How many of the bands/artists mentioned above have I seen live? I guess we're all about the same age. In addition to the ones mentioned in my post above...a sampling --
I saw Pink Floyd a couple times. I liked them a lot.
Wynton Marsalis at the Hollywood Bowl. Outstanding.
The Dictators were bad to the point of being unlistenable. I still got their record, though. A cut-out.
Weird Al. Cute.
U2. Just too damn serious.
I loved the Grateful Dead's atonal psychedelic jams, but everything else they did left me cold. I couldn't help but tell the truth when folks asked me what I thought of them. I'm sure it's one of the reasons I got so little action in college.