Greatest Concert/s EVER!

[SEAWOLF97]

They are quite good at least the shows I have seen. They have a really good live Two Against Nature DVD

Rob

that is the ONLY SD album that I dont care for ...different strokes, I guess...

I have quite a few Steely Dan albums and a couple of CDs. One of the CDs is a "greatest hits" compilation and it has the song "FM" from that movie. It doesn't sound like a live recording, but I can't remember the movie enough to comment on how it was played there.

I found this on amazons comments " There are two versions of the song "F.M." The one on this disc ends with a guitar solo, whereas the version on Steely Dan Gold and Citizen Steely Dan ends with a sax solo. Both are great. "

recall reading somewhere that "FM" was not on any SD album, until the Gold hits one was released , tho it was on the "FM" movie soundtrack ...and on that there is a short reprise version too.

Disc: 1 FM - Steely Dan
Disc: 2 FM - Reprise - Steely Dan

LATER: just went clik/clik with the rodent and now have FM, the movie , will take a view and answer some of the questions...but I can already see that SD was NOT performing, .so the song WAS NOT live.

[Ducatista47]

Getting old sucks! Too many senior moments!

For the Jeff Beck show there we were balcony, front row. Great seats!
Becks bassist just stole the show, after him anyway. She rocks out! Must have fingers like hammerheads!

Tell me about it. My life is becoming a string of Senior Moments - I think!

The bassist is Tal Wilkenfeld. I have her Australian CD, Transformations. Not surprisingly, she loves Fusion Jazz. And she's damn good at it. I had to order it from an import CD site, so I doubled up with Orianthi's self recorded Violet Journey. Which sounds nothing like the pop music crud she has to do to eat in the USA.

[JeffW]

I found this on amazons comments " There are two versions of the song "F.M." The one on this disc ends with a guitar solo, whereas the version on Steely Dan Gold and Citizen Steely Dan ends with a sax solo. Both are great. "

recall reading somewhere that "FM" was not on any SD album, until the Gold hits one was released , tho it was on the "FM" movie soundtrack ...and on that there is a short reprise version too.

I have "Decade of Steely Dan", it came after the "Gold" album.

[Krunchy]

I wish I could have seen Son House. John Coltrane. The Pretenders with James Honeyman Scott. Dexter Gordon in the 1960s. Neil Young's Tonight's The Night "tour"

But I am so grateful to have seen what I have seen.

Son House would have been something! Speaking of Neil I would have also liked to have seen his Rust Never Sleeps tour, the DVD will have to suffice
Stevie Ray seemed like he always put on a hell of a show, I am truly sorry I did not get to see him.

Wow, NOBODY else in this thread has seen THE DOORS or CCR ??

Yeah I'm kind of surprised by that as well , I would have thought more people would have chimed in.
Same with Hendrix.

I would have loved to have been at Woodstock when Carlos made his debut ... oh, of course with , Jimmy as back up ... .

1986 ... David Bowie , a true legend in any book . The album he was pushing wasn't much cop ! However, when he started to play Heroes , hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my eyes filled with tears . Not just me either . 70,000 of us singing the chorus -hard to beat that ,even if I bring the Glastonbury gigs into the mix . Yep .... Bowie in his home town .... PURE TRIBAL ! Life changing. This is my spiritual home , my culture , my clan warts an all. But, I still love the friends I have made here !

Rich

You are quite fortunate to have had the experience my friend, can only imagine.
Saw Carlos at Jones Beach a while back ('91) with phish opening up for them, I like carlos fine but the show does not stand out in my mind for some reason
I've tried to like "fish" but I just cant do it....oh well.



CRAZIEST SHOW EVER!?....PORNO FOR PYROS in '93
Some farily small venue in NYC (Roseland, thats it!) open seating, in the mosh pit, body surfers overhead (did not partake). Holy crap that guy can put on a show. It was like an X-Rated Vaudville, midgets, fire breathers , topless chicks with water soaking/sprabying strap-ons (for fire safety, what with that firebreather and all, they certainly lived up to their Name ) .....Whoa, wild wild stuff, on top of which the band was just amazing.
Perry is just incredible when he's on the stage, the guitar player Pete DiSteffano was so good, first time I've seen someone use a Bow since Jimmy Page but in a very unique way, certainly not trying to immitate. Saw Janes Addiction with Flea on Bass at some small place as well but I'm sure it was not as good as when they were in their hayday.....who ever is?

[COLOR="rgb(139, 0, 0)"]Oddly enough I just found this on the tube
Porno For Pyros Orgasm ......viewer discretion.......[/COLOR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scJuNQtYlZE

[Robh3606]

Hello Fred

Are you going to Return to Forever and Zappa Plays Zappa?? It's a win win double bill at the Beacon. Can't wait to see them.

that is the ONLY SD album that I don't care for ...different strokes, I guess...

