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WOW! Those boys from Ireland don't disappoint when it comes to performing on Saturday Night Live.
It's not often that an artist on SNL gets three songs, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton come to mind. And if a band deserves three songs it's U2.
I loved seeing the new songs "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" performed live. Also closing out the show with the classic "I Will Follow" wasn't too bad either. Didn't that girl looked shocked when Bono jumped in her lap and grinded up against her?
Also I thought it was cool that they teased Tom Rush's "No Regrets" at the end of "Sometimes." And I wonder what song they performed after the cameras went off?
I'll say this I can't wait to see U2 again in 2005!
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I caught this show late as I was at Massey Hall seeing The Musical Box, but I was glad I made it.
I was walking through Sam The Record Man on Yonge Street and as I walked up to the counter to buy some stuff I noticed a advertisements for this:
A Tribute to Neil Young
Saturday November 20
The Drake Underground
1150 Queen St. W. (416)531-5042
The Mountainside Band
Kevin Hearn
The Real Priscillas
Wayne Omaha
Kurt Swinghammer
Astrid Young
Evil Doers
The Pinch
Mia Sheard
Dirty Hearts
David Celia
The Weights
Chris Bartos
Lysa Fina & Femke Berkhout
Marnie Lee McCourty
and some more special guests
Hosted by a man called Wrycraft
Doors at 8:00PM --$10 or pay what you can
Proceeds go to The Bridge School and integra children's charities.
Charity info: www.bridgeschool.org and www.integra.on.ca
Gig info: invisibleinc@sympatico.ca and www.thedrakehotel.ca
I got there at around 11:30PM right as Astrid Young, Neil's half sister who has often performed and toured with Neil in the last ten plus years. I caught her second of what I can assume was a two song set as that's what most artists did. The song Astrid performed was the title track to Neil's 2002 album "Are You Passionate?" Astrid appears on this album and it was nice to see her give it a solo acoustic performance with a 12 string guitar.
The next act up was the Evil Doers and they did two sub par versions of "Look Out for My Love" and "The Loner."
Next was one of the artists that I was hoping to see and luckily did, Kurt Swinghammer. Kurt was introduced by saying that he will soon be releasing an album with Kevin Breit and a fiddle player whose name escapes me. Kurt performing solo acoustic he gave an interesting introduction by saying of how much he wanted to be like Neil Young as a child but didn't want his epilepsy, and went on to mention how Neil had a few epileptic attacks during the recording of the album that this song was recorded. The album was "Harvest" and he did an interesting version of "Old Man."
Next Kurt surprised at least me by performing "The Bridge" off of "Time Fades Away." But he performed this piano song with his guitar instead.
After Kurt The Mountainside Band was up. The band had Skydiggers guitarist Josh Finlayson on bass. The performed "Don't Cry No Tears" and a stoned out version of "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown."
After was a group I think was called Lightning Street. A three piece of two girls and a guy that peformed only one song and it was an acoustic version of "Words."
The final act of this tribute to the Bridge School created by Neil Youngs wife Pegi, was the Dirty Hearts. The performed an intense version of "Revolution Blues" from Neil's 1974 not often talked about classic "On The Beach." "Revolution Blues" was sandwiched between music that was inspired by the motion picture "Dead Man." They performed some of the electric guitar parts that was in the film.
The Dirty Hearts closed their set and the show with "Welfare Mothers" and during the song they were backed by the New Priscillas. I recently saw the New Priscillas open for Wilco at Massey Hall and during that show they opened the show with Neil's old Buffalo Springfield song "Burned." I can only assume that the New Priscillas performed this song again as I missed their set.
I caught two out of the three artists that I really wanted to see Astrid Young and Kurt Swinghammer. Though I unfortunately missed the Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn. I saw him walk out though with an acoustic guitar case so I suppose he didn't perform the piano on stage or did he? I don't know.
It was a fun night and I'd do it again if it became an annual event and hey it's for a good cause.
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What an amazing show! The last time I saw The Musical Box perform "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" was a couple of years ago at the Hamilton Convention Centre. Massey Hall is quite the upgrade in venue, also the band has improved with a drummer that not only drums left handed like Phil Collins, his vocals sound exactly like Collins and is even bald like Collins.
Also tonights show was the 30th anniversary of Genesis first live performance of "The Lamb" which happened in Chicago on November 20, 1974.
It was a better crowd than I expected as well. It looked like it was packed, which speaks volumes about the quality of this Tribute Band, that is actually authorized Genesis and Peter Gabriel to put on this show.
The Musical Box even encored with two songs, compared to the one I saw the last "Lamb" show. Last time they closed with "Watcher of the Skies." This show they still closed with the same song, but this time they also performed "Musical Box" before the closer.
A great night and I hope I get to see the Musical Box again as I don't expect I'll ever see Peter Gabriel to reform with his former Genesis bandmates to do this show.
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NEXT ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
LUKE WILSON / U2
11:29pm 2004-11-20 ALL NEW!
I'll be taping it, as I'll be in Toronto seeing The Musical Box at Massey Hall.
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I can't wait to bring in 2005 with Wilco and the Flaming Lips at MSG in NYC!
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Q107 PRESENTS
THE MUSICAL BOX
GENESIS THE LAMB
MASSEY HALL-178 VICTORIA
GST# 119 228 633
SAT NOV 20, 2004 8:00 PM
I've seen The Musical Box perform the Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Tour" before and it's absolutely amazing. The show makes you feel like you got into Doc's Delorean with Marty and you went back in time to 1974 to see Genesis with Peter Gabriel still at the helm.
It is authorized by Genesis and Peter Gabriel. Including the 1,100 slides from the 1974 original tour.
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from www.billboard.com
Edited By Barry A. Jeckell. November 18, 2004, 3:00 PM ET
Dylan's 'Rolling Stone' Tops Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs List
"Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan's scornful, ironic ode to a spoiled woman's reversal of fortune, has been designated the greatest rock'n'roll song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
The six-minute opening track from his landmark 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited" broke the barrier of the three-minute hit single and established Dylan as a mainstream pop artist, marking his transformation from folk troubadour to rock sensation.
"No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial laws and artistic conventions of its time, for all time," writes Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke in an article accompanying the magazine's list of the top 500 rock songs of all time.
The list, published in a special edition out tomorrow (Nov. 19), was compiled by a panel of recording artists, producers, label executives, critics and songwriters. Among them were singer Art Garfunkel, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, vocalist Joni Mitchell and even Dylan's son, Jakob, who fronts rock act the Wallflowers.
Ranked No. 2 on the magazine's roster of greatest rock songs of all time is the Rolling Stones' 1965 hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," followed by John Lennon's utopian ballad "Imagine," Marvin Gaye's languid soul classic "What's Going On" and Aretha Franklin's empowerment anthem "Respect."
Rounding out the top 10 are "Good Vibrations" from the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," the Beatles' "Hey Jude," Nirvana's 1991 hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Ray Charles' seminal soul record "What'd I Say."
The lion's share of songs from the list hail from the 1960s, and only a handful were released after 1990. The most recent single to make the list is "Hey Ya!" (2003) from hip-hop duo OutKast at No. 180. Rapper Eminem's "Lose Yourself" (2002) ranks No. 166.
The highest-charting song on the list from the king of rock'n'roll, Elvis Presley, is his 1956 hit "Hound Dog" at No. 19.
The Beatles, not surprisingly, notch the most songs on the list, with 22 entries. They are trailed by archrivals the Rolling Stones, who tally 13. A dozen of Dylan's songs make the cut.
In a similar list published in 1989, the magazine named the Stones' "Satisfaction" as the best single of the past 25 years, with Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" placed at No. 2 -- a reversal of the latest ranking.
Last year's Rolling Stone magazine list of the top 500 rock albums of all time put the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at No. 1.
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Toronto shows, not show. I haven't decided if I'm going to one of these shows yet.
Wed, 11/24/04
05:30 PM Pixies International Centre
Toronto, ON Find Tickets
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Thu, 11/25/04
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Sun, 11/28/04
08:00 PM The Pixies Robert Guertin Arena
Gatineau, QC Find Tickets
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Bye Garcia
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Happy Birthday Trev,
You're my oldest friend on this board (And to be clear I don't mean age). You're one of those guys that I couldn't think of a bad thing about you.
I hope you have a great day and I hope to see you again soon.
Love, TimmyB
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from www.billboard.com
Edited By Jonathan Cohen. November 17, 2004, 4:10 PM ET
Allman Takes Friends On The Road
Gregg Allman will take a break from the Allman Brothers Band for a brief run of East Coast tour dates, kicking off Jan. 21 in Jim Thorpe, Pa. Traveling under the "& Friends" banner, the Southern rock veteran has dates scheduled through the end of the month, including a two-night stand in New York.
According to Allman's official Web site his "friends" band is made up of singer Floyd Miles, bassist Tommy Miller, guitarist Mark McGee, keyboardist Neal Larson, drummer James van de Bogert and a horn section made up of trumpeter Richard Boulger and saxophonists Chris Karlic and Jay Collins.
