The Greatest Concert You’ve Ever Seen (long)

[Jah Red]

Brusce Springsteen

Orange Bowl 1985 I think. It was the one and only time I giggled like a little school girl when the band took the stage. He rocked the house for close to 4 hours.

Awesome

[Born 2 Loose]

This thread topic surfaces every 2-3 months.


1st Quaker City Rock Festival, 1968

Iron Butterfly
Sly & the Family Stone
Grateful Dead
Woody's Truck Stop (Todd Rundgren)
Steppenwolf

And FYI, Sly pwned everybody else.

[pdxmike]

guided by voices - new years eve at the metro in chicago '04
jesus lizard - each and every time
iggy pop/janes addiction - in about 90-92 - on tons of acid

[bluef0x]

1. Green Day 2005 @ Arco Arena (American Idiot) Best show ever.

2. The other 5 Green Day concerts

3. Bridge School Benefit, Neil Young- Billy Corgan- Pink Floyd- Green Day- The Who- and more

4. Dokken/White Snake/Scorpion Concert

5. Everything else.

End of list- Rolling Stones

[GrooveNougat]

1) Tibetan Freedom Concert - Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine - Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. 1999

2) The Urge - maybe 15 times? I don't know. This was the greatest live band I've ever seen. If you don't know them, check out their first album, Receiving the Gift of Flavor. It's classic. IMO, their other stuff was not nearly as good.

Later,
KG

[Gamblor]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/sarsbenefit/

15 acts, 11 hours, 450,000.

The Stones
ACDC
Rush
The Guess Who
Isley Brothers
Blue Rodeo
Sam Roberts

The Stones were actually a letdown after AC/DC stole the show.

A close second is seeing the Tragically Hip In Violet Light release show with 70 other people at the Q107 headquarters.

Third would be Kfar Muzika in Israel, a monthlong festival of Israeli music, Hadag nachash was good as was Teapacks.

[Fishwhenican]

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Brusce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ., 1976. Wow, just wow. 4 1/2 hours with a couple of breaks...ten feet away. Amazing. I was 13.

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot: I also got to see Pink Floyd do "The Wall" in London...that was pretty amazing.

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Wow...green with envy

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I also am green with envy!
Dominic, I salute you! Great list!

My favorite shows:

Cheap Trick: I have seen them several times and they are always great! The best show was at Alpine Valley, WI, from the 3rd row! We only had general admission grass seats but my wife's friend who was with us, and worked there, got us up to the front. It was great!

Others:
Todd Rundgren/Utopia: several shows in the mid-late 70's
Eagles: Cincinnati late 70's
Kansas: 1980-something
Rush: mid 80's
Van Halen: David Lee Roth era
Billy Joel: early 80's
Journey: Milwaukee, Summerfest, early 80's
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Las Vegas HOB, 2000??

Most Dissapointing show:
Boston: Alpine Valley, WI, Late 80's. I LOVED Boston when I was in HS and hadn't had the chance to see them and went to see them live finally. The sound system was total crap and you couldn't hear anything they were playing. It was too QUIET! What the hell is Rock & Roll if it's QUIET! It was a total waste of time and money and I even left early.

[willie]

phish @ pnc bank arts 2002 i believe

many a dmb show- standout- msg w/ james brown comin out doin sex machine, halloween---> ants marching closer

damien rice in toronto- small intimate setting- amazing voice and a great show

local sevendust show

coldplay @ msg 05


favorite overall was probably ben harper/jack johnson @ deer creek Indiana. fkin bombed hanging out w/ 2 strippers we met who were from louisville kentucky. jim beam + strippers + their coke+ out of town new yorkers= yeeeeeehaaaaaa

[Georgia Avenue]

My HMs: (I’d love to make a tl;dr thread about all of them…)
My first show: 1990: Insane Jane & King Missile 9:30 Club DC
1990: Jawbox, Tar, Candy Machine, Universal Order of Armageddon, Heroin… St. Stephens Church Washington DC (Also lots and lots of Jawbox shows after that)
1992: Lollapalooza.
1995: Lotion, 9:30 Club, DC
1995: Aceyalone, Black Cat, DC (He picked up the opening band’s setlist and freestyled for like 5 minutes about how the silly white people in the crowd didn’t care about him and were just waiting for Spearhead to come on…)
1997: Chicago Fireshock: March 1st, at the Empty Bottle, Chicago IL, featuring: The Goblins, Crown Royals, Chinese Millionaires, The Pokers, Bouncing Balls, Thee Phantom 5ive, The Quadrajets
1997: Makers, Concert Café, Green Bay WI
2003: New Bomb Turks: Ottobar: Baltimore, MD (Supposedly their last tour)
2005: White Stripes: Merriweather Post Pavilion: MD (Jack White picked up a daddy longlegs and cupped it in his hand while he played the riff from DLOTDG. Then he put it down and it walked away, looking dazed {as was I})

Worst show ever: Lollapalooza 1991. Why: I wasn’t there.

Edited to add: New Years Eve Show in 1998 Cibo Matto, JSBX, Jesus Lizard, Southern Culture OTS...

[UncleRemus]

I get the feeling it might be coming up in June...

This thread reminded me to check the site for NEARFest, the annual north east progressive rock festival, to check when tickets go on sale. Well, after checking that, I decide to look at the bands list to see if they added anyone since I'd last been at the site. To my surprise, staring at me at the top of Sunday's lineup, headlining, none other than the great Keith Emerson. I was already pumped for Niacin and The Ozric Tentacles, and now they throw in my hero?! Made my month.

Best show I've seen to date was The Musical Box covering Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in it's entirety. The original shows of Genesis performing the album took place in the early 70's, before my time. I never thought I'd be able to catch my favorite album played live, but The Musical Box came through for me in a very big way.