Music Thread

[Billy Hoyle]

Saw REM and Bon Jovi on side stages at Summerfest before they hit it big.

Funny (kind of) REM story. A number of years ago, I was at a marina getting ready to go kayaking, when this guy asked if I could give him a ride to the marina supply store because his boat battery had died.   Sure, it was pretty close. We got talking, and I mentioned having moved from NYC, and he goes, "I went to NYC once. My brother's band was playing there, Peter Buck. They played at Madison Square Garden."

Yes, dude, I know who Peter Buck is, LOL!

[Uncle Rico]

Saw REM and Bon Jovi on side stages at Summerfest before they hit it big.

Same here with Foo Fighters. 

[JWags85]

Same here with Foo Fighters. 

I went to Lolla in 2007.  Walking around the small side stages mid day, we saw a female duo performing in essentially sparkly/underwear bikinis.  As 22 year old guys do, my friend and I decided to go over and watch for a few.  Beyond the visual intrigue, within a few minutes we were like "holy hell this chick has pipes".  Turns out it was one of Lady Gaga's first performances outside of NYC, a year before her debut album dropped and she blew up.  Pretty amusing in retrospect.

Ive seen multiple bands, that subsequently got huge, at small shows or as openers, but happening upon them at Summerfest/Lolla/other festivals is always cooler in memory cause sparse crowds in the daytime always make it more impactful as a visual.

[Jockey]

Funny (kind of) REM story. A number of years ago, I was at a marina getting ready to go kayaking, when this guy asked if I could give him a ride to the marina supply store because his boat battery had died.   Sure, it was pretty close. We got talking, and I mentioned having moved from NYC, and he goes, "I went to NYC once. My brother's band was playing there, Peter Buck. They played at Madison Square Garden."

Yes, dude, I know who Peter Buck is, LOL!

Don't know if you know who Michael Shannon (the actor) is, but he's part of an REM tribute band. Except they have been endorsed by Stipe and he has actually performed on stage with them. Check it out on Youtube - especially the version of Driver 8 that he did on, I think, Jimmy Fallon's show.

[Galway Eagle]

My two iterations of that phenomenon were Dropkick Murphy's shows, pre Tessie (Red Sox World Series anthem) & Shipping Up to Boston, had like 100 people at them and it was more blue Mohawks and studded leather jackets than Irish caps and firefighter shirts back then.

Then there's Dermott Kennedy who was busking still when I saw him for the first time. Then I'm in grad school and this new song "power over me" comes out, he opens for Mumford & sons. Then boom international hits the next year.

[Galway Eagle]

Recently made a playlist of every artist I've seen, just a song per artist rather than times I've seen them. It's actually been great to stroll down memory lane but also hilarious to literally hear my musical tastes develop as well as recall who a friend would drag me to for a summerfest show back in college. I'd encourage everyone to give it a shot!

https://link.deezer.com/s/3374JSEnLYKS7nTrPTf7P

[MU82]

Recently made a playlist of every artist I've seen, just a song per artist rather than times I've seen them. It's actually been great to stroll down memory lane but also hilarious to literally hear my musical tastes develop as well as recall who a friend would drag me to for a summerfest show back in college. I'd encourage everyone to give it a shot!

https://link.deezer.com/s/3374JSEnLYKS7nTrPTf7P

Cool list, and interesting exercise. My playlist would only consist of one Milli Vanilli song.

[BrewCity83]

Recently made a playlist of every artist I've seen, just a song per artist rather than times I've seen them. It's actually been great to stroll down memory lane but also hilarious to literally hear my musical tastes develop as well as recall who a friend would drag me to for a summerfest show back in college. I'd encourage everyone to give it a shot!

https://link.deezer.com/s/3374JSEnLYKS7nTrPTf7P

This is a great idea!  I've recently started a list of bands I've seen live (excluding small-time local bands that never amounted to anything).  I'm at 267 bands, and growing, as those are just from memory.  I'm sure I'm missing quite a few.  I need to make a Spotify playlist like this.

[Billy Hoyle]

Cool list, and interesting exercise. My playlist would only consist of one Milli Vanilli song.

I did see them live in 1990, 8th grade. My friends and I went to see the opener, Young MC. Our first concert

[MU82]

Recently made a playlist of every artist I've seen, just a song per artist rather than times I've seen them. It's actually been great to stroll down memory lane but also hilarious to literally hear my musical tastes develop as well as recall who a friend would drag me to for a summerfest show back in college. I'd encourage everyone to give it a shot!

https://link.deezer.com/s/3374JSEnLYKS7nTrPTf7P

Curious: How did you handle when a performer was part of a band but then went solo? For example, I saw Ben Folds Five but I later saw just Ben Folds. Would each band/performer get its/his own song on a playlist? Other examples: Old 97s and Rhett Miller; Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.

[BrewCity83]

I did see them live in 1990, 8th grade. My friends and I went to see the opener, Young MC. Our first concert

I saw Milli Vanilli "live" too, in July 1989 at Summerfest for the Club MTV Tour.  It was Milli Vanilli, Tone-Loc, Paula Abdul, Information Society, Lisa Lisa, and Was (Not Was).  I'm pretty sure Milli Vanilli wasn't the only group lip-synching during that show...

[Galway Eagle]

Curious: How did you handle when a performer was part of a band but then went solo? For example, I saw Ben Folds Five but I later saw just Ben Folds. Would each band/performer get its/his own song on a playlist? Other examples: Old 97s and Rhett Miller; Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.

Depends, with John Fogerty I did CCR because his setlist was 90% CCR songs. Meanwhile with Brian Fallon Frank Turner or Craig Finn I was there to see them play their solo stuff and their sets reflected that.

[Jay Bee]

Deezer.com isn't pr0n?

[Uncle Rico]

Deezer.com isn't pr0n?

I'll pray for you