Best Concert

David G. Smith

David G. Smith

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I was just wondering what was the best (favorite) concert you ever saw?

For me, I would have to say that seeing Iggy Pop live at the State Theatre in Detroit in 2001 would be the best I have ever seen. Iggy is amazing and on "Lust for Life" the audience surged forward and got on stage. It was great.

I saw Neil Young do an all accoustic concert at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. That was very cool.

So what are your favorite/best concerts?
 
Stevie Wonder rehearsing for the Motown Awards at 2AM at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood was the best. I sat front row with my walkie talkie turned off and watched Stevie go through his performance for the next day. Unbelievable.
 
Milwaukee 2003:
Paul McCartney was awesome. Played for nearly 3 hours at age 60. Incomparable.

Lollapalooza '93:
Alice in Chains was powerful.
Primus sucked.
 
This is tough; but I have to go with

1984

Ratt opens up for Billy Squire - Lakeland Civc Center, FL

Good times; good memories. I was 14. Me and like 7 other really good friends (What the hell was this girls name?). Had some drinks, a couple tokes, first time doing Acid (first of a few times). (relax everyone; I'm cleaner than a whistle now; don't judge me I was a skater boy)

Awesome time (what was her name?)
 
PDX_DVX said:
I saw "face to face" live last year, they were really good.
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Lol...Good ol' face to face. They're from where I live. I always see Rob Kurth and Chad Yaro around town.

Mine is Stung out, Social Distortion, Offspring.
 
John_Hudson said:
Awesome time (what was her name?)
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I drew you her picture, maybe it'll jog your memory.

She was a looker.

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Man, I've been to so many concerts--the best of which I'll never remember. I just saw Thievery Corporation with fellow DVXuser Rob Myers on sitar/guitar, they were pretty amazing. Digging back into my childhood, Led Zeppelin was pretty nuts-the only concert where I saw with people actually shooting heroin. Also from the wayback machine, Duke Ellington--totally amazing. Some great memories of hanging around sweaty, smoky, packed Chicago blues clubs listening to Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, and Albert Collins.
 
Yeah that is awesome. Best show I've ever been to would have to be the Choking Victim reunion show 2005 at Tompkins Square Park NYC.
 
The best show I have ever seen was Lollapalooza 2. Ministry blew my head away and forever changed how I look at music live versus produced.

In the last five years there was this band I saw called Who's Bad (www.whosbadmusic.com). They are a Michael Jackson cover band, and that was the most fun show I've been to in a long time. Jazz musicians covering Michael Jackson, simply brilliant.

The Nine Inch Nails Fragile tour was also amazing.
 
I've seen many over the years, as well. Here are a few of the more memorable ones:

• AC/DC
• Aerosmith & Black Crowes
• Beck
• The Babys
• Cheap Trick & Sweet
• Kansas
• Def Leppard (twice with two arms and twice with one arm)
• The Eagles
• Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Foreigner & Bryan Adams (I passed out on the floor just before the first band and woke up on the shoulders of a buddy 10 feet out from the center of the stage. Bryan Adams was on stage singing and was looking right at me with a knowing grin on his face.)
• INXS
• Judas Priest
• Van Halen (3 times with Dave and 4 times with Sammy)
• Blue Oyster Cult (of course!)
• The Firm & Bad Company
• Foghat
• KISS & Johnny Cougar
• Paul McCartney
• Page/Plant
• Rolling Sones & Sheryl Crow
• The Cars & Nick Gilder (Hot Child in the City) lol
• Jon Butcher Axis/Def Leppard/Scorpions
• Motley Crue
• Michael Schenker Group
• REO Speedwagon
• Rod Stewart
• Toto
• Triumph
• ZZ Top
• Texas Jam (forget what year, I'll have to find the Tee shirt)
-Bon Jovi
-The Scorpions
-Ted Nugent
-Deep Purple
-Night Ranger
• Journey (w/ Greg Rollie and Steve Perry on vocals) & Thin Lizzy
• Jefferson Starship
• Heart
• Ted Nugent & The Romantics ( This was an odd coupling and Uncle Ted's fans weren't kind to them thar new wavers)
• Tina Turner
• Conway Twitty
• Faron Young & Tammy Wynette
• Johnny Mathis
• Dixie Chicks (I shot for their VH-1 special "All Access: The Dixie Chicks")

Those are just the ones that come to mind. I've seen several concerts, but there are still many more I'd like to add to that list.
 
From most recent to oldest.

Peter Gabriel - He played a suprise concert in Seattle a few years back. It was his first concert in 7 years. A great day.

Coldplay - They were the opening act for some band that was a one hit wonder.

Depeche Mode - It was just before they faded into obscurity.

Erasure - That's right. You got a problem with that?

Sting - Years ago. Concrete Blonde opened up for him. A great show.

Headbangers Ball - Suicidal Tendencies opened up. Judas Priest was the headliner. Motorhead was there too. Haven't headbanged in years.

Poison - A fun time. David Lee Roth opened up for them.

The Cars - My first concert. They played all their hits. Good times.
 
In honor of Gracie in the other thread: Jefferson Starship in Sheep Meadow, way back when. :)

Oh...and any Springsteen concert, even if Im not completely thrilled by the music, the concerts are FUN.
 
There are two that stand out in my mind where the band had a great connection with the audience and really played to them.

One was Tom Petty right around his Southern Accents album.

The other is a band called Seven Nations, a sort of Scottish/Rock blend. They were doing bagpipes and kilts in the middle of rock before it became passe'. Anyway, they played an ultra small venue here at the beach called Lynch's Pub and they were amazing.

For the most part though, I enjoy bands who are "undiscovered" more than headliners. They seem to be having more fun and engage the audience with more enthusiasm.
 
This is a toss-up for me. It's either the first time I saw Fishbone, or Bad Brains in '88 in a club that held about 150 people. I was against the stage during the Bad Brains show, and it was so packed, I thought my legs were going to get broken against the stage. Ahh, the fond memories of mosh pits and clove cigarettes. Punk wasn't heard on the radio or accepted by the masses back then. It was pretty scarey going to shows in the eighties. Good times...
 
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