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Stones, when they were in their prime
ReplyDeleteRolling Stones/Stevie Wonder last night of tour, Mick Jagger's birthday
ReplyDeleteAlan Jackson, but, Garth Brooks is a close second.
ReplyDeleteDave Matthews Band
ReplyDeleteDolly Parton @ Forest Hills Stadium a few years ago. AMAZING
ReplyDeletePaul McCartney in 2007
ReplyDeleteRoger Waters Dark Side of the Moon at the Gorge and
ReplyDeleteEMP2000 in Seattle w Snoopdogg, Eminem, Dr Dre, kidrock might of been there
Wait.
DeleteLillith Fair 1998 at the Gorge was orgasmsic
Its a toss up... Social Distortion and Bad Religion.
ReplyDeleteFoo Fighters at Lollapalooza! The energy was out of this world, the band was so happy they played like 5 extra songs just for the happiness of the crowd, who was singing along to every word!
ReplyDeleteallan parsons project. they were phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteWe just had this one recently.
ReplyDeleteDesert Trip, 2016
ReplyDeleteSaw a Zeppelin cover band on 3 hits of acid. It was a hell of an experience.
ReplyDeletesounds like fun @JD!
DeleteAllman Brothers Beacon Theatre 2009
ReplyDeleteFleetwood Mac
ReplyDeletePrince, shortly after the Purple Rain movie. The Jackson in the eighties, my parents slept outside of Turtle Records for tickets, with us. And they went to the concert, with us. So much fun.
ReplyDeleteThe Jacksons, before Michael went weird.
DeleteHall and Oates
ReplyDeleteAretha Franklin
Elton John
Rev. Al Green!! He blew me away with his energy and talent !
ReplyDeleteAlice Cooper's Welcome to my Nightmare tour.
ReplyDeleteElton John. Tina Turner. It's a toss-up.
ReplyDeletePeter Gabriel
ReplyDeleteELO, recent tour, last tour date was Pittsburgh.
ReplyDeleteJoe Cocker and Steve Miller Band
ReplyDeleteVanHalen Hide Your Sheep Tour
ReplyDeleteMarshall Tucker. Peter Frampton. Muddy Waters. EJ. Grateful Dead. Waaaay back in the day. I'd never go to a concert these days, what a bunch of crap.
ReplyDeleteABBA - October 3, 1979 Boston, MA
ReplyDeleteAll of the Lilith Fairs were amazing. And don't hate, but 30 Seconds to Mars put on one hell of a show. I saw them in DC in 2009ish. My favorite concert was actually Phillip Glass and his Monsters of Grace tour. I was given these tickets and almost didn't go. For some reason, he started his world tour here and I've never really experienced anything quite like it. It was incredible.
ReplyDeleteWorst concert ever? In my friend group, I'm known for being willing to go to the opening of an envelop. A friend really wanted to go see Yanni. I agreed to go with her. OMG. It was HORRIBLE.
The Stones, back in 1991?
ReplyDeleteWAR - in college.
Paul Simon, last summer at the Hollywood Bowl. Unbelievable musicality and technically perfect.
ReplyDeleteEither Van Halen in 93, Weird Al a couple of years ago, or Jason Mraz last year.
ReplyDeleteIncubus. Pick a show. They never disappoint.
ReplyDeleteFoo Fighters
ReplyDeleteEric Clapton & Elton John, 1992?
ReplyDeleteQueen w Adam Lambert earlier this year. I was leery, but Lambert is fabulous and did a great job.
Milton Nascimento, at Amsterdam's The Paradiso concert venue, June 21st,2019. I am so glad that we got to see him! His voice is fantastic and I had waited since 1973 to be able to see him. (I have the BEST husband ever!)
ReplyDeleteP Funk, if I had to pick one. I also was blown away by Al Greene and The Misfits. Misfits were on the bill with GWAR, and my friend who took me to the show didn't tell me ANYTHING about GWAR. Wow. What a trip!
ReplyDeleteThe English Beat in their prime.
ReplyDeletetossup - Metallica/Guns n Roses double bill or Prince/Purple Rain tour
ReplyDeleteRaconteurs
ReplyDeleteDef Leppard/REO/Styx lineup
ReplyDeleteOr Def Lep/KISS
I never miss Def Lep. Who are having another LV residency this year. So, no local show for me.
Prince. Or the flaming lips.
