My ideal 1972 rock and roll band.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

On drums - Mr. Charlie Watts
On bass - Ronnie Lane
On keyboards - Ian McLagan and Nicky Hopkins
On guitar - Mick Ronson and Mick Taylor
On Saxophone (selected tracks) - Bobby Keyes
On vocals - Iggy Pop.

First single - Watch That Man (produced by Jimmy Miller)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Hell, toss in Jerry Garcia there too.

and you would have a band.

[flamingyouth]

3. He might want to toss Jerry somewhere

But it wouldn't likely be in his fantasy band.;)

[Fenris]

7. ZING!

:D

[Fenris]

2. Yes, but what do you name your supergroup?

;)

[gmoney]

4. Cacaphonous Hellcart

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Flaming Self-Destruction?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. The Stooge-faced Spider Stones.

[blue neen]

15. That's perfect.

LOL

[jpgray]

8. I'll play

Drums - Jaki Leibezeit (coming into his own right at this period)
Bass - Larry Graham (I want to hear how that rhythm section would work)
Keyboards - Mike Ratledge
Guitars - Chris Bell (great pop riffery), Zoot Horn Rollo
Vocals - Allan Clarke, Don Van Vliet (again, I want to hear these two combined)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. I was just listening to I am the Cosmos. Damn fine record.

OK, how about one for 1980.

Drums - Jaki
Bass - Peter Hook
Keyboards - Eno
Guitar - Robert Fripp
Guitar - John McGeogh
Vocals - Mark E. Smith (or Billy Mackenzie for those few who know who he is)

[Fenris]

12. Peter Hook in 1972?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. I jumped 8 years. Clearly.

Why can't I have a fifteen year old Peter Hook? Huh?

[Fenris]

16. That might make for an interesting session.

I wonder if he would have a beard at that age.;)

[jpgray]

17. I think Mark was still spinning Black Sabbath discs in '72

Also even at fourteen he would still fire Fripp and Eno within a few shows no matter how good they sounded.

:D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. Nah, he'd fire them if they were any good.

He'd fire them for such terrible sins as 'playing in tune' and the dreaded 'being all musical-uh'.

[Old and In the Way]

9. Sounds damn good.

I'd prefer Stevie Winwood on vocals/organ, though....

Speaking of Hopkins, and Watts, have you seen "Sympathy for the Devil" on DVD? It was the making of the tune in the studio. If you like the tune, great, because that's all you here. Plus they have these funky avant-garde social-political rants from the time period interspersed.

I really got a kick out of Watts and his funky drumming rhythms on SFTD....pretty interesting. Richards is awesome in the studio. Seeing these guys in their early years was quite startling, too. Hopkins isn't given credit on the DVD, but you just know his piano signatures.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Hopkins is unmistakeable. That's the Goddard movie, eh?

[Old and In the Way]

24. Yes it is! A really interesting musical journey on how they

started with Jagger playing some rough chords and refined it into the kick-ass tune that it is. I liked the filming of the band adding in the "woo-woo's", too. If you can find it, get it.

Hopkins was a great studio piano player...I particularly liked his stuff with the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

[flamingyouth]

14. I have a fantasy act...

Roky Erickson, Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart.

[Fenris]

18. Man, that would sell no copies and be the greatest album ever made.

[flamingyouth]

20. And the most insane

That's why I love it so.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. What kind of act? Pole dancing?

I'd pay for that, if you toss in Todd Rundgren and Julian Cope.

[jpgray]

21. Roky Erickson out-Burdoned Burdon sometimes on vocals

Awesome singer. Just keep the damn jug far away.

[flamingyouth]

23. His solo stuff is amazing

"Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)" and "White Faces" are two of my favorites.

[tigereye]

26. good one FY!

husband says the rumbling would be heard in at least three dimensions!

[RandomKoolzip]

25. Here's my ideal 1972 rock band:

The Rolling Stones.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. Fair enough. That's pretty near perfect.

Well. Except for Bill Wyman.

[tigereye]

27. Ronnie Lane

sigh