Allman's last solo album, "Searching for Simplicity," appeared in 1997 via the Sony-affiliated 550 Music label.
Here are the Gregg Allman & Friends tour dates:
Jan. 21: Jim Thorpe, Pa. (Penn's Peak)
Jan. 22: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Casino)
Jan. 23: Sayreville, N.J. (Starland Ballroom)
Jan. 25-26: New York (B.B. King's Blues Club)
Jan. 28: Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Seneca Niagara Casino)
Jan. 29: Glenside, Pa. (Keswick Theatre)
Jan. 30: Falls Church, Va. (State Theatre)
-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.
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Happy 66th Birthday Gordon,
I thought we were going to loose you a couple of years ago, just like I thought we were going to loose your pal Bob Dylan in 1997. I'm glad you're both around still.
I'm looking forward to your first full length concert since your illness on Sunday November 28, 2004 in Hamilton. I'm also glad to see that we made sure it is sold out. It will be a fun night, and I hope you have a fun day and many more to come.
Sincerly, TimmyB
from www.billboard.com
This Day In Music November 17, 2004
1938 - Gordon Lightfoot is born in Orillia, Ontario. His biggest hit is the million-selling No. 1 single "Sundown" in 1974.
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Bob Geldof deserves god-like status.
Agreed. That's why England gave him a knighthood.
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In the liner notes of the DVD it states:
Money raised from the sale of this DVD will be used to continue the work of the Band Aid Trust in Africa.
With Sir Bob Geldof continuing to be a trustee, I trust that the money is going to those who need help. Sir Bob is a Saint.
A couple of years ago I was at Healey's Blues Club I was seeing Levon Helm and the Barnburners and Sir Bob Geldof walked right past me. I was like, "Damn, a knight just walked right by me and he's watching the drummer of the Band play blues songs!" I thought that was cool.
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Plus with the new big screen, her camel toe is larger than life! Ahhhh joni.
That's way too much information Ms. Huxtable!
What time did this start? I turned it to Bravo at 9:30PM and it wasn't on.
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And with Brian Blade on drums...and I'm sure other stellar players whose names now escape me (though I think the bass player's name was familiar)
It's probably Joni Mitchell's ex who still was touring with her in 1998, Larry Klein.
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I just picked up a copy of the LIVE AID DVD!
LIVE AID THE DAY THE MUSIC CHANGED THE WORLD JULY 13, 1985
4-DVD Set
Avaliable for the First Time
Over 10 Hours of Footage www.liveaiddvd.net
This DVD Saves Lives
I'm looking forward to watching (in order of personal importance) Neil Young, Bob Dylan with Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Who, U2, Dire Straits, Queen, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Sting, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis Costello, The Beach Boys, Joan Baez, Black Sabbath, The Pretenders, Bryan Ferry and Mick Jagger just to name a few.
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Jerry Garcia
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is he stil playing keyboards all night, or is he on the drum kit now?
Ha! Ha! Funny guy. Yes Dylan's still playing keyboards all night. I wonder if I will ever see him perform a guitar again?
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If you thought the show I attended looks great and you want to go, then here's how.
Wednesday Nov. 17: A rare small club show celebrating their 20th Aniversary
‘LOST TOGETHER: A Blue Reunion’ BLUE RODEO
w/Members of the original lineup @10:30, celebrate their 20th B-Day and the release of their first ever DVD ‘Blue Rodeo in Stereovision’. $20.00 CASH ONLY at Door (9:00 PM). The Daily Bread Food Bank will be in the Merch are or in Lobby to take donations, be it $$$$ or non-perishable/canned food
Tickets: They are NO ADVANCE Tickets. All Patrons are welcome to line up outside the venue anytime in the afternoon after 2:00 PM. You will be WRISTBANDED and ID’d in the order of the line, by Leslie n Joel, in intervals between 2:00 PM, n throughout the late afternoon n early evening, until 7:30 PM, or until all available wristbands have been issued. (This is so you don’t have to spend all afternoon n evening in the cold in line)
The Wristband Policy is for EACH PERSON w/ID, you can pick up a maximum of TWO WRISTBAND(s). The ID holder picking up the spare (2nd Wristband) will have their wristband fastened on site at time of pick up, and at that time you can sign in for your guest, by name.
YOU, and your guest, MUST be back in Line, outside the venue, at 8:00 PM, in sequential order of your numbered wristbands, please with bands ATTACHED to your defacto wrists. At 8:15, Joel, MC, Leslie, and Theresa will re-check your ID(s), validate your entry, and very soon after you will enter the Venue for the show.
Please note, all tickets are $20.00 CASH ONLY.
