What is your best live concert

[LetsSeeYa]

OK, song list:thumbsup: How about top live shows list. Which were your best. If i could narrow it to 5 i would, if ya can just pick 5:D I cant leave any of these off my list, so list 5 if you can:hippy:if not lets see them:cool:

Rolling Stones
Yes
Dave Matthews Band 3 x :D
Pink Flyod
ZZ Top
Rush
Elton John
Van Hallen
BB King
Niel Young
Kiss
Jethro Tull
James Taylor
AC DC
Fleetwood Mac

I guess you could say i like classic rock, lol
Not an any order:rasta:

[BlueBlazer]

Best concert I was ever at, I shit you not, is Weird Al Yankovic. :thumbsup:

The rest in no particular order:

Yes
Deep Purple
Bloodrock
Grand Funk
Jon Luc Ponty
Buddy Rich
Journey (before Steve Perry)
Kansas
Doobie Brothers
Molly Hatchet
Johnny Winters
Renaissance
America
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marshall Tucker
Gary Wright
Poco
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Jethro Tull (although I thought Ian Anderson sucked that night)

One of my greatest regrets is missing Pink Floyd in concert. Had a chance to go see them on the Animals tour and just didn't have the money. :(

[LetsSeeYa]

Best concert I was ever at, I shit you not, is Weird Al Yankovic. :thumbsup:

The rest in no particular order:

Yes
Deep Purple
Bloodrock
Grand Funk
Jon Luc Ponty
Buddy Rich
Journey (before Steve Perry)
Kansas
Doobie Brothers
Molly Hatchet
Johnny Winters
Renaissance
America
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marshall Tucker
Gary Wright
Poco
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Jethro Tull (although I thought Ian Anderson sucked that night)

One of my greatest regrets is missing Pink Floyd in concert. Had a chance to go see them on the Animals tour and just didn't have the money. :(

Nice list man, Deep Purple would be one id have like to see, plus America and Grand Funk, Kansas, Journey. Il bet they were great shows. I was lucky to see Pink Floyd, but Waters wasn't with them, it was a great show though, Learning to Fly album. Tull was great when i saw him, guess everyone has a bad night.

Thanks for posting man:rasta:

[BlueBlazer]

Don't have to thank me. I think you had a great idea for a thread. :D

Journey was the opening band for Jethro Tull. Journey played stuff from their first three albums and the crowd was in party cruise control. Then before Jethro Tull came out, one of the roadies came out and started with this huge list of shit Ian Anderson didn't like and wouldn't tolerate. Of course, as soon as the band came out everyone did all that stuff. :thumbsup:

The band played great, but Anderson had his panties in a bunch and kept breaking into his flute parts with loud snorting noises. It was really irritating.

[moody420]

My concert choices are a little different...but I thought I would chime in! :jointsmile:

Sublime (some people thought bradley was awful in concert, but I'm such a big sublime fan, i was just excited to be there!)

Metallica (even though I can't stand Lars, they are magnificent in concert!)

Tom Petty (come on, it's tom petty....of course it was great! :jointsmile:)

Rage against the Machine (I saw them about 4 times from my junior year till I was like 21....there ain't nothing like a RAGE show!)

Pepper (I love them, they are from Hawaii and have a reggae/ska/island sound and put on a great show!)

I've seen quite a few shows in my day....these are just a few of my favorites! :jointsmile:

[LetsSeeYa]

My concert choices are a little different...but I thought I would chime in! :jointsmile:

Sublime (some people thought bradley was awful in concert, but I'm such a big sublime fan, i was just excited to be there!)

Metallica (even though I can't stand Lars, they are magnificent in concert!)

Tom Petty (come on, it's tom petty....of course it was great! :jointsmile:)

Rage against the Machine (I saw them about 4 times from my junior year till I was like 21....there ain't nothing like a RAGE show!)

Pepper (I love them, they are from Hawaii and have a reggae/ska/island sound and put on a great show!)

