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moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 08:15 As I was brosing the forums, I had an idea for a topic, what bands/ concerts do you regret not having seen play live. I regret not having had the opportunity to see Queen whilst Freddie Mercury was alive ,Cry cry, cry .  My parents wouldn't let me go, I was  fifteen when Queen played Wembley and Knebworth in '86 ,little did I know this was to be Queen's last UK performance (with Freddie) . I also regret not having had the opportunity to see Led Zeppelin live, John Bonham died when I was nine . I wish I'd have seen Pink Floyd live in '88 or '94, also I could kick myself for having missed Mike play HGP in '98   . On a more positive note , for my 24th birthday in '95, I was given a ticket, as a present to see the Rolling Stones, (Mick Jagger could put me to shame in the gym).   Is Doctor Who's TARDIS  available to borrow, so that I can go back  see some of these bands/concerts   . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 11:20 Great topic! I would go back and watch the Beatles play on the Apple roof in 1969. And The Who play back when Moonie was on the drums in 1971 or so. And CSNY play one of their shows back in 1969/70. And The Byrds sharing a bill with the Flying Burrito Bros back in Boston in 1969 or 70 or so when they all swapped songs and members. And Dylan during his Rolling Thunder Review in 1975/6. I guess it's obvious what my favourite era of music is!  LOL Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 12:48 Mike Oldfield, sort of. I could have seen him on the Then & Now tour, but didn't go because I was really pissed off with his musical direction at the time and didn't expect to hear anything I'd like. Had no idea he played parts of Ommadawn, that could have been interesting. Still, it's not a big regret. If he'll ever play near me again, I'll go (I'm a little more mature now and cooled down about the musical direction thing ). If not, fine, somehow I don't ache to see him live, since for me he is first and foremost a studio musician. Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 14:22 I wish I'd seen Dylan at Manchester Free Trade Hall in '66 (The 'Judas' concert), but really, if I'm honest, mainly so I could say 'I was there'. The irony is that I could have gone; but at the time I couldn't have cared less. Offsetting this disappointment is my pleasure in having been there when he did his British tour in 2000, when he was at his utterly magnificent best. Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 19:20 I probably should have gone when David Bowie did his Reality tour here last year. I wasn't really interested in him at the time, but we have since got the DVD of the tour and I missed out on a lot of good stuff. For some strange reason we also missed seeing Moby when he was here a few years ago. I do regret that. Hopefully he tours again now he's released his new album. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Mar. 14 2005, 21:00 I really should have gone to NYC to see Oldfield play TB2 at Carnegie Hall. That, and the times that Marillion came to concert(s) in a place very close to me in the U.S. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Mar. 15 2005, 18:55 Quote (familyjules @ Mar. 14 2005, 16:20) Great topic! I would go back and watch the Beatles play on the Apple roof in 1969. And The Who play back when Moonie was on the drums in 1971 or so. Thanks Jules . The Beatles on the Apple Building rooftop and the Who, sounds good to me.   In addition I would also loved to go and see some of the Hyde Park free concerts, especially the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith, Pink Floyd and Queen  . Also Led Zeppelin at the Bath Festival.  I guess I was born too late   . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Mar. 15 2005, 19:28 Well, I don't have much luck with concerts. I became a fan of Jarre one year after he did a concert in 1997 here in Hungary and played my favourite album Oxygene 7-13. I became a fan of Oldfield immediately after his concert here... and thus I wasn't there at neither of them. After these, I went to one of my other favourite musicians/bands, the Hungarian Musical Witchcraft's concert and it happened to be cancelled because of the decease of one of the band members' father... At least, I managed to see them live later. But there was another Musical Witchcraft concert lately and it was on the same day as a Fugato (another fine Hungarian band) concert and I chose Fugato because I hadn't seen them live then - I tried to get also to the MW-concert because the two stages were very close to each other (twenty minutes on foot) but I arrived late... And my friends - who had been there - told me later that it was the best concert of the MW... This year there is a planned concert of another favourite Hungarian band, the Solaris to celebrate their 25th anniversary, but it doesn't seem to be really kept... -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Mar. 22 2005, 19:13 I was speaking to a friend last night, whilst playing Hergest Ridge.   We ended up on the subject of Clodagh Simmonds.) A friend couldn't remember who she was). I said that she had also guested on Ommadawn, plus also contributed to albums by Thin Lizzy.  Whilst on the subject of Thin Lizzy, I had a thought, I would loved to have been able to have seen the "Queen Lizzy" tour of the USA in 1977  .  Nope not Her Majesty,butMessrs.May,Mercury,Deacon and Taylor with Messrs, Lynott, Gorham and co   .  I think this would have been F**king awesome . