View Full Version : The biggest moment in rock history imo
Compaq
02-16-2011, 02:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZYG5qwHHI
omg, this is as epic as it goes. I'm not sure I can imagine the feeling of being there. But, God, I wish I were there (no pun intended)!
raisindot
02-16-2011, 05:00 AM
Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.
Compaq
02-16-2011, 05:13 AM
Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.
You can't take away what makes this live performance epic! The light show, the mood, the people, the stage set, the music, the five minute guitar solo. I claim this concert to be one of the biggest concerts in rock history.
You can't take away anything from this clip, everything brings their own to the song. And this live version is 1000x better than the studio version, imo!
Troggie
02-16-2011, 05:24 AM
Sorry, from the first appearance of Elvis and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Hendix's literally guitar-burning performance at Monterey in '67 to The Who at Woodstock to any of Bruce Springsteen's great concerts to the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense, I can think of hundreds of other. bigger, more exciting and more important rock moments than this one. Take away the laser show and the stage set, and the performance sounds just like the album.
Don't forget Frank Zappa on that mix as well. I can see this being a big technology moment but not really the biggest moment in Rock as it is more a light show than a truly defining moment that shook the rock world.
Compaq
02-16-2011, 05:32 AM
Let me add "The Last Waltz", The Band's last concert. That's epic as well. But I rank that Floyd concert above most others. And, yes, the concert as a whole, lightings and everything included. And "Comfortably Numb" is the crown of the jewel, imho.
nEver-Ready
02-16-2011, 05:32 AM
This kind of bloated, corporate stadium rock reminds me of why I was such a punk fan in the late 70's and early 80's. Since those days, I have come to appreciate and enjoy the writing skill and musicianship of bands like Pink Floyd, but these bloated, self-aggrandizing concert spectacles still strike me as being the antithesis of what rock and roll was created for. As with everything YMMV.
Mazeman
02-16-2011, 06:54 AM
Monterrey '67 because of its breadth of cutting edge music, followed closely by The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, ringing in the dawn of a new world.
raisindot
02-16-2011, 07:23 AM
You can't take away what makes this live performance epic! The light show, the mood, the people, the stage set, the music, the five minute guitar solo. I claim this concert to be one of the biggest concerts in rock history.
You can't take away anything from this clip, everything brings their own to the song. And this live version is 1000x better than the studio version, imo!
It's perfectly fine for you to make such a claim and have such an opinion. But it's just as fine for those of us who feel that there are many more important moments in rock history or who don't have quite the same reverence for this particular performance as you do to disagree. It'd be a pretty dull world if everyone felt the same way about everything, least of all something as debate-inducing as rock music.
:laugh:
omg, this is as epic as it goes. I'm not sure I can imagine the feeling of being there. But, God, I wish I were there (no pun intended)!
It's a very good, polished, large scale production of the song, but I have personally seen at least ten better versions of it live. For those who consider PF to be the apotheosis of the bloated, corporate, fat cat rock image, you're right. But don't forget how great they were when they were young guns full of piss and vinegar.
On March 6, David Gilmour will officially become the world's most awesome senior citizen. :thumbup1:
My standing offer of $100 to anyone who produces a picture of Roger Waters wearing my shirt on stage at MSG on July 3, 1977 has yielded nothing over three decades, so I may have to up the ante considerably.:lol:
The Nid Hog
02-16-2011, 07:34 AM
Rock is a big tent, and I have some love in my heart for Pink Floyd. Whenever I see the cover of Dark Side of the Moon, I remember how Floyd stickers were mandatory on the windows of all the stoner crash pads where I used to deliver newspapers when I was a kid (always paid on time and gave me great tips). I didn't care much for them at the time, but now I think that most of their stuff up to and including Wish You Were Here is listenable. I'll occasionally throw on DSotM or WYWH as background music when I'm working.