ReplyDeleteLed Zeppelin, Earl's Court London 1975
ReplyDeleteEric Clapton, late 70's. Even better was his opening act: BB King
ReplyDeleteSublime - Austin, TX circa 1994 - goosebumps then and now
ReplyDeleteFront Row, Def Leppard, Vegas, ‘07.
ReplyDeleteRamones w Black Flag
ReplyDeletePink Floyd '94 rice stadium
ReplyDeleteDicky Betts (not with Allman brothers), Allman Bros, Phish, Genesis, String Cheese Incident at Radio City Music Hall, Greyboy Allstars.
ReplyDeleteFunny someone mentioned Incubus - I saw them in Hartford years back, I thought they were awful. So awful in fact, I left early.
Another band that really underwhelmed me - The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I love them on the radio, but not live :(
Stones. Saw them in July and they are still great
ReplyDeleteAC/DC, Ulster Hall, Belfast 1979, Highway to Hell tour.
ReplyDeleteLionel Richie
ReplyDeleteBruce Springsteen all six times!!
ReplyDeleteSigh. Amy Winehouse, Highline Ballroom, NYC 2015.
ReplyDeleteBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
ReplyDeleteVan Morrison in Chicago this year.
ReplyDeleteLed Zeppelin 1975
ReplyDeleteGwar
ReplyDeletePink Floyd back in 1976 in Germany.
ReplyDeleteGreat concert!
I was so stoned -- way back when -- I don't remember the town/city where the concert was.
I had befriended a couple of German locals near the US ARMY Base I was station at. They invited me.
Did I mention how stoned I got!?
=)
surprising b/c
ReplyDeleteI not a fan of country music... Keith Urban was a really good performer
ZZ Top with J Geils at Tulane Stadium. The cops rushed into the crowd. First and only time I ever cleared a hurdle.
ReplyDeleteAerosmith also at Tulane Stadium. The band pulled me onto the stage.
Roger Waters doing The Wall at the new ball park in Philthadelphia. Amazing visual effects. On one hand I wish I was tripping and stoned for it, on the other, I am glad I remember it.
ReplyDelete#2 would be the A Day In The Garden concert in 1999 at Yasgur's Farm. While MTV's Woodstock reunion show was literally going up in flames, at the original site all original acts were performing on a brutally hot and humid Sunday afternoon.
I listened to the Woodstock soundtrack cassettes and the boxed set of DVD countless times, so to see Richie Havens, Arlo, Country Joe, David Crosby, etc all live, while sitting on the actual soil that 400k dirty long hairs partied on for 3 days was special. I had great gel tab LSD for that show. There was about a 4 hr stretch where my buddy and I were trippin too hard to speak.
One of the most powerful images I have ever seen was at that show, during dusk. David Crosby performing Ohio, with the crowd chanting along "Four dead in O-hio" and watching the POW-MIA flag an old Vietnam vet near me set up, wave in the breeze. I was still about 40 min from being human again. All I could think of was that poor bastard scared shitless, losing friends left and right, in a for profit war, while a bunch of hippies were gettin stoned and fuckin in the mud.
My buddy's biggest take away from the day was wishing he could float around in the pond with the turtles.
AC/DC, Ball Breaker tour.
ReplyDeleteTom Waits 2013 Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe Avett Brothers and #2 isn’t even close but I’ll mention the Flogging Molly/ Dropkick Murphys show I saw last summer. great energy at that one.
ReplyDeleteSummer of '77. I saw Earth, Wind, and Fire perform in a jazz club in Soho London. These guys were really in their groove and it was the best night of music ever.
ReplyDeletePrince at the Forum
ReplyDeleteMichael jackson 1993 after Black and White album
ReplyDeleteGuns and Roses 1992 after use your illusion .
KISS 4 days ago.
ReplyDeleteKate Bush Before the Dawn tour. Also PJ Harvey obviously.
ReplyDeleteQueens of the Stone Age at the National in 2013. Weird Al and Bare Naked Ladies put on a good show too.
ReplyDeleteEarth, Wind and Fire (with Maurice White) at Madison Square Garden. Stevie Wonderand Marvin Gaye (not together) at Radio City Music Hall.
ReplyDeletesaw EWF too with Maurice too!! Missed Marvin and been kicking my self ever since!! lucky You@Missann
DeleteRush - Permanent Waves tour
ReplyDeleteDef Leppard - High and Dry tour
Clarence "gatemouth" Brown - local blues hangout
and a blazing hot blues guitarist whose name i didn't know until he put his first album - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rolling Stones in ATL a couple of years ago. And, literally, EVERY Grateful Dead show I ever saw.
