What's The Best Concert You've Ever Been To?

[JimGinPA]

Excluding rock (& jazz) festivals the best concert I've ever been to was way back in 1976. Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Jeff Beck & the Jan Hammer Group, Fleetwood Mac and Jefferson Starship with Papa John Creach. It was at the old Busch Stadium in St. Louis and the tickets cost $12. It went from just after Noon to almost Midnight and I was sitting with about 30 of my friends.

[MrScorpio]

1. I've been to three Steel Pulse concerts

One in Detroit, one in Austin and the last in DC

They were, hands down, the best concerts ever

To be followed closely by Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang, with Maxi Priest and Freddie McGregor

[malta blue]

15. Steel Pulse does put on an awesome show

:thumbsup:

[MrScorpio]

19. I've never seen an audience have as much fun than being in a Steel Pulse concert

The sing alongs were beautiful

[hobbit709]

2. Back at the original Antone's here in Austin.

I don't even remember who was the show but it turned into an all-night jam with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, The T-Birds, Johnny Winter and a shitload of others.

[Lethe]

41. holy shit that is awesome!

i saw Buddy Guy at the old Antones on guadalupe back in the day. also saw him at liberty lunch.

i used to go see Guy Forsythe at the old Antones a lot. He did some good delta blues stuff.

[jobycom]

69. Man, that was some venue. You never knew who would drop in unannounced.

I never got as lucky as you, but I remember catching Johnny Watson one night.

[bigwillq]

3. Aerosmith in 1998

I love Aerosmith. I think they still rock, although many probably think they sold out in the mid-to-late 1980s.

However, they rocked. I've seen them 3 times.

This time, in 1998, me, my mom, my neighbor's mom and my two aunts went to the concert in a limo (my aunt worked at a limo company at the time).

We bought up several bottles of wine and a cooler full of other alcoholic beverages.

We were all wasted. My aunt fell down a hill and got lost in the restroom. :rofl:

It was the best concert EVAH! :bounce:

[Career Prole]

46. I saw Aerosmith in San Diego in '90.

It was the Pump tour and it was a kick-ass show.
:headbang:

[Twillig]

71. I saw the Pump tour in Frankfurt Germany

That was a kickass show. :headbang:

They were still in rock and roll mode, plus SOBER.

The Cult opened.

Me and my army buddies just sort of insinuated our way (thru mostly G.I.'s, probably air force. :-) )to the front.

[Condem]

4. The Vote For Change show in St. Paul, MN. October 5th, 2004.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, REM, John Fogarty, Bright Eyes and a special guest: Neil Young. Four hours long. The highlight. Springsteen and Young doing Souls of the Departed and All Along the Watchtower. My ears will NEVER here anything pure like that, again. 20 minutes of utter bliss.

[JimGinPA]

5. I Watched That Vote For Change Concert On The Sundance Channel Right Before The Election...

They were supposed to make a DVD but they never did. I wish I could have recorded it.

[Condem]

8. I think that was the finale from DC, JimG

Saw it, too. Did not come close to the intensity of the St. Paul show. There are bootlegs out there of that show. I've got one. I'll try to find it for you, if you're interested.

[JimGinPA]

30. Yeah,The DC Show Is The One I Was Talking About...

They did show a lot of clips from a bunch of the other concerts around the country leading up to the final concert though.

If you can find a copy, PM me for sure.


:fistbump:

[1gobluedem]

6. Temptations and Four Tops together

The original Four Tops and most of the original Temptations. We were seventh row center in an acoustically perfect auditorium. It was unblievable.

[dana_b]

34. that would have been incredible!!

love them both

[kwassa]

7. Talking Heads at the Greek Theater, LA, 1983

Stop Making Sense tour.

It was so great that a film director in the audience, Jonathan Demme, decided to make a movie out of it, called .... guess what?

The concert was better, everyone was dancing on their seats, Life During Wartime went on foreeeeeeever.

I had gone to art school with 3 of the 4 Heads, too, back when two of them were in a band called the Artistics.

Another great one was the Rolling Stones on the Some Girls tour in 1979 at an opera house in Detroit, a small unannounced venue. They were powerhouse, with almost no sets at all or special effects. They came, they delivered, they left. No encores. Incredible.

