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What is the best concert you have ever been to?
Posted by Stillthinking • 2/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: best of, concerts, lists, music
Bands I have seen Live:
The Magnetic Fields
The Raconteurs (2X)
White Stripes
Third Eye Blind
Sugar Ray
Counting Crows
Fountains of Wayne
Cure
Depeche Mode
Mighty Blue Kings
Violent Femmes
Alanis Morissette
Tori Amos
Bush
The Shins
U2 (2X)
Beck (3X)
Sarah Maclachlan
Erasure (danced all night!)
Jamiroquai
Willie Nelson
Monaco
ChumbaWumba
Aimee Mann
Rufus Wainwright (2X)
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds (3X)
Flaming Lips
John Mayer (2X)
Weezer
No Doubt
Black Eyed Peas
Justin Timberlake
Christina Aguilera
Cake (2X)
Franz Ferdinand
Coldplay
Gnarls Barkley (2X)
Pete Yorn
Liz Phair
Republica
Rilo Kiley
Snow Patrol
Starz
Tori Amos
Thievery Corporation
Paul Oakenfold
Duran Duran
Human League (sucked)
Howard Jones (Totally Awesome 80's)
Out of all of these bands, I think my favorite would have to be Depeche Mode or Erasure, followed closely by Willie Nelson.
What is the best concert you've ever been to?
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I've been to many free indie rock concerts at where i am at, i always have a soft spot for new bands trying to start out. -
Duran Duran's reunion tour, Las Vegas (2002?)-
I saw them on their same tour!
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Kreator -
I saw just a few bands live since I landed in The Netherlands last August
Sonic Syndicate
Gojira
In Flames
Septic Flesh
Moonspell
Gorgoroth
Cradle Of Filth
Enjoy Destroy
Staind
I will be seeing Sepultura on the 24th , and Metallica, Slipknot and Lamb Of God at the Sonisphere festival in June.. Thats gonna kick some !!
The Staind concert was last week and I think its the best I've seen so far.... Some pics and videos from this gig
adventure-ernest.blogspot.com/2009/02/staind-live-at-tilburg-photos-videos.... -
Hmmm... Bowie in '97 was pretty awesome. U2 in '85, too. (front row!)-
I was going to say Bowie, as well. Saw him two years or so ago. Marvelous concert!
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My list of live bands is way too long to post here, but if you really care here's a list of them: www.last.fm/user/paramedictweet/journal/2009/01/04/2dgia2_live_bands_in_3_w...
As for my favourite of all of them, I'd have to say it would be the latest one, which was a charity gig for Teenage Cancer Trust. Babyshambles played with Roger Daltrey from The Who. The atmosphere was electric, the music superb and it was the most fun I'd had in ages.
Seeing The Pixies a few years ago in Spain was good too, as were Biffy Clyro and Vampire Weekend at Glastonbury last year. -
I've seen several on your list: Weezer, Cake, John Mayer, Rilo Kiley, Ben Folds, all great shows! The most recent show I saw was Mates of State, you should check them out if you haven't heard of them, they put on a great live show. And I'm jealous, I would give my left arm to see Rufus Wainwright, especially his Rufus Does Judy show :).-
The last time I saw Rufus, he performed a number from his Judy show. It was a showstopper and audience went wild! He is still touring all over the country if you're in the US.
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The Who with the Clash and Santana opening was my first major rock concert, in Fall of '82, and one of the best.
Then, the following spring, I saw the Grateful Dead...and they blew me away to such an extent that I saw them another 68 times (as well as maybe twenty or thirty shows by members of the band in various arrangements).
Since then, Miles Davis a year before he died was still great.
Johnny Cash shortly before he quit touring had the most amazing stage presence I've ever seen (though David Bowie in '83 comes close)
Live Aid in 1985 was an amazing event, even if most of the performances weren't particulary memorable.
In the 90's, I saw a number of Lollapalooza tours, thought the best was with Sonic Youth, Hole, Cypress Hill, Pavement, Beck, and Mike Watt.
More recently, I saw a great show by Cat Power last spring, and, the summer before, saw that Patti Smith is still amazing at 60.... -
I've seen:
Disturbed, Mudvayne, Incubus, Hoobastank, System of a Down, Trapt, Smile Empty Soul, Silverchair, Switchfoot, MuteMath, Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, All-American Rejects, Three Days Grace
Best live show hands down was Mutemath. They were opening for Switchfoot and both bands were awesome. Best concert i've been to hands down for live show and for most fun at a concert. -
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live at Red Rocks Amphitheater, only the best outdoor arena in the country. Incredible. -
It's interesting how we are all dating ourselves by our musical interests. I think I have pretty typical concert going experience for a thirty something. Coyote Rose is clearly of a younger generation. And DrJay1966 is a super cool 40 something. I am so envious you saw Johnny Cash and I remember watching Live AID on TV. Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Prince, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, on and on and on. That was a great concert. I think I still have the lyrics for "We are the World" somewhere.
