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The Last Waltz (movie)

Neil Young and Crazy Horse live at the Plenary in Melbourne (unbelievable show)

Jimi Hendrix live at Rainbow Bridge (movie...did he just do that? really? how did he do that??)

George Harrison Concert for Bangladesh (movie)

Joni Mitchell live at The Palais and Shawn Colvin at the Continental Cafe in Prahran
 
The Blue Weirdo said:
5 'time-machine' all time favourite concerts. eg. Woodstock?
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I have only selected the ones I attended.

1. Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick Tour -Horden Pavillion

2. Bette Middler – Divine Miss M Tour - Palais Theatre

3. Spectrum – Terminal Buzz – Dallas Brooks Hall

4. Hall and Oates – Festival Hall

5. Sunbury Rock Festival – Sunbury 1972

Honourable Mentions

Stevie Wonder – Festival Hall

Weather Report – Palais Theatre

Deep Purple, Manfred Mann and Free – Festival Hall

Rolling Stones – Kooyong

Joni Mitchell – Palais Theatre

Would have been memorable.
Queen – Festival Hall – If only I could have heard them over the screams of the teeny boppers.
 
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I just read the recent posts concerning desert island discs and favourite live albums.

Spectrum - Milesago Two words. ****ING CLASSIC

Live albums (and live performances) are such a personal experience. Why do they work? Someone should write a book on it.

Two favourites I’d take if I could would be the original cuts of Slade Alive and The Who: Live at Leeds. Not the later ones when they turned them into double albums. Those ones just diluted the magic.
 
I’m going to let you in on a little known secret. The world is shitting Robbo. Everywhere you turn the world is covered in the microbes that give you dysentery. I’m reminded of it when I hear the ABC News. It’s in my face when I read the newspaper. I lament for the world. We’ve reached a point of no return. We’ve crossed the Rubicon...

Which is a nice segue into the new Bob Dylan album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’.

David Bowie’s observation of Robert Zimmerman is smashing my brain. “With a voice like sand glue”. It took many years for Bob to catch up to this description of his singing but it’s just spot on now. This release runs for 70 minutes and 33 seconds. It has so many musical influences running through it. I hear Blues, it rocks, there’s folk, is that a waltz?, definitely Spanish and it has Bela Lugosi creeping in the background of one song. The playing is great but the truth is I would listen to this without the musical accompaniment. It’s beat poetry, it’s prose and it’s read to me by the greatest wordsmith of my times.

It’s all there on line (official videos). I listened to it once today and I’ll listen to it again and again. Thanks Bob.
 
Robbo's my hero said:
Which is a nice segue into the new Bob Dylan album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’.
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Hi Robbo, I've now listed to it twice and you are quite right. It's a wonderful album. It is the sort of album that improves with each listen.
Considering that so few different instruments are used, it is wonderful just how the backing tracks are so varied in their music styles. There are some very accomplished musicians on there. His voice is as you described it and really suits the music. I did find it a bit hard to distinguish some words and you would never in the remainder of your life figure out the meaning of the lyrics. Far better to just sit back and let the words paint pictures in your mind.
 

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I woke in horror last night. An omission that cannot be justified. Forgive me Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Sorry Elvis you’ve become jetsam.

I’m loving the contributions. Remember I’ve got 6 others on our three hour cruise (3 still left). If it‘s the Phillipines we can probably triple that.

Every person has mentioned at least one disc that Robbo has in his collection.

Love Dark Side of the Moon.

Pin Ups is out of the blue but I’m onboard.

Every Picture Tells a Story (first LP I purchased with my own hard earned pocket money). Imagine followed soon after. Poor Rod. All was over once Ronnie joined The Rolling Stones.

And Lou Reed. Big fan of Transformer and Berlin. I wish I had have kept my copy of Metal Machine Music. Worst LP ever made. It would have to be worth a fortune now.
[/QUOTE] Bowie

In a time where artists put out 2 albums a year there was not much quality control. Always plenty of filler (especially a lot of Bowies albums. ZSATSFM is great first track to last.

