Post your favorite musical artist(s) and performances

[Commander Wallace]

This thread is meant to compliment the one started by Dowly and Aktung

I had watched a program on TV a couple years ago and never forgot it . It showed a number of people who were clamoring for music in the former Soviet Union but were being denied. Instead the people there had to settle for scratchy ,low quality bootleg copies of the Beatles and other artists. Entire bands cropped up that played in underground clubs. The bands didn't know English but knew every word to these songs as they played them. It was incredible to see. Things are different now in Russia but these people were the trailblazers ( I will try to find the program and provide a link to it )

There was also a story I read where of a man in Iran quietly playing an Eric Clapton song on his Fender Stratocastor electric guitar in his apartment . Both the music and the guitar are illegal there . I was saddened by both accounts . All of these people in the former Soviet Union and Iran showed incredible bravery and courage as they could have been “ severely disciplined “ for simply doing what we all take for granted and enjoy . Like many, I think nothing of playing a musical instrument or putting the stereo on and enjoying music.

I began to wonder how important music is to everyone else and how much of an impact if any it has played in anyone's life. Languages vary and all too often, things get lost in translation. Music on the other hand is a universal language all it's own . I believe music to be the language of peace, friendship, love, understanding ,angst and forgiveness that has the power to break any language barrier and create understanding in a form we all can understand and enjoy .


I came up with the idea of having a thread on this forum on music as someone last week in the forums mentioned Ry Cooder who is perhaps a lesser known but incredible guitarist, blending Jazz and blues. In this thread, I wanted everyone who wanted to participate to :


1. List a particular artist you were fortunate enough to see live. It can be any genre you like and also provide a link or the actual video found on youtube and the like. Keep in mind this is a family friendly forum and observe the established protocols. You can also list an artist(s) that is on your “ bucket list “ and only have seen on video and the TV and you want to see.

2. List a venue where you saw a musical performance . There are a number of places in the world that have truly magnificent concert halls. If you feel the architecture is noteworthy or unique, tell us about it. Royal Albert Hall , Powerscourt House and Gardens and the Fabulous Fox theater come to mind.


3. List a favorite musician be it a guitarist , piano player , drummer, etc........... It can also a favorite vocalist, male or female.

4. List a favorite “ artsy “ type performance or invite discussion on any music related topic like the virtues of one brand of instrument over another. Ex : Fender vs. Ibanez Vs PRS Vs Washburn guitars and many others guitar manufacturers.

5. List a new and emerging talent. I'm sure the bands / artist(s) would enjoy the publicity .


* In short , Have fun with it. Maybe you had your first date, or got engaged at one of these venue and will forever associate that artist or song / performance with special moments in your life. Remember to post the link or actual youtube or other video. Under no circumstances can anyone post a cell phone video or anything that in any way would be a copyright infringement. Youtube and other similar links are fine .

* Special thanks to Dowly and Aktung for starting the music forum and to JimBuna for helping to put it all back together after a spam attack on it and for his assistance on this thread.

I will start if off :


I found this band a number of years ago and have seen them live. They are known as “ Brit Floyd “ and essentially a tribute band of the original band “ Pink Floyd “ If you like Pink Floyd, this is as close as you can get to seeing the original band. Brit Floyd uses the same incredible light show and props as the original band. Some members of the band left and formed another band known as Australian Pink Floyd. Brit Floyd has an impossibly long tour schedule so chances are , they may be at a venue near you at some point. Brit Floyd features excellent musicians including lead guitarists Damian Darlington and Bobby Harrison playing a left handed guitar.




This is Brit Floyd performing one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs “ Take it Back “ It features Ian Catell on Bass guitar and lead vocals.



This is a complete 2011 show in Liverpool .


~enjoy~

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

This thread is meant to compliment the one started by Dowly and Aktung

Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

1. List a particular artist you were fortunate enough to see live. It can any genre you like and also provide a link or the actual video found on youtube and the like. Keep in mind this is a family friendly forum and observe the established protocols. You can also list an artist(s) that is on your “ bucket list “ and only have seen on video and the TV and you want to see.

I was privileged to see The Beatles live at Dodger Stadium in 1966. I found this video, which, while having a terrible picture and audio, is pretty faithful to what I saw and heard.


Another favorite was Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph together at the Theater In The Round in Bountiful, Utah in 1968. No videos for that, or for Gordon Lightfoot in 1977 or Stephen Stills in 1989.

2. List a venue where you saw a musical performance .

I've never been to a concert at a truly great performing hall, and at this point probably never will.

