The bands you never saw.

So all you n00b frufans got me ta thinkin.

What bands (other than them) do you regret never having seen live?

For me, the first that pops to mind is Alice in Chains.

I never got to see XTC, but then they stopped touring when I was an infant ;-)
I didn't get a chance to see BNL in their pre-Stunt days. Which means that I'll likely never be able to afford to see them ;-)
I've also never managed to catch Ben Folds (Five or solo)
Oh, and I didn't get a chance to see Simon and Garfunkel on their last tour. Before that I used to say that a Simon and Garfunkel reunion tour was one of the only concerts I'd be willing to shell out $40+ for. Apparently that was a lie ;-)

None of this mentions all of the folkish groups I'd like to see, but I expect to see them play at some point.

• The Beatles
  
• The Stones
  
• The Who
  
• The Ramones
  
• Simon and Garfunkel
  
• Springsteen
  
• Hayden's London Concerts [a little before my time]

I could go on forever.

simon and garfunkel was one of the best shows i saw in 2003.

i've seen ben solo a bunch of times, but i really wish i'd seen a five show.

also rem with bill berry (seeing them iin 2003 was an amazing experience, but i missed bill very much).

i don't think i'd have wanted to see the beatles, as weird as that might sound. i got annoyed enough with the teenyboppers at fruvous and jump, little children shows.

I've also never managed to catch Ben Folds (Five or solo)

See, for me, the former is the only one I'd *want* to see. His solo albums did absolutely nothing for me, though BFF was phenomenal.

See, if I had the choose, I'd rather see him solo (not that I could see the full band if I wanted to). I like all of his albums (although I do have a preference for his later work), and seeing him today would give the greatest range to the set list. Other than the stylistic evolution (which was evident in later BFF stuff too), I don't hear much of a difference between him with or without a band. I imagine if BFF got back together, the shows would be different, but the set lists would likely be similar.

Just curious, have you listened at all to his live album? Is it that you don't like how he sounds solo, or is it that you don't like the stylistic direction?

REM with Bill Berry (preferable the Green Tour)
Crowded House with Paul Hester
Prince and the Revelotion
Pulp
Split Enz
Genesis with Peter Gabrial
Genesis with Phil Collins
RENT with the original broadway cast

stylistic direction, definitely.

Like, I found BFF to be brilliant to the same extent that I found ben folds solo material to be unlistenable.
It's just... hidious.

It's like some bastard child of Burt Bacharach took over his body and made him do stuff that was like.....Burt Bacharach.

*shudder*

Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Led Zeppelin

I think I have see all the groups I care about.

BUT, I would totally *swoon* to see Cats on Broadway with Jacob Brent as Mr. Mistoffelees.

I'm cool! 8)

Sandy Denny is a good choice. Golden age Fairport Convention with her on lead vocals and Richard Thompson on guitar is way up on my list.

i would love to have seen the green tour. but even more, i would love to have seen rem playing their early, crazy shows at the 40 watt in athens.

The Clash
Smashing Pumpkins (who may be getting together again)
Soul Coughing
Queen
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Velvet Underground
Bauhaus
The Smiths
Pink Floyd (either with or without Syd)

from others listed:
Stevie Ray Vaughan (preferably w/ Double Trouble)
The Ramones

there's more, but my brain is melty...

The Beatles really weren't a band you saw live. They were a group, not a band. Seeing them live was very disappointing to anyone who really appreciated the albums, from what I understand.

Grateful Dead, around 1973. Peak of the Keith and Donna era.

The Band

...Julie Andrews. I'll never get to hear her sing again.

That would have been great seeing Fairport with Sandy, RT, Ashley and Iain Matthews all together...

My dad saw The Beatles live, couldn't hear a thing over all the fan girls screaming.

There's still time to see The Stones, i think they'll still be touring after I'M dead.

John Prine is supposed to be on CBS's news program Sunday Morning today(Sunday) I guess its only if you are in the US though...

john prine is awesome live. i hate his fans, tho.

Why not? they've been touring for years with Keith Richards dead.

I think the Prine fans being a problem is a chicago thing. Of course I only saw him once, at the Fleadh, I saw Fruvous at there too. He is awesome live in and out of Chicago.

What are his fans like? I didn't have any fan problems when I saw him at Appel Farm in 1997.

Have you heard the bootleg, I think it's called "So Much younger Then" of them playing in Athens probably in 79-80 pre-Radio Free Europe. It's hilarious: they were a sort of surfy slop-pop dance band... not like the band they'd become a year or so later.

you're right, it may be a chicago thing.

Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf

Young Billy Joel
Woody Guthrie
Nick Drake
Warren Zevon
Pete Seeger
Eva Cassidy

But I'm so glad that I had the possibility of seeing Dave van Ronk at the Bottom Line before both passed away...

One of my biggest is never having seen Queen before Freddie Mercury died...

As you've mentioned Kate Wolf 3 times I have to ask if you've seen Nanci Griffith?

The only one on your list I've seen is Pete but I've seen him more times than I can count.

nick drake and steve goodman are definitely at the top of my solo artist list.

i'm so glad that i've seen pete seeger.

I passed up a BF5 show.... to see Fruvous. Passed up a Guster show that same week, too, back before Guster shows started sucking.

I don't regret it, though, because I saw two very excellent Fruvous shows, both of which ended with Gulf War Song.

Ben Fold is touring with Rufus Wainwright now.. which I'm thrilled about. I'm taking my best friend to see them for her 18th birthday. She's more to see Ben, and I for Rufus... Rufus is one of the acts I've missed the last 6 times he's been in my area.. gosh-darn age restrictions x_x

I think I might actually go see Nine Inch Nails if they come back. I've been told Trent puts on one hell of a show... however, this might mean I'd have to sit through Queens of the Stone Age..

Unfortunately I missed Nanci when she played in the UK in 2001 *woe* ;)

I got to see dave van ronk at goddard when I was there. He played in the cafeteria, and about 15 people showed up.
:D

Recorded it from about 10 feet away.

The Late Great Dave Van Ronk is the one performer I'd take my non-folk music fans to go see with me. They always had the same reaction, "He's so cool."

unfortunately he wasn't on after all. I saw him with Joan Baez once an awesome concert. I don't remember anything annoying about his fans though...