Best concert you've ever been to

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Rachel, Aug 1, 2015.

  1. progrocker

    progrocker Senior Member

    2004, Rush, Hartford, Ct.
    1976, The Who, Boston, Ma.
    1975, Queen, Waterbury, Ct.
    1974, Bowie, New Haven, Ct.
     
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  2. drobo

    drobo Forum Resident

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    Denver, CO
    Easy one for me. Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick tour. Had never seen a concert with such precise musicianship.
     
  3. davers

    davers Forum Resident

    Rush performed on such a high level throughout their career, despite Geddy not being able to hit the high highs anymore. I saw them 5 times between 1980 and the 40th Anniversary tour, and my favorite was probably the Clockwork Angels tour.
     
  4. Diamond Star Halo

    Diamond Star Halo Forum Resident

    Location:
    Vancouver
    Rolling Stones, Dec 18 1994 (Keef’s bday), BC Place Stadium, Vancouver.

    Kiss, Sept 1996, Rogers Arena, Vancouver

    Elton John (solo-piano/voice), 2000, Rogers Arena, Vancouver

    U2, April 2001, Rogers Arena, Vancouver

    Super Furry Animals, June 2001, Richards On Richards, Vancouver
     
  5. Sane Man

    Sane Man Forum Resident

    Location:
    Bethlehem, PA
    Tool in 2001 on their Lateralus tour with Tomahawk opening

    Had other shows that came close but that one blew me away.
     
  6. Jimmy B.

    Jimmy B. .

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    AC/DC at At&T Park in San Francisco, a few months after this post. The most spectacular thing I'd ever seen. My fifth (and obviously last) time I'd seen them.
    Bruce and the E Street Band in 2012 was the best from an emotional standpoint; for pure rock and roll it was AC/DC - who had become, since I'd last seen them in 1988, the loudest band on Earth.

    Another great show was Van Halen at the HP Pavillion in 2012. My only Van Halen show (God I wish I saw them in 2015), it was amazing, and I lucked out where I was sitting, and where the PA was,
    as not only fairly close/not too far away, but I could barely hear Dave! Not to bash him, but later I heard recordings and his voice did not sound so great on them, to put it kindly. (It wasn't Tokyo Dome horrible)
    I heard Eddie's guitar more than anything the entire night. (When Dave spoke about dogs [?] before an acoustic song, I could hear him, but not make out all the words, so that was the volume for him)
    I could have listened to Eddie play forever, that's what I wanted! Afterward.

    So AC/DC was the best!

    A couple other great shows way up there would be Stiff Little Fingers in San Francisco (Slim's I think - would have to find and check the ticket stub) in 1992, when Paul Weller was on bass - Stand Up And Shout was the highlight for me; and the first time I saw the Avengers, back in....2011 I think, at the Blank Club in San Jose. Just amazing. Later I'd get to sing along with her (as others did) at a tiny venue called the Crepe Place in Santa Cruz.
    Also best punk shows were Los Olvidados (best ones were a special appearance at the end of a Drunk Injuns show [their alter ego with their first singer] at the Mabuhay Gardens in 1986, and in 2010,
    and Minor Threat at the On Broadway on the Out Of Step tour (saw them the next night at the Tool and Die, got to sing with Ian MacKaye, but the first night was much better, and much better sound, even if not as intimate).
    The Necros were amazing too.
    I also got to see Screamin' Jay Hawkins with his band the Chicken Hawks in 1990 or 1991 in SF, seeing him do Constipation Blues was about the funniest thing I'd ever seen in a live concert or show! And he had this unbelievable guitarist called Rockin' Ricky Rouse who took a couple solo spots for both of their sets, the first time doing a version of Big Boss Man so incredible the friend I was with, a blues purist, said "My God, this may be better than the original!"


    AC/DC ruled!
     
  7. Jimmy B.

    Jimmy B. .

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    p.s. and I saw Link Wray! Twice in 1997. The first was better of the two, probably due to his accident that happened at the first one (he had a fall).
    Like the hardcore punk bands mentioned above (Minor Threat and The Necros), he made his recordings sound like ****, totally tinny and weak in comparison.
    Van Halen, via Eddie, managed to also make their great, well-produced records (the first six) sound like nothing in comparison to how it sounded live.
     
  8. rancher

    rancher Unmade Bed

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    Ohio
    I am very jealous, I really got into SY with Murray St and Sonic Nurse, would have loved to have seeen that show!
     
