Say you could pick acts to perform at the Grammys.....

[tigereye]

who would get to play?

Post acts that would have actually made the Grammys cool, not boring, phat, fly, sick, whatever term your generation prefers. Post folks that would never see the light of day under the current regime. Feel free to pick folks who would please you but horrify and send most folks screaming from their tv room. Anything to have make them interesting, not death- inducing, over- commercialized, pap- swilling, media kool aide drinking, publicist-screwing, deadly dull. People that love music and can actually play and compose.

Who would I love to see? Who would frighten, shock, terrify and possibly amaze America? Who should be on there? Granted, a large number of them are dead, sadly, and corpses would not be appropriate. But I suppose one could pick a lineup of those who are no longer with us, too.

Here's my highly indiosyncratic list for starters....
Iggy Pop for starters, in his wrinkly, but energetic glory.
Adrian Belew
Queen Ida
Lydia Lunch
Anthony Braxton - everyone should be made to sit and listen to at least part or one of his compositions.
Phillip Glass
NoFx, just for the fun of it.
Tom Waits
Captain Beefheart
Abbey Lincoln
Meredith Monk
Gwar? That would be amusing, wouldn't it?
The woman who plays jazz on various balloons.
Pauline Oliveros
Calvin from Beat Happening
my old buddy Jason Gibbs, wherever he may be....

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Steely Dan.

Just had to throw that out there. :P

[tigereye]

2. wow that was quick!

I'm shocked, shocked that you would pick them! You need to get out more, dear. ;) j/k

It's funny there was a Midnight Special ad on tv selling acts from that show, and of SD in all their coked out, long haired stoner glory, with 70s garments and curly- haired singers. Boy did that make me feel old.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

25. There are a million '70s SD vids on YouTube.

Donald Fagen circa 1973 is fucking hysterical.

:rofl:

[ZombieNixon]

3. NOFX at the Grammys?

Wow...yeah, that would be...interesting. They'd probably play their Lesbian Love Song trilogy ("Liza and Louise," "Liza," and "Louise") and drive the FCC and the broadcasters insane. :P

[tigereye]

9. exactly! That's my personal and selfish goal here

I put GWAR on there for a serious poke in the FCC's eye (and gonads, I suspect).

NoFx were very cute (and goofy and generally inoffensive) on Conan a few summers ago. It was kind of sweet.

[ZombieNixon]

11. Yeah, what you really want is NOFX circa 1996,

when they were just assholes. :P

[tigereye]

13. as an old school punk who lost track while I was chasing a

toddler in the mid 90s, I have to say that hearing them revived some of my faith in punk. And they almost always make me laugh

[enigmatic]

4. Pere Ubu, 1975

[enigmatic]

7. doing 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and Final Solution!

Of course..

[tigereye]

12. that is very very good!

David Thomas in any form would please me.

Damn. Why can't someone like you program the damn Grammys. (grumble)

[enigmatic]

15. Pere Ubu and Rocket From The Tombs are always on my show

I'm from Cleveland and grw up in that time period, so I have some great memories of that era. And it's gotta be Ubu w/ Peter Laughner, especially if they do Final Solution..

[tigereye]

21. I missed RFTT when they were here in Pgh. last year

I could have kicked myself. And I missed Chris Stamey, too. :cry:

Ubu was a very very big deal here at the time. We wore out the grooves on the Modern Dance.

[enigmatic]

23. They were all great guys

Peter Laughner is a hero of mine; one of the great unsung innovators of the 70's...

[Deja Q]

5. So seeing congress do a 1 hour encore is out of the question then?

No matter, it'd be as effective as a 60 minute commercial break for "No-Doz"...

[graywarrior]

6. Pink Floyd and nothing but Pink Floyd...with everyone in the audience tripping on acid,

[tigereye]

14. Arnold Lane!

sigh. Really early Floyd would have been nice, as well.

(the mainstream audience doesn't seem to need drugs, though.)

[graywarrior]

17. No, they force me to take them just to erase their image from my brain.

I kid.

I gave up drugs. Damn.

[tigereye]

19. to erase the image of Later -era Floyd?

or the images from TV in general? Either could well apply.

You want scary, have you seen those Midnight Special ads? :scared:

[graywarrior]

24. Damned if I know. Once I write a thought...it's gone.

Midnight Special ads?
:shrug:

[tigereye]

34. Midnight Special was a pretty good rock show from the 70s

they are releasing DVD's of it with lots of 70s acts who look like, well, drug- addled 70s acts with some really great stuff thrown in. You might not be old enough to remember, or, the ads are not in your area. Sorry to confuse.

