Bands I probably won't ever see live...

So I love going to shows.  I love going to shows where the music is super high energy and everyone is going crazy and I also love going to shows where the music is super chill.  There's a certain intimacy to the music when the people who wrote it are right there in front of you.  I was listening to one of my favorite bands, Blindside, and realized that I will probably never see them live again.  I've seen them twice and they were both amazing shows.  But they've gone back to their home country of Sweden and I don't think they will be coming back anytime soon.  And that saddens me.  It got me thinking of bands that I will never see live again, or never see live period.

The Beatles - 

I think this one makes me the most sad.  The Beatles are my all time favorite band....period.  I can listen to them anytime of day, in any mood.  They just do it for me...(that's what she said)...but seeing as how two of them are deceased....I will never see them play a show unless it's on a DVD or something.  I mean I could possibly, maybe see a Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney concert but that wouldn't be the same thing.  : ( Oh well....I guess my vinyls, anthology DVD's and books of them will have to suffice.

Further Seems Forever - 

I'm not talking about the newest version of Further Seems Forever.  I'm talking about the original line up with Chris Carrabba as their front man.  Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) is one of my biggest musical influences and one of my personal heroes.  I've seen Dashboard once and it was amazing.  But I will never hear some of my favorite FSF songs played by Chris and the original guys.

Billy Talent - 

These guys are great.  Extremely odd, high pitched, almost screeching vocals but they sound great.  The guitars are always ridiculously precise.  They live in Canada and tour mostly there and Europe...so I will likely not see these guys in the near or distant future.

Flight of the Conchords - 

I'm just accepting defeat on this one.  Last time these guys played in LA they sold out two shows in a minute....I didn't even come close to getting a ticket...

Jeff Buckley - 

His arrangement of the Leonard Cohen song, "Hallelujah" is by far the most famous version of the song.  His voice is one of the most amazing tenor tones I've ever heard and I will never hear him sing Hallelujah or any of his other amazing songs live because he, as well as so many other amazing musicians, is deceased.  He died about 10 years ago by drowning in a river soon after the release of his first and only album, "Grace"

That's pretty much it...sad day though.  The good news is, there are tons of other bands who are just as amazing, if not more amazing, live.  So there's always looking forward to those shows.  Speaking of, my friend Tori and I are going to be seeing some pretty flippin' awesome bands in the next month including The Bird and the Bee, Dear and the Headlights, Kinch, and A Rotterdam November...it should be a good month!  

Thanks for reading! 

-casey jack-