[tercat]

stella diver x, on Jul 27 2008, 09:11 AM, said:

They played all the time in North Carolina back in the day... small venues, 5 bucks for a ticket.. Bad ass! I must have seen them 5 or 6 times... lost count.

Alas, I lived in east noplace at the time, had no car, etc.

Melorocker, on Jul 28 2008, 05:04 PM, said:

1. pearl jam...back in the 90's. still have not seen them

Saw them opening for Smashing Pumpkins and RHCP in 1991. It was my first exposure to them, I think, and I was impressed. Honestly, nothing they did after that show impressed me nearly as much.

[Ely]

hotrock, on Jul 30 2008, 05:11 PM, said:

I'll be seeing them this weekend and I'll probably take 294827428 pictures, maybe you can make a flipbook out of them!

wow darling....it looks like we have a lot in common!! :)

hotrock, on Jul 30 2008, 05:11 PM, said:

I've never been a Pearl Jam fan even if they are dear friends of Sleater-Kinney, but I saw them at a festival lat summer by chance, and seriously, I have never lost my mind at a show like that. I don't even know why. It was incredible. For a moment I forgot where I was.

tercat, on Jul 30 2008, 05:25 PM, said:

Saw them opening for Smashing Pumpkins and RHCP in 1991. It was my first exposure to them, I think, and I was impressed. Honestly, nothing they did after that show impressed me nearly as much.

I don't expect everybody to be a Pearl Jam fan, but I think nobody can deny that they are one of the few bands that in spite of being so famous and playing big ..actually massive venues now, they really seem to be into what they do and care about their fans. I don't know, its just something you can feel when you are at one of their gigs. there is a sort of magical interaction with the crowd.
I saw them once in Milan (more than once but I have great memories of that gig in particular) and Eddie carried a notebook with all his speeches translated in Italian..I mean long speeches...I think he was so sweet of him to take time and get everything translated

[tercat]

The place I saw them was pretty small, all things considered, and I agree ely that they seemed VERY earnest.

[Shred]

stella diver x, on Jul 27 2008, 01:11 PM, said:

They played all the time in North Carolina back in the day... small venues, 5 bucks for a ticket.. Bad ass! I must have seen them 5 or 6 times... lost count.

I have a great CD that compiles great in-between song banter. It was part of the gifts given out by WFMU for people who pledged their station. One of the funnier selections was Ian Mackaye making fun of a kid who attempted to start a mosh-pit at a Fugazi show, which of course, is a straight-edge faux pas. He said something like:

Hey you...take that to the football field. You think you're big and tough, but I saw you outside buying ice cream at the good humor truck... like a little boy. :lol: :lol:

By choice, I never got to see Fugazi, but in 88-89ish, a few friends of mine saw them at Maxwell's in Hoboken. I found the vast majority of their fanbase to be annoying whiners, and what do we have as a result? Fucking emo <_<

[tercat]

Aw but listen to 13 songs... I wasn't a part of their scene, I just liked some of the music. That first record is really good.

[Shred]

tercat, on Jul 30 2008, 05:21 PM, said:

Aw but listen to 13 songs... I wasn't a part of their scene, I just liked some of the music. That first record is really good.

I have 13 Songs. Waiting Room, Bulldog Front and Suggestion are killer. Obviously, much better than the stuff it inspired. If memory serves me correctly, 13 songs is actually 2 EPs combined.

[Cubed64]

Ive only regretted missing two shows that came to Perth,

Daft Punk
Weird Al Yankovic

god i hope they come back, but Western Australia is so far away from everyone else <_<

[Next_Exit]

i missed the decemberists last winter and they even played two shows, "the long and short of it" was its title. i didn't think much about them then, but now they are a new favorite and i regret passing up the small venue and cheap tickets.

[idancetothevu]

radiohead & cat power at lolla.

[Next_Exit]

i missed she and him last night. no one would go with me :(

[franzypants]

I missed Sufjan on the Avalanche tour a few years ago. Someone decent actually came to Indianapolis, but I wasn't listening to Illinoise obsessively like I was three months later.

I missed Morrissey when he came to Indianapolis. It was a school night and my mom said I couldn't go. (Wow, my age is showing.)

