/Bill Withers/Steely Dan

[M. Steng]

1. Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Zeppelin
4. Bruce Sprinsteen
5. Billy Joel

[salrx95]

Originally Posted by DaveHead36

1. Beatles (their Hamburg/Cavern days before they took off)
2. Genesis
3. Miles Davis
4. Billy Joel
5. Would be a tie between James Taylor/Bill Withers/Steely Dan

Cool. Another Genesis fan. They were my musical obsession before DMB.

3 Sides Live was my favorite cassette ever until RR95 came along.

[ricky towel]

1. Allman Brothers Band
2. The Doors
3. Elvis Presley (comeback special)
4. Neil Diamond
5. Beatles

[barbogast]

Bob Marley and the Wailers in the 70's
Grateful Dead in the 60's
Elton John and his Band in the 70's
Rage Against the Machine in the 90's
Queen in the 80's


There's many more, but if I had to choose those would probably my top 5

[salrx95]

Originally Posted by barbogast

Bob Marley and the Wailers in the 70's
Grateful Dead in the 60's
Elton John and his Band in the 70's
Rage Against the Machine in the 90's
Queen in the 80's


There's many more, but if I had to choose those would probably my top 5

Saw Rage in the late 90's. They were awesome.

First time I ever moshed was to Killing in the Name back around '94. Good times.

[barbogast]

Originally Posted by salrx95

Saw Rage in the late 90's. They were awesome.

First time I ever moshed was to Killing in the Name back around '94. Good times.

Yeah I saw Rage back in 2007 at Rock the Bells in NYC, and it's still to this day the most out of control concert experience I've ever been involved in. I can only imagine what a RATM show was like back in the 90's.

[willdownes]

1. Tom Waits (Glitter and Doom tour, maybe not his prime, but still an excellent tour)
2. Bob Dylan (The Rolling Thunder Revue tour '75)
3. Jimi Hendrix (anything, anywhere, anytime)
4. Ween (everything from '95 to '08)
5. Phish (in the 90's)

[DaveHead36]

Originally Posted by salrx95

Cool. Another Genesis fan. They were my musical obsession before DMB.

3 Sides Live was my favorite cassette ever until RR95 came along.

love genesis. The hardest choice would be the era to see them in. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway would have been excellent, but also Trick Of The Tail but their 80s stuff is amazing.

Funny you mention Three Sides Live, got to work with Chester Thompson earlier this year and had him sign my TSL vinyl album cover, he even opened it up to the silhouette picture and drew an arrow to him on drums and wrote "CT".

[cooke726]

Bob Marley & The Wailers
The Doors
Elvis Presley (Comeback Special)
Pink Floyd
Bruce Springsteen (ive seen him, but would love to see him in his prime)

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by defcon

Led Zepp
Pink Floyd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Eagles
Allman Bros

Obvious I'm impartial to Southern Rock, but I wish I could have seen all of these. A very close 6th was Bob Dylan

I've been fortunate to see several bands in their prime, Metallica, Blues Traveler, Barenaked Ladies, DMB, etc.

Whoa, I bet you use that little nugget of info on the ladies.

[YouNeverKnow25]

ABB
Zepp
Floyd
Boss
Stones

Didn't include the beatles b/c if I went to one of their shows, they wouldn't play the songs I really really love of theirs (because they wouldn't have been written yet)

[lockman21]

Really? "Could have saw"?

[Rebecca De Mornay]

Originally Posted by lockman21

Really? "Could have saw"?

i know, my brain hurts from the title of this thread.

to answer the question:

1. beatles
2. pink floyd
3. dmb
4. u2
5. the who

[LadyMadonna68]

Originally Posted by Absolute34

Frank Zappa

[FromTheMorning]

Originally Posted by FromTheMorning

Nick Drake
DMB
LCD Soundsystem
Beatles
Talking Heads

I'm ashamed of myself for leaving out the Dead. So I'd slide them in and remove the Beatles.

[defcon]

Originally Posted by cazzie34

Whoa, I bet you use that little nugget of info on the ladies.

They're my 2nd favorite band behind DMB, but I wish Stephen would come back. It just hasn't been the same since he left.

[LowEnd_Theory]

People love Led Zeppelin.

Wouldn't crack my top 50 on this list.