[Oberon]

I've not seen any live performances myself, well...not in the flesh anyway, but I have seen some videos and the like, so here's a couple that I like:

1) Queen - Wembley 1986


Fantastic concert by a fantastic showman.

2) Duran Duran - View to a Kill live


There's a lovely intro into this one, a medley of Bond tunes before seguing into the main song itself.

As for bands that I think could use some extra coverage, I stumbled on Public Service Broadcasting a couple of months ago and I think they have a pretty awesome sound, so here's a few of theirs:

1) Spitfire


2) London can take it


3) Go!

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

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I was privileged to see The Beatles live at Dodger Stadium in 1966. I found this video, which, while having a terrible picture and audio, is pretty faithful to what I saw and heard.


Another favorite was Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph together at the Theater In The Round in Bountiful, Utah in 1968. No videos for that, or for Gordon Lightfoot in 1977 or Stephen Stills in 1989.

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I've never been to a concert at a truly great performing hall, and at this point probably never will.

The thread may have been started long ago but I was referring to the fact that Dowly and Aktungbby worked to try to re-establish a musical thread after it had been spammed .

I regret that the Beatles were before my time and have only seen them on video. Chet Atkins was a great Guitarist renowned for what he termed his " string skipping techniques " All of the ones you mentioned including pianist Floyd Cramer were great musicians and sadly some of them are no longer with us.


Oberon had mentioned some great bands as well. Brian May of Queen may well have been one of the most underestimated guitarists . Queen had some great songs including what many consider their signature song, " who wants to live forever " from the movie " Highlander "

As a treat, I am including a duet of George Harrison with Eric Clapton at the Prince's Trust Concert in 1987 of " while my guitar gently weeps " in which Clapton play on the original recording with the Beatles. Both Clapton and Harrison renunited for this truly Iconic song. Other notables were Phil Collins on drums along with Ringo Starr and Elton John on Piano. What strikes me about this video is how much Fun Clapton and Harrison seem to have playing together and with everyone else.

[u crank]

Great idea for a thread Commander Wallace.

As a somewhat under talented bedroom guitarist I have great admiration for those who can play so well. This guy, Sonny Landreth is one of my favorites.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by u crank

Great idea for a thread Commander Wallace.

As a somewhat under talented bedroom guitarist I have great admiration for those who can play so well. This guy, Sonny Landreth is one of my favorites.

Wow. Great guitarist . I had never heard of him either. I have no idea how I missed him. Thanks so much for posting the video of him. I will look for other things from him. " slide guitarists " are a special breed as well.

I'm sure you play guitar better than you know.


I have a video for you as well.


This is a video of one of my favorite guitarists Joe Satriani . The name of the song is " flying in a blue dream " This performance took place in Paris, France . Since this performance took place in Paris ,I'm posting this video as a tribute to those in France putting things back together after the terrorist attacks .



Thanks for the comments U Crank.

[Eichhörnchen]

1) I saw Elton John and Kiki Dee outside at some kind of festival in Regents Park, I think. I used to be in a band myself way back and we were there for a day out together. It rained all day, too.

2) Probably the same day (30 April or 1 May 1978, according to some records I just found online) we went to The London Roundhouse to see Graham Parker And The Rumour. More interesting/bizarre was the backing band, Pere Ubu, so I've included a link to them: (Whaaaat?!!)

3) The late, great Barbara Thompson, saxophonist

4) Pere Ubu (see above... or maybe don't see). They did a lot of gigs at Max's Kansas City, according to these same records... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

5) Emerging talent? Colour me blank; I'm an old fogey now...

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Should there be no complaints over the next day or so I will delete the locked thread and this thread will be the new home for music choices.

Originally Posted by CMDR Wallace

This thread is meant to compliment the one started by Dowly and Aktung

Originally Posted by SailorSteve

Just so you know, the original music thread was not started by either of them, and was indeed created long before Aktungbby was a member here.

Indeed! Neither Dowley nor I started anything! We simply were hastily patching up the damage from the Korean revenge attack caused by the Bilge's plot to overthrow of Dear Revered Fatboy wearing Dennis Rodman masks! With an ever-able assist from Jimbuna, Neal and I agreed the KISS principle was best: simply The SUBSIM Music Thread would suffice without a II to concede the success of the attack to the DPRK 'enemy'.I appreciate this thread but frankly it is excess and does not improve what already has been restored.!! Precedent: All new joke threads are referred by Steve correctly to the longstanding existing joke thread; and Jimbuna always preaches (correctly) the $$ of bandwith used by this forum. The thread, restarted by myself and Dowley, is sufficient to present any artist; in any format-single or concert; with whatever the poster wants to add comment-wise, as I have done numerous times in the original "what's hot on your tracks."