[suninvited]

9. Lilith Fair in Atlanta 1997

I saw Sarah McLaughlin, Jewel, Fiona Apple, Joan Osborne, Emmylou Harris and a lot more.

I have been to several Jimmy Buffet concerts that were a lot of fun.

[GOPisEvil]

10. The Wrens at Emo's in Austin (the 2007 show).

It was the last show on the Meadowlands Tour. They gave it everything. They always put on a good show, but this particular show was awesome.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

16. I would have *loved* to see that

:loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

20. I've seen them 4 times, I think. Every show a winner!

I cannot WAIT until the new cd comes out. :bounce:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

27. Oh, wow!

That's a lot. :P And thanks for letting me know there's a new one coming... I'll have to look for it. :D

[GOPisEvil]

37. www.wrens.com

They will be recording soon. :)

[Initech]

11. Nine Inch Nails Lights In The Sky 2008

Un fucking believable. I went to three shows on that tour - Sacramento (12/12), Vegas (12/13), and Inglewood (9/6). Easily the best shows I've ever been to.

Some pictures:

http://beta.media.nin.com/gallery/index?g_type=token&g_val=1294&g_sort=newest&g_tag=&g_media=photo&page=1

A close second would be Tool back in December of '07.

Third would be Opeth and Porcupine Tree in 2003. That show was fucking epic.

[XemaSab]

112. Yes, I was there for the Outside Tour '95

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCMLwbdSrTY

:headbang:

[SoxFan]

12. U2, Unforgettable Fire tour

Worcester Centrum, April 1985.

[Condem]

13. IMHO, BlueDog

The Unforgettable Fire is their best work.

[SoxFan]

23. Bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7KjiDZMD5o

[Condem]

26. Thank you, BlueDog

Much needed.

[Arugula Latte]

29. I saw them on that tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

In fact, I found this youtube clip of that very concert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XIj7oezHiw&feature=related

[AwakeAtLast]

14. R. E. M. Green Tour

Wow, were they good. I was in the 20th row, too!

[SoxFan]

18. I saw them on that tour

I liked the show i saw on the Fables tour a bit better.

[AwakeAtLast]

24. I just had a thought

I know - shocking!

I actually think it was the Out of Time tour. Still great and all.

Sorry to disappoint, but for Fables, I would have been too young to drive! :P

[SoxFan]

65. Hey, I wanted to see them on the Murmur tour

But this little thing called "the drinking age" got in the way. Yes, that was back when REM was playing clubs!

[no name no slogan]

17. My Bloody Valentine, 1992

It was right after "Loveless" came out, and MBV was still a bit of a cult band in the US. It was the loudest show I've ever seen, and I was standing about 15 feet from the main PA stack. My ears rang for three days afterward.

ON EDIT: The show I saw was at the legendary First Avenue in Minneapolis.

[leftofthedial]

21. Hot Tuna

opening for the Carpenters.

[Mike 03]

22. Without question U2, during their "warm up" for the Achtung Baby tour.

This was Los Angeles at the sports arena. Indoors, live and up close.

Amazing, incredible...

Even better than any Springsteen concert I've seen.

[GalleryGod]

25. BEATLES: 1964 & 1965

A Moment in Rock N' Roll History.

[Condem]

28. I bow to you.

No better than that.

[GalleryGod]

76. Thank you. I shall never forget it.

:yourock:

[dana_b]

31. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

so jealous!!!!!!!! :evilgrin:

[GalleryGod]

77. It was if it was yesterday...

So special.:headbang:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. and it is GalleryGod FTW

no need to mention The Stones.

[GalleryGod]

78. The following February, Mick & the Boys hit Philly...

Not too shabby,either!

Tiiiiiiiiiiii-me is on my side..oh YES it is!

[Burma Jones]

49. My Stepmom saw the Beatles live

I had to settle for seeing them separately.......

[GalleryGod]

79. Not bad either...ask your S.M. "John was a hoot on stage, I hear?"

You knew you were watching a cultural-changing event..it shook the world. And so did the girls screaming!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

111. I never got to see them.

I was 8 when they hit the Ed Sullivan Show and the whole country went crazy.

I could describe the Beatles as follows:

Sexgod - Sexgod - Sexgod - Drummer :D

or

Guitargod - Guitargod - Guitargod - Drummer :D




All drummers are hyperactive and crazy, except Ringo.

