Here's the scenario: You're organizing a concert and you have to pick three bands/artists/whoever to bill together for the show. Money and time are no object so you can pick anybody in the history of music/entertainment. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to put together a show bill choosing the venue (again, don't consider reality a problem if you want to have a show at a theater that closed years ago, go for it), the bands/musicians/entertainers and so on.
Yesterday's winner: Nick
Clark Kent. Because he puts a pair of glasses on and expects no one to realize who he is. What a shithead.
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I want a British bill. The Beatles open, followed by Eric Clapton, with The Who headlining. Everyone would be taken in their prime, of course. They would play at the Hope And Anchor Pub in North London for an invitation only crowd. Or...no...too small for so much rock...
They'd play at St George’s Concert Hall in Bradford. It will fit about 4000 people. Just enough for an intimate feeling, but enough for a good crowd response. Dicken's gave his first reading of A Christmas Carol there. Irrelevant, but interesting.
Obviously, I'm going through a big British music phase. In a month, I may change my mind to Coltrane, Fitzgerald, and Basie at Preservation Hall in New Orleans. For now, though I stand by the Brits.
Here it is. Wembley Stadium. Oasis opens, coming out to Fuckin' in the Bushes (what else would the show open up with?) and finishing up with Champagne Supernova. As everybody sings along to the outro, it gradually shifts to the opening organ music for Streets (did you think U2 wasn't going to be on here? I'm arranging this concert, so you bet your ass they're here). The final song of the set is a cover of John Lennon's Instant Karma (they covered it on the last tour, and it's on the new Save Darfur charity album). Headlining for the night? The stage goes dark, you can't see anything and the roar is deafening. All you hear is music gradually building and then you hear "Awwww, you gotta take me home tonight / Awww, down beside that read firelight / Awww, you gotta letta all hang out / fat-bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round." The lights go up, fireworks go off, and Queen plays the headlining set. David Bowie makes an appearance for Under Pressure during the set. All three bands come out for the finale and close with U2's "40" (How long to sing this song? echos throughout the crowd even after the lights come on) An amazing end to an unbelievable night.
ok...I'm pretty hung over, but I think I got this.
Olympic Stadium. Berlin, Germany.
First up is Bowie. But he'd be Ziggy Stardust Bowie. We're talkin glammed up from head to toe in feathers, glitter, and tiny jump suits. Opens with "Suffragette City" and closes with "Life on Mars," and "Ground Control to Major Tom." Oh, and for the finale, he get's lifted by ropes so he can sail through the audience.
Second up is motherfuckin Radiohead. They go ape shit, hitting up almost all the tracks from Kid A and OK Computer, in addition to a couple songs from Hail to the Thief.
Now, for the grand headliner we've got the screaming wails of Robert Plant and the black magic fingers of Jimmy Page. That's right, we've got Zeppelin. And they're all wearing rediculously tight pants. Plant's bulge is about to explode through the seams. It's amazing. "Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove..." the audience is pissing themselves. From "Black Dog" they go into 'immigrant song', play numerous tracks from Zeppelin 1,2,3, and 4, but not that much from house of the holy. slow it down with 'since i've been lovin' you' and they end with, what else, 'stairway to heaven.' Just when everyone thinks it's over, they do an encore of 'misty mountain hop' and 'ramble on.' Thom Yorke joins in a duet for "that's the way." and it's pure magic. the end.
Journey. Journey. Journey.
Just kidding - I actually forfeit my answer and vote for Matty's. A dumb questions daily first, you say? I think so!
Ray...it's an honor...but I can't limit this to one response. Thus, I present two concerts from two different genres...
It's the 1960s in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sands Casino is the place to be, a virtual who's who entertainers, politicians and businessmen. Everyone's dressed to the nines smoking unfiltered Luckies and drinking hard booze. The opening act is none other than a young Bobby Darin. His set progresses with favorites such as "Dream Lover" and "Mack the Knife." During his closer, "Beyond the Sea," another instrumentalist can be heard beyond the orchestra. His notes are crisp, his range outstanding, and he's outplaying the entire horn section. From behind the curtain emerges the great Louis Armstrong, who improvs a solo during the middle of "Beyond the Sea," but not so as to take away from the young Darin. Armstrong stays out to play a set including "Dream A Little Dream of Me" and "Hello Dolly" with a timeless classic closer "What A Wonderful World." The main act follows: Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. All the classic banter, booze and songs. They take turns, giving the other time for a smoke, and share a few lines of each others songs, closing the show with "My Way."
The second school of thought...
A young Bob Dylan is the opening act, beginning with "The Times They Are A-Changin'." He rocks through classics like "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Shelter From The Storm." It's a sedated set, closing with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Don't Think Twice-It's Alright."
Eric Clapton is on stage next and gets the crowd rockin', He opens his set with "White Room" and "Cocaine." The hits keep coming, as Clapton slows it down and weaves the audience through an introspective journey of his musical career with "Wonderful Tonight," "Presence of the Lord" (Blind Faith), and "Bell Bottom Blues" (Derek and the Dominos). He plays a showstopping solo of "Tears in Heaven," featuring him alone on stage under a spotlight. The set wraps with "Layla," featuring the daunting piano coda that makes everyone think of the Lufthansa heist in Goodfellas.
Finally, it's The Beatles, opening with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band." The set ends with "A Day In the Life" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The quartet re-emerges for an encore with Clapton, which features "With A Little Help From My Friends, "All You Need Is Love" and "Hello Goodbye. They invite the young Dylan on stage and all play out to a 9 1/2 minute version of "Like A Rolling Stone," featuring several solos, including one from organist Al Kooper.
This concert's gotta be outdoors: Red Rocks Amphitheater.
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