I've seen quite a few shows in my day....these are just a few of my favorites! :jointsmile:

Maybe different but yours:thumbsup:, your younger il bet so there will be differences, but thanks for posting :hippy:. I didn't list bands like Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Docken, Molly Hatchet, REO Speedwagon, Blackfoot, Foreigner, Joe Walsh should have been one my list, but forgot And Stevie Nicks, Jonney Lang, BluesTraveler:wtf:, the others and a few more just weren't my best, so thats why i didn't list them. But thans again for listing your best shows:thumbsup:


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[moody420]

Maybe different but yours:thumbsup:, your younger il bet so there will be differences, but thanks for posting :hippy:. I didn't list bands like Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Docken, Molly Hatchet, REO Speedwagon, Blackfoot, Foreigner, Joe Walsh should have been one my list, but forgot And Stevie Nicks, Jonney Lang, BluesTraveler:wtf:, the others and a few more just weren't my best, so thats why i didn't list them. But thans again for listing your best shows:thumbsup:


:rasta:

Thanks! I also love classic rock....but am a tad younger (thanks :thumbsup:), so never really got a chance to see some of those old classics! I have seen Foreigner and journey several times. I've also seen Styx, trick pony, and Def Leppard! I'd love to see Stevie Nicks! Great thread! :jointsmile:

[GetThisOrDie]

I like alot of different music styles... Wish I could have been around for Floyd and Zeppelin...

Any slayer concert that ive been too is great..

Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, too many to list.

Basically anything good thats playing at the Merriweather (sp?) post in columbia maryland. One of the loudest venues on the planet. Nearly lost my breakfast when I saw Prodigy there. Bass was unbelievable!

Oh ya also Cypress Hill! Was the highest i have ever been at that concert. Just spliffs of the dank roll past you every 2-3 minutes. Was a great time!


Awesome thread!

[moody420]

I like alot of different music styles... Wish I could have been around for Floyd and Zeppelin...

Any slayer concert that ive been too is great..

Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, too many to list.

Basically anything good thats playing at the Merriweather (sp?) post in columbia maryland. One of the loudest venues on the planet. Nearly lost my breakfast when I saw Prodigy there. Bass was unbelievable!

Oh ya also Cypress Hill! Was the highest i have ever been at that concert. Just spliffs of the dank roll past you every 2-3 minutes. Was a great time!


Awesome thread!

Oh my god....how did I forget about Cypress Hill??? Maybe cause I was stoned off my ass! :jointsmile: I also saw the "up in smoke" tour with snoop dogg....it was a great show! Nothing like seeing Arco Arena hot boxed! :D

[Ub3rB0ng]

lmao Arco Arena hotboxed thats funny,havent been there in a while. Best concert ive been to is prolly Tom Petty,ive Also seen Slayer at the ampitheater in Marysville 2 times,and saw them once at Memorial auditorium. Ive also seen a few shows at arco like Metallica(who I cant really stand anymore),seen godsmack too a long while ago.:jointsmile:

[irydyum]

Have to say my number one "kick ass" show was Nine Inch Nails. Great live show. One singular energy of 40,000 people screaming out Reznor lyrics together. Very moving indeed.

Korn was good live but full of too many teeny boppers and trash. I love metal, but really don't understand the concept or reasoning behind a "mosh pit". Buncha idiots bound and determine to ruin everyone elses good time if you ask me.

Saw Cypress Hill back in like 93' in Chicago. It left a lasting impression on me. I've been high ever since :D

Still waiting to find my Tool show :( Never been able to catch em'.

[CovertCarpenter]

...RUSH, performing in Calgary, at the Saddledome, a coupla years back.

Tho the 'dome wasn't full, the energy was insane, and we even got to sing Neal Peart "Happy Birthday" for his 50th...

I swear, there wasn't a person there who was either breathing or blinking when he launched into The Rhythm Method.

Some serious weed going 'round, too! I brought some fine Calgary Purple Haze... :pimp:

[killerweed420]

I will be revealing my age.lol
The best band I have ever seen live is Heart, twice, they are the most talented musicians I have ever seen. Saw Alice Cooper live, he was ok, saw Led Zepplin live in LA I think in 74, was disapointed with them. Loved the Guess WHo at the Paramount in Seattle.