Hello Seawolf

Do you like Everything Must Go?? There are only a few songs off Two Against Nature most of the DVD is earlier stuff. You should at least check it out to look at the song list. It's a really good recording of a great show.


Rob

[Krunchy]

Hello Fred

Are you going to Return to Forever and Zappa Plays Zappa?? It's a win win double bill at the Beacon. Can't wait to see them.

Hi Rob, I wasnt planning on it, but then again I've been out of the Concert scene for a while now.
Interesting line up to be sure, I like the Beacon a lot actually, one of the best places to see a show AFAIC. While looking up their events calendar I see Steely Dan will be performing there in September, that would be an ideal place to see them.
Thanks for the heads up

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf
Do you like Everything Must Go?? There are only a few songs off Two Against Nature most of the DVD is earlier stuff. You should at least check it out to look at the song list. It's a really good recording of a great show.
Rob

Everything Must Go?? YES

Two Against Nature ?? did NOT care for the CD ..are you saying that the DVD is
NOT the same tracks as the CD of the same name ??

[Robh3606]

Here's the track list

1. Program Start
2. Green Earrings
3. Cousin Dupree
4. Bad Sneakers
5. Janie Runaway
6. Josie
7. FM
8. Gaslighting Abbie
9. Black Friday
10. Babylon Sisters
11. Kid Charlemagne
12. Jack of Speed
13. Peg
14. What a Shame About Me
15. Pretzel Logic; End Credits

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1282107

Rob

[BMWCCA]

I happen to think "Two Against Nature" is a great Steely Dan CD. It's such a great recording, too. If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

If you really want a good Steely Dan "hits" CD, I'd suggest "Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan story 1972-80". It's a good re-master of 33 originals on two discs and includes:

Disc 1

1. "Do It Again," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 5:56
2. "Dirty Work," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 3:08
3. "Reelin' In the Years," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 4:37
4. "Only a Fool Would Say That," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 2:57
5. "Change of the Guard," from Can't Buy a Thrill - 3:39
6. "Bodhisattva," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:18
7. "The Boston Rag," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:40
8. "Show Biz Kids," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:26
9. "My Old School," from Countdown to Ecstasy - 5:46
10. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," from Pretzel Logic - 4:32
11. "Night by Night," from Pretzel Logic - 3:40
12. "Pretzel Logic," from Pretzel Logic - 4:32
13. "Any Major Dude Will Tell You," from Pretzel Logic - 3:08
14. "Black Friday," from Katy Lied - 3:41
15. "Bad Sneakers," from Katy Lied - 3:21
16. "Doctor Wu," from Katy Lied - 3:55
17. "Any World That I'm Welcome To," from Katy Lied - 3:55
18. "Chain Lightning," from Katy Lied - 2:59

Disc 2

1. "Kid Charlemagne," from "The Royal Scam" - 4:38
2. "Don't Take Me Alive," from "The Royal Scam" - 4:16
3. "Haitian Divorce," from "The Royal Scam" - 5:51
4. "The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin), from "The Royal Scam" - 4:02
5. "Here at the Western World," from Greatest Hits - 4:01
6. "Black Cow," from Aja - 5:10
7. "Aja," from Aja - 8:00
8. "Deacon Blues," from Aja - 7:36
9. "Peg," from Aja - 4:00
10. "Josie," from Aja - 4:35
11. "FM," from FM (soundtrack) - 5:06
12. "Babylon Sisters," from Gaucho - 5:49
13. "Hey Nineteen," from Gaucho - 5:07
14. "Time Out of Mind," from Gaucho - 4:12
15. "Third World Man," from Gaucho - 5:13

[Ducatista47]

I happen to think "Two Against Nature" is a great Steely Dan CD. It's such a great recording, too. If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

If I needed to sell someone on my approach to two channel sound, I suppose I would use the two discs Avalon by Roxy Music and Muddy Waters - Folk Singer. Personally, I am more sent by great Jazz instrumentals, but most people want vocals. So I would spin these two. The two channel production on Avalon is the most accomplished I have heard, and on Folk Singer Muddy is in the room, right in front of you. It seems like you can feel his breath, and there are few vocalists who could not learn from the performance.

I hope I am not being influenced by having seen both in their prime, live. If I wanted to take a safer route that did not lean on liking what the artist was accomplishing, I'd spin up Regina Spektor's Begin To Hope. Its close miked, almost percussive presentation knocks listeners back into their seats, muttering "Wow."

[Cactus Bob]

Very nice list laurie!



