Five bands?

[Seshmeister]

Prince tickets just bought .... Happy times

Me too - last time the tickets were £31.21 in support of the album of the same name.

Did I miss the announcement of his new release 13552?

Times 2 FFS.

[vandeleur]

Guess your hitting glasgow ?

[Seshmeister]

Literally. I hate going to gigs sober.

[vandeleur]

And yeah they're not cheap , there was some on sale for 130 odd pound I was glad I didnt have to go that steep.

[vandeleur]

Literally. I hate going to gigs sober.

Were going to birmingham so its as much as I can cram in before we get there I guess.

[Seshmeister]

The thing I'm pissed off about is we are really far back but still paying top price I think because we are in the centre.
I shouldn't complain it sold out very quick and my pal did well to get anything.
£300 for a night out though jeez, I could get 30 bottles of vodka for that which is a month out.

[vandeleur]

30 bottles of vodka for that which is a month out.

Literally

[vandeleur]

Thats like the Tommy Cooper whiskey diet joke

[Seshmeister]

The NEC is ok and the transport links are great but I think the new Glasgow arena beats it hands down. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24345954

[vandeleur]

Looks class opened by a true scotsman Rod

[ashstralia]

Get a room!

[vandeleur]

Get a room!

Thought you were off baiting pope pressley the first

[Seshmeister]

Get a room!

Ashtralia is drunkenly belligerent which means it must be my time to get up.

The good thing about this site is we have at least one drunken poster 24 hours a day.

[ashstralia]

I, sir Sesh, have never been bel… bleg… that big word you used.

I am not a drunkard!
I challenge you to a duel you blighter.

[ODShowtime]

To answer your question I have to think of how prolific the artist is and also the varied moods that I'd need to survive with only getting to listen to five bands. Also I claim the right to listen to all bootlegs.

#1 Led Zeppelin

#2 Grateful Dead because they have so many great shows and they changed so much even during their great period from about '68 to '80. I need 20 minute Playing in the Bands and 40 minute Dark Stars that go into 20 minute Eyes of the World and I need old Easy Winds and funky Estimated Prophets. There's nothing better than chilled out Working Man's Dead and American Beauty acoustic Sunday mornings with the vaporizer and the turn table.

#3 Rolling Stones have to be in for many of the same reasons as the Grateful Dead listed above. They can bring the snarl of dark rock and the fun of funk rock. They had a great lead guitarist for a brief but amazing period. And the 80s and onwards fluff stuff could do for filler music since I'd need some of that in this bleak self imposed 5 band prison we're discussing.

#4 I guess Van Halen even though their output is less than 3 hours total. I demand the band release a live retrospective with 3 full shows... '79, '81, and '84. Then I would feel this is a good choice.

#5 ... I'm probably not going to be able to come to a quick decision on this one. I mean what can I say? I know this is wussing out but I'll throw out some thoughts...

Jimi Hendrix David Bowie
The Beatles The Who
Frank Zappa STP
Alice in Chains Beastie Boys
Rush Queens of the Stone Age
Black Sabbath
Gov't Mule (you'd get all kinds of awesome covers and they release most shows in soundboard so you'd have a lot of great music to listen to compared to some others)
Black Crowes (see Gov't Mule)
The Doors ZZ Top
Mastodon Pantera



It's too hard I can't do it!