Favorite Concert

[Raider Ronnie]

In the same theme as the Favorite album thread,
What's you're favorite concert you've been to?
I've been to more than i can remember but,
1994 Eagles Hell Freezes Over tour Hartford Conn.
Close 2nd
1985 Live aid Philidelphia Pa.
What a party that Was!!!
Some other Favorites
1981? Journey
any one of the 10 times I've seen rush!!
any one of the 5 times I've seen billy Joel

Ron

[RickBomba]

Definately Ween last October in Boston...
They played for almost three hours, all of my old favorties included!
Best $20 I ever spent!
Later,
Rick

[Slingah]

Ive been to hundreds & hundreds...this is tough
Bruce - Music Hall 77 (2)
KISS- PROV Civic Center 77 (3)
Rush - C.C. Collesum 80 (5)
DEVO- Orpheum 80 (1)
U2- orpheum 81 (3)
Bowie- Norfolk VA 83 (1)
SRV - Great Woods 8? (1)
STones Atlantic City 89 (1)
Lalapalooza 92
P J Harvey- Avalon 93 (3)
Soundgarden - Fitchburg 93 (3)
Page & Plant -Fleet 98 (2)
Aerosmith- Chula Vista Calf. 2001 (4)
Wilco- LUPOS 2002 (2)
Steve Earle- Avalon 2003 (1)
I'm bored & I'm reminiscing

[Mike P]

Bruce---Alumni Hall, Providence College, spring of 1977. There were about 700 people in a 3,000 seat college gym, we sat about 50' from the stage and he played for about 3-1/2 hours.

[BigFish]

Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen w/Dave & Sammy, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top w/Black Crowes, Clapton w/Mark Knopfler (seen Clapton about 6 times) BB King, Robert Cray, Robert Plant w/Stevie Ray Vaughn (Seen Stevie Ray Vaughn about 7 times.........alright.....after much thought......all seven times I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn were the best concerts I have ever been to....however.....THE BEST SHOW....that I have ever been to without a doubt was seeing Jeff Beck & Stevie Ray Vaughn together at the Wooster (Worcester) Centrum. Being a huge fan of guitar and blues, this was the most incendiary show that I have ever seen. These two guys in their individual sets were ablaze but when they got together for the oncore.....man the place was an inferno, especially when they did the song "Goin' Down" it was the absolute best guitar work I have ever heard. Anyone here ever hear the version of Goin' Down with Beck/Vaughn on the SRV boxed set????? WOW....nuff said.

[Goose]

Pink Floyd..... Pulse! I think they spent a gazillion dollars to make it happen.....one word *awsome*

As they played the solo at the end of 'comfortably numb', this gigantic disco ball comes up from the middle of the stadium and lites the place up with lights. One of their best lazer light shows ever. I hope they have it in them to do jsut one more, it'll be hard to beat the last one.

[goosefish]

I haven't gotten out all that much. You guys have heard some great stuff.
I got a thing for crowds.

[Slingah]

special mention:
AC/DC (1), Accept(3), Alice in Chains(1), Black Sabbath(2), Blue Oyster Cult(3), Cheap Trick(1), the Cars(1),Bob Dylan(1) Eagles(1), Foregner(1)Iron Madien(3), J. Geils(2), Jethro Tull(4), Judas Priest(2), the Kinks(1),John Mellencamp(1) Ozzy(2), the Police(2), Pink Floyd,(1) Deep Purple(1),outlaws , Robert Plant(2), Ramones(1) ,Rainbow(1), Santana(1) Red Hot Chili Peppers(2), Pearl Jam(1), Primus(1), Neil Young(2), Janes Addiction(1), REM(1), the who(2), Pete Townsend(1),TOOL (1), Uriah Heep(1), Van Halen.(1)Steve Winwood(2)YES (1)
this hurt me brain........

clubbing don't count as a "concert"

[Slingah]

hey gf
IHATE CROWDS....and LINES.....I just like live music

[goosefish]

Slingah---I'm no hermit living in some small hamlet by the edge of the sea.
You Boston guys get all the great acts.
How's your hearing, can you still hear those bass popping on a dark night.

I've seen the stones three times, a bunch of Dead shows, and lots of jazz in small smokey clubs.

[Raider Ronnie]

A few more,
- Santana 3 times
- Stevie Ray Vaughn By far the best blues guitarist ever!
- Pink Floyd 1980? or 81 Foxboro Satdium
- The who 1985? 0r 86 Foxboro Stadium

WORST CONCERT I EVER SAW,
1981 OR 82 AEROSMITH MANNING BOWL LYNN
3 songs into show, Steve Tyler passes out,(ON DRUGS)
falls on his face, END OF THE SHOW!!!

[Nebe]

Alright! A Ween fan out there... Got Country album?

I think my most memerable concert was Phish at the Providence Preforming Arts Center in '92.

Flaming Lips/Beck Halloween NYC '03 was a blast......

Front Row Jerry Garcia Providence Civicv center '94....... blacked out and woke up at the foxy lady........

Trey Anastasio at Radio City Music Hall 2 winters ago was pretty cool.

oh... Phish playing with Carlos Santana at Great Woods was a great one....

[goosefish]

I saw Phish in a tiny barn in Vermont. Late 80s I think. I got drunk and stumbled around.

[hooked]

The Clash - Combat Rock tour ('82 or '83) at UVM (onstage for the whole show!!)

Talking Heads at CC Coliseum and Rush at the Garden in Summer of 81 were wicked awesome

[Slingah]

I saw Trey with Les Claypool and Stuart Copeland
OYSTERHEAD gf !!!!!!
I got drunk and stumbled too

[BigFish]

Slingah also saw "The Wiggles" live at WGBH studios.

Didn't cha Slingah!

[fishsmith]

Violent Femms 1993 in some shack Norfolk Va.

[The Dad Fisherman]

My Favorite was probably The Kinks at the Gahden '81

After that was probably the Black Sabbath/ Blue Oyster Cult tour in '80

Then Ozzy at the Orpheum for the release of Blizzard of Oz w/ Rhandy Rhodes...That was a great show

Slingah...Our paths had to have crossed sometime. I've seen dozens of concerts and a lot of the bands on your list. both the Devo and U2 concerts at the Orpheum I could have had free tix to but was wearing my Heavy Metal hat and copped an attitude about Punk Rock. Still kicking myself about those

I've seen
Van Halen @ the Gahden
Aerosmith new year's eve at the Orpheum.
the Ramones at the Metro in boston.
Alice Cooper w Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ the CCC
David Bowie w/ the Tubes @ the Oakland Coliseum (Same Week)
The Police w/ the Fixx,Oingo Boingo, Madness and the Thompson Twins @ the Oakland Coliseum ( Same Week)
Def Leppard w/ Uriah Heep @ the Oakland Coliseum ( Same Week, and What a week)
The Scorpions w/ Iron Maiden @ the Oakland Coliseum ( NOT the same week)
Rainbow w/ Pat Traverse at the Orpheum
Nazareth @ the Orpheum
Joe Jackson @ the Orpheum
Ted Nugent w/ Blackfoot '80 @ the Gahden
Pink Floyd '87 at the Providence Civic Center
The Kinks at the Wang Center

And the List just goes on.
Got to agree I hate Crowds too but love Live Music

[CAL]

Clapton front row at Great Woods
Santana at the Orpheum in '81
VH '81

[rwilhelm]

Greatful Dead - Buffalo 91
Greatful Dead - Philly 94
Rolling Stones - Foxboro 94
Bob Dylan - Hartford 01

[Rappin Mikey]

Grateful Dead, Foxborogh, 89?
Phish, Hampshire College, 89?
Moe with Medeski Martin and Wood, Capital Theatre, can't remember the year, but I did have back stage passes.

