If you could...let's try this again...

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Resurrect any one to headline out of these groups..who? had trouble with the last post and I couldn't think of any one else...

[bmack86]

I'd go with Joy division out of those (the Beatles are much better, but Joy Division's live show sounded so damn amazing) but i'd still rather see Otis Redding. Booker T. & MGs backing him with the Memphis horns. Hot damn, what a show that would have been.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

I'd go with Joy division out of those (the Beatles are much better, but Joy Division's live show sounded so damn amazing) but i'd still rather see Otis Redding. Booker T. & MGs backing him with the Memphis horns. Hot damn, what a show that would have been.

The would be amazing..damn it I didn't think of it..someone mentioned Jeff Buckley and that completely slipped my mind...

[PassiveTheory]

Again: Jeff. Buckley.

[theaenimatool]

i adore all of them cept for joy division, and would love to see any of them, but i would just KILL to see nirvana live. ive seen footage and gotten chills.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

i adore all of them cept for joy division, and would love to see any of them, but i would just KILL to see nirvana live. ive seen footage and gotten chills.

That's why I picked Nirvana...quite scary how good they were live..

[mob roulette]

i would have liked to seen t rex when they first hit. don't know why.

[mob roulette]

i adore all of them cept for joy division, and would love to see any of them, but i would just KILL to see nirvana live. ive seen footage and gotten chills.

and true story. i was at nirvana's legendary tijuana show. footage don't lie. also nirvana/screaming trees/sister double happiness killed. also chili peppers blood sugar sex magick tour, it was nirvana then the pumpkins then the chili peppers. nirvana wiped the floor with everyone. by the end of the tour pumpkins were opening for nirvana, if i remember right. sheer magic.

[sweet artie]

I saw Nirvana 4 times.
So, I guess if I could resurrect the dead... I'd have to go with Joy Division! : )

[PsyGuyRy]

This is impossible to answer... The classic rock side of me says Jimi Hendrix... The punk side of me says Joy Division... The generational-affinity thing says Nirvana... And my musical conscience in general says The Beatles... But my first gut reaction was Joy Division... Second is Hendrix... Then Beatles... Then Nirvana... (Sorry, Kurt.)

[Down Rodeo]

Who wouldn't want to see Hendrix live?

[SojuGorae]

Nirvana

[amyzzz]

I've seen Nirvama live twice. Maybe I had lousy seats or something, but they weren't really mindblowing. Entertaining, perhaps.

I chose the Beatles because, well, it's the Beatles. I'm not into them, but I'm sure I've probably heard at least 30 of their songs. I'd also like to see Jimi Hendrix or Joy Division. Good choices on this poll.

[corbo]

the beatles hands down.
anybody who votes otherwise is a FUCKING idiot

[Californicator]

the beatles win...but you forgot to add Sublime to your list.

[waxybk]

I'd have to draw a straw if given the opportunity....but I chose Jimi, because he was amazing!

[bmack86]

the beatles win...but you forgot to add Sublime to your list.

He didn't forget to add a subpar third gen ska punk band that frat boys seem to love. O, and The beatles are on my short list for favorite bands of all time, but their best work was done in the studio. They weren't really a live band, even though their early shows were supposed to be great fun.

I guess the two acts I'd like to see more than any other would be Can and Boredoms. It'd be mindblowingly awesome to hear Halleluwah or Super You Are live. I'd probably pass out from excitement.

[dorkfish]

i would have liked to seen t rex when they first hit. don't know why.
probably because you enjoy awesomeness.

[summerkid]

the beatles hands down.
anybody who votes otherwise is a FUCKING idiot

The Beatles are the greatest band ever, but I'm thinking if you take away the hype and all that. I'm thinking Hendrix and the Experience would put on the better live show.

[humanoid]

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd

I thought about adding that but didn't think I would get a huge response...

[humanoid]

sorry to circumvent the structure of your poll......

but to experience Original Pink Floyd live would be my ultimate musical wish

[Yablonowitz]

the beatles hands down.
anybody who votes otherwise is a FUCKING idiot

Have you seen live footage of Hendrix? This isn't even a question in my mind.