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  9. Totti is god

    Totti is god Forum Resident

    Location:
    Europe
    Bowie Outside tour ljubljana/slovenia
    Bowie earthling , Zagreb,
     
  10. mbrownp1

    mbrownp1 Forum Resident

    Warren Zevon - August 9, 1995, House of Blues Sunset Strip
    Beach Boys 50th Anniversary - June 3, 2012, Hollywood Bowl
     
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  11. Veggie Boy

    Veggie Boy still trudgin'

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    Central Canada
  12. moople72

    moople72 Forum Resident

    Location:
    KC
    Had a dream once I was at the Washington Coliseum watching the Beatles-----that's probably the best.
     
  13. bigmike79

    bigmike79 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Maine
    Rush @ Red Rocks (2008)
    McCartney @ Carrier Dome (2017)
    Fleetwood Mac @ Great Woods (1997)
     
  14. musictoad

    musictoad Forum Resident

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    Salt Lake City, UT
    Honestly, they might be my two favorite SY albums as of right now. I loved Sonic Nurse immediately from the time I watched them perform "Unmade Bed" on David Letterman, it just struck a chord with me. Murray Street took a while. But yeah, that concert was just magical. Something was in the air that night.
     
  15. Meyer

    Meyer Heavy Metal Parking Lot Resident

    Stones (with GnR opening) at the LA Coliseum in '89. Mostly because, after being a fan all of my (at the time, admittedly young) life, I finally saw them perform live.
     
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  16. fairies

    fairies Forum Resident

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    Netherlands
    Slade Alive and GOVT MULE
     
  17. Blachbush 1978 by a country mile!! I really cant remember how on earth i got home
     
  18. Galactus2

    Galactus2 Forum Resident

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    Virginia
    The Who - Dec 1975, Springfield Civic Center, MA.

    You guys would have to know the context to appreciate the hugeness of a show like that. The pitiful Civic Center, now called the Mass Mutual Center, was tiny in comparison to Boston Garden. It was even much smaller than the Hartford Civic Center, only about 30 minutes away.

    All of the Big Groups of the day, such as the Stones, The Who, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc. would by-pass Springfield in favor of Boston, a much larger market and venue. None of my friends thought we’d ever get anybody as big as The Who. And yet, we did.

    And what a show it was. Keith Moon was still alive and capable of playing coherently. By this time, The Who were no longer smashing their instruments after shows. But Townshend, a ball of energy all night, did indeed smash a guitar into an amp at the end.

    An unforgettable show to a high school kid like me.

    Lastly, to be more fair to Springfield, the Civic Center did get some pretty fair shows in the 70’s. I’m just trying to emphasize that *nobody* expected The Who to play there.
     
  19. DougT

    DougT Forum Resident

    Location:
    Ct
    Hard to pick just one!
    Little Feat on the Waiting for Columbus tour at Wesleyan U Field House 1978. Great sound and performance.
    Gotta throw out another, different genre. Weather Report on the Heavy Weather tour at Woolsey Hall in New Haven. Jaco, Erskine and the rest!!! :) amazing show.
     
  20. Ron Scubadiver

    Ron Scubadiver Forum Resident

    Location:
    Houston TX
    Grateful Dead, University of Colorado, Boulder, August (or September) 1972.
     
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  21. fenderesq

    fenderesq In Brooklyn It's The Blues / Heavy Bass 7-7

    Location:
    Brooklyn - NY
    And some dopes spend $5. on a cupcake and think they scored.
     
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  22. fenderesq

    fenderesq In Brooklyn It's The Blues / Heavy Bass 7-7

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    Brooklyn - NY
    I'm blessed in that it would be impossible for me to choose 1 definitive best. There have been 100s of viable contenders during my lifetime of concert going... and the book's not yet totally written.
     
  23. sheffandy

    sheffandy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Sheffield, UK
    Not the best performance but the most excited I have ever been was when Six Of The Best played Milton Keynes Bowl on 2nd October 1982
    Gabriel Collins Banks Rutherford Thompson Stuermer and then with Hackett for The Knife!!!
     
  24. Mother

    Mother Forum Resident

    Location:
    Melbourne
    King Khan and the Shines at the Ding Dong Lounge Melbourne Australia 2010
     
  25. 2141

    2141 Forum Resident

    Not necessarily in that order?
     

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