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radek2166
02-02-2005, 02:18 AM
who where and when?

Stevie Ray Vaughn
1984
Syria Mosque
Pittsburgh Pa

mike l.
02-02-2005, 02:26 AM
something like mecca normal 1991 jabberjaw. there's been lots of good ones though. all of bands none of you know in places youd never go..sigh...

IggyWH
02-02-2005, 02:26 AM
Up In Smoke Tour
2000
Mellon Arena
Pittsburgh, PA

I don't do much concert going. Like the music or not, this was what I was raised on and just had to see Dre and Snoop in person. Definitely one of the best times I ever had.

My favorite was the Rock The Mic Tour when I got to see my favorite artist, Jay-Z, live for the first and only time. I can't really consider that my favorite concert though because I went late only wanting to see Jay-Z. Sadly, I had to sit through 50's set as the concert was running late.

radek2166
02-02-2005, 02:34 AM
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Mellon Arena


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I rmember when it was the civic arena

Edge34
02-02-2005, 02:38 AM
I don't do a whole lot of big concerts, but my two most memorable (maybe not the best, but the best nights):

Kenny Chesney, Margaritas and Senoritas Tour. March, 2003. Mankato, MN.

Keith Urban, Be Here Tour. Northrup Auditorium, Minneapolis. 12/4/04.

The one band I'd kill to see: The Eagles.

peachy
02-02-2005, 02:43 AM
jimmy buffet...every yr in atlanta
and rage and wu tang about 7 yrs ago

razor
02-02-2005, 02:44 AM
U2
2001
Copps Coliseum
Hamilton, ON

easily the best show I've seen


also (in no particular order)

U2 (2nd show)
CNE
Toronto, ON

Guns 'n Roses
1991 (2nd show)
CNE
Toronto, ON

Steve Earle
1990
Massey Hall
Toronto, ON

Radiohead
1997
Arrow Hall
Toronto, ON

Daniel Lanois w/Brian Blade
2003
Theatre Aquarius
Hamilton, ON

Most every Tragically Hip show I've seen along with some other notables...

MEbenhoe
02-02-2005, 02:45 AM
Live

Summerfest 2004

BTW on a side not Summerfest makes me so happy to be from Milwuakee, purely the greatest annual music festival in the U.S.

Shilly
02-02-2005, 02:49 AM
I've only been to four concerts in my life, but here goes:

Ben Folds
Spring 2004
La Crosse, Wisconsin

For any fans that have never seen him live, he is INCREDIBLE. Even though it was a fairly small show, I had a great time. Also interesting to see him making 80's guitar sounds with a piano.

peachy
02-02-2005, 02:53 AM
i always luv seeing Sugar Ray live...besides Mark being SUPER fine..they always put on a good and entertaining show...alot of crowd interaction

Tron
02-02-2005, 02:53 AM
Radiohead
August, 2003
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison, CO

Hallett
02-02-2005, 02:55 AM
Best ever, and best in a big room, U2's Zoo TV in 1994 or so. Best in a small room, Tom Petty, 1997 or so.
REM and Def Leppard (Yes, Def Leppard) were also fantastic.

dr. klopek
02-02-2005, 02:57 AM
Rage Against The Machine and The Roots Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR ~1997. Wu Tang was supposed to open but a few of them got arrested for beating up their manager or something. I don't wish jail on anybody, but to this day I'm glad they couldn't make it. It was much better for the overall atmosphere of the show. The Roots>Wu Tang. Rage against the machine kicks more ass live than anyone else I've ever seen. And I've seen KISS.

mmbt0ne
02-02-2005, 02:58 AM
Man, I really wanted to start a thread like this.

Best Concert is one of the following:

Rufio/Brand New/Taking Back Sunday - Late 2002 (The Revolution)
No one knew who they were, and they played to a crowd of about 300 people crammed into a trailer-sized room. It was awesome.

Coheed/Thrice/Thursday - Early/Mid 2004? (Masquerade)
By this time a lot of people were into these bands, so the concert crowds were getting worse, but this show was amazing.


Best Single Song at any Performance:

Incubus - Certain Shade of Green: Music Midtown 2002 (Middle of the fuc[/b]kin city!)
Prolly 60k-70k people at this concert, all outdoors, all crowded up to the stage. The energy was crazy, and it was the only song I was waiting for all night, and they didn't disappoint at all.