[LetsSeeYa]

I will be revealing my age.lol
The best band I have ever seen live is Heart, twice, they are the most talented musicians I have ever seen. Saw Alice Cooper live, he was ok, saw Led Zepplin live in LA I think in 74, was disapointed with them. Loved the Guess WHo at the Paramount in Seattle.

I tried to post this last night, but the site had to many people in it or something. You saw Zepplin:thumbsup:You gotta brag on your age for that. Wow ya gotta try to put some details with that show man.

I never saw Heart, but at one point i had all their CD's. I used to DJ, we played pretty much what we wanted to, which was mostly classic rock. We did it for fun free beer and a few bucks, but mostly we got to control the house, well an get drunk as hell, lol. I remember at a wedding, we were playing''The Pusher'' and the mother of the bride said ''turn it off'', she was going on about using the lords name in vain. We just kept telling her she was not hearing it correctly, till the song ended. I had the most fun with this, hell sometime we played just for beer, lol. Thanks for posting, and your lucky man, Led Zepplin...........:thumbsup:

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[boaz]

yes, I must concur, KW, seeing Zep in L.A. in '74 is definately brag worthy! I would love to have seen them but I am just a little bit younger I guess. not much tho. :jointsmile:

I did see Pink Floyd in L.A. in '93 (ish) and that's gotta go down as one of my favorites. I think they were all in the band that year.

I also got to see great Buddy Guy show in Hollywood at this little club on sunset. Eric Clapton was known to show up every year at this event and this time was no exception. that was probably my coolest concert experience. we were right in front. :cool:

The Rolling Stones at the L.A. Coloseum. :smokin:

seeing Metallica literally bringing down the house in the monsters of rock in the Coloseum was pretty cool. got some great photo's of it, I'll post them if I can find them. saw those boys four times. :rastasmoke:

Rush! always an awesome experience. seen them many many times. :cool:

saw Cheap Trick when I was in high school at the old lady on brady. festival seating. :pimp: which, for us, meant front row center stage every time :rastasmoke: right in front of Rick Neilson with all his double neck guitars, his beatles guitar, the black and white checkered guitar, etc., etc. . . . :smokin:

oh yeah, :rasta: Jane's Addiction in '87 or '88 (just right before they hit it f'n big time) at the coop pizza place in the student union. just coming back from the computer lab, come and to get some pizza and these dudes start setting up. I stuck around for the show . . . :S5:

[Dutch Pimp]

my first live concert...Lovin' Spoonful.. Sept, 1967...it was free...like me...:thumbsup:...John Sebastian threw a frisbi at me...and I just watched it sail on past me...I'd never seen one before...:wtf:..apparently...you're suppose to catch it....:stoned:

[boaz]

oh yeah, just one more . . :rastasmoke: Van Halen a couple years ago with Roth playing all the old classics. :smokin: best VH show I can remember ever seeing.

[LetsSeeYa]

my first live concert...Lovin' Spoonful.. Sept, 1967...it was free...like me...:thumbsup:...John Sebastian threw a frisbi at me...and I just watched it sail on past me...I'd never seen one before...:wtf:..apparently...you're suppose to catch it....:stoned:

I gotta few tunes from Lovin Spoonful:thumbsup:

Yeah ya catch it.........now thats some funny shit man, as im putting myself in your shoes watching this guy throw something at me and thinking ''WTF was that, did you see that almost hit me in the head'', lmao:wtf:


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[psychodelic]

Britney spears ftw!

[Born To Stone]

Reading this makes me want to go to a gig..

My best concerts have been:

Aerosmith in Hyde Park
Blur at Glastonbury
Red Hot Chili Peppers at the stadium in my city (no bands ever come here)
Rage Against the Machine (acoustics weren't great but I like the band so much I forgave it)
Foo Fighters (one of the 1st bands I saw)
Kasabian (every time I've seen em they were great)
Bruce Springsteen (wasn't even a big fan but the performance won me over)

[LetsSeeYa]

oh yeah, just one more . . :rastasmoke: Van Halen a couple years ago with Roth playing all the old classics. :smokin: best VH show I can remember ever seeing.