[no name no slogan]

128. So, uh, who are these Beatles of which you speak?

:hide:

[dana_b]

32. Rage Against the Machine

a couple of years ago. Went with my kid and 4 friends. We got to watch the show on the stage and had a good time backstage.

I've been to other shows with great performances (Queen stands out in my mind), but this was the whole experience and sharing it with great friends and my kid.

[MilesColtrane]

33. Tossup

...between Frank Zappa circa 1979,
Art Ensemble of Chicago in about '84,
Keith Jarret trio in '87 (an improvisation from that concert was included on the "Changeless" CD.)
and Edgar Meyer performing the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 last year.

[nytemare]

35. Peter Gabriel "US" at the Cap Center in 1993.

Hell. Of. A. Show.

[driver8]

67. I saw that tour at the Los Angeles Forum...

Unbelievable!!

The theatrics, the music, the band -- perfect!

[nytemare]

129. It was truly awesome.

I don't think I will ever see a better show, and I have seen some truly talented acts. Gabriel is very visual, and his music has such atmosphere that his shows are unbeatable.

[cynatnite]

36. The Judds' Fairwell tour with Garth Brooks...

If it's not obvious already...I don't get out much.

[jumptheshadow]

38. Mahavisnu Orchestra

The first concert bowled me over, the second, third and fourth were also enjoyable. McLaughlin seemed a bit moody and when he soared during "Birds of Fire" those concerts were the best.

[Broken_Hero]

39. Summer Sanitarium Tour, Candlestick Park

August 14th(I think!) in SF.

There was

Mudvayne-Great, awesome band...they rocked

Deftones-I never really liked them, until I saw them live, they really know how to bring the metal hammer down...god, there set kicked my ass

Linkin Park-I like this band, but seeing them live was very...bleh, meh...I took my break from moshing during there set, and got a few brews, and a t shirt.

Limp Bizkit-Always thought these guys were mediocre at best, but live...they were fucking awesome...Fred Durst was very hated at the concert, he would get hit with shoes, beer cans/bottles and other shit, but he took it all in stride, and just kept trucking on.

Metallica-My favorite band ever...I finally got to see them live(Jason less though), I always dreamed of seeing them live, and I still can't believe I actually achieved one of my life time dreams, of seeing them live.

[Lethe]

40. I would probably have to say Ramones

Neil Young was great too tho.

edit: for club shows I would have to say GWAR and/or the Reverand

[Bennyboy]

42. The Lst Waltz...The Deepest End.....

The Grateful Dead anytime.

[instantkarma]

43. Master Musicians of Jajouka

At Royce Hall, UCLA. If I remember correctly, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry helped them put together a U.S. tour in the mid-90's. Nothing else really comes close.

Second is tough. I remember a Magic Johnson AIDS benefit around '91. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Beastie Boys, Porno for Pyros, Henry Rollins, Primus, and a couple of other acts I can't remember right now. That was pretty good, too.

[QMPMom]

45. No way would I answer this as I'd get skewered.

Nope. No way, no how.

[Career Prole]

47. It's a tough call, but I'm going with Summer Jam

at Watkins Glen. It was the summer I graduated from high school, I was free and on the road with 600,000 or so friends, and the music was great.
Even the horrible sunburn, the rain, and the guy on fire falling out of the sky (which I was sure was a hallucination for a number of years) couldn't wreck it. The Dead, The Band, and The Allman Brothers. I'll never forget it. :)

[JCMach1]

48. Robyn Hitchcock Gainesville, 1992

No seats, sat on the floor 4 feet away from guy... close enough to get splattered with sweat.

[seemunkee]

50. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery or Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

For ELP we had front row seats and had a fantastic time.
Pink Floyd was awesome and a major stoner fest

[Burma Jones]

51. Although I attended many Grateful Dead shows, I would say the "best" concert I attended

was The Ramones, 1979, Knox College. Jeebus, they were monsters live......

The Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Tour of 1975 was also great. It had Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon and then Echoes as an encore......

[ogneopasno]

52. House of Pain and L7 opening for the Beastie Boys at the Peony Park Ballroom in Omaha, Nebraska.

Second-best was Soul Asylum, the Jayhawks and some other band at an outdoor drunkfest in college.