However, I absolutely despise The Wall and everything associated with it. Criminally overplayed at the time and a sign of everything that was bloated and horrible about arena rock. And the movie? Bob Geldof??? Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.
Obsessed
02-16-2011, 08:15 AM
Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.
As an aside, I used to like some ELP songs when I was younger, but now I think their music is a bunch of pretentious pseudo-intellectual crap. I can't even tolerate it on the radio. (Their Christmas song may be the worst. There’s no Santa Claus? Really?)
DaveAri
02-16-2011, 08:22 AM
The Beatles at Shea Stadium was also a big deal. I rank it just under Elvis and The Beatles on Sullivan. My reason is simple it was not my generation (missed the Beatles by just a few years) but still know these events vividly.
The Nid Hog
02-16-2011, 08:39 AM
As an aside, I used to like some ELP songs when I was younger, but now I think their music is a bunch of pretentious pseudo-intellectual crap. I can't even tolerate it on the radio. (Their Christmas song may be the worst. There’s no Santa Claus? Really?)
I saw them on their Works tour. It was really quite terrible. I met a guy at a party a while ago who is writing a book about prog rock. You might call him a...Lucky Man!
bythbook
02-16-2011, 08:42 AM
...Whenever I see the cover of Dark Side of the Moon, I remember how Floyd stickers were mandatory on the windows of all the stoner crash pads where I used to deliver newspapers when I was a kid (always paid on time and gave me great tips). ...
NID!!!! That was YOU??????
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Greyfox
02-16-2011, 09:14 AM
The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The Nid Hog
02-16-2011, 10:05 AM
NID!!!! That was YOU??????
Probably not--I think most of those guys are still there!
Obsessed
02-16-2011, 10:12 AM
Probably not--I think most of those guys are still there!
Did they tip you in Fritos?
jazzman
02-16-2011, 10:16 AM
However, I absolutely despise The Wall and everything associated with it. Criminally overplayed at the time and a sign of everything that was bloated and horrible about arena rock. And the movie? Bob Geldof??? Thank God ELP never got any backers to make a movie out of Tarkus.
I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion, and musical tastes are just that--tastes. But in this case, you are 100% correct.:lol:
rockviper
02-16-2011, 10:18 AM
I was expecting Lady Gaga's Egg :lol:
Compaq
02-16-2011, 10:29 AM
Of course we'll disagree :001_smile That's fun part, innit?:thumbup1:
The Nid Hog
02-16-2011, 10:38 AM
Did they tip you in Fritos?
Brownies.
DFrancis
02-16-2011, 10:39 AM
I'd have to add in one of the best performances in rock was Queen's performance at Live Aid.
Did they tip you in Fritos?
They thought they were handing him Fritos, but it was twenties. :tongue_sm
BEAR DEN
02-16-2011, 11:00 AM
Led Zep at Madison Square Garden.
Spivey
02-16-2011, 11:02 AM
For that performance to qualify as AN epic moment in rock history, Roger Waters would have to wheel Sid Barrett out in a wheel chair and sing the verses to him.
jcocucci
02-16-2011, 11:08 AM
John Lennon's final concert performance, joining Elton John on Thanksgiving Day 1974 at Madison Square Garden for Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and I Saw Her Standing There. Available on the remastered version of Elton's album Here and There.
Led Zep at Madison Square Garden.
In '73? I was there the night they got robbed.
lenard
02-16-2011, 01:40 PM
I would have loved to have seen this song performed on 'The Wall' tour where Dave Gilmour appears on top of the wall.
auk1124
02-16-2011, 02:16 PM
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Walter Sobchak
02-16-2011, 03:03 PM
NID!!!! That was YOU??????
.
:lol::lol::lol: I've blurted a delighted shriek right here at my desk.
I would have loved to have seen this song performed on 'The Wall' tour where Dave Gilmour appears on top of the wall.
Saw that four times, including 2nd, 4th, and 7th row.
beginish
02-16-2011, 06:46 PM
Led Zep at Madison Square Garden.