I saw them with Roth to, but it was the last LP they made. The older stuff was great but it was that time when they got a bit poppy with ''jump'' and a few other poppy tunes:wtf:

Still a great show as we waited 6 hours for tickets, which got us close:thumbsup:



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[LetsSeeYa]

Reading this makes me want to go to a gig..

My best concerts have been:

Aerosmith in Hyde Park
Blur at Glastonbury
Red Hot Chili Peppers at the stadium in my city (no bands ever come here)
Rage Against the Machine (acoustics weren't great but I like the band so much I forgave it)
Foo Fighters (one of the 1st bands I saw)
Kasabian (every time I've seen em they were great)
Bruce Springsteen (wasn't even a big fan but the performance won me over)

Dude when i started the thread, i was thinking the same thing. I was ready to go to a show that day:hippy:

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[rikb631]

Rage Against the Machine Wu Tang Clan and Atari Teenage Roit... nuff said!

Evil Empire Tour August 21, 1997 @ great woods... there was a long delay that night, Zack had seriously injured his ankle jumping around at the previous show in the medowlands... he still tore the roof off of great woods!!! Wu Tang was throwing blunts into the crowd... i had never seen nor will i probably eve see a crowd so big and deverse be so hyped!

[seventhchild]

peter frampton , steve miller , tenn state fairgrounds july 4, 1976. no 1977,,,,ummm 75? or was it frampton/bob segar? shrooms and coliumbian red or cid and col gold? hold on now changed my mind MOODY BLUES 1978 Kansas city no no GRATFUL DEAD all 3 nights deercreeck, mich.1993, or maybe it was 1992. KANSAS in a little theater in Florence, Alabama 77,78? ah **ck it they all the best but getting old and forgetful kindof sux.does anyone recall what year framton played at the tenn fairgrounds ?

[Dutch Pimp]

Not the first, but one of the best concert's...:thumbsup:

40 years ago...Today..:smokin:

[Joshish]

Primus at the paramount in Seattle. Two sets with Sailing the Seas of Cheese in it's entirety.

[Brandon1423s]

PHISH!!! sooo good live everyone should catch one of their shows its always a wild time.

[Nancy007]

Mine will be much more different, lol.

Bad Religion, Framing Hanley, The Vandals, Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, and The English Beat.

All these bands I got to see because I was the P.A. for the film crew, that was filming them.:)

Yesterday I ran into Cece Deville at Home Depot. It wasn't no concert, but it was hella cool to meet him in person. :D

[Dutch Pimp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzK8FHGZnM&feature=related

[gypski]

The best on or one of the best. 4+ Hours only JT. 1971

YouTube - Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZmtq5LhFo)

[weedmaster]

the first concert i ever went to was Queen at knebworth park,the magic tour absolutely brilliant:thumbsup: my other favourites are pink floyd at wembley areana,:D Rolling stones at the millenium stadium:) simon and garfunkel at hyde park was a good chill out concert and the last of my top 5 is Robbie williams only went because my wife and daughter wanted to go, not that keen on his music but he is a very good entertainer:jointsmile:

[onetimer]

Iron Maiden hands down, no matter how many times I've seen them I'm still surprised at what a great show they put on. We're going to see them next week, I can't wait!



Bad Religion


hell yeah, they are fucking tight live, Id swear they were just playing a record

[G13budsmoker]

damn, you old farts make me feel like a damn baby:jointsmile:.... 99% of the groups i see on here are either WAY before my time, or just realy old:jointsmile:. i havent been fortunate yet to witness a live concert but would like to if some of the people i like would ever come to my state to perform. much respect to you who have been to more concerts then my age:jointsmile:

i know most of you quoted older rock or metal (whatever you call it:jointsmile:) but has any of you ol farts seen Jerry Reed live?

G13Budsmoker:jointsmile::stoned::rastasmoke:

[gypski]

Another oldie but goodie. Live video Takes some of us back in time. :D

YouTube - Jethro Tull Ian Anderson Locomotive Breath Classical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHoeXnIgZVg&feature=related)

[Dutch Pimp]

they say that if you can't remember your first concert?...you probably had a good time...:thumbsup:

[BlueBlazer]

they say that if you can't remember your first concert?...you probably had a good time...:thumbsup:

lol, too true.