Oh yeah, that Horde Tour that had Ween, Primus, Beck, Niel Young, Left Over Salmon, Ben Folds Five were there I think too.

Oh there was a Spring Fling one year at UMASS I think the Beastie Boys, Phish, and the Violent Femms all played.

[vineyardblues]

ROLLING STONE'S !!! IN WORCESTER MA AT SIR MORGAN'S COVE

WITH 101 OTHER PEOPLE ! WHAT A TIME ><>

VB

[chris L]

most memorable
the 3 who shows I saw in 2 different countries in Nov - Dec 79
johnny and edgar winter with rick derringer at a local club 77 .
the stones at toads 89 , foxboro 98
led zepplin frankfurt germany 80
uriah heep offenbach germany 78
lorelei rock St.Goarshausen germany 80

Yes in 77
santana and tower of power 72
metallica meadowlands 91
charlie daniels 76

I dont have a favorite Ive seen way too many from 72 through present .
the dead but I dont remember anything !

[Jimbo]

I'm not much of a concert guru. Saw Kansas, Chuck Mangione, Meat Loaf, and the Outlaws in college, they were ok. What ranks up there was when I was a senior in Northport High School, middle of the winter, school should have been cancelled it was snowing so bad, and Harry Chapin shows up with his guitar, but his backup guys never made it. So classes were cancelled and we sat in the auditorium and listened to what was essentially, Harry Chapin Raw. It was awesome. He ended it asking us to crituque a new song he was working on and proceded to sing "Cat's In The Cradle".

[Bass Nut]

Phish (50) Starting in 93. Best show Worcester 11/98.
Grateful Dead (15)
U2(4)
REM (6)
moe. (15) All time favorite concert 11.5.98 Somerville Theater
or Orpheum Theater, 9.14.2001
Morrisey (4)
The Cure (6)
Pixies (4)
Primus (4)
morphine (3)
The The (4)
O Positive (many many many times)
Tribe
The Alarm (5)
House of Love (4)
Pink Floyd (Foxboro 94)
Black Crowes (15)
The Waterboys (7)
The Pogues (3)
Aerosmith (Great Woods 93) too much Jager...


I have seen over 300 concerts, but I too mostly got drunk and stumbled around.

BN

[Big Vern]

Nice to see some other people on the board with some hippie music tastes.

Now, my favorites:

Grateful Dead - 9/10/91 - Madison Square Garden - Branford Marsalis joined for the whole show, and the show contained the best Franklin's Tower ever in my opinion.

Rage Against the Machine - Fall '93 - Saw them in a tiny club in Atlanta just before they hit big time. Maybe like 200 people there, and the show was just intense. Walked out of there blown away.

Phish - Seen too many shows to count, but 12/31/95, 10/31/96, and 12/30/93 stick out as my favorites. However, I've got quite an impressive Phish resume, and have seen many many great shows from them and their side projects.

The Black Crowes - Orpheum Theater sometime around their first album. They blew the roof off the place, and were really on their game at the time.

I also saw a ton of other shows (Nirvana, Dave Matthews in a bar with 100 people in it), but these were the best I saw.

[chris L]

hippie ? whach ya talking about willis ?

[Jenn]

huh what??? speak up!!!! (sorry never wore earplugs to a concert )


any way metallica twice on the justice tour, Judas Priest, marty stewart w/ travis tritt (those two are high energy!)
marty he played local,very low key and down to earth, motley crew (wow was THAT a long time ago) hmm...there are plenty more but those are among the most memorable......of and the beach boys when six flags was riverside and they played on the race track!

[BigFish]

CAL....did you ever see Stevie Ray Vaughn live???? Clapton is awesome but as far as intensity, he can't hold a candle to SRV live. (Naturally when he was alive) God I miss that guy!

[Canalratt1]

Pink Floyd-Animals tour in the 70's Bruce a bunch of times in the 70's Tubes and Squeeze 70's, Lou Reed at the Paradise- 70's, U2 in the 80's so many concerts not enough live brain cells left!