What band or singer from the past would you loved to have seen live

I just saw one of my childhood heroes in concert last night, Gary Numan. Not sure if you know him in the US but her was at the forefront of synthesizer based music in the late 1970's when I saw him live for the first time.

It made me wonder what bands...

or singers I would have loved to have seen from the past (and what period) and I came up with my top five:

1) David Bowie in 1973
2) Beatles - 1966
3) Jimi Hendrix - 1969
4) Santana - 1975
6) Rolling Stones - 1969

What would your favourite 5 be?

well since I was born in 1986 I was too young to go to any of there shows but I would loved to see SUBLIME- mid to late 90's

Oh, I forgot to add the Sex Pistols - 1976...

I dont know Sublime.

Bob Marley - 1978 YEP! Another good one!

Aha! Just looked up the group Sublime:

Sublime was an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. Sublime consisted of three members: Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh (drums), and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Former members include Kelly Vargas (drums) and Michael Happoldt for a very short time (guitar).

The band achieved major mainstream success with their self-titled third album; however, Nowell died of a heroin overdose, in his hotel room on the west side of San Francisco, shortly before it was released, resulting in the band's split in 1996.

Worldwide, Sublime has sold 17 million albums,[2] including about 10 million in the U.S. alone.

Savage Garden

Mine would be:

Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Mineral (1990s)
Rainer Maria
Ani Difranco in the '90s. (My first show of hers was 2002).

1. NIRVANA Unplugged
2.Hendrix
3.Queen at wembley
4. Sublime
5. The Who with Keith moon

I forgot to add Michael Jackson before everything happened

The Offspring when Dexter Holland still had his corn rows

Demented are Go because I would vicariously be both cool and tough

The Reverend Horton Heat when Smoke'em if you Got'em came out...Sort of like an Acid trip faceplanted onto a backwoods latenight hootnanny...these are the things my lucid dreams want to be when they grow up.

The Scorpions, but only if they were playing at an eighties arcade or rollerskating rink with dim lighting, carpeted walls, and scratch'n'sniff stickers were plastered everywhere...these are the things my fantasies...you know the rest.

Dominic Arturio, the best known hurdy gurdy proprietor in Little Italy, They say he had a rhesus monkey(iron mike tyson) that not only taught Gregory Hines his famous shim sham shimmy to running shuffles transition but could make change to boot.

Honorable mention to The Bloodhound Gang back when Daddy Longlegs was on the roster.

Ronnie Milsap, didn't I say Ronnie Milsap? He's blind. Love me some Ronnie Milsap.

Janis Joplin,
That was another good one that would have been in a top ten of mine Editor!

Its interesting to see some of the replies as I am in Britain and there are a few bands/singers I have not heard of.

Just Googled them out of interest.

PS
I think I would have put Elvis (1968) in the list if it had been a top ten, just to say that I had seen him. And maybe U2 at the original Live Aid concert.

the casualties in 2006
bowie in the 80's
nirvana in the prime
the sex pistols in the prime
operation ivy

the casualties in 2006
bowie in the 80's
nirvana in the prime
the sex pistols in the prime
operation ivy

Oooh, yes. I'd like to add Nirvana's Unplugged performance to my list!

Hi Speedy, you said, 'bowie in the 80's '.

I saw him twice - Serious Moonlight tour and Glass Spider tour.
Outstanding!

I also saw him play when he was with Tin Machine but not so good.

I forgot to put Hendrix at Monterey wear he has sex with his guitar then burns it down. Thats why he wrote fire

I liek a lot of people.

1) David Bowie in 1973
2) Beatles - 1966
3) Jimi Hendrix - 1969
4) Santana - 1975
6) Rolling Stones - 1969

good list, but have seen them all. lol. I AM old and from memphis and everyone came here to play. I had a friend whose dad was with stax and he took us to many shows. I saw santana in san francisco

never saw marley live, but did attend his funeral with a friend who lived there. couldn't see much though, honored him in a way that he would have appreciated. wink.

saw the sex pistols and iggy but would have liked to have seen
black flag
MC5

in rock - deep purple.

You have seen all these amoeba ?
1) David Bowie in 1973
2) Beatles - 1966
3) Jimi Hendrix - 1969
4) Santana - 1975
6) Rolling Stones - 1969

Respect!

I know I saw bowie in 73 (and everytime he played memphis) and the beatles in 66 ( I was just a baby, lol)
hendrix in 69,
I know I saw santana in the 70's can't remember the year but gregg rollie was in the lineup
but I didn't see the stones live until 75..oops. (they were never my favorite anyway)

I was extremely lucky to have a best friend whose dad was in the music business who took us to many concerts and parents that allowed me to go at such an early age. I can remember my mom watching ed sullivan with me and loving the beatles. she never cared for elvis.