SuggestiON-AIR: Band's at their peak
ATL is collectively buzzing about getting to see Primal Scream perform their sublime masterpiece 'Screamadelica' in Belfast, as part of Belsonic 2011. It got us to thinking about just how great it would have been to watch the band twenty years ago, when they were first touring the record, having discovered dance music and created a hybrid collection of tunes that sounded like nothing else at the time. Primal Scream in 1991 - we can only imagine the level of awesome.
So this week's topic for conversation - band's at their peak, whether you got to see them at the time or not. Maybe you weren't even born! But yes - we'd like the name of the act and a year via facebook, twitter, email or by texting 81771 during the show. All in exhange for a radio shout-out, of course.
Here's a couple of picks to get you started....
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Rigsy - ATL presenter
As far as I can see, only the Beatles have more enourmo-songs and they never quite nailed the live thing the way Queen did. Thus, this seems and obvious choice. How could you not get caught up in a setlist that could contain Radio Gaga, Bohemian Rhapsody, Under Pressure and We Are The Champions? Watching Queen at their best would surely be the most craic ever.
Paul McClean - ATL Producer
At this point, Prince was almost as globally dominant as Jacko but wihtout the squeaky clean image. At this point noone had heard of 'Jesus juice' so it was up to the minute Minneapolis multi-instrumentalist to hog the freaky headlines. I remember being slightly obsessed by the obtuse semi-spiritual funk messages of the Lovesexy album and reading the lurid and utterly fabricated (sometimes with his approvl it transpires) tabloid headlines about him going to graveyards and eating bees. That actually was printed. The live performances by this stage were a full on theatrical genre-busting display of dexterity that would put the cast of Chicago to shame. Pity I was only about 13, but at the same time, it may just have blown my mind to smithereens.
Philly Taggart - ATL content assistant
I have been a Clash obsessive since the time i grifted The Clash's first album from my local library during my GCSE's, leading to be me being black listed from the establishment. If thats not punk rock then i don't know what is. Everything about The Clash speaks to me, the viceral passion they exude when they play live, their earnest belief that they can change the world through music and their last gang in town mentality. Joe Strummer inspired me to write songs, albeit not very good ones, Paul Simmonon taught me how to encorporate roots music into my bass playing and Mick Jones let me know that it was ok to dress like a prat. The Clash are the only band that matters.
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