[BoneDaddy]

Nirvana taught me an important lesson. Never say next time. They came through town, I was short on cash and time, and I said I'll see them next time they come through. Ooops:rolleyes

[Diggla36]

Damn....thats a good poll....you kind of hate to have to pick. Joy Division was fucking great live...especially during all of that old Warsaw time period.....You dont really have to say anything about Hendrix...ofcourse........Nirvana would be great to see bring it down one more time but im with some other people in the boat of having already seen them..would like to see someone I had no chance of seeing (I was like 3 when Ian Curtis hung himself)

[menikmati]

Nirvana

hell, I'd take a live CD (maybe Reading 92) playing over the PA system on the main stage

[Pixiessp]

I'd go with Joy division out of those (the Beatles are much better, but Joy Division's live show sounded so damn amazing) but i'd still rather see Otis Redding. Booker T. & MGs backing him with the Memphis horns. Hot damn, what a show that would have been.

That sounds great but I would have to go with Sam and Dave backed by Booker T & the MG's.

[woogie846]

The Beatles, then Hendrix, then Joy Division, then Nirvana.

[PassiveTheory]

I'm definently in the minority about Buckley then...

[Courtney]

I feel guilty about not voting for the Beatles or Hendrix, both of which I know are technically better music geek choices. But my heart says Joy Division.

Actually, I think Velvet Underground would be up there for me too. And as for solo artists, I'd take Elvis.

[Popcynical]

Band of Gypsies > The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

I voted the Experience, but I'd rather have the Gypsies.

[frisbeee]

Nirvana

hell, I'd take a live CD (maybe Reading 92) playing over the PA system on the main stage

Agreed.

[smoke]

i voted hendrix.

at a festival? classic.

[westlasoccermom]

REALLY FUCKING GOOD THREAD!!! but its the Beatles for me. i dont feel the need to justify this. but I do think Nirvana would at BEST open for any of the other three. there are too many people on this board that were born in the mid 80s and earlier that grew up on Nirvana, and cling to it for pure nostalgia. w/e im done with the rant... Nirvana is #5 out of these 4 choices... blast me for it.

[AEversW]

Again: Jeff. Buckley.

agreed

[corbo]

Nirvana taught me an important lesson. Never say next time. They came through town, I was short on cash and time, and I said I'll see them next time they come through. Ooops

man you must feel like CRAP.
you must feel so STUPID.
damn.
i know i would.

[Benis23]

WHO ARE THESE LUNATICS WHO WOULD RATHER SEE A JOY DIVISION REUNION THAN A BEATLES REUNION!?

[bmack86]

These aren't reunions. It's a hypothetical "Which band would you like to have seen in their heyday" deal. I would rather have seen Joy Division because, despite the fact that I love the Beatles and their music is so much better than Joy Division's, Ian Curtis and crew put on a better show, at least according to video and audio recordings. The Beatles were more studio performers.

[ghettojournalist]

i love the beatles, but i wonder how their later material would sound live since they made it without the intention to play it live.

Nirvana is the way to go for me.

[woogie846]

I was never a huge Nirvana fan. I enjoy some of their stuff, but other things I find very mediocre.

[petchmister3001]

Guys are you kidding?
The Beatles?
uhhh definately the beatles! no question.
I'd pay a thousand bucks to see just the beatles.
how can you even compare. (although hendrix and nirvana are sick)

[filthpig]

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd
exactly! thank you. Syd was a visionary way ahead of his time. piper at the gates of dawn is just classic. i saw nirvana, and although they are one of my favourite bands they were a disappointment live. i saw them towards the end, 11/27/93 in miami and Kurt looked like he would rather be anywhere but on that stage. i went with Jimi because his shows were always one of a kind, and talent that can't be matched. if the doors were on this list i would have chosen them.

[DeltaSigChi4]

Again: Jeff. Buckley.

*co-sign

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[kreutz2112]

Hard choice between Hendrix and Beatles, but I think I'd have to go with Hendrix

[Boourns]

Elliott Smith

[TESTIFYTHIS]

Led Zeppelin, if bondam was still around.

But anyone of the bands on the poll would be incredible

[sadsappysucker]

I would most definitely choose Joy Division. I really only care for the Beatles more psychadelic material, and that stuff was recorded with a lot more people than just the 4 of them. If they performed with other musicians on the side of the stage, and they performed their psychadelic stuff, then I would probably pick the Beatles. I guess it's a tie between the two of them.