Weezer - Say it Ain't So: Summer 2002 I think? (Hi-Fi Buys)
Nothing like being drunk high schoolers, screaming the lyrics as loud as you can from the grass behind the seats at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre while flames shoot out of the giant Weezer symbol on stage.

bonanz
02-02-2005, 02:59 AM
The roots

nasty nasty live show

natedogg
02-02-2005, 02:59 AM
Prince - 1997? 1998? San Francisco aftershow at 415 townsend from 2:30 to 5:30 a.m. Best damn thing I ever saw.

natedogg

DMBFan23
02-02-2005, 03:06 AM
Dave Matthews Band (Duh)
Nissan Pavilion
2004


coming in a close second:
Bloodhound Gang, Cypress Hill, and ICP
Virginia Beach Amphitheater
1998

radek2166
02-02-2005, 03:06 AM
Rage rocks I have seen them twice. Awsome both times.

radek2166
02-02-2005, 03:10 AM
You know who puts on a good show?

The Offspring. Saw them at the streetfest in San Diego in 2001

Corey
02-02-2005, 03:13 AM
Not "best," but most fun:

Afroman, UCSD--FallFest '01.
This was at the height of his 15 minutes and they were asking for trouble when they held this in an arena. Walking in was enough to get high.

peachy
02-02-2005, 03:34 AM
MMB the music midtown in ATLANTA?? i go to that every yr hehe i was gonna mention it but i didnt think anyone would know what it was!!

mmbt0ne
02-02-2005, 03:36 AM
Yup, in Atlanta. Is there another one?

peachy
02-02-2005, 03:39 AM
haha dunno thats y i didnt mention it b/c its an Atlanta thing didnt think anyone else would know about it

mmbt0ne
02-02-2005, 03:47 AM
Yeah, there's only a few ATL people on these boards that I know of, and all of the others are northsiders, unlike me.

You
Me
Shajen
ClaytonN
Shadow29
Fins

nothumb
02-02-2005, 03:48 AM
Wow, that sounds awesome, I would have loved to see that one nate.

There have been several and I have a hard time recalling, but off the top I might have to say Olu Dara, New Year's '05 at Club Helsinki. That was a sweet sweet show.

I saw Hum with Pedro the Lion and somebody else, either Shiner or another band, at the Cat's Cradle in March 1998 or 99, that was a great show too for all you indie rock freaks. I was actually on crutches after spraining my ankle that day in gym class, and people for some reason started moshing all around me. This was during that weird period when kids weren't sure if they were supposed to mosh or dance or what during a show like this. I wasn't giving up my 3rd row spot so some idiots just got whacked with crutches.

One of the other most-fun shows was The Ducky Boys, Patriot, and the Dropkick Murphys, also at the Cat's Cradle circa 98 or so.

NT

MrFeelNothin
02-02-2005, 03:50 AM
DMB (w/ Jason Mraz)
The Gorge Amphitheater
George, WA
2004
or
Jack Johnson (w/ G Love and Special Sauce)
also at the gorge in 2004

I have never been to Red Rocks but my Coloradoan friends say its even more impressive than the Gorge, so that must have been a helluva show.

peachy
02-02-2005, 03:59 AM
dunno them

BottlesOf
02-02-2005, 04:00 AM
Up in Smoke Tour Summer 2000, Continental Arena. 9-5 plus fo' pennies. Add that [censored] up.

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band 200x, The Rising Tour. I first saw him at the Fleet Center, and the first time was quite something, but objectively, the playlist was better in Providence a few months later.

jasonHoldEm
02-02-2005, 04:43 AM
Phish @ Loring AFB - Limestone ME - Aug 15 & 16, 1998 (The Lemonwheel)

The candlelight set on saturday night is probably one of my greatest phish memories. Just laying there on the grass, chatting with friends and enjoying great music...it was a very peaceful and surreal expereince.

Runner up would be a phish show at Darien Lake (in NY) in 97 where Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters crashed the party (leading to some onstage antics that were a bit strange even for phish phans). I got to meet Ken, Babs, and Mike (the bassist for phish) in the lot before the show which was also quite a highlight.

J

Chris Daddy Cool
02-02-2005, 04:55 AM
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The roots

nasty nasty live show

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i concur.

i saw them perform with mos def, talib kweli and common, the entire show was just nuts.

Chris Daddy Cool
02-02-2005, 04:57 AM
the roots
outkast
red hot chili peppers

these dudes are just sick.

Benholio
02-02-2005, 05:03 AM
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Yeah, there's only a few ATL people on these boards that I know of, and all of the others are northsiders, unlike me.

You
Me
Shajen
ClaytonN
Shadow29
Fins

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Northside here too.

Best concert I saw? Beastie Boys @ Lakewood, Hello Nasty tour.

Best concert that I DIDN'T see? Beastie Boys + Rage... Had tickets for this, then one of the Beasties hurt themselves and Rage split... DOH!

Ulysses
02-02-2005, 05:57 AM
Music Midtown rules. I lived in Atlanta '93-'96 and went a couple other times as well.

zephed56
02-02-2005, 06:09 AM
I've seen Page/Plant 3 times, twice in '95 at the LA Forum.
Once in '98 at Irvine Meadows. Effin sweet, Page is still very good. Plant was alright, not bad though.