ReplyDeleteJonLuc Ponte. I drove an old Hornet without working wipers, in the rain using a string, from the near west burbs into Chicago with a girlfriend. Would have been early 70's. It was a small venue can't remember where. Been to many others, but that was the most adventurous.
ReplyDeleteLocal band called Hobex.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't know that I have a "best." I've had a great time at every concert I've ever attended. But I will say that Paul McCartney puts on one hell of a show for a guy who was 75 years old at the time.
ReplyDeleteQueen with warm-up band Thin Lizzy.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 1977
My introduction to Queen, in winter of 1977 (in Providence, RI) they headlined but the opening act was Thin Lizzy, the main reason I wanted to go.
ReplyDeleteBruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour. Massive.
ReplyDeleteMichael Jackson Bad Tour.
ReplyDeleteThe Joe Jackson concert I wish I'd gone to in the 80s, also Springsteen, and EW&F.
ReplyDeleteTom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1990's
ReplyDeleteAerosmith 2007 or somewhere around then
Bob Dylan's Anniversary concert, 1992.
ReplyDeleteMegadeth and Slayer ..or Iron Maiden Powerslave while tripping complete balls
ReplyDeleteKing Crimson- 45 years ago and 2 years ago. Robert Fripp still the greatest guitarist.
ReplyDeleteSo many. FM doing Tusk with the USC marching band. Jethro Tull. The Stones with Prince opening 1981 Springsteen 1984. Bowie at the US Festival, where Bono climbed to the rigging. Green Day. INXS.
ReplyDeleteBut STP IN 1991, Scott Weiland with that voice and a James Dean vibe.....the best. LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE.
Queen in the late 1970s at Hammersmith
ReplyDeleteNintendo Fusion Tour. 2006.
ReplyDeleteI went see Relient K, but saw Emery and was entranced. Have loved them ever since.
Pink Floyd, 1977 , Spectrum Philadelphia.
ReplyDeleteWoodstock 1994 Saugerties NY
Tom Petty , every single time
Best concert I never saw was Black Sabbath in Philly 1979 at the Spectrum.
Couldn't get tickets so we sat in the parking lot smoking weed and watched some people tear down the light poles and use them as battering rams to get inside. Next thing we saw was about 100 cops show up driving their cars onto the steps to go after the gatecrashers, fun times.
Prince no question.
ReplyDeleteBritney Spears, before her breakdown. She was a fantastic performer who put on a show! She was so sweet and kind to the audience/fans. I hope she gets free soon. Poor girl has had a hell of a life and it's heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteamos lee
ReplyDeleteThe Eagles. Before I knew about Don Henley. 😕
ReplyDeletePrince in the lobby of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel at 1 a.m. He did two shows for $3k a couple. I happened to be at the Tropicana bar by the pool. I hung around for the first show to end and got a wrist band from a couple leaving early and it got me in - no problem. It was phenomenal. He played a long set including a Janet Jackson cover! What Have You Done for me Lately. and he also came and hung out at the after show party. He went back on stage and played even more! It was summer of 2007
ReplyDeleteDonovan Sunshine Superman.. Long white robe..acoustic.
ReplyDeleteRickie Lee Jones The Magazine Tour.. Fabulous
Al Jarreau David Sanborn Marcus Miller Berkeley Greek Theater (80s) Sanborn and Miller opened.. The first piece was so transcendent, the audience jumped too their feet and roared for a few minutes.. So Jarreau as the same.. Copped a groove.
Don Henley Boys of Summer Tour
Beatles Candlestick - only for the thrill.. 35 minutes.. Climbed in Brinks Truck and it was last time they played America.
Krill Gerestein (sp) with Czech Orchestra Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 B Flat Minor.. People had tears running down their cheeks.
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt just guitars
Joni Mitchell Pat Metheney, Lyle Mays Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker, John Guerin, Don Elias, The Persuasions.. Honestly fell in love with Joni stayed in love
Steve Winwood SF Warfield Theatre
Silk Road Project - Yo Yo Ma and friends
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Eagles. Both times. Def Leppard, seen 'em 6 times, and even on that 6th show, when Joe really couldn't sing because they had been at Sturgis the night before, it was still a great show. Styx, at the same show Joe couldn't sing at. I was kind of surprised at how great they were. And they really seemed GRATEFUL to be there, played their hearts out, and posed on stage for the fans to take pics of them for a few minutes, because there were fans lined up to take the pics.
ReplyDeleteI would hang with all of you any day!!!!
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