[livetohike]

53. John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy and the last performance by T-

Bone Walker held at the Stanley theater in Pgh. in March 1975. T-Bone was sick, but he played Stormy Monday - put the guitar down and just sang. It was standing room only in the theater and of all the concerts I have ever been to, this one was one of the best.

[meegbear]

54. Roger Waters: Pros and Cons of Htchhiking ...

holophonic sound, a killer stage show with an all Floyd first set (with original films) and a surreal second set at the Providence Center, an arena.

:hippie: :wow: :hippie:

[BarenakedLady]

55. Barenaked Ladies

:D

I've seen them several times. Always a great show.

[Inchworm]

61. orly?

Who woulda thunk?

:hi:

[lazyriver]

56. Grateful Dead Madison Square Garden 9-10-91

Branford Marsalis sat in for about half the show. I was sitting just a few feet from the stage. Perfect night.

[Symarip]

57. Oingo Boingo - 1993 - Universal Ampitheater

If memory serves, the band actually took a whole year break from playing and came back with a series of shows in January of 93 playing for well over three hours a night for five dates in a row. For some of their newer material there were at least 20 musicians on stage playing every kind of instrument imaginable (xylophones, horns, drums, choir, etc).

[fight4my3sons]

58. I can't pick

I saw Buddy Guy on a flat bed in the middle of a field in Virginia one time and that was pretty cool. There was this band called The Kind down there that I LOVED to see and they jammed. The Electric Woodshed was awesome too. The Grateful Dead at a good show. Santana and Phish in the rain one time.

ZIGGY MARLEY!! The Wailers were good every time I saw them. Toot and the Maytals I loved.

Bad Religion at the Stone Pony - a little scary, but a great show. Rage against the Machine was one of the best shows of my life - thought I might not make it out, but so glad I went. 311 back when they first started.

Oh and The Prodigy in Boston was AWESOME! and The Crystal Method was pretty good too.

I really want to see Fatboy Slim.

[Symarip]

64. The Maytals are always great in concert

I wish they'd play 'Just Tell Me' but since it's a real early Maytals song so I doubt I'll ever get to hear it live.

[Arkansas Granny]

59. I'd have to say Pink Floyd at the Superdome in 1994. I had a great time

at a great concert with a group of great friends.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

60. Hard to pick the best

but one that really stand out for me was in San Diego in 1970/71. I was a jarhead and we went to a shwo with festival style seating (good deal if you get there early enough). Quicksilver Messenger Service was the headliner but Leon Russell blew the roof off the arena! Man he fuckin' ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quicksilver was a real let down after Leon.......

[Inchworm]

62. Several "bests" but Melissa Ethridge sticks in my mind

Miami, FL about 1998ish

Went to the concert.. ditched the people I went with during first song (exwife and her GF). I got hooked up with a crazy bunch and we had a blast.. I met ex at the car afterwards.

It went downhill from there, but the actual concert was a hoot :)

:hi:

[bif]

63. Tie--Jonatha Brooke & Tommy Flannagan Trio

J-Bro at the Ark in Ann Arbor and Tommy at the Detroit Jazz Festival

[redqueen]

66. Mogwai.

Toadies are close though.

[driver8]

68. U2 /Joshua Tree Tour / Philadelphia JFK Stadium 9-25-87

Over 80,000 people in the crowd and the energy was amazing -- I have never felt anything like it.

U2 sounded amazing that night, and Bruce Springsteen came out and sang "Stand By Me" with the band.

I will never forget it.

[jobycom]

70. Alabama Jam, starring Leon Redbone, Jimmy Hall, Allman Brothers, Cheap Trick, and

the Charlie Daniels Band, back around 83, at a stadium near Mobile. Cheap Trick was the final act, and played four or five encores. At one point the lights came back up (it was night by now) and the concert seemed over, but the band walked back out and announced "They told us we have to leave, but fuck 'em," and started playing old Beatles songs and other rock standards. They'd run out of their own songs to perform.

Ah, great days...

By the way, the Allman Brothers are the worst concert band I've ever seen. Yeah, the music was brilliant, but they were like watching a still photo and listening to your headphones.

[SteppingRazor]

72. I guess I gotta go Phish, Dec. 31,1999-Jan.1, 2000. The band played for almost 8 hours straight.

No set breaks, no pauses. The band hit the stage at 11:30 p.m. on 12/31/99 and played until about 7 a.m. on 1/1/00. It's tough to beat that.