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Hey, I'm a thirty something. I just have eclectic musical tastes. s'all. Plus, it was these real estate guys with free tickets who wanted to schmooze me into buying a hotel. So there we were, in corporate casual surrounded by pot smoke and hippies and flower children of all ages. CSN&Y were amazing and the Colorado night air was perfect, with the red sandstone rocks framing Denver's city lights twinkling in the distance. Sadly, the real estate agents did not land any business, but I was happy to mooch.
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I didn't even see your Crosby Stills and Nash until just now. I love it when people have eclectic tastes. Makes you more interesting!
I was actually referring to Coyote Rose's list and DrJay1966 lists specifically because there are clearly generational differences in their musical tastes!
I forgot to add Robert Plant and Allison Krauss to my list. They were pretty amazing. -
It's not like i don't like older music either. I'm a fan of The Who, Pink Floyd, The Eagles and the Rolling Stones. But those bands either don't tour anymore or are way way way out of my college student budget. I can afford 40 bucks to see Fall Out Boy, i can't afford 150 bucks to see the Eagles.
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The way I see it, if a rock band's charging $150 for a ticket, they're probably over the hill...
And thanks for the "super cool" remark, Stillthinking...you're cool, too... -
Coyote Rose - I was so jealous when my sister got tix to see Hell Freezes Over!
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Tuck & Patti. Incredible musicians. -
Iv'e been to alot of concerts also.. but you don't have to ask me twice.. what my fav Gig has been...:):)
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Neil Young about ten years ago. Front row seats.-
Oh, man, I shoulda mentioned the Neil Young & Crazy Horse show I saw at the Verona Arena (built by the Roman Empire) in '87....
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I didn't have a seat I was standing for 3+ hours but I really enjoyed it. I saw Sting @ beacon in nyc. He even had Brad and Jennifer come on stage. Yes it was a long time ago. I loved it! -
I would say My Chemical Romance in Brussels, 2007. Silly.
And The Last Shadow Puppets, Paris, 2008. Brilliant.-
Last Shadow Puppets must have been brilliant. I missed out on a secret gig they did at Glastonbury last year, was gutted when I found out.
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I would say Iron Maiden. There was a gigantic Eddie walkin over the stage.. it was awesome!! -
Dang, you're busy!
It's been a long time since I was at a concert. Saw Wynonna Judd when she was very pregnant with #1, Mary Chapin Carpenter was great, loved VInce Gill the first year he started getting awards. For rock and roll, my fav was ELO and Kansas together even if my ears rang and I had a headache afterward. -
There have been a lot that I have really liked. In the past ten years, the ones that I have seen that blew me away were:
Paul McCartney
Melissa Etheridge
Eric Clapton
David Bowie
BB King
I have seen quite a few others that were excellent also--but they weren't quite on that same blow me away level. Some other notables are:
The Eagles
Aerosmith
Sheryl Crow
Buddy Guy
I see a lot of concerts because I am also a musician. They are definitely a priority in my life.-
the national
radiohead
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I have always wanted to see Radiohead! and Neil Young! There are still so many shows I want to see...
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I've been fortunate to see so many great bands live but the best show hands down was Radiohead in Nimes France. Even got to meet the band afterwards!
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Bonnaroo last year but I think it's going to be beaten by Bonnaroo this year.
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I actually got to see quite a few of the bands on my list at Austin City Limits Festival. I would love to go to South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, and Coachella. We have Lollapalooza here in Chicago every year, but I have actually never been!
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Allman Brothers
Leslie West & Mountain
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Santana
Bob Dylan and The Band
Aerosmith
Eagles
Todd Rundgren
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
ZZ Top
Rolling Stones
Robert Plant
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
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You are just too cool...:)
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Stillthinking - I think this is going to be an amazing Bonnaroo, you should come the line up is pretty amazing. We went for the first time last year and now I'm hooked
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MC Hammer was good. But I have been to see Janet Jackson on every single tour she has made.... Its hard to say which was my favorite, but I am guessing a toss up between Rythm Nation and Velvet Rope...
Then Again.. Creed put on an excellent show as well. And how could I forget that I once was part of the opening show for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam... Now those were the days. But not what you would have expected for a MadScientist huh? -
I've seen 3 doors down (2x), Live, Stained, Chris Cornell, Alterbridge (actually kinda sucked that time
), Linkin Park, Collective Soul, and the Blues Travellers.
I would *love* to see Bob Seger in concert
Out of all the bands I wish I could have seen, though, it would have been Fleetwood Mac (runner up? Bad Co. ). -
I saw AC/DC and Molly Hatchet in 1979. Never seen so much pot being smoked at the same time. -
Led Zeppelin
Best concert I ever went to in my life. -
Van Halen
Heart
Doobie Brothers,
Cher
Tina Turner
Elton John
The Eagles
ZZ Top
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