Hey, I was born in '80. It's the closest thing to Zep in my lifetime.

I saw the Chili Peppers last year at Irvine Meadows, and it was a great show. They rock, they were on top of their game.

Ulysses
02-02-2005, 06:17 AM
So hard to say, so many come to mind. I narrowed down the list as much as I could:

GNR/Cult in some little club
Def Leppard Hysteria in the round
Boston Third Stage
Soundgarden in some little club
Counting Crows various times in small clubs/theaters
Soundgarden/GNR
Pearl Jam/Soundgarden in some little club
Stevie Ray Vaughn at Rockefeller's and others
Arc Angels at Rockefeller's
Pearl Jam at the Fox Theater
Garbage at Slim's and the Point
Peter Stuart / Dog's Eye View a few times
Beastie Boys at Bottom of the Hill
The White Stripes at Fillmore and Warfield
Beck at the Greek
Bob Schneider at Bimbo's
Liz Phair/Flaming Lips at the Warfield
Pixies at Greek Theater
TV on the Radio at Bottom of the Hill
Old '97s a couple of times
The Wrens a couple of times
Coldplay at the Warfield

Probably one of those.

Losing all
02-02-2005, 06:27 AM
Clutch's transnational speedway tour at the Phoenix (det) in 93, even though there was an all out riot. I hear this was the last time they played binge and purge in concert.

91 or 92 I saw Pantera (just getting popular) and zombie(unknown) at Harpo's(a large bar) in detroit. The most violent pit ever!

Tool's undertow tour was great at the phoenix in 94

Soundgarden superunknown tour was awesome, pine knob 94.

Down (phil from pantera and pepper from CoC) harpos 95

I've seen slayer 8 times, the best being the diabolus tour (with clutch) hapros 2000

Metallica with Danzig and Suicidal was a great show too, pine knob 94

These shows were all very good, but if I had to pick, I'd say pantera/zombie

Zombie also put on a great show at the mi state fairgrounds during the astrocreep tour.

plaster8
02-02-2005, 06:40 AM
Rolling Stones
B.C. Place Stadium
Vancouver, B.C.
1994

They were old even back then, but they put on a hell of a show. Worst seats I've ever had in my life, though -- I was all the way across the stadium from the stage. Row ZZ. The very top of the stadium. Still a great night.

Close seconds would be AC/DC in Portland in 1991, or Van Halen last year in Spokane (but just because I had Golden Ring tickets and was about a foot away from Eddie).

nicky g
02-02-2005, 07:46 AM
They kind of suck, but the Prodigy put on a pretty amazing show in about 1996.

De La Soul last year in London were great, probably the concert I've had the most fun at.

Pavement were very good in about 1995.

Nirvana would have been good if they hadn't cancelled for some spurious reason related to the death of someone or other.

partygirluk
02-02-2005, 08:38 AM
Muse
Glastonbury 2004

MasterShakes
02-02-2005, 09:05 AM
It's tough to choose between these two:

Pearl Jam
July of 2003
New York City, Madison Square Garden (night #1 of 2)

Pearl Jam
1994
Cleveland, CSU Convocation Center

I feel like the band lost some of their edge after 1994, but they have really come into their own recently, and the MSG 2003 show is what made me realize this. Pick it up on DVD if you want to see something legendary ("Pearl Jam Live at the Garden").

Sporky
02-02-2005, 10:02 AM
Muse
House of Blues
Orlando 2004

seen a lot of shows and this was by far the best.

beerbandit
02-02-2005, 10:43 AM
tragically hip
at copps colliseum

or

project revolution-
korn
the used
less than jake
snoop
linkin park
at pine knob

cheers

Rutis
02-02-2005, 10:52 AM
Springsteen, Gothenburg 1985

jdl22
02-02-2005, 10:57 AM
Kenny Wayne Shepherd in 1999 at the EMU ballroom at the University of Oregon. We got there early enough that there was no security whatsoever and we basically got an extra concert because during sound check he was playing songs that weren't on the playlist for the main show. At the concert we were literally in the front row, leaning up against the stage.

sfer
02-02-2005, 11:24 AM
I don't know about best, but my favorite was a small set that Joe Strummer performed for free at Amoeba Records in San Francisco, July 2001, like a year and a half before he died. Maybe 100 people showed up, he did like 6 songs, none from The Clash, but he ended with The Harder They Come, and it was Joe Effing Strummer, man.

ZeeJustin
02-02-2005, 11:31 AM
#1 - Smashing Pumpkins @ 9:30 club right after Jimmy Chamberlain came back

#2 - Muse @ 9:30 club a couple months ago

srvollmer
02-02-2005, 11:45 AM
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Pearl Jam
1994
Cleveland, CSU Convocation Center


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Nice! I was in the front on the floor at that show. I understand why some people dont like this band, but if they were at that show, they would think differently. Purely amazing.