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The Grateful Dead don't hold a candle to the Beatles.
The Grateful Dead have influenced a small section of society. Whereas the Beatles influenced the entire world.
I'll state this another way the Grateful Dead
have changed the lives of some people, while the Beatles have changed the lives of all people whether they know it or not.
For goodness sakes the Grateful Dead were influenced by the Beatles. I'm sure the Beatles were not influenced by the Grateful Dead.
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A friend of mine from Q107 called me up yesterday afternoon and asked me if I wanted to go to 'Lost Together' A Blue Rodeo reunion at Lee's Palace tonight? I said what time do you want me there?
A Blue Rodeo concert with the original line up! I've listened to Blue Rodeo since their first album, but did not see them live until 1993 so I never saw them with Bob Wiseman, Cleave Anderson or Mark French. So how could I turn this show down?
We walked into a packed Lee's Palace at around 10:30PM and the band got on at around ten to eleven. To my disappointment Bob Wiseman was not in attendance as Greg Keelor said that Wiseman was in Ottawa but would be at the next gig at Lee's on Wednesday. So James Gray took over on keyboards for the night.
My disappointment subsided when the five piece Blue Rodeo started to play. And at least I still got to see Cleave Anderson and Mark French!
While they were introduced by the gentleman that runs the Horseshoe who's name escapes me, he said that the second act that ever performed Lee's Palace twenty years ago was Blue Rodeo.
Jim Cuddy then came on and said "Twenty years later we still can fill Lee's Palace on a Monday night."
The first set opened with the opener off of "Outskirts," "Heart Like Mine" and I knew I was in for a great night. It was great seeing them as a five piece again. It didn't really matter that Wiseman wasn't there, it was all about the songs. The first set had eight of the ten songs on "Outskirts," as well as three tracks from "Diamond Mine," one from "Casino" and a cover of Merle Haggard's "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" with Steve Cox on lead vocals and guitar with Greg on drums. Mark French came out for the last two numbers in the set making it a six piece.
A definite highlight of the first set was the Greg song "Beverly Street" that Greg said the band played when Cleave was in the band but recently recorded it for their new album with Glenn Milchem not Cleave. Then said "Glenn plays it better. Cleave quit so it's our way of getting back at him."
After a short set break the boys were back out with Jack Dekeyser on guitar. This set started out with Mark on drums and soon had Cleave back for a couple of more numbers. Definite highlights were the opener of the set "What Am I Doing Here" and "Mystery Train."
After "Trust Yourself" the current line up of Blue Rodeo came out to close out the show. They performed a number of songs off of "Five Days In July" as well as a few others.
The hightlights here was during "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" where Greg had the audience sing the first verse and chorus, and the crowd sang it quite well.
Also a nice rendition of the Bee Gees song "To Love Somebody" during the encore. This summer at the Ottawa Bluesfest where Jim Cuddy was a part of "Hot Burrito! A tribute to Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Bros." I asked Jim after the show if songs like "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Do Right Woman" which Jim performed that night where inspired by Gram Parsons and not the original artists that recorded them. Jim said that yes they were inspired by Parsons.
I then asked him about "To Love Somebody" which the Flying Burrito Bros. also covered and whether or not Blue Rodeo was inspired by the Bee Gees version or the Flying Burrito Bros. version. Jim adamantly responded that no the song was inspired by the Bee Gees original and that he didn't even know the song was covered by Parsons until the Parsons compilations "Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels" came out the same year as Blue Rodeo's "Greatest Hits" which both had the song on it.
It was a great night of music and I wish I could go back again on Wednesday when Bob Wiseman will be there as well.