[Bennyboy]

80. Big Cypress was EPIC!

I have the recordings and holy freaking shite, that show smoked. I was at SCI in Portland (another EPIC show with Abbey Road to close).

I am so looking forwrd to Phish this summer. Just what this country needs, Phish and the Dead touring again.....

[SteppingRazor]

81. That way-too-brief Phish summer tour is coming nowhere near me, unfortunately.

I'm hoping rumors of a New Year's Eve run in Miami pan out.


As for the Dead .... God damn, but I loved the boys. But it hasn't been the same since the fat man died.

[Bennyboy]

87. That's only the first leg

More later. Red Rocks, the Gorge, Shoreline, etc..... But not till late July, August.

[SteppingRazor]

115. Do you have a link to dates or something?

The June ones are the only ones I've seen.

[Bennyboy]

117. No but a lot of talk going on...

Lot's of sleuthing going on over at Phantasytour. Apparently the Red Rocks dates are on the agenda in Morrison CO (Phish was banned there) to let them come back....They are also slated to play Bonnaroo and more than likely Rothbury festival. And (GOD NO!) Outside Lands in SF.....

BTW< did you see my story about Trey and the Ross Compressor from Phantasy tour?

[SteppingRazor]

119. No, I don't hit that site, really. Gimme a link!

As for the talk around PT, I usually dismiss that stuff out of hand. Rumors are wrong more often than they're right, after all.

[Bennyboy]

121. The Ross Compressor story

RECAP: Someone started a "People for a compressed Trey" thread. after endless threads about it, someone decided to actually buy Trey a Compressor. So everyone from PT chipped in. Tom Marshall came on and posted photos and a note from Trey opening the gift. By the end of the day the story was in Rolling Stone (thanks to me) and other music related mags.

As to if he is going to use it or not remains to be seen but we know he has it on his board now.

Links to all the Compressor threads....



Ross Compressor (Tom Marshall) 12/11/08
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1743497&page= 1

Ross Compressor Part II
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1743882&page= 1

Ross Compressor Part III
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1745540&page= 1

Ross Compressor Part IV
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1747860&page= 1

Ross Compressor part V
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1749457&page= 1

Ross Compressor VI
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1755247&page= 1

FINAL Ross Compressor Thread (1/6/09)
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1760766&page= 1

FINAL Ross Compressor Thread (reprise) (1/6/09)
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1760882&page= 1

TREY WITH ROSS COMPRESSOR PIC
http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1761076&page= 1

[HuskerDU]

73. A little confused re festival vs not a festival...

Festival:

Iowa Jam '86 featuring Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Metallica, Dokken and Armored Saint

It was a great time to see those bands. I doubt seeing Aerosmith was ever better since previous tours they were too messed up to perform and later tours featured 'Love in an Elevator', 'Angel' and even worse. Nugent was a maniac and uttered not a single word of politics. And Metallica was OUR band! Every 14 year old kid like me enlisted in their anti-KISS army of anti-commercialism! A brilliant marketing ploy that works time and time again. Still, I believed it at the time and Metallica delivered.


Non-Festival:

Rolling Stones '89 w/Living Color

This wasn't 1968, 72 or even '81 but it was the best show I ever saw.

[av8rdave]

74. U2, Zoo TV, Dallas, 1992

Best Blues show, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Phoenix, 1984

Best jazz: Maynard Ferguson and Stan Kenton trading sets, Idora Park, Ohio, 1975

[blueknight]

75. bruce in cleveland

either in 84 or 85. cant remember anymore. he rocked the house in front of about 80,000. we were 14 rows from the stage on the field. to be down on the field and look up at all those people was amazing

[dembotoz]

82. hendrix was my first concert and in retropect.... But david bowie was really good

[Tektonik]

83. Xiu Xiu at Ché Café

[CabalPowered]

84. Ben Harper, WOW Hall, Summber of 96'

Eugene. Hands down the best show I've ever seen.

[RagAss]

85. Neil Young and Crazy Horse...1978 - Madison Square Garden

[dawgmom]

86. Farm Aid I in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

It rained buckets. I mean sheets and sheets of rain. But the number and variety of acts was incredible, and even now, I'll occasionally hear someone and say, "Wow, I heard them live."