Here's a list of my some of favorite concerts in no particular order:


King Crimson, Kinetic Playground Chicago 1973 (Think Lark's Tongues) My first real concert
King Crimson, Auditorium Theatre, 1974, Starless & Bible Black - Robin Trower Back up
Mahavishnu Orchestra, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1973, McLaughlin, Hammer, Cobham, Laird & Goodman
The Billy Cobham George Duke Band, Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago 1976 with Alphonso Johnson & Scofield
Jack Dejohnettes Directions, Amazing Grace, Evanston, IL 1975 with Abercrombie & Holland
Mavishnu Orchestra, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1974? with Jean Luc Ponty, Narrada +
Wishbone Ash, Camel, Aragon Ballroom 1974
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Chicago Amplitheatre 1973
Hawkwind, Space Ritual Tour, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago - I've never been the same since lol!
Jan Hammer Group, Ratso's, Chicago, 1975 with Saunders, Smith, Kindler. Performed the entire First Seven Days.
Jeff Beck with The Jan Hammer Group, Comisky Park, Chicago '76
Pink Floyd, Milwaukee County Stadium, 1973, DSOTM
King Crimson, Park West, Chicago 1981. Belew, Levin, Bruford, Dicipline
John McLaughlin & Shakti, Ivanhoe Theatre, 1975
Jean Luc Ponty, Ivanhoe Theatre, 1975
Return to Forever - Weather Report (double bill) Arie Crown Theatre Chicago, 1976
John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band, Park West Theatre, Chicago with Shankar, Goldberg, Stevens, Sunship
Robert Fripp, Soundscapes, Park West Chicago 1997
Al Di Meola, Arie Crown Theatre, 1980 with Jan Hammer, Steve Gadd (Jan Hammer Group as back up)
Bill Bruford/Tony Levin, Upper Extremities Park West Chicago 1998, with David Torn & Chris Botti,
John McLaughlin & The Fourth Dimension, Fox Theatre, Tucson 2010

and way more!

Some of my favourite concerts / gigs? It's a longish list

Jack DeJohnette Parallel Realities tour with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland - Royal Festival Hall 1990
Airto Morreira and Flora Purim (4th World) - Ronnie Scotts 1991
Zawinul Syndicate - Jazz Cafe 1991
James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Cafe 1991
Bob Berg & Mike Stern (with Dennis Chambers) - Town and Country Club 1991 (now called the Forum)
Barbara Dennerlein - Jazz Cafe 1991
Jackie McLean - Jazz Cafe 1991
Tony Williams quintet - Jazz Cafe 1991
John Scofield - Canary Wharf 1992, that was a free concert as part of celebrating the opening of Canary Wharf, and it was free!! Not surprisingly the place was packed
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Shaw Theatre 1992
Yellowjackets - Town and Country Club 1992
Alan Holdsworth with Chad Wackerman - University London student union 1992
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe - 1993
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Jazz Cafe 1994
Steve Williamson - Jazz Cafe 1996
Geri Allen - Barbican 1997
Randy Brecker - Jazz Cafe 1999
Yellowjackets with Peter Erskine - Jazz Cafe 1999
Billy Cobham - Jazz Cafe 1999
McCoy Tyner - Jazz Cafe 1999
Mark King - Jazz Cafe 1999
Tania Maria - Jazz Cafe 2000
Herbie Hancock - Shepherds Bush Empire 2000
Soulive - Jazz Cafe 2001
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Borderline 2001
Marcus Miller - Perugia jazz festival 2002
Herbie Hancock with Bobby Hutcherson - Barbican 2004
Charles Lloyd with John Abercrombie - Barbican 2004
Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield with Larry Goldings - Queen Elizabeth Hall 2004 - celebrating the music of Tony Williams
Roy Ayers, The Beat - Croydon Music Festival 2005
Azymuth - Jazz Cafe 2005
Larry Corryel, Lenny White and Victor Bailey - Jazz Cafe 2006
Jean Luc Ponty - Jazz Cafe 2007
Stanley Clarke Band - Jazz Cafe 2008
The Lightning Seeds - Croydon Music festival 2010
Scott Henderson trio - Ronnie Scotts 2011

[SEAWOLF97]

If you can't use Cousin Dupree as a demo for your system to impress folk, I don't know what will!

well, to demo my system ..I use.....

vinyl:
JBL Sessions LP's = Hoyt Axton - Joy to the World
After Eight = Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
The Planets - Holst

I tried using "The Apocalypse Now Sessions" - Mickey Hart , but the stylus wont track
at demo levels (feedback) ..there is usable signal to 10hz

CD:
"V for Vendetta" soundtrack
"Love" - Beatles
"I want my MTV" - Dire Straits
"Ray sings - Basie swings" best remaster that I've ever heard ...any track for a demo

dupree was OK...nothing to write home (or forum) about.

[hjames]

I dunno, if you aren't demoing with the 20th anniversary SACD of Brothers in Arms,
you're missing out on peak sound. The old disc is flat next to that.

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Arms-...dp/B0009A21R6/

[Robh3606]

The SACD of Avalon is really nice to demo with as well.

Rob

[hjames]

The SACD of Avalon is really nice to demo with as well.

Rob

Agreed, but apparently the price went crazy a few years after I bought my copy ... its something like $100 used and stupid-expensive new.

But gosh, listening to the sound swirl around you during "India", for instance, is amazing ...