Also, I saw Outkast way back when, and they give it their all. Some other notables:
Grant Lee Buffalo
Pavement
Pixies
U2
Soul Coughing
Gift of Gab and Mike Relm
Radiohead
A Tribe Called Quest

bosoxfan
02-02-2005, 12:00 PM
Best time at a show was Grateful Dead, Highgate Vermont 1995. 90,000 people in an old airfield the fence got knock down and at intermission we went back to the car and filled a backpack with beer. good times.

Best show was Tool at the Avalon in Boston right after Undertow came out.

Matt Flynn
02-02-2005, 12:01 PM
biggest spread between talent and performance: The Y Store at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. nontalent band but they were great live.

most enjoyable concert of all things was The Replacements at the Fillmore in 1987. everyone should see a concert at the Fillmore. you can feel Janis and Jimmy in the bricks.

best concert to take a college date in the late eighties: Sting for obvious reasons

best concert to score a killer vegetarian sandwich and get a contact high: Grateful Dead, any Bay Area venue, 1980s. of course you had to put up with the 2 hour rendition of fire on the mountain so the contact high was critical.

best drummer seen live: Dave Matthews Band. if only Matthews would learn not to whine every line.

i'd trade every one of them to see Jimmy Hendrix or Miles Davis live.

matt

sfer
02-02-2005, 12:08 PM
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most enjoyable concert of all things was The Replacements at the Fillmore in 1987. everyone should see a concert at the Fillmore. you can feel Janis and Jimmy in the bricks.


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I'm way jealous. For me, the best part of seeing a show at the Fillmore was walking 10 minutes to go home.

Lumpy
02-02-2005, 12:37 PM
Any Mighty Mighty Bosstones club show.

95 Warped Tour - Northampton, MA
Quicksand
Sublime
No use for a name
Sick of it all
CIV
Seaweed
Orange 9MM , and a bunch of others.

Husker Du 1987 Hartford CT

2planka
02-02-2005, 12:41 PM
Janes Addiction @ 1990 Lollapalooza
Great Woods
Norton, MA.

Sheriff Fatman
02-02-2005, 07:56 PM
Bit of a mixed bag but:

Prince - Glasgow Celtic Park, 1992

James - Manchester (Final Tour), Dec 2001 (I think)

Pixies - Brixton Academy, June 2004 (a dream come true!)

I also have very fond memories of seeing Radiohead at Cambridge Junction in 1992/3, just after Pablo Honey was released. Bizarrely, they were the support band that night for a band called The Frank And Walters!

Sheriff

radek2166
02-02-2005, 08:36 PM
I did see the Firm. Was a ton of fun to see Page play!!

KJS
02-02-2005, 08:47 PM
Fugazi 10th Anniversary Show, Latin American Cultural Center, Washington DC, Summer 1997. Same day, same venue as their first show, 10 years later.

Other mentionables:

Rev Horton Heat, Off Ramp in Seattle, 1992.

Early Built to Spill shows in Seattle, right after they formed.

Dirty Three at Moe's in Seattle. 1999, I think. Only band I ever saw twice in one day. Absolutely amazing live act.

Garageshock, 3B Tavern, Bellingham, WA, 1997: Galaxy Trio, Man or Astroman? The Monomen, Southern Culture on the Skids, Dead Moon, 5,6,7,8s, The Drags, and about 10 other bands over 3 days. Too bad this event got too big for it's own good. It was a yearly highlight while it lasted.

Modest Mouse at my friend Jordan's birthday party, basement of a house in Bellingham, WA, 1996.

Jucifer and High on Fire, Cleveland, OH, 2004.

Best big show: Endfest 1992: Beasties, Helmet, Mudhoney, L7, The Posies, Charlatans UK, Sonic Youth.

KJS

Sponger15SB
02-02-2005, 08:53 PM
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Rufio/Brand New/Taking Back Sunday - Late 2002 (The Revolution)
No one knew who they were, and they played to a crowd of about 300 people crammed into a trailer-sized room. It was awesome.

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Yeah I wanted to see a Rufio concert in San Diego at a place about as small/crappy as that right before they blew up, but it was sold out.

My favorite concert live: Journey, last summer at the San Diego County Fair.

IndieMatty
02-02-2005, 09:18 PM
Five:

1. Broken Social Scene = Bowery Ballroom 12/2003
2. Sunny Day Real Estate = Irving Plaza 11/1997
3. Deftones/Quicksand - Roseland = 6/98
4. Wilco - Radio City Music Hall 10/04
5. Radiohead/Coachella 4/04

IndieMatty
02-02-2005, 09:19 PM
I was at the first warped tour as well...so sick.

