Best Concerts you have been to????

[lebomb]

Take 6
Prince and the Time (w/morris day) .....yes "OLD SCHOOL"
Rick James........yes "OLD SCHOOL"
Alicia Keys
Johnathan Butler
Luther Vandross
Shania Twain

[stretch]

beastie boys

[BacktoBasics]

I'm gonna regret mentioning this.

Went to see Hootie and the Blowfish in Austin. Save your gay talk I was with a bunch of chics. It rained until about 11 they hit the stage at midnight and played till 6 in the morning. All covers and no Hootie songs. Muddy mess and probably one of the best times I've ever had.

[BacktoBasics]

Clapton was good show too.

[Ronaldo McDonald]

Snoop Dog

[mrsmaalox]

Steely Dan, Eagles, Duran Duran, Rastrelli Cello Quartet

[tlongII]

Probably one of the old Mt Hood Jazz Festivals I've attended. That or Floyd.

[Evan]

Rage Against the Machine

[Boston Pancake]

Boston

[Mister Sinister]

Weird Al (4 times), Foreigner (Twice), Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasy in my junior year, and Queen+Paul Rodgers my senior year of high school come to mind. :lol Granted, those are all the concerts I've been to, but...Meh. I was hoarse the day after every single one.

[ZStomp]

Ozzy Osbourne in Austin- Austin Music Hall

August 19, 1995

His first gig back from "Retirement"- just Ozzy. No opening act. Ozzy for over 2 and half hours- sweet sweet show.

Black Label Society in Austin in a small cantina on 6th Street. Very up close and personal.

[stretch]

Jerry Stackhouse

[Thunder Dan]

I went to a couple Pearl Jam shows this summer (times 8,9 and 10) that were really really good... I will be seeing Radiohead twice next month so those might be awesome too


but my best was my first: TLC, Montell Jordan and Boyz II Men

[Soul_Patch]

Lollapalooza 92 i think it was..Ministry, Porno for Pyro's, chilli peppers, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage against the Machine....So many absolutely kick ass bands at the begining or peaks of their careers...


Man that was a bad ass show.

[Medvedenko]

Metallica (black album tour)
Tool (twice)
Blood Brothers
Trail of Dead
The Prodigy

[midgetonadonkey]

Ozzfest 97

Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Pantera
Type O Negative
Fear Factory
Machine Head
Vision of Disorder
Neurosis
Coal Chamber

Phil Anselmo came out wit Type O and did Kill All the White People. Coal Chamber killed the second stage and Fear Factory ripped the colons out of everyone in attendence.

Great show. Only $30.

[CosmicCowboy]

Lynnard Skynnard in Municipal Auditorium about 3 months before the plane crash. It was a big deal because it was one of the first killer rock shows there. Also caused a big stink because of all the burns on the symphony's upholstered chairs from the reefers getting passed down the rows...

They closed with Free Bird and 4 guitars wailing away at the front of the stage with the system cranked to about 150db. Place went fucking nuts.

Honorable mention goes to Stevie Ray Vaughn at a little bar in Dallas right before he hit the big time. wow.

[IceColdBrewski]

I went to damn near 30 concerts in the 80's and 90's. Most of them with at least 3 bands each.

My top 5:

1: Def Leppard
2: Rush
3: Damn Yankees (with Ted Nugent)
4: Slaughter
5: Ozzy

I'm sure to catch hell for having Def Leppard #1, but I've yet to meet anyone who went to one of their concerts back in the 80's or early 90's who didn't agree that they put on one helluva show.

[FromWayDowntown]

Metallica x2 on Black Album tour (Meadowlands and Nassau Coliseum). Lots of pre-Black stuff for 3+ hours straight at both shows.

[CosmicCowboy]

Lynnard Skynnard in Municipal Auditorium about 3 months before the plane crash. It was a big deal because it was one of the first killer rock shows there. Also caused a big stink because of all the burns on the symphony's upholstered chairs from the reefers getting passed down the rows...

They closed with Free Bird and 4 guitars wailing away at the front of the stage with the system cranked to about 150db. Place went fucking nuts.

Honorable mention goes to Stevie Ray Vaughn at a little bar in Dallas right before he hit the big time. wow.

I'm like the kiss of death to rock shows. A plane crash is virtually guaranteed.

[balli]

During the 02' olympics in SLC on one night I saw The Roots, Talib, Mos Def, Common and Erykah Badu on the same stage. That or Wu-Tang were probably the most fun concerts I've been to. Notable mentions to Damian Marley, Page & Plant and Groundation.

On the flip side, I've seen the Chili Peppers 2x and they sucked ass on both occasions.

[Nbadan]

Ahh..the old lala paloooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuzaaaaaaaa....

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[duncan228]

Some that stand out:

Tom Petty
Bruce Springsteen
Aerosmith
David Bowie
U2
Eric Clapton
Allman Brothers
Elton John
Robin Trower
Neil Young
Pink Floyd

[leemajors]

Mix Master Mike w/Rahzel (1999), Liks with LL Crew opening(2000), both Buckethead shows i saw in 06 - he played for about 2.5 hours each time. The three times i saw Bernie Worrell he was awesome, he had Will Calhoun on drums the last time in 2006. Primus was also awesome both times i saw them, Tour De Fromage was the last time(03), when they toured playing sailing the seas of cheese in its entirety.

[Nbadan]

Went to all the Lalapalllooooooouuuuuzzzzaaas...but the one concert where I just couldn't help but step back and watch the band perform was smashing pumpkins

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[Nbadan]

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[Nbadan]

Jane's addiction was a'white...

