The Wire's '60 Concerts That Shook The World' - Page 2

pokkeherrie · 01.27.2007, 12:26 PM

I am mildly shocked to learn that Fushitsusha played Roskilde of all places in 2003. I somehow must've missed that on MTV. But then again they had Merzbow too last year.

Of course gigs are always personal experiences... and if these gigs are slected from personal experience of the magazine's writers and musicians then it entirely explains why practically all of the world shakening concerts happened in the english speaking world and some of them a few decades after the "real thing" (stooges 2006, faust 2001, etc.).

It's just that the title "60 concerts that shook the world" is a bit misleading if someone hasn't read the article and just sees this list without any context. I haven't seen the issue this is in yet, but I'll have a look in the kiosks on monday... also to see what they wrote about ATP.

The only gig on this list I've been to myself were the Stooges at ATP, provided whoever mentioned it meant the Sunday gig and not the Friday one. I had a great time, but it didn't shook my world or would end up on my personal "best of" list.

M_emmett · 01.27.2007, 02:11 PM

I think it's more opinion than anything. Maybe that list only applies to their audience? Or has someone already said that!

Stijn · 01.29.2007, 01:41 PM

This surely was one of the greatest concerts ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmf7r_37eA

Search for Devo 1978

Stijn · 01.29.2007, 01:45 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-o3MuKca_Y

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 01.29.2007, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

My list would be one concert long:

Jimi Hendrix- live at Woodstock

That's it. There is no other concert ever as important. Unless they mean

its too bad that the real woodstock material never materialized beyond bootlegs. Like the two tune's that Larry Lee sang on, while Jimi played rhythm, as well as the FULL version of Hear My Train A Comin, with Larry's solo, and VoodooChile (slight return) also with Larry's solo.......

not too mention that all audio versions available have the classic "Hendrix-Mitchell-Cox". Jimi's whole vibe with that group was to have a more organic, communal band, but the spin doctors fucked it all up.

atari 2600 · 01.29.2007, 04:50 PM

The Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 was the first really big music festival; it was organized by San Francisco & Monterey, CA counter-culture locals and oh yeah, The Beatles and The Beach Boys pretty much funded the whole thing even though they didn't perform. The bands that did perform, did so for free with no problem (unlike Woodstock). It was Paul McCartney that insisted that Hendrix, a guitarist few had heard, headline the last night of the event. And the rest is, as we know, music history, with Jimi performing his "erotic sacrifice" and burning his Stratocaster at the end of the "Wild Thing" closer.

jon boy · 01.29.2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kingcoffee

Thalia Zedek?? I saw her twice this year. SHe's not that good. Not at all. This list is mostly bullshit!! WHere are the Beatles?? Where is Hendrix?? Where are the Stones??

the rage against the machine writer was being publically stoned that day.

voided · 01.29.2007, 06:39 PM

black flag at City Gardens in Trenton NJ opening for Venom 85 i think?

atari 2600 · 01.29.2007, 07:00 PM

Sounds insane. You didn't perhaps attend this bacchanale personally, did you?

Norma J · 01.29.2007, 09:18 PM

A list made by a bunch of trendies.

Katy · 01.29.2007, 09:20 PM

I don't even agree with the picks on that list that i was AT.

(all two of them...)

They were good, but I can think of much better (more "earth-shaking") shows those same artists played...

But I suppose one persons Best Live Experience EVER is another persons average night out.

01.27.2007, 12:26 PM	#21
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	I am mildly shocked to learn that Fushitsusha played Roskilde of all places in 2003. I somehow must've missed that on MTV. But then again they had Merzbow too last year. Of course gigs are always personal experiences... and if these gigs are slected from personal experience of the magazine's writers and musicians then it entirely explains why practically all of the world shakening concerts happened in the english speaking world and some of them a few decades after the "real thing" (stooges 2006, faust 2001, etc.). It's just that the title "60 concerts that shook the world" is a bit misleading if someone hasn't read the article and just sees this list without any context. I haven't seen the issue this is in yet, but I'll have a look in the kiosks on monday... also to see what they wrote about ATP. The only gig on this list I've been to myself were the Stooges at ATP, provided whoever mentioned it meant the Sunday gig and not the Friday one. I had a great time, but it didn't shook my world or would end up on my personal "best of" list.
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01.27.2007, 02:11 PM	#22
M_emmett empty page Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 16	I think it's more opinion than anything. Maybe that list only applies to their audience? Or has someone already said that!
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01.29.2007, 01:41 PM	#23
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	This surely was one of the greatest concerts ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmf7r_37eA Search for Devo 1978
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01.29.2007, 01:45 PM	#24
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-o3MuKca_Y
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01.29.2007, 04:50 PM	#26
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	The Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 was the first really big music festival; it was organized by San Francisco & Monterey, CA counter-culture locals and oh yeah, The Beatles and The Beach Boys pretty much funded the whole thing even though they didn't perform. The bands that did perform, did so for free with no problem (unlike Woodstock). It was Paul McCartney that insisted that Hendrix, a guitarist few had heard, headline the last night of the event. And the rest is, as we know, music history, with Jimi performing his "erotic sacrifice" and burning his Stratocaster at the end of the "Wild Thing" closer.
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01.29.2007, 06:39 PM	#28
voided bad moon rising Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: philly Posts: 105	black flag at City Gardens in Trenton NJ opening for Venom 85 i think?
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01.29.2007, 07:00 PM	#29
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Sounds insane. You didn't perhaps attend this bacchanale personally, did you?
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01.29.2007, 09:18 PM	#30
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	A list made by a bunch of trendies. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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01.29.2007, 09:20 PM	#31
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	I don't even agree with the picks on that list that i was AT. (all two of them...) They were good, but I can think of much better (more "earth-shaking") shows those same artists played... But I suppose one persons Best Live Experience EVER is another persons average night out.
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