who is your greatest performer/band of all time

[fred41]

Ahhh yes....going to see Perfect Circle at the Hammerstein Ballroom in July.

[tsnajwa]

omg amber you have amazing taste in music.. its like pure audible sex
xx

[savannah]

Widespread Panic is my top pick!!!!!!!!!!! the Greatful Dead is # 2.......... then well theirs everyone else.... 2 of the most spititual bands of all time......

[hwbs]

im hating you right now.want a date? lol

i actually didn't get tix in NYC cause the radio stations take them all...so settling to see in conn...i actually just printed the ticket the other day....bought them like 2 months ago...

[Stavros]

I could never get into The Grateful Dead, it did nothing for me, same for The Band (although the song The Weight is a classic) -I had an American friend who was at Madison who thought Robbie Robertson the 'best poet' [sic] in America (!).

I notice nobody (yet) has mentioned David Bowie who, along with Elton John has never done anything of interest to me. Clapton I think got to the point where his improvisation was bordering on Jazz, but I think he once complained that it got so cerebral the audience had no idea if what he was doing was any good. I guess the question is, has that quality of musicianship gone now?

Prospero -yes, just too many concerts to list, it would be boring for everyone except me.

[amberskyi]

Ahhh yes....going to see Perfect Circle at the Hammerstein Ballroom in July.

im sooo bad a keeping track of tour dates so i always miss out.my summer is going to be filled with seeing local bands play which is cool with me (better chances of fucking the musicians )

[maaarc]

Luciano Pavarotti
Jussi Bjorling
Jimi Hendrix
sly and the family stone
stan getz

best musical performance ever -
the subway kittens

[amberskyi]

omg amber you have amazing taste in music.. its like pure audible sex
xx

i cant tell you how many times i got fucked a perfect circle or tool.a couple of times i pretended it was maynard fucking me... lol

[fred41]

im sooo bad a keeping track of tour dates so i always miss out.my summer is going to be filled with seeing local bands play which is cool with me (better chances of fucking the musicians )

if you don't mind tribute bands...this one's local and very good....and they play a lot: http://schismbandnyc.com/Home_Page.html

[Ben]

Who is the greatest performer??? Wow! Tough one.
What about: who has been the most impactful. Of course the usual array: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys etc.... And I'd argue Madonna. Obviously she has had an effect on music, on culture. Is she the greatest? That's debatable. Maybe we shouldn't even personalize. And just say: a whole variety of musicians are great.
But this vid/song did shake the culture up -- even though I can barely remember it. A bit young at the time: