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Tursake

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 11:24

Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Pain Of Salvation (will see them 2.10), Rush, Pink Floyd

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 13:44

King Crimson

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 15:22

Cactus Choir wrote:

King Crimson (original line-up)

I thought this was supposed to be a useful thread, not a place to day-dream LOL

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 15:31

Thinking of today:

Alice in Chains
VDGG
Tool
Faith no more
Pain of Salvation

Thinking of all days:

Pink Floyd
Genesis ( Peter Gabriel's)
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
The Doors

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:07

Included are bands I've seen and haven't seen (no particular order):

1. Rush (seen)

2. VDGG (haven't seen)

3. King Crimson (LTIA and Red era, haven't seen)

4. Genesis (with PG and Steve, haven't seen)

5. Yes (preferably with Anderson and Wakeman, have seen)

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:38

harmonium.ro wrote:

Cactus Choir wrote:

King Crimson (original line-up)

I thought this was supposed to be a useful thread, not a place to day-dream LOL

Well prog's supposed to be all about ambition and daring to dream isn't it? Wink

And even if the music failed to match up to the heady heights of 1969 there's always the possibility of an on-stage punch-up between Robert Fripp and Greg Lake!

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:54

Current lineups:

1. the Decemberists (saw them on the Hazards of Love tour - best concert ever, period!)

2. Bob Dylan

3. Patti Smith (bucket list; want to see her before she dies)

4. Beat Circus

5. Kansas (seen them five times over the years but they are still an old favorite)

Historical lineups:

1. Yes circa 1972 (saw 9012Live but it's not the same)

2. Heart (any time in the 70s)

3. Jethro Tull (any time in the early 70s)

4. Nick Drake (any time)

5. Concrete Blonde (any time in the 80s)

Fantasy lineups:

1. Proto-Kaw (2006) with Kansas (1975)

2. Val Stoëcklin (1968) with Nick Drake (1972)

3. Yes (1972) with Änglagård (1992) and Carol of Harvest (1978)

4. Heart (1976) with Rod Stewart (1976) and with a wanton woman at my side

5. Jim Carroll (1980) with Dead Kennedys (1985) and Fear (1982)

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 17:00

At the moment:

Tull
Magma
Univers Zero
Comus
Gary Moore (not a band, but would really like to see him perform live)

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 18:43

if I could Time Warp (but i can't have I figured)

Gentle Giant

Pink Floyd

Supertramp

Tears for Fears

Toto (with Jeff)

Edited by aginor - August 20 2010 at 18:44

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 19:51

ClemofNazareth wrote:

2. Heart (any time in the 70s)

... or just any time

It goes without saying I'd love to see Pink Floyd again, but that's not going to happen now.

I count myself pretty fortunate in having seen most of my favourite artists either at their peak, or just before they hit the big-time. Last thing I want to endure is some band on their "greatest hits" tour.

Of the "old-timers" that I failed to see that I wish I'd seen:

Curved Air (I have seen Sonja solo, Jobson with Roxy, Copeland with Da Police and Monkman with Sky - never seen Daryl Way play live which is a shame)
Family (dunno why, but I never saw them)
Gabriel with Genesis (seen solo Gabe and Genesis without him)
Seventh Wave (they toured once and I missed them)
The Sweet (most of the live recordings I've heard are actually pretty dire)

Oddly, three modern bands that I've missed for one reason or another that I really should try and see are:

Pain Of Salvation

Opeth

Porcupine Tree

What?

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 19:52

1. Yes
2. Porcupine Tree
3. Kayo Dot
4. maudlin of the Well
5. Marillion

Seen PT and Yes, the other 3 remain fantasies for now.

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Posted: August 20 2010 at 20:40

Seen these bands live, all were amazing:

TOOL - 4 times

Russian Circles - 2 times

The Mars Volta - 5 times

ISIS - once, never again( they just broke up )

Rush - 2 times

Radiohead - once, best light show next to Tool

PorcupIne Tree - once, FOABP tour, setlist kicked ass

The Decemberists - Hazards of love tour, Played the whole album

sorry thats more than five

bands i would like see live

Sigur Ros

Battles

Tortoise

Genesis - Classic lineup - never gonna happen

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Posted: August 22 2010 at 01:10

Shakti, first and foremost and by several country miles. I wish they would come back for more, when they had come here 9 years back, I was not into fusion unfortunately.

After that,

Jethro Tull
Return to Forever
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Gentle Giant

Am going entirely by concert videos, have never seen any live prog.

Edited by rogerthat - August 22 2010 at 01:10

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Posted: August 22 2010 at 01:43

the best 2 bands I've seen live were Russian Circles and Red Sparowes. ZPZ were also cool, as were Scale the Summit and Bigelf (that was PN '09). DT on the other, was lousy on that tour. They played all their crappy "hit" songs

Edited by Triceratopsoil - August 22 2010 at 01:44

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Posted: August 22 2010 at 16:08

Zappa Plays Zappa were good the two times I saw them. But I prefer Ed Palermo's Big Band Zappa tribute...

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Posted: August 23 2010 at 14:50

1. Anything involving Bill Bruford; don't care what group.

2. Yes' Drama lineup (only one since Moraz I never saw).

3. Dixie Dregs.

4. Colosseum or Colosseum II.

5. Liquid Tension Experiment.

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Posted: August 24 2010 at 05:55

Led Zeppelin (I wasn't born yet when they were a going live concern Cry

, so it will never happen)

The Who (I actually saw them last year! Smile

It was ace!)

Porcupine Tree (saw them this year, and it was the best concert I've ever been to. Screw the haters)

Iron Maiden (Missed out on them last time they toured down here in Australia, but they're coming down again soon)

Black Sabbath (the original Ozzy line up. See my entry for Led Zep. Although, the guys are all still here. It can still happen!)

Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...

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Posted: August 24 2010 at 07:25

Päatos

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Big Big Train

After Crying

West Indian Girl

Drew Fisher
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Posted: August 25 2010 at 23:27

Neal Morse

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Posted: August 26 2010 at 01:55

based on personal experience over the last 5-10 years

Carl Palmer Band

Porcupine Tree

Magenta

Mountain

Keith Emerson Band

I would love to see if the opportunity arises:

Mike Oldfield

Vangelis (please please please please)

Genesis

King Crimson (with Greg Lake)

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