CCass
02-02-2005, 11:23 PM
Pink Floyd
1994 Division Bell Tour
Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt Stadium)

Zygote
02-02-2005, 11:33 PM
AC\DC
Can't remember the year,
Skydome
Toronto

Damn they know how to put on a show.

bholdr
02-02-2005, 11:49 PM
Grateful Dead, thurs may 27 1995 Seattle, Wa, Memorial stadium. 72 and sunny, good smoke, good freinds, and good music- can't be beat.

they played for five hours- no opener, one break (which was a 40 minute drum solo by grammy winning drummer mickey hart)

I also saw Dylan, Van Morrison, and Joni Mitchell at the gorge in george in '02- that was a fantastic show, but i went with two girls that wanted to leave after Mitchell, and i spent the whole Van Morrison set convincing them to stay for one more set.... well worth it, because at the end they all played 'brown eyed girl' together- cheezy, i know, but, still worth it.

I also saw The roots, Atari teenage riot, and Rage in '99- that was very good, too.

...and in '03 I saw a St Croix regge band named 'Midnight' that was absoloutly awesome- anybody else here seen or heard 'em?

bholdr
02-03-2005, 12:03 AM
Yesssss!

i didn't think that anybody else remembered those days in sea-town! the rev puts on an AWESOME live show- I've seen him at bumbershoot maybe 4 times. Built to spill also does a killer live set- was that at the Velvet Elvis, by any chance? I saw them there maybe a half dozen times between '93 and '98.

....and as far as the 3B goes, it's one of the best rock clubs i've ever been to, and i've been to a lot. Last summer i was there to see a japanese band called 'dmr3000' or something like that, and they were hanging from the hanging speakers, playing while crowd surfing, beer-spewing, gee-tar smashing, getting nekid, etc... these dudes knew how to rock.


modest mouse wasn't at the 'humbolt house' was it? i saw 'em there twice in '97-'98(i think- date and time in bellingham are always blurry in my memory)?

Ever see Federation-X at the 3B? that's always a good show, too.

radek2166
02-03-2005, 12:10 AM
Rage rocks!!!!!!!!!!!

MortalNuts
02-03-2005, 12:17 AM
Radiohead at Red Rocks (Morrison, CO), summer of last year.

There was a point in the concert where Thom Yorke started singing part of "karma police" a cappella, and directed the audience to join in. Does that sound hokey? It does to me, now, writing about it. But that night it was magic. People around me were crying; they sat motionless in the stands for minutes after the last encore was over and the lights came up over the rocks. I'd never seen that sort of response before, and I doubt I will again. Unreal. The whole show was just amazing.

There have been a ton of other concerts I've really enjoyed, some big and some small -- seeing Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke perform together (Boulder Theater) was sweet; Solas (ridiculous Irish band) a few years ago at a pub in Houston; etc etc -- but that radiohead show stands out.

bholdr
02-03-2005, 12:25 AM
-there was a big to-do about that concert, too. the local sherrif wanted to cancel the concert, because of rage's 'anti-american' lyrics, or something. he claimed that they were going to try to incite a riot.

so we go anyway... and they're searching EVERY car as they pull off the freeway. fortunatly all the drugs were hidden in my subwoofer box and we slipped right through.


At the end of the show, rage is performing, it's getting pretty heavy in the pit, and they bust out the... 'those who die..' and cut out half way into the song. the lights come on, the cops start clearing the amphetheater...

...and it all goes black.
...the drums come back in, and de la rocha gets up and says;

"if you get busted for doing something stupid tonight, it's your own fault! But if that sherrif comes up to you and tries to bust you for some bullshit, tries to violate your rights, I want you to pop a fukin cap in his PIG HEAD!!!"

"F**K YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!" etc, etc, 20 minute encore.

AWESOME!

MarkL444
02-03-2005, 12:35 AM
ozma
get up kids
weezer

before weezer and guk got all gay

NoPeak
02-03-2005, 12:59 AM
Phish
Pearl Jam
Steve Miller Band
Van Halen
Kid Rock(wasn't a big fan, but he put on one hell of a show)

By far, the best has to be Tom Petty. There was never a dull moment.

bosoxfan
02-03-2005, 01:02 AM
Lollapalooza maybe 1993 at some air field in Rhode Island. Rage, Tool and Alice in Chains.

Bigdaddydvo
02-03-2005, 01:03 AM
Tie: U2 Popmart in '97 and Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds acoustic tour in '98 (4th row seats)

Tron
02-03-2005, 01:34 AM
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Radiohead at Red Rocks (Morrison, CO), summer of last year.

There was a point in the concert where Thom Yorke started singing part of "karma police" a cappella, and directed the audience to join in. Does that sound hokey? It does to me, now, writing about it. But that night it was magic. People around me were crying; they sat motionless in the stands for minutes after the last encore was over and the lights came up over the rocks. I'd never seen that sort of response before, and I doubt I will again. Unreal. The whole show was just amazing.