"Farm Aid Lineup:
Alabama
John Anderson
Beach Boys
The Blasters
Bon Jovi
Jimmy Buffett
Glen Campbell
Johnny Cash
David Allan Coe
John Conlee
Ry Cooder
Lacy J. Dalton
Charlie Daniels
John Denver
Bob Dylan
John Fogerty
Foreigner
Merle Haggard & the Strangers
Sammy Hagar
Daryl Hall
Don Henley
Waylon Jennings
Billy Joel
George Jones
Rickie Lee Jones
B.B. King
Carole King
Robbie Krieger
Kris Kristofferson
Lone Justice
Lorreta Lynn
Delbert McClinton
John Mellencamp
Roger Miller
Joni Mitchell
Willie Nelson and Family
Randy Newman
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Roy Orbison
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Reed
Kenny Rogers
Johnny Rodriguez
John Schneider
Bryan Setzer
Southern Pacific
Tanya Tucker
Eddie VanHallen
Dottie West
Winter Brothers
X
Neil Young & International Harvesters

[EastTennesseeDem]

88. Radiohead at Bonnaroo

Being higher than Jesus may have contributed to its greatness.

[kid a]

125. radiohead at the greek theatre in LA 2007

[Demoiselle]

89. Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, in Philly

...at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, a wonderful old-fashioned red velvet and gilt opera house with incredible acoustics.
Leon Russell played piano (played is a totally limited description of what he did) Rita Coolidge chimed in on solos and duets. At one point a groupie fell backwards
over a mammoth amplifier, with her endless legs waving helplessly in the air, to the delight of the attendant multitudes. But the high point of the evening had to be when a
groupie dog (RCA Victor, His Master's Voice type mutt) strolled on stage and lifted his leg on a amplifier. No short circuits or explosions occurred, thank goodness. (Of course, the delight we took in this concert might have had something to do with the fact that most of the people in the orchestra seats were smoking very good pot, and it drifted upward all night to us peons in the cheap seats.
This was sometime between 1969 and 1971 as far as I can remember. (And, as i'm sure you have already figured, my memory isn't that clear.
Ah, Youth.
Sigh...

[LeftyMom]

90. Arena show or small venue? It's really hard to compare.

[tabbycat31]

91. 4/4/01

Nine Days in Trenton, NJ. They have one song (257 Weeks) in which at the time they always dedicated to someone. I had just turned 21 and they dedicated the song to me for my birthday, and said that I was "drunk 24 hours a day"

After their set ended, we went outside to see them (they were signing) and the first thing they did was wish me a happy birthday and hug me. After the show, we ate pizza with them.

Disclaimer: I never told them when my birthday was. They were very active on their message board and the people on the board wished me happy birthday.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

92. Queen

in 1975.

I also have enjoyed Willy Nelson several times - There is something about Willie live that is just so "wow."

I saw YES in 1974 but do not remember any of it. :crazy:

[GCP]

93. Paul McCartney twice

The guy is amazing.

[musette_sf]

94. most unique best show:

Bob Marley and the Wailers opening for Bruce Springsteen

Max's Kansas City, July 1973

[graywarrior]

95. I was stoned at most of them so I can't remember any except that

Queen was f'n awesome.

[Common Sense Party]

103. I never understood why people would pay good money to see

a concert, and then get so wasted they couldn't remember the show.

[graywarrior]

108. 60's

That's what we did.

[Common Sense Party]

109. Yeah, but people were still doing it in the 80s when I went to concerts.

I'm sure they're still doing it today.

And today, you have to shell out $70 for ONE ticket to some of these shows!

If I pay $70 bucks for ANYTHING, I'd like to remember it!

[graywarrior]

113. Yeah, the cost of tickets these days outweighs the need to be stoned

or blasted.

[Orsino]

96. Springsteen ('93), Tull ('96), or the Who ('00).

Hard to pick an absolute favorite.

[madrchsod]

97. johnny cash-1962

ray charles 1966
cream 68
howl`n wolf 69

[Common Sense Party]

100. I would have LOVED to see Johnny Cash back in the day.

Of course, I wasn't ALIVE in '62...

[Iggo]

98. US '83.

Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Triumph, Scorpions, and Van Halen.

