Having seen Lisa Novak and Felipe Galvan y Sus Carnales last weekend and seeing Louis XIV and The Killers this coming Saturday, and in lieu of actual content, I give you the concert meme (ganked from Big Al):
Copy this list. Leave in the bands you’ve seen perform live. Delete the ones you haven’t and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list.
1. Flame Trick Subs****
2. ZZ-TOP*
3. Willie Nelson*
4. Knitters*
5. Los Lobos**
6. Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys**
7. Southern Culture on the Skids*
8. Wayne The Train Hancock**
9. Steve Miller Band*
10. Hank III*
11. Grupo Fantasma**
12. Los Skarnales**
13. Rush
14. Yes
15. Phil Collins
16. REM
17. Jane’s Addiction
18. Oingo Boingo
19. The Pixies
20. Nirvana
21. The Breeders
22. Frank Black & the Catholics
23. The Specials
24. Ziggy Marley
25. Michelle Shocked
I saw many, many bands in the ’80s. I can’t remember them all. In fact, I used to keep all the stubs somewhere but I may have thrown them out. Too bad the list is limited to 25! BTW – I saw some acts that some would be ashamed to admit: Wham!, Culture Club, Billy Squier, and many others.
Here’s my list in no particular order. “The Police” and “Rush” are my favorite live acts.
1. The Police
2. ZZ-TOP**
3. Duran Duran
4. Billy Squier
5. Los Lobos***
6. Van Halen
7. Aerosmith
8. Rolling Stones
9. AC/DC
10. Squeeze
11. A Flock of Seagulls
12. The Fixx
13. Rush*
14. Yes*
15. The Cars
16. REM*
17. Gipsy Kings
18. U2
19. Thompson Twins
20. The Cult
21. Pink Floyd
22. Fiction Plane
23. Robert Plant
24. Steve Winwood
25. The Smithereens