[graywarrior]

37. You're tripping right now, aren't you?

[tigereye]

40. no, haven't been near anything resembling a drug in more

than 20 years. Parenthood and a serious profession can do that to a person. :hi:

[graywarrior]

41. Same here. I'm sober 20 years on 2/14.

I'm high on life. Bwhahahahaha.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. Careful with that ax, Eugene.

:P

[KamaAina]

8. Keali'i Reichel, plus any New Orleans brass band.

perhaps the Hot 8 seeing as how they just lost their drummer to the tragic violence down there. :(

[tigereye]

16. yeah, was there a tribute last year to NO bands?

I can't remember. Some really nice second line drumming and some marching would have been great. Sad to see any musicians from there passing, for any reason. :(

how are you, KA?

[KamaAina]

20. Fine, though overworked

how are you, KA?

You do know I don't really live down there, right? I'm out here in (take a wild guess) Hawai'i, and even managed to miss the Oct. quake while traveling.

I have, obviously, sort of reclaimed dual citizenship with N.O. and, in fact, just returned from a mind-blowing visit last month. Short version: Get y'all selves back down there before the drunken hordes realize it's still there and reoccupy the choice spots. I even understand there are still some hotel rooms available for Mardi Gras (now through next Tues.)!

[TommyO]

10. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

It brings back memories of a much better president.

[tigereye]

18. now wait, this isn't the convention yet....

;)

but what the hell, it's your fantasy grammys.

How about some Billy Bragg? (British, but politically prickly)

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. Fuck the Grammys.

The Fall, Public Enemy, The Saints, Yoko Ono, Motorhead, Kraftwerk featuring Joe Byrd and Patty Waters, The Coup, Wire, John Zorn, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lou Reed Performing "Metal Machine Music" in its entirety, RuPaul, and the fuckin' Stooges.



That should be enough to give the loathsome RIAA a collective stroke. :thumbsup:

[mitchum]

30. I would watch that!

[tigereye]

31. ack, how could I forget Yoko!

John Zorn telling people to shut the F up or he'll come into the audience and mess with them. That would be pretty intriguing!

I have often wished that MMM could be broadcast over a few commercial airwaves, as well.

[Radical Activist]

26. Beck

Other music that doesn't suck.

[tigereye]

35. Beck would be good

there are times that I think he is one of the few mainstream artists(who aren't Bowie), that always manage to push the envelope.

[NC_Nurse]

27. GWAR!

That cracks me up! :D

That would be so great!!!! :rofl:

Can't you just see the audience sitting there with their mouths wide open? :o

[tigereye]

36. and covered with fake blood and other liquids

or so I have heard.

[mvd]

28. That was actually a very good Grammys show, with many...

enjoyable performances, but here would be some interesting artists:

Regina Spektor
Sigur Ros
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Deerhoof

[Shine]

29. Stevie Ray Vaughn comes to mind, but too bad he's dead.

how 'bout some cool African music, too?

:hi:

[tigereye]

38. Anjelique Kidjo would be nice

see, that's the thing, I want it to be wild, and free, and stimulating, and non-corporate. With no silly actresses who think they can sing. Or rappers who think they can act. (with the possible exception of Ice T and Queen Latifah.) Silly me.

[Shine]

42. or Salif Kieta, Habib Koite, Ali Farke Toure...

Yeah, baby! shake things up a bit. :bounce: right on.

[sandnsea]

32. Van Morrison & Stevie Nicks

Singing The Mystic.

[Strawman]

33. Ronnie James Dio wsg Satan

or if Satan can't make it, King Diamond.

[LostInAnomie]

39. GG Allin

It would be cool for soooo many reasons.

[Strawman]

44. lol...

Christina Aguilera: "And the award for Song of the Year goes to......Envelope, please!

(suspense as Britney Spears hands her the envelope)

Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears (together): Sleeping in My Piss, GG Allin!"

(pan to the other nominees politely applauding)

Announcer: this is the first ever grammy for GG Allin...

Oh that would be priceless.

[tigereye]

45. ahahaha

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

46. Peter Gabriel

he's talented and his performances are often innovative.

[HughBeaumont]

47. Napalm Death, High on Fire and Sunn o)))))))))

Public Enemy, Isis and The Mentors.