There have been a ton of other concerts I've really enjoyed, some big and some small -- seeing Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke perform together (Boulder Theater) was sweet; Solas (ridiculous Irish band) a few years ago at a pub in Houston; etc etc -- but that radiohead show stands out.

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Hell yeah dude, that was absolutely incredible. Also, I still get chills whenever I listen to "We Suck Young Blood."

GimmeDaWatch
02-03-2005, 06:44 AM
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So hard to say, so many come to mind. I narrowed down the list as much as I could:

GNR/Cult in some little club
Def Leppard Hysteria in the round
Boston Third Stage
Soundgarden in some little club
Counting Crows various times in small clubs/theaters
Soundgarden/GNR
Pearl Jam/Soundgarden in some little club
Stevie Ray Vaughn at Rockefeller's and others
Arc Angels at Rockefeller's
Pearl Jam at the Fox Theater
Garbage at Slim's and the Point
Peter Stuart / Dog's Eye View a few times
Beastie Boys at Bottom of the Hill
The White Stripes at Fillmore and Warfield
Beck at the Greek
Bob Schneider at Bimbo's
Liz Phair/Flaming Lips at the Warfield
Pixies at Greek Theater
TV on the Radio at Bottom of the Hill
Old '97s a couple of times
The Wrens a couple of times
Coldplay at the Warfield

Probably one of those.

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You see the Wrens this last time they came to town at the Knitting Factory? That really was a great show. Radiohead at this last year's Coachella is also another highlight.

plaster8
02-03-2005, 07:01 AM
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I also saw Dylan, Van Morrison, and Joni Mitchell at the gorge in george in '02- that was a fantastic show, but i went with two girls that wanted to leave after Mitchell, and i spent the whole Van Morrison set convincing them to stay for one more set.... well worth it, because at the end they all played 'brown eyed girl' together- cheezy, i know, but, still worth it.


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I was at that show -- I thought Van Morrison completely mailed it in. But Dylan and Mitchell were great.

KJS
02-03-2005, 04:14 PM
Sounds like it's possible we know each other, or at least run in similar circles.

I did see BTS at Velvet Elvis for sure. Don't remember the years but in that range. Probably the same show. I think I saw them a minimum of 2 times a month when they first starting playing live in Seattle.

Modest Mouse show was at the Humboldt House. I lived at 1234 Grant, about 4 houses away on Grant.

Defintely saw Federation X at 3-B and the Show Off and in Seattle and Portland. Ben and I were buddies. Not best friends but we have a lot of friends in common and he was in one of my classes when I TA'ed History. Cool guy.

I lived in B'ham from '94-'99 and saw tons of shows there. Hung around with the punker/crusty crowd who lived at Show-Off. I lived at the Ellis Street House if that rings a bell.

KJS

Dominic
02-03-2005, 06:20 PM
Foo Fighters
Los Angeles - The Troubadour
1998

PJ Harvey
Los Angeles
2004

Heart/Van Halen/The Rolling Stones
The Tangerine Bowl
Tampa Bay
1981

Berlin
Paramount Theater
NYC
1987

Kelly Willis
The Palladium
Los Angeles
1999

Tom Jones
Ceaser's Palace
Las Vegas
1990

impecunious
02-03-2005, 08:08 PM
This one's easy.

Billy Joel
Millenium Concert 2000
Madison Square Garden

He absolutely rocked at that performance. Although that is not the type of music I usually liten to, his performance was far and away the best I've seen. He is just talented on so many levels. If he wasn't retired I'd see him again in a heartbeat.

Rick Nebiolo
02-04-2005, 05:30 AM
Maria McKee fronting Lone Justice after their first album came out at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence RI around 1987.

Second best was David Johansen about the same year also at Lupo's.

~ Rick

NoTalent
02-04-2005, 09:51 AM
Unearth @ Emo's
If you have a chance to see them do it. They are touring with Atreyu

Living Sacrifice somewhere in Dallas (last show they did in TX)

Benjamin
02-04-2005, 10:40 AM
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Lollapalooza maybe 1993 at some air field in Rhode Island. Rage, Tool and Alice in Chains.

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This one was awesome. The lineup I saw also included Fishbone (one of my favorite live bands), and Arrested Developement.

My favorite Loolapalooza, one one of my all time favorite shows, was the year before. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, and Red Hot Chili Peppers were all phenomenal, with Ministry stealing the show and absolutely blowing my mind.

Top show ever for me: probably Jane's Addiction in the winter of 88/89. Nothings Shocking was just starting to get a buzz, and they played The Garden in Trenton, NJ ... which held about 1000 people I'd guess. I've never seen a band have such a grip on their audience.