Setlist:
Blue Rodeo @ Lee's Palace 11/15/04
Start time 10:48PM
Set 1:
(Jim, Bazil, Greg, Cleave, James started the show)
1. Heart Like Mine
2. Rose-Coloured Glasses
3. Rebel
4. Floating
5. Now And Forever
6. Joker's Wild
7. Underground
8. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard song with Steve Cox lead vocals and guitar with Greg on drums with Cleave)
9. Outskirts
10. Try
11. Beverly Street (An old Greg song performed back in the days with Cleave that will be on their new album)
12. Diamond Mine
13. Love And Understanding (with Mark French on drums with Cleave as well to close out the set)
14. 'Til I Am Myself Again
End set 12:06AM (1 hour and 18 minutes)
Break 20 minutes
Set 2:
Start time 12:27AM
15. What Am I Doing Here (with Jack DeKeyser on guitar for songs 15-20 and Mark on drums)
16. If You Go (Greg song never recorded performed during the Casino tour)
17. Nothing (Jack DeKeyser song Jack on lead vocals and Cleave joining Mark on drums)
18. Cryin'
19. Mystery Train (Jack lead vocals)
20. Trust Yourself (Mark only one on drums
(Current line up of Blue Rodeo close out the show)
21. Bad Timing
22. Cynthia
23. Five Days In May
24. Walk Like You Don't Mind
25. Someone To Keep Me Company (Does anybody knows this song title and who originally recorded it? Please let me know. Bazil on lead vocals)
26. Hasn't Hit Me Yet
End time 1:31AM Back 1:34AM (3 minute break)
Encore:
27. Lost Together
28. To Love Somebody (with Jack)
29. You're Everywhere (with Jack
End time 1:52AM (time 1 hour 25 minutes. Total time 2 hours and 40 minutes)
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I forgot to mention one of my favorite parts of the Bob Dylan show in Rochester. During the introductions when Bob introduced George Recile he said "George is from Louisiana. He has a bunch of snakes. And when it rains he puts the snakes on his windshield. He calls them windshield vipers."
Then when he introduced Tony Garnier he said "Tony is so tough, when he shaves he uses a chainsaw."
I love it when Dylan tells jokes during the introductions. He doesn't ever say anything during the entire show, so when he speaks you can see the audience hanging on his every word, and those words are usually funny.
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from www.rollingstone.com
Flaming Lips Fly "Freak"
Intimate band documentary due in March
The Flaming Lips are the subject of the new documentary My Life With the Fearless Freaks, due out on DVD from Shout Films on March 23rd.
Taking its name from a Sunday youth football team on which Lips frontman Wayne Coyne played with his brothers, The Fearless Freaks explores the evolution of the Oklahoma band. In particular it focuses on the families and life experiences that shaped members Coyne, drummer Steven Drodz and bassist Michael Ivins.
"I started in Wayne's neighborhood and really tried to tell the story of how he grew up because he has so many older brothers that were a huge influence on his life," says director Bradley Beesley, whose previous credits include Lips' videos, as well as documentaries about Oklahoma catfishing and blues label Fat Possum Records. "They shaped the music that he listened to and his early career drawing, and playing guitar, and going to concerts, and doing drugs."
Beesley is a longtime associate of the Lips, and they were comfortable enough to let him film very personal moments. "I've got some pretty intimate footage of Steven using drugs and talking about how drugs destroyed his life, as they're destroying his life," Beesley says. "It's not like a VH1 thing where the guy talks about shooting up like ten years ago. I was capturing it literally as he was shooting up."
In addition to such gritty scenes, Freaks includes cameos from Beck, Jack White, Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue, Juliette Lewis and Liz Phair, as well as outtakes from the long-awaited Lips movie Christmas on Mars (due out December 2005). The film also features four new Flaming Lips songs made specifically for the film.
"It's a cool film," says Coyne. "When you get to appear inside someone's life I don't think it would even matter who they are. I think if you followed anybody around for eleven years and talked to their relatives and were there when poignant things in their life happened, it wouldn't matter who you are, it'd be interesting."
Beesley and Coyne hope to have Freaks make its cinematic premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January, or at the South by Southwest Music-Film Festival in Austin Texas, in March.
JOLIE LASH
(Posted Nov 12, 2004)
I can't wait until New Yeas Eve in The Big Apple with Wilco and the Flaming Lips!
U2 on SNL 11/20/04
in Soundboard
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Here's a few more, all of whom are still active:
Beastie Boys (Who I recently just saw for the first time at the Air Canada Centre and they were absolutely great)
Blue Rodeo (Who just celebrated their 20th anniversary with a DVD and a couple of reunion shows. I attended the first one and it was amazing to see the band rock out Outskrits nearly in it's entirety)
The Flaming Lips (Who I can't wait to see this New Years Eve with Wilco at MSG)
Bruce Hornsby (Who's new album is quite good)
The Jayhawks (Who are about to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2005 and their are talks of reuniting with Marc Olson)
Phish (How could anyone on this board forget about Phish?)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Their new Live album is avaliable as an Import at HMV and Sam's in Toronto)
R.E.M. (Who's recent show at the Hummingbird Centre was great. The new material came across much better live)
The Tragically Hip (who I don't listen to much anymore, but how can you as a Canadian forget this band? Playing the Hammer to bring in another New Year)
Widespread Panic (read above brackets for Phish and replace with WSP. Also Panic are about to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2005.)
PS Hey Jaimoe, Van Halen doesn't count. They came out of the seventies and nothing changes that. Then you might as well say that Dire Straits and/or the Police started in the seventies too, which wouldn't be true.