[Eichhörnchen]

Well I suppose if this thread doesn't evolve in its own way then it will wither away in due course; I thought the other thread was there just to post a link and then move on, but maybe I was too lazy to look back at the (now gone?) OP.

So you'd like me to add to the suffering caused by my classical music posts with some writing??

[Captain Jeff]

I would have LOVED to see Pink Floyd live. The show they put on with their music is something that just isn't seen anymore. So thanks for the tip on Brit Floyd. I'll see if they're on Youtube as I doubt they'll be coming to my tiny little town in Nebraska!!

I love almost all music. There's very little that I won't listen to. That said, the 80's hair bands fill most of my music library. But my favorite band of all time would have to be Led Zeppelin. (With Pink Floyd coming in a close second.) When I play their CDs I never find myself skipping any of the songs.

In 1992 I saw AC/DC in Denver at McNichols Sports Arena, (the former basketball arena). It was one of the best concerts I ever saw.

I've seen Willie Nelson in concert six times at various places. The first time was in 1981 and the last time was in 2003 so I've seen him through the years. He always gives a good show and seems to attract a crowd of many different types of people. It's not just country music lovers who see his concerts.

And I have to mention Guns and Roses, who I saw at Mile High Stadium in Denver in 92. A great show and, for various reasons, one of the best nights in my life!!

As for up and coming bands, I really couldn't tell you. There's not a lot of concert activity in my neck of the woods and I haven't spent a lot of time looking for them online. Maybe I'll have to start looking again.

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Captain Jeff

When I play their CDs I never find myself skipping any of the songs.

That's the test, isn't it? When you don't skip any of the tracks on a band's album CDs. I have to listen to Television's (sadly only two) albums all the way through.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

1) I saw Elton John and Kiki Dee outside at some kind of festival in Regents Park, I think. I used to be in a band myself way back and we were there for a day out together. It rained all day, too.

2) Probably the same day (30 April or 1 May 1978, according to some records I just found online) we went to The London Roundhouse to see Graham Parker And The Rumour. More interesting/bizarre was the backing band, Pere Ubu, so I've included a link to them: (Whaaaat?!!)

3) The late, great Barbara Thompson, saxophonist

4) Pere Ubu (see above... or maybe don't see). They did a lot of gigs at Max's Kansas City, according to these same records... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

5) Emerging talent? Colour me blank; I'm an old fogey now...

There are a few there I will have to look up now. I'll let you know how I like them.

Welcome to Subsim Captain Jeff. Nice to have you aboard.

You have seen a lot of great concerts, no doubt. Pink Floyd was before my time but I think most people who aspire to be artists and musicians are not looking at the rubbish " music " of today but looking back to older music that featured true artists and musicians and music writing with some thought behind the songs.

If you go to youtube and put in " Brit Floyd and Pink Floyd " there are so many videos there it would take a month to see them all.


I wanted to feature a " new " artist I found Years ago. In post # 6, I posted a video of Joe Satriani playing " flying in a blue dream "

This is a video of emerging talent, Jack Thammarat playing the same song. Jack plays almost seamlessly and his legato and string bending techniques are as good as Joe Satriani's. Jack felt confident in this video to improvise on the song as well.


Jack Thammaratt cover of " flying in a blue dream "



Jack Thammarat's cover of Eric Johnson's " SRV "



Jack Thammarat -Solo In B Minor This song showcases Jack's Jazz influences

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Jack Thammarat playing a cover of Eric Johnson's song " SRV "

Very, very good. I've heard this song hundreds of times and until he got to the slide part I would have said it was the actual recording. Having that backup track really helps. I will check this guy out. Thanks for the link.

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by u crank

Very, very good. I've heard this song hundreds of times and until he got to the slide part I would have said it was the actual recording. Having that backup track really helps. I will check this guy out. Thanks for the link.

I'm glad you enjoyed and was pretty sure you would like the links.

I have some others that people may have seen but will post them at a later date for everyone to enjoy.

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

... one of my very favourite bands back then produced perhaps their most famous album from a recording made here: The Velvet Underground "Live at Max's Kansas City"

Lou Reed of course went on to develop a solo career, his most famous album probably being "Transformer", but the best thing of his later time I ever heard was the live album "Rock 'n' Roll Animal"