If You Had a Time Machine

**Janszoon** · 12-12-2008, 11:12 PM

Forget about exploring history or trying to prevent disasters, if you had a time machine what bands would you go see and under what circumstances? A few that come to mind for me:

Bauhaus—I'm a huge fan of these guys and I've seen them before but it was only on their 1998 reunion tour. I'd love to have seen them at some small, smoky club in London in 79 or 80 at the beginning of their career.

Art Blakey Quintet—I wish I could go back and see them in New York at Birdland on the night in 1954 that they recorded A Night at Birdland because I am absolutely in love with volume 1 and I can't even imagine what it would've been like to be there for that show.

The Pixies—I'm not the biggest Pixies fan in the world but I do like them a lot and the really big thing for me here is that I'm from Boston but I'm about a decade too young to have seen them at their peak in their hometown. I wish I could have. I wish I could go back to 87-88 and see them at the Rathskeller because not only would it be great to see them but also because the Rat closed when I was 18, so I just barely missed out on that Boston musical landmark.

Prof. Longhair—I don't know how many people on here know this guy, but he was this amazing New Orleans pianist. He had a minor hit or two, but his fear of traveling outside of his hometown prevented him from ever doing a national tour (though I think he eventually did when he was "re-discovered" in the late 60s). I wish I could go back to about 1949 and see him in some seedy little dive in New Orleans. I've heard recordings of his shows and I think he would've been amazing to see in person.

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	If You Had a Time Machine Forget about exploring history or trying to prevent disasters, if you had a time machine what bands would you go see and under what circumstances? A few that come to mind for me: Bauhaus—I'm a huge fan of these guys and I've seen them before but it was only on their 1998 reunion tour. I'd love to have seen them at some small, smoky club in London in 79 or 80 at the beginning of their career. Art Blakey Quintet—I wish I could go back and see them in New York at Birdland on the night in 1954 that they recorded A Night at Birdland because I am absolutely in love with volume 1 and I can't even imagine what it would've been like to be there for that show. The Pixies—I'm not the biggest Pixies fan in the world but I do like them a lot and the really big thing for me here is that I'm from Boston but I'm about a decade too young to have seen them at their peak in their hometown. I wish I could have. I wish I could go back to 87-88 and see them at the Rathskeller because not only would it be great to see them but also because the Rat closed when I was 18, so I just barely missed out on that Boston musical landmark. Prof. Longhair—I don't know how many people on here know this guy, but he was this amazing New Orleans pianist. He had a minor hit or two, but his fear of traveling outside of his hometown prevented him from ever doing a national tour (though I think he eventually did when he was "re-discovered" in the late 60s). I wish I could go back to about 1949 and see him in some seedy little dive in New Orleans. I've heard recordings of his shows and I think he would've been amazing to see in person. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm Last edited by Janszoon; 12-12-2008 at 11:20 PM.