3rd goes to Fishbone, Trouble Funk and REM in Princeton, NJ spring of 85. Absolutely awesome.

Honorable mentions:
Kiss on their first tour back in makeup. What a show.
Tool and Henry Rollins Band in a club in ATL ~1991. Had no idea who tool was then, blew me away, and Rollins band was really strong then too.
Fishbone in a couple of small club performances 2002
U2 on the Unforgettable Fire tour Philly.
Living Color in a small club performance before they came out.

MicroBob
02-04-2005, 11:07 AM
Okay - here goes...


1. The Cure - London, England - Some outdoor amphitheatre - 1989 (opening bands: James and Lush)


Best of the rest:

2. Smashing Pumpkins - Club de Wash, Madison WI - 1992 - (a small club before they got REALLY big). their cover of Steve Miller Band's "Space Cowboy" was hilarious and fabulous.

3. Luna - Howlin Wolf, New Orleans, LA - 1996

4. Verve - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH - 1994 (before they changed their name to The Verve and WAY before Bittersweet Symphony...about 100 people were there tops but Verve was terrific)

5. Lou Reed - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati - 1989 - New york tour (opening band, The Feelies)

6. Sting - Millett Hall, Oxford OH - 1988 - nothing like the sun tour

7. Rolling Stones - Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH - 1989 (opening band - Living Colour)

8. Joe Jackson - Bogart's, Cincinnati - 1990

9. The Dempseys - Blues City Cafe - Memphis - 2003


I've also seen Ben Folds but he wasn't at his best in either show.
Liz Phair, Psychedelic Furs, Luna in 2004 and Joe Jackson in 2003 would all rate somewhere up there as well but I'm not exactly sure where.

MicroBob
02-04-2005, 11:26 AM
Just remembered a couple others.
I also saw the Grateful Dead on this 1995 tour...pouring rain at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. I don't even like the Dead but it was a really good show.
Wasn't it like a month or so before Jerry Garcia died?


I also saw DMB in summer of 2002 in upstate NY....that place near the race-track and Glens Falls (forget the name). kind of between Albany and Vermont.

I'm not a big DMB fan but even those who were agreed that It actually wasn't that great. The speakers weren't loud enough incredibly enough. we were near the front of the upper bowl and you could barely hear the first 3 or 4 songs.


WHFS-tival in Wash DC in 1994 was pretty good. Rollins Band, Violent Femmes, Cracker, Counting Crowes and a couple others that I can't remember.

Also saw Cracker in 1994 at Bogarts in Cincy. Some band that NOBODY had heard of called the Counting Crows were the OPENING band. Everybody was talking about how good they were. By the time I got to the HFS-tival a few months later they were the headliners and Cracker took the back seat to them.

pudley4
02-04-2005, 12:11 PM
U2/Public Enemy
1993
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison.

(Smashing Pumpkins were originally the opening act, but were replaced by Big Audio Dynamite (they sucked))

Runners-up

Lollapalooza 2:
Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, Ministry, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Jesus and Mary Chain

Lollapalooza 1:
Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Ice T, NIN, Fishbone (and Siouxsie and the Banshees sucked)

Benjamin
02-04-2005, 12:18 PM
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5. Lou Reed - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati - 1989 - New york tour (opening band, The Feelies)


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Good call. This one goes on my honorable mention list as well. Except the Bo Deans opened for them ... not nearly as good as the Feelies, who I did see that year in a stand alone show in the same theatre I saw Lou in. Excellent show. The Lou Reed one was really top notch though.

B.

MicroBob
02-04-2005, 01:29 PM
I would have really liked to see the Feelies on their own.
The Lou Reed crowd didn't know them at all. This was Cincy...not NJ where they were from.


So everyone was talking and just waiting for them to get off the stage so that Lou Reed could go.

When I went to the men's room between bands a few dudes her were toking-up and/or shooting heroin were talking about how much the opening-band sucked.
So...I was happy to see the The Feelies...but it was kinda disappointing too.

Lou was terrific though...and obviously the crowd wasn't in ANY hurry at all for him to get off the stage.

One thing I remember from the show is that he said ahead of time that he was just going to play his NY album in order...then take a break or intermission ....then come back and play "all the older stuff".
He said not to bother clapping or holding up the lighters or anything...."we'll just take a 10 minute break so go take a piss or whatever...and then we'll play more songs."

I'm pretty sure he said that he wasn't going to any encores. He's just playing all the songs we came to hear.
so it was more like a 'performance' and less like a true 'rock concert' in that regard.

And I really liked the idea of the 'intermission' in there.
He played his whole album and then took the break....and I think he must have been up there for 2 and a half hours total. It was a REALLY good show.


I also remember that it was in April because it was on the same day as the Cincy Reds season opener as well as the Michigan-Seton Hall overtime basketball championship which I taped.