My brother came home from the Navy and took me to my first concert. It was Buddy Miles backing up Deep Purple. We had a really great time and both bands kicked ass. :D

Also Buddy Miles stole the show IMHO. :thumbsup:

[gypski]

Black Sabbath 1971 Philly The old Spectrum filled with reefer smoke and LSD tripper!!!!!!!!!!!! :smokin:

YouTube - Iron Man. Ozzy Osbourne. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLgEwqwe5Eg)

a two fer

YouTube - Black Sabbath - Paranoid(1970 - Music Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyVZFJGX5g&feature=related)

[CovertCarpenter]

damn, you old farts make me feel like a damn baby:jointsmile:.... 99% of the groups i see on here are either WAY before my time, or just realy old:jointsmile:. i havent been fortunate yet to witness a live concert but would like to if some of the people i like would ever come to my state to perform. much respect to you who have been to more concerts then my age:jointsmile:

i know most of you quoted older rock or metal (whatever you call it:jointsmile:) but has any of you ol farts seen Jerry Reed live?

G13Budsmoker:jointsmile::stoned::rastasmoke:

Are ye by any chance referring to Country singer/songwriter Jerry Reed, Smokey & The Bandit-Burt Reynolds'-truck-drivin'-partner Jerry Reed?

Nope, but I'd love ta! He's done some 'traditional country', some wonderful upbeat stuph, and some damn funny stuph, a la I'm A Slave, which was many years ahead of its time being a humorous-as-hell country rap!

Hope we're talkin' about the same Jerry Reed...

[psychocat]

This Guitar Legends, Seville 1991 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Legends,_Seville_1991) has to rate as my alltime fave concert, the best line up of guitarists ever seen anywhere.

Golden Earing in Sassenheim Netherland and Alice Cooper in Rotterdam sometime in the early 90s were pretty damn good too.

David Bowies glass spider tour was impressive as were nearly all Kiss concerts and of course Twisted Sister rate highly.

[LetsSeeYa]

Well i just think if your still hearing it, its gotta be the best. I might be stuck in the early stuff, but i can understand it. I guess its just more then a beat. Sure wish i could bring up these you tube vids man, but dial-up just wont cut it. Its the only Internet iv ever had. Im just in the boonies now and cant get anything better:mad:

Im glad this thread is still going:rasta:

[jimiblings]

Musical talent asside the best stage shows I've seen are:

1. GWAR

2. Insanse Clown Posse

3. Kottonmouth Kings

4. Kid Rock

5. Marylin Manson

[jimiblings]

Other shows worth mentioning

Limp Bizkit

Rob Zombie

Deftones

Misfits

[intelplatoon]

PRIMUS at the greek theater in berkeley
and
WEEN at the santa cruz community center

[pepurr]

The first concert I ever went to was REO Speedwagon at the Jacksonville, Florida Collisum back in 1974. It only cost $5.00 at the door. It was fun, but not the best one.

The best one for me was Deep Purple and ELO at Indianapolis in 1974 or 75. At least I think it was '74'. Memories a little foggy about the date. The music was awesome and the crowd was great. Maybe the micro-dot made the music better. It certainly made the experience strange. I was going to take my girl friend, but she pissed me off so I took a friend.

It was so funny after the concert. A man with a bible walked up to my friend Mark and said, "Did you know Jesus is your lord and savior"? Mark replied in a way that had come to be expected of him. He said, "Well actually I worship Satan". The man with the bible held the bible up to Mark's face, and Mark put his hands to his face as if to protect it and ran away screaming and yelling. It was so funny. The man with the bible just stood there with his mouth open in disbelief. We laughed our heads off.

[psychocat]

ELO were always a good show , I saw them a couple of times and they rocked the roof off.

These guys have been gigging for decades and they always give the feeling that they are there because they love their work.
YouTube - Golden Earring - Long Blonde Animal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7F9d2BcHIg)

[gypski]

Best small venue, Stone Balloon Tavern, 1973. Bruce Springsteen before he went nationwide and hit the really big time. :D

From Greetings from Asbury Park

YouTube - Bruce Springsteen - Spirit In The Night (Original) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3quyLpUuhk)