I also missed Interpol when they came to Indianapolis. I was on vacation.

[Not Thurston Moore Maybe]

I almost saw Secret Machines and Russian Circles in Ft. Lauderdale the other day. I've heard the Machines are terrible live and being only a fan of their first ep and album and never hearing anything from the latter, I'm glad I left my wallet.

Also, I still hate Phil Elverum for skipping us.

[Ely]

Damn..I miss Wolf Parade a couple of weeks ago as I wasn't in London

[Kaziu]

Wish id gone to see Killing Joke with a couple of boadies from here,but I went to a wedding instead and that was lousy.Dam.

[Girl of Wild Strawberries]

Ely, on Dec 16 2008, 06:19 AM, said:

Damn..I miss Wolf Parade a couple of weeks ago as I wasn't in London

I missed them a few weeks ago too. <_<

Also:

The National
Band of Horses

[Ely]

Girl of Wild Strawberries, on Dec 16 2008, 03:18 PM, said:

The National

Lets not get into that...I can't even count the times I missed them this year. Shit

[Girl of Wild Strawberries]

Ely, on Dec 16 2008, 10:21 AM, said:

Lets not get into that...I can't even count the times I missed them this year. Shit

I know. And probably the one band I wanted to see the most this year (other than Radiohead). :(

[station to station]

FUCK!


I missed Deerhunter AND Cat Power, and Jaguares. Not good.

[chlaa]

Bon Iver. I just sat back and watched the tickets sell out.

[23*]

Twilight, on Dec 16 2008, 10:09 PM, said:

Bon Iver. I just sat back and watched the tickets sell out.

Wasn't it at the Academy? You know it would have been full of trendier-than-thou dads saying, 'Eh, this Ivor blokes got a buddy gud beard, thanus our Ken? Not as good as Will Oldham's? Well, I'll gu t' foot o' ower steers...'

And people would have talked over him. Gone are the days when folks sat cross-legged on the floor to listen to pretty music and burned talkees in wicker penises in the starlit yard...

I resisted. Mostly because the man says he sounds like Sting and I would have had to look at his cross face the whole time and it wouldn't have added to Indie Northern Dad experiences positively. :(

[rose_mary]

I missed The Raveonettes, The Notwist and Radiohead in the last year because they were on the same dates as ohter shows I went to, I hate that.

[slowdiver]

No chance for a future:
The Sundays
Pale Saints
Joy Division
Cocteau Twins
Gene
Auteurs

Still hope:
James
Arcade Fire
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Anna Ternheim
Iliketrains
Mojave 3
Tokyo Police Club
Voxtrot

Beirut actually missed me as the gig was cancelled. :angry:

[chlaa]

23*, on Dec 16 2008, 11:43 PM, said:

Wasn't it at the Academy? You know it would have been full of trendier-than-thou dads saying, 'Eh, this Ivor blokes got a buddy gud beard, thanus our Ken? Not as good as Will Oldham's? Well, I'll gu t' foot o' ower steers...'

And people would have talked over him. Gone are the days when folks sat cross-legged on the floor to listen to pretty music and burned talkees in wicker penises in the starlit yard...

I resisted. Mostly because the man says he sounds like Sting and I would have had to look at his cross face the whole time and it wouldn't have added to Indie Northern Dad experiences positively. :(

Manchester Academy, yeah. I would have thought it to be full of kids singing Skinny Love who knew of him through the free iTunes weekly song download thingy. Hell, my Dad would never have gone.

Talking about Will Oldham, I could never like him after hearing 'Come a little dog' hundreds of times over. Maybe his beard will sway me. All I know, I missed that damn Good Winter bloke and I wish I'd bought tickets!

[backdoorman]

THE DOORS
Nirvana
Joy division
Interpol
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The beatles
The velvet underground
Ramones
Sex Pistols
Robert Johnson...
Nick drake
Elvis
Janis Joplin
Hendrix
tHe Rolling Stones (w/ brain Jones)
A Perfect Circle
STP
NIN
Tool
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Pantera
Slayer
Helloween
Stone Roses
Queen
Guns N Roses
Pearl Jam
Alice in Chains
Soundgarden
RATM
Inxs
The Who
beethoven...
Mozart...
Chopin...


and a lot more i dont remember now