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Luca Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Mar. 27 2005, 16:56 Eveyone thats been mentioned so far and Rory Gallagher. He would have been amazing to have seen before the stupid booze... Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Mar. 27 2005, 18:04 I'd have loved to have seeen Pink Floyd's "the Wall", but i was too young and my mother went instead..oh the humiliation - she had never heard of them. Yes at there most pompous, with Roger Deans stage sets and Rick Wakeman in a silver cape. Jarre in china. Drinking brown ale and watching leather clad Beatles in the cavern. Ziggy saying good-bye. Bob Marley in London. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Ratty Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: April 22 2005, 21:30 The obvious one for me is The Live Aid Concert..i remember watching the crowds baking in the summer sun, wishing i was there..Queen at their best, an up and coming group called U2, even Quo were good!!! The Crises Concert at Wembley. "Mike oldfield and his henchmen let the music do the talking" Smash hits review 1983. I so wanted to go but nobody would go with me!!! (i was 15 then) Mike and Marillion on stage together playing I Know What I Like by Genesis. When and where i do not know..i think it was 1984 and was a benefit concert. Did any of you go to it!!! Its not a concert, but i would have loved to have been in Trafalgar Square on VE day, 1945!!! Well it is St.Georges Day today.   -------------- Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: April 22 2005, 21:35 Here are a couple in the same vein: Hearing what Mike and Fish attempted to collaborate on musically before they gave up (Earth Moving era) Hearing what Mike and Vangelis attempted to collaborate on musically before they gave up. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: April 22 2005, 21:53 Quote (Ratty @ April 23 2005, 02:30) The obvious one for me is The Live Aid Concert..i remember watching the crowds baking in the summer sun, wishing i was there..Queen at their best, an up and coming group called U2, even Quo were good!!! The Crises Concert at Wembley. "Mike oldfield and his henchmen let the music do the talking" Smash hits review 1983. I so wanted to go but nobody would go with me!!! (i was 15 then) Mike and Marillion on stage together playing I Know What I Like by Genesis. When and where i do not know..i think it was 1984 and was a benefit concert. Did any of you go to it!!! I agree about Live Aid. A similar thing happened with me in 1986, Queen played Knebworth House, I wasn't allowed to go, by my parents, I had to go on a boring holiday  , I was also  15 at the time. Little did I know this was to be their final UK gig, with Freddie Mercury:Cry, cry,cry. Mike and Marrilion on stage doing I Know What I Like by Genesis, WOW!!!   I would liked to have seen that           . The VE Day celebrations in 1945, history in the making . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: April 23 2005, 01:26 An unlikely one this, but I would dearly have loved to have been at Roger Waters: In the Flesh tour, the concert from which the DVD was recorded. This was my first introduction to the music of Pink Floyd, and I still find it absolutely amazing. The Band's The Last Waltz would have been amazing, but considering it was before I was born and you needed to have been invited to even get in, this one is purely in the realms of fantasy. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: April 23 2005, 06:59 I thought I'd probably never get to see Alanis Morissette and had reluctantly accepted that, but in fact saw her last night in Manchester. So you never can tell, can you? But it was a bit of an anticlimax really..... Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: April 23 2005, 19:14 Quote (Ratty @ April 23 2005, 02:30) The Crises Concert at Wembley. "Mike oldfield and his henchmen let the music do the talking" Smash hits review 1983. I so wanted to go but nobody would go with me!!! (i was 15 then) Mike and Marillion on stage together playing I Know What I Like by Genesis. When and where i do not know..i think it was 1984 and was a benefit concert. Did any of you go to it!!! Ratty, i was 19 in '83 and went with a mate. we could only afford the cheapest seats. So when we got to our seats, we were a bit pissed of to find scaffolding and humungous speakers where our seats should be. some complaining later, we were seated just behind the VIP's. what a show! definitely Mike's best ever IMHO. I've never found a recording of the marrilion thing - any clues where i might find it anyone? -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Cloth Ears Unregistered Posted: April 25 2005, 16:07 My fantasy concert would have to have been Candlestick Park San Francisco August 29,1966 Beatles gig. Unfortunately I weren’t born. Oh what joy to tape Long Tall Sally in all its glory.   I mean your last paying gig, you’d think they would tape it all? Actual gig I had tickets for and didn’t go (and regret to this day), Bjork at the Shepherds Bush Empire about 1997. I had fanclub only tickets for the show but it clashed with my driving test.  WHY OH WHY? Back to top

maleonamission2003 Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 29 2005, 20:02 DARE I SAY THE LAST KRAFTWERK TOUR YES THATS RIGHT I DIDNT THINK THE TICKETS WOULD SELL OUT THAT QUICK DAMN. AH WELL THERES ALWAYS THE NEXT TOUR IN ANOTHER 20 YEARS TIME Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: May 01 2005, 07:06 Mike at Knebworth. Floyd at Earls Court. All Zeppelin gigs. Ozzy with Sabbath first time around. Jarre at Docklands. I'm getting quite depressed now at the great gigs I have missed! -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

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