In '73? I was there the night they got robbed.
Ouch was in The Song Remains the Same? :ouch1::ouch1:
Ouch was in The Song Remains the Same? :ouch1::ouch1:
Yep, and one of my funniest all time stories happened on the train ride home.
rajagra
02-17-2011, 06:50 AM
Tough crowd here tonight! I'm not a Floyd fan, but come on, you can't deny that being at that concert would make you feel like you're tripping without drugs. Music like that has a way of affecting your state of mind in a way that modern music doesn't even attempt to do. Combine that with the visuals and maybe a few drinks inside you and it's a recipe for an experience you can't forget. Don't criticize them for putting on a show for the crowd!
It's long haired hippy freak music, I tell ya.
http://img.listal.com/image/1269240/600full-david-gilmour.jpg
nEver-Ready
02-17-2011, 09:51 AM
It's long haired hippy freak music, I tell ya.
http://img.listal.com/image/1269240/600full-david-gilmour.jpg
Pretty nice shave too...
Walter Sobchak
02-17-2011, 01:16 PM
I can't believe you've all overlooked the obvious.
STARSHIP: We Built This City
Getting goosebumps just thinking of that killer video.
BigFoot
02-17-2011, 05:22 PM
I can't believe you've all overlooked the obvious.
STARSHIP: We Built This City
Getting goosebumps just thinking of that killer video.
:001_huh:
BigFoot
02-17-2011, 05:26 PM
This is not a defining moment in rock history, but Reo Speedwagon used to put on a hell of a show before they got caught up with the whole Arena Rock thing. I was like a sophomore in HS when I saw the You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish tour.
DaveNJ74
02-20-2011, 05:27 AM
Homer Simpson said rock was perfected in 1974....
I can't believe you've all overlooked the obvious.
STARSHIP: We Built This City
Getting goosebumps just thinking of that killer video.
I believe they are currently touring under the name Jefferson Wheelchair.
johnniegold
02-20-2011, 06:55 AM
I believe the statute of limitations has run out.
Now, where's the loot? :biggrin:
Is it still hidden under the bridge? Now where's the confounded bridge?
Biggest moment in rock history, imo?
When The Beatles turned left at Greenland. :thumbup1:
bob.e
02-20-2011, 07:00 AM
The Who Live at Leeds
Some Early Ten Years After
Early Rod Stewart with Faces as well as with Jeff Beck
Early Stones and Beatles
Cream
Humble Pie
Savoy Brown
Lots of great moments in rock could be gleaned from this far from complete list:thumbup:
The Who Live at Leeds
Anyone who thinks of The Who as another bloated, corporate band (like Floyd) has to give this album a listen. It's one of the best examples of rock in the raw I can name.
One of the great moments in irony came some years back when Roger Daltrey called the front desk to complain about the noise coming from the room next to his in the hotel he was staying in.
:ohmy:
Compaq
02-20-2011, 10:42 AM
Wasn't it the vocalist in The Who who complained about the audience making too much noise once? :001_smile
edit: nope, it was The Doors!
Crim122
02-20-2011, 11:03 AM
Not going to mention moments that already have sooo....
The Clash/The Sex Pistols creating punk rock. Yes I know that The Ramones originally started the genre but they lacked that angst that UK bands brought to the table.
Not going to mention moments that already have sooo....
The Clash/The Sex Pistols creating punk rock. Yes I know that The Ramones originally started the genre but they lacked that angst that UK bands brought to the table.
I took a bottle to the head during a riot at a Clash concert at the Bond in 1981. Ah, the good old days...........:tongue_sm
mmack66
02-20-2011, 12:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY
Crim122
02-20-2011, 12:38 PM
I took a bottle to the head during a riot at a Clash concert at the Bond in 1981. Ah, the good old days...........:tongue_smAhhh how I envy you, sucks growing up when I did my generation had no huge movement like Punk :bored:
TonyH
02-20-2011, 12:51 PM
I believe they are currently touring under the name Jefferson Wheelchair.