Benjamin
02-04-2005, 02:46 PM
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I would have really liked to see the Feelies on their own.
The Lou Reed crowd didn't know them at all. This was Cincy...not NJ where they were from.

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Yeah, not having the crowd into it can really take away from a performance. I saw 'em in NJ, they were cookin' and the crowd was wayyy into it. Very good show.

Lou did the same thing when I saw him - playing New York through first, then a break and all the old hits. Kind of unconventional, but it really stands out as a great show. Especially during the 2cnd half he had the crowd wrapped around his finger.

B.

Ulysses
02-04-2005, 04:18 PM
That's a really awesome sounding list of shows, MicroBob.

jakethebake
02-04-2005, 04:36 PM
Jimmy Buffet and the Violent Femmes in San Diego ran a close second to ALIZEE!

Fishwhenican
02-04-2005, 07:26 PM
#1 - Cheap Trick - Best Live Band Ever
Various places during the 80's
Best show I saw was from the middle of the 5th row Alpine Vally, WI Must have been in like 1989. They opened for INXS and just totally blew them away, but them again they did that to everyone they ever opened for!

After them:

Todd Rundgren/Utopia
Columbus Ohio. 4 or 5 times during the 70's
Best show had to be the "Ra" show with Utpoia

Th Eagles - Cincinnati, 1970something, a couple of weeks before and in the same place that The Who played where a bunch of people were crushed and killed in the mad rush to get in to a general seating concert!

Kansas - Milwaukee - Early 80's
Wow they were fantastic!

Van Halen - Milwaukee - Can't remember what year it was but they still had David Lee Roth.
I wasn't even that big a Van Halen fan but they just flat out KICKED ASSSSS!

Journey - Milwaukee - The VERY early days of Summerfest back when the main stage show was included in the gemeral admission price and big cups of beer were like a Buck!
Also saw them at Alpine Valley where they were just as good but the beer was MUCH more expensive!

Billy Joel - Milwaukee - Early 80's
No REALLY He was gooot!

OK, and now the show no one will recognize:
Maynard Ferguson
Various times and places from 70's to mid 80's in Columbus OH, Summerfest in Milwaukee and Wilmot Union HS, Wilmot WI.
Maynard is a Jazz trumpet player extrodinaire! He would put together big band/Jazz Bands with some of the best young Jazz musicians anywhere and they were always fantastic!

DeezNuts
02-05-2005, 07:00 AM
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Lollapalooza maybe 1993 at some air field in Rhode Island. Rage, Tool and Alice in Chains.

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I was there for the LA stop of the tour. Awesome. The next year would have been the best ever if Cobain didn't off himself. Smashing Pumpkins ended up being the headliner, but would have been the 2nd to last band if Cobain didn't blow his brains out. Nirvana+Pumpkins = awesome.

DN

DeezNuts
02-05-2005, 07:02 AM
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Radiohead at this last year's Coachella is also another highlight.

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I heard it was like 100 degrees for this show. I would have loved to go but was happy I didn't. That drive is such a pain and getting out of the parking lot after the shows takes about an hour because everyone stays for the final set. Beastie Boys the year before was awesome.

DN

detroitplayer
02-05-2005, 09:54 AM
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#1 - Smashing Pumpkins @ 9:30 club right after Jimmy Chamberlain came back

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I saw them on that tour too. It was all "small clubs". Tickets were a bitch to get.

MicroBob
02-05-2005, 03:43 PM
Well I'll certainly take that as a compliment from the GREAT one!

I was actually thinking about it as I made the list. Pretty much the same thing that you said, "Geez...I've been to some pretty good shows I guess, haven't I?" I guess it hadn't really occured to me since I hadn't really put them together in a list.



Neglected to mention a show that wasn't really good enough to make the list but SOUNDS really cool.

Last year Elvis Costello was in northern Mississippi recording a more blues-influenced album.

He wanted to try out his new stuff live and played 2 nights at this teeny club that is about 1 minute walking distance from my abode.

the line had to be 500+ people long the day they sold tix and that didn't include the online and phone orders flooding in...
the place only held 250. A lot of people got shut out.


Anyway, in the show he played so many songs from the new CD that I didn't really care for. Lot of slow stuff that nobody was familiar with and the crowd was really taken out of it.

But he did play the standards too which was pretty cool.
I guess I had just hyped it up in my head SO much that the show itself just couldn't match up.

mikeyvegas
02-05-2005, 04:03 PM
H.O.R.D.E Festival 1996

Lenny Kravitz
Rusted Root
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Dave Matthews Band
Blues Traveler

7/18/96 Mud Island, Memphis, TN

MicroBob
02-05-2005, 04:18 PM
Forgot to mention that your list ain't too shabby either.
But you already knew that.