While this album was released before my time has to go in a top ten

In no particular order and limited to 1 per artist and not living in the past
1 ZSATSFM Bowie
2. The Wall - PF could be any of 3 others
3. Are You Experienced - Jimi - Could cover any song and make it cool. He and Clapton are alone in the parthenon of guitar god.
4. Velvetr Under Ground and Nico - Transformer is great by Lou but this is better
5 Running on Empty - Jackson Browne. Are we still able to like the music of GF beaters. If we can still listen to the Beatles, Jackson is OK if we acknowledge his flaws
6 The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
7 Rumours -Fleetwood Mac
8 Different Class - Pulp
9 Hot Fuzz - The Killers
10 This is It - The Strokes

Apologise to REM and Radiohead
 
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A new Pretenders album on the way.

I remember the original self-titled album. I knew Chrissie was a keeper.

You’ve got to love her honesty. It’s a question and answer article.

What will happen to celebrity culture post-COVID?

Maybe it will f--- off and die. Now that would be fantastic. Hollywood is over; they make shit films, the Oscars are bollocks. If you want to see a good film, look at what the Japanese are doing. Having said that, a lot of my mates are working in Hollywood, but as far as being a dictatorship and charity epicentre, the celebrity culture that comes with it is crap. Nobody in their right mind even cares what those people are doing. For some it's fun and gossipy, but the emphasis on celebrity is grotesque and it comes back to how I got to my "iconic" status – I stuck to myself.

www.theage.com.au

'The emphasis on celebrity is grotesque': Chrissie Hynde, rock goddess

She may be approaching 70, but Chrissie Hynde will not let age – or a pandemic – slow her down.
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Excited BlueGum

Reference to Lemmy so you have to read the article Bamboo Harvester
 
CliffMcTainshaw said:
OK Bluey, lets see your greatest Australian Albums.
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Split Enz - True Colours. (does this count?)
Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane.
The Johnny's - Highlights of a Dangerous Life.
AC/DC - Back in Black.
Hoodoo Gurus - Electric Soup.
Skyhooks - Living in The 70's.

Historic concerts I would have loved to have experienced......

Would have liked to travel to Woodstock in a hippy bus. (remember to avoid the brown acid)
New York Dolls at Max's Kansas City.
Ramones/Talking Heads at CBGB's
Sex Pistols 2013 Brixton Academy reunion (this is great on YouTube)
 
The Blue Weirdo said:
Split Enz - True Colours. (does this count?)
Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane.
The Johnny's - Highlights of a Dangerous Life.
AC/DC - Back in Black.
Hoodoo Gurus - Electric Soup.
Skyhooks - Living in The 70's.

Historic concerts I would have loved to have experienced......

Would have liked to travel to Woodstock in a hippy bus. (remember to avoid the brown acid)
New York Dolls at Max's Kansas City.
Ramones/Talking Heads at CBGB's
Sex Pistols 2013 Brixton Academy reunion (this is great on YouTube)
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No Richard Clapton! I’m shocked. Goodbye Tiger is a classic.
 
www.abc.net.au

Tom Petty's family says Trump 'was in no way authorised' to play I Won't Back Down

Saying they "firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind", the family of Tom Petty moves to stop US President Donald Trump using the late rock star's song I Won't Back Down at campaign events.
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I’m gonna pull out Full Moon Fever and celebrate Tom’s contribution to music.

In Trump’s case, I would have been suggesting “Free Fallin’“

Why not!

 
Robbo's my hero said:
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Tom Petty's family says Trump 'was in no way authorised' to play I Won't Back Down

Saying they "firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind", the family of Tom Petty moves to stop US President Donald Trump using the late rock star's song I Won't Back Down at campaign events.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

I’m gonna pull out Full Moon Fever and celebrate Tom’s contribution to music.

In Trump’s case, I would have been suggesting “Free Fallin’“

Why not!

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Sacriledge.
Poor Tom. He would not be happy.
 

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