That's "The" Jefferson Wheelchair.
diverdoug
02-20-2011, 06:57 PM
I think when Phil Spector came out with his "Wall of Sound" formula, it had a huge impact on modern day rock.
DapperJames
02-22-2011, 11:32 AM
There are a lot of "big moments in rock history". Obviously everyone has their right to an opinion on what the "biggest" moment is but honestly I don't believe Pink Floyd enters anywhere near the top slot. Whatever the moment is / was it probably happened before 1979 and it definitely happened before 1994 when that video was taken.
The Wall is a great album though, without a doubt.
DaveNJ74
02-28-2011, 09:11 PM
Beatles playing at Shea Stadium
Jimmy Hendrix doing the Star Spangled Banner
The Doors on Ed Sullivan
The MTV Network's first broadcast (not the MTV of today)
Ozzy biting the head off of a bat lol
jd_1138
03-01-2011, 11:45 PM
The biggest moment in rock is when you go and see a band live. Recorded music is inferior, it's a flawed replica of the original. Sure you can buy nice speakers and headphones that will improve the quality a lot, but live music is always best. We went to see a local cover band that does covers of CSNY, Eagles, America, Bread, Grateful Dead, etc. at the local park's amphitheater, and it was awesome. You get the full sonic boom of the amps and emotion when you are there in person.
When that famous band (Pink Floyd, Eagles, etc) has loaded up their amps and guitars and is on their bus to their next gig, all that's left is the cleanup crew sweeping up the draft beer cups, hot dog wrappers and ticket stubs on the ground. And that performance is lost forever.
Sir Sartana
03-02-2011, 12:09 AM
Jimi Hendrix's death........still bothers me,but is a major moment in rock history.
Music takes a large toll on many.
diverdoug
03-02-2011, 01:56 PM
Music takes a large toll on many.
Or is it the drugs?
Greyfox
03-02-2011, 02:16 PM
Monterrey '67 because of its breadth of cutting edge music, followed closely by The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, ringing in the dawn of a new world.
Changed the world of music.:thumbup1:
dbl-haul
03-02-2011, 02:46 PM
Not going to mention moments that already have sooo....
The Clash/The Sex Pistols creating punk rock. Yes I know that The Ramones originally started the genre but they lacked that angst that UK bands brought to the table.
did you forget about iggy pop?
Tom Frost
03-02-2011, 04:02 PM
Frankly, when I read the title of the thread I imagined this:
http://www.drfunkenberry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/milliondollarqt.jpg
Yessir: Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl and Johnny together. I miss Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry somehow.
Yet, if I have to choose that magic moment in the history of Rock'n'Roll, I'd go for the recording sessions of I put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Madness in a state of purity... and the moment in time that defined some of the wildest genres to come.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YeT-exPt1U4/Se4neahlqJI/AAAAAAAAA34/1KC3kOe0nkg/s400/Screaming-jay-hawkinsN.jpg
jd_1138
03-02-2011, 04:48 PM
A contestant on American Idol, Casey Abrams, did "I Put a Spell on You" on last night's Idol. He changed it up a tad, not as good as the original but still a nice interpretation. He's the best of this Idol bunch. His other performances were great too, so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Rsh2y1Z0Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyPHi4DY4fk
He did "Georgia On My Mind" and killed it. With his standup bass.
Tom Frost
03-03-2011, 07:54 AM
Sounds great. In a white way, sounds great. It happens the same when I hear the Creedence rendition of the song: sounds great... but not menacing.
And that's what I love from Screamin' Jay's version: the sensation of danger hanging around the whole song...
BTW, that upright bass rendition of Georgia on my mind is one of the best things I've heard lately. Makes me wonder how come all we've got in the Spanish program are stupid silicon-filled teenagers shouting out of key shallow versions of Shakira's greatest hits.
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