I know you said no festivals, but come on...

[Common Sense Party]

102. I could only *DREAM* about that show. I taped the broadcast

that Westwood One made of that day. I'd love to get a new copy of it. Holy crap, what a good show.

Triumph rocked that place, from the sounds of it.

Van Halen were a drunken disgrace, but par for the course in 1983.

[Iggo]

126. Yep.

All in all, not bad for $21.50.

[Bennyboy]

106. the first one was the one.....

Friday: gang of Four, The Ramones,Oingo Boingo, The English Beat, The B52's, Talking Heads and the Police.
Saturday: Dave Edmunds,Eddie Money,Santana (with herbie Hancock and Chick Corea), The Kinks, Pet benatar and Tom petty and the heartbreakers
Sunday: The good Ol Grateful Dead (acid at 9 AM....HMMMM)Jerry Jeff Walker, Jackson Browne and Fleetwood Mac.

I hd backstage passes for both festies. Tons of fun but the second was not as diverse as the first one was. Not as well organized. lots of fights etc....

[Common Sense Party]

99. U2 on Joshua Tree tour. R.E.M. on Document tour.

And just about every Cheap Trick show I've seen.

[LibDemAlways]

101. Springsteen in 1988 - Tunnel of Love Tour. 2nd best was

probably McCartney in the mid-80's or Elton John at Dodger Stadium in 1975.

[applegrove]

104. Dixie Chicks or Madonna (I like dancing...I know Madonna doesn't really sing at her concerts).

[xxqqqzme]

105. Grateful Dead @ the old Fillmore in 1972

I can still feel the floor vibrating.

2nd place was a benefit @ the LA Shrine Auditorium in '89(?) w/ Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt & Jackson Brown all playing acoustic solo guitars. Each did a set and than they did 3 songs together @ the end.

3rd place - Paul Simon Graceland Tour

[Nevernose]

107. Doobie Brothers, Suicidal Tendencies, Grateful Dead

I've seen the Doobies a few times (though in the last decade or so, because of Boomers, they've gotten really expensive). Rhytms and counter rhythms, melodies and counter melodies, unexpected harmonies -- they're really an amazing act. I also saw them once in the late 90s, high on mushrooms, weed, and a couple of other things. It was on the Vegas Strip, they blew up a casino at midnight, I watched a guy take a shit from the roof of some casino (which I should really remember the name of since my ex-wife used to work there), and instead of arresting me for indecent exposure a cop just peed next to me and said, "Nice night huh?"

Suicidal Tendencies has to be one of my favorite live acts. If you like metal or punk, whichever configuration they're playing with at the moment is, at the very least, one of the most technically proficient bands you've ever heard. You'll be hard pressed to find a better bass player. Plus, I saw them when I was a kid, and now I've taken my middle school aged daughter to see them.

Who can not appreciate the culture of The Dead, even if you don't like their music?

[stewartcolbert08]

110. Don't Laugh!

New Kids on the Block!!

[Deep13]

114. Sarah Brightman at the Gund Arena in Cleveland. nt

What's nice about that arena is that it is impossible to get lost under the stage.

[Coyote_Bandit]

116. Johnny Cash

Three times - over three decades.

[tigereye]

118. Queen Ida and her Zydeco band

and I've been to many, many concerts, 100s over the years, but that show was the most fun, the best dancing and the greatest sense of the pure joy of music!

[kwassa]

120. I've seen her a couple of times, always a good show.

and many other Zydeco and Cajun acts.

[tigereye]

123. when I was married, I used to fantasize about her playing at the reception!

[Dulcinea]

122. Springsteen, Born in the USA, 1985. U2, Joshua Tree, 1987.

Both at Pittsburgh's old Three Rivers Stadium. Phenomenal!

[kid a]

124. paul simon graceland tour mid-80's

every grateful dead show i went to in the 70s

[Bertha Venation]

127. Christine Lavin

although it wasn't a concert; it was at a club, the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

She's fantastic.

I didn't mean it when I said I hope
the cable in the elevator snaps when you step on board
and I was joking when I said
I hope you crack your head
and get mangled by the downstairs revolving door
and I was kidding when I said I hope
the number one-oh-three bus hits
and makes a pancake out of you
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry,
isn't it amazing what a woman in love will do?