If you could go back to any ONE night in music history, what one night would it be and why?

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My roomate said, the night Dylan went electric and the newporters turned on him, but she can't say for sure.
As for me, I'm still thinking about it.

― Carlo McFarlo, Friday, 25 February 2005 06:07 (twenty years ago)

When John Lennon met Yoko Ono, for reasons I don't need to tell you.

My mother was at the Troubadour when Lennon was arrested. That had to be pretty cool.

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 25 February 2005 06:13 (twenty years ago)

When Og started hitting the rock against the tree.
Because cavewomen are EASY.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2005 06:17 (twenty years ago)

weird that you said that, I was thinking about like, what the first time Kim met Thurston, or Eric Clapton met Patty Harrison or Stevie Nicks met Lindsay Buckingham, or DeeDee Ramone met Connie, Patti Smith met Fred Sonic Smith, Nico met Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull met Mick Jagger, etc. How it might be nice to bee a fly.

― SpitSink, Friday, 25 February 2005 07:04 (twenty years ago)

Or fly a bee.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2005 07:05 (twenty years ago)

You guys are scaring me.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 25 February 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

i knew someone would bring up yoko. fuck that, i'd go back to dec 8 1980 and kick the crap out of mark david chapman.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 25 February 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

Any night Ron Hardy was playing at the music box in 1986.

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 25 February 2005 09:00 (twenty years ago)

This night : http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/stockholm.html

But I'd drink less.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 25 February 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

Rioting about the music is always cool. Might be interesting to bee a fly for the famed premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps: an audience howling "It's not as good as your early stuff", slapping one another, terrifying the performers, driving Stravinsky to illness, etc. Feisty!

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 25 February 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

Throbbing Gristle at the ICA, 18th October 1976.

“Tonight we’re going to do a one hour set called Music from the Death Factory. It’s basically about the post-breakdown of civilization. You know, you walk down the street and there’s lots of ruined factories and bits of old newspaper with stories about pornography and page three pin ups ... and you turn a corner past the dead dog and you see old dustbins... and then over the ruined factory there’s a funny noise..."

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 25 February 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

I'll change my mind on this ten times, but this morning I would go back to the night that the Four Tops laid down the vocals on "Reach Out, I'll Be There."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Oum Kalthoum the night "Ana Fe Entezarak" was recorded live (assuming it's all from one concert, and I think it is in this case). It would have been more amazing live. Everybody is obviously very on.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

The night the lights went out in Georgia. Alternately, the night Chicago died.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

night the lights went out in Georgia

Was this nominated for the 70s thread? It should have been if not (which reminds me I still need to vote--I got overwhelmed trying to rank about 60 singles).

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

the gig that bowie announced the death of Ziggy stardust ..no reason other than - fuck - what a show...

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 25 February 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

When John Lennon met Yoko Ono, for reasons I don't need to tell you

did you want to watch them do it? ew.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 25 February 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

And possibly join them. They're very open-minded people, those musicians are.

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 25 February 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Friday night, August the 14th

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 25 February 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

In 1974 at the first Suicide practices in a loft in New York City.
But I was there.

― davidsim (davidsim), Friday, 25 February 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

damn, beat me to it.

― KPH, Friday, 25 February 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Any night during the Europe 72 Pigpen / Godcheaux overlap, or any night of Neil Young circa Time Fades Away.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 25 February 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. Maybe the Cavern Club in 1962, or the 100 Club punk festival in '76.

― mike a, Friday, 25 February 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

My roomate said, the night Dylan went electric and the newporters turned on him, but she can't say for sure.

That might be a good one, because there've been so many versions of what went on it might be intriguing to see what really happened.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Friday, 25 February 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

The 100 Club--that's a good one! And actually I'd have loved to have seen the Beatles at the Cavern Club too. There's a tiny little clip of them playing "Some Other Guy" live, and they're just RIDICULOUSLY good.

But actually I'd have to pick the James Brown revue sometime in late 1970.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 25 February 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Didn't say rock history, so .....

Ella Fitzgerald, Roseland Ballroom, New York, 26 February 1940.

― ffirehorse, Friday, 25 February 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

some night around 1900 in New Orleans when Buddy Bolden was playing--and I'd bring a tape recorder.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 25 February 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

> That might be a good one, because there've been so many versions of what went on it might be intriguing to see what really happened.

To that extent, the Doors' Miami concert might be interesting. (Don't mind me, I just got done reading the Durst thread.)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 26 February 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

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