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[dimsah]

Prong
Type O Negative

[Nbadan]

Anyone remember the Metallica show in Austin where the helicopters did a fly over and added fun with spotlights?

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[PakiDan]

By far.... The Flaming Lips

[PakiDan]

... and Morrissey at the HOB in Vegas.

[Big P]

Pink Floyd (Best "concert" hands down..I would call it more a spectacle)
The Police
Eric Clapton
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Rage Against The Machine
Rush
Black Sabbath
BB King
Depeche Mode

[DannyT]

Up In Smoke Tour ATL 2000

Off the Chain...Slim,Dre Snoop,Nate but No Cube that sucked balls...

[Cry Havoc]

mewithoutYou (every show they play is like no other band I've ever seen)

Project 86

Daft Punk (last year at Lolla, absolutely freaking incredible show)

Blindside (the lead guitarist did a backflip while playing a solo)

I saw Pearl Jam last year at lolla and it was average at best.

[O-Factor]

Metallica,
STP
Foo Fighters
Radiohead
The Mars Volta
Bloodhound Gang

[Pistons < Spurs]

1988 Monsters of Rock tour in Miami - Metallica, Dokken, Van Halen, Scorpions & Kingdom Come!

[alamo50]

Muse

[101A]

'83 Texxas Jam

Triumph
Styx
Hagar
Nugent
Uriah Heap

Rik Emmet, Nugent, Hagar and Tommy Shaw got on stage and had a dueling guitar show; dropped out in order: Shaw, Hagar, Nugent (Emmet can be unreal)

[Thunder Dan]

I saw Pearl Jam last year at lolla and it was average at best.

yeah because it was a greatest hits show

My favs
AC/DC,
Van Halen not Van Hagar,
Skynyrd
Def Lep

[Magic_Johnson]

Radiohead
Metallica
U2

[DisAsTerBot]

sonic youth (stubbs, atx)
trail of dead (all over austin)
ghostland observatory (all over austin)

[ATRAIN]

Mix Master Mike w/Rahzel (1999),

nice

[ATRAIN]

Metallica x3
STP
Foo Fighters x2
Radiohead x2
The Mars Volta x3
Weezer x3
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Nine Inch Nails
Bloc Part
Superdrag x3
Nada Surf
Travis x2
Queens of the Stone Age x3
311 x7
Pearl Jam x3
The Roots x2
Jurassic 5 x2
Deftones x3

[leemajors]

yeah because it was a greatest hits show

My favs
AC/DC,
Van Halen not Van Hagar,
Skynyrd
Def Lep

Paging Spurminator!

[gay abc]

k.d. lang
madonna
diana ross
donna summer
cher
tina turner
patti labelle
aretha franklin
beyonce
mariah carey
whitney houston
janet jackson

oh wait might have been a drag show :lol

[Bugs]

Pink Floyd, The Wall concert, Royal Albert Hall

That was 1981ish.... God I'm old. :(

[1369]

AC/DC-Blow Up Your Video tour (Shoreline Amphitheater-Mouintain View CA)
Bruce Springsteen (Renuion Arena Dallas)
Rush-Signals tour (Hemisfair Arena-San Antonio)
Cheap Trick (Hemisfair)
Mary Cutrufello (Thin Room-Dallas)
Patrice Pike (With Little Sister)-Willie's Saloon Stillwater OK

[1369]

Pink Floyd, The Wall concert, Royal Albert Hall

That was 1981ish.... God I'm old. :(

You lucky bastard.
:toast

[monosylab1k]

DJ Shadow, 2002, Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

[ORION]

PANTERA :ihit

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Pink Floyd, The Wall concert, Royal Albert Hall

That was 1981ish....

that's impossible.

[Sense]

Kaba, Fey as a toddler..

lmao i seriously need to go to one.

[BRHornet45]

5th Ward Weebie

[Bugs]

Pink Floyd, The Wall concert, Royal Albert Hall

That was 1981ish.... God I'm old.

that's impossible.

Actually Viva is correct. I have no idea why I thought it was Albert Hall. Of course I don't really remember much of the last half of that concert anyway. I found the ticket and it was in fact Earls Court.

http://www.tdfp.com/images/pf.jpg

Good catch Viva... keep me straight!

[Big P]

Actually Viva is correct. I have no idea why I thought it was Albert Hall. Of course I don't really remember much of the last half of that concert anyway. I found the ticket and it was in fact Earls Court.

http://www.tdfp.com/images/pf.jpg

Good catch Viva... keep me straight!

That is so cool...I'm soooo jealous....wow man..congrats on that!!!

[whottt]

Pink Floyd in 87, far and away my favorite concert(especially the one in Texas Stadium, because they played Shine on you Crazy Diamonds).


Saw them in Austin and then went a few days later to go see them in Dallas. Me and my buddies camped out at some camground in Dallas(and there aren't many of those). We took a bunch of stuff to barbecue, a bunch of weed, shrooms and a keg of beer(between 4 guys).


How good the show truly was I can't say, but about 5 grams of shrooms and about 3 quarts of beer will pretty much guarantee a good fucking time...you might not be able to walk, and I don't think any of us could, I damn sure couldn't, but you will have a good time doing it.(and yes we took cabs to the show).


The show was awesome...sounded incredible, didn't bother any of us in the slightest that Roger Waters wasn't involved. He may have been the heart and soul of Floyd, but Gilmore was the sound and voice...and that was good enough.



PS: I don't advocate any kind of hard drug use(or alcohol consumption), or irresponsible partying as it can suck badly and quickly turn into one of the worst experiences of your life...but that time it didn't. That time it was bad azzzzzzzzz and every bit as fun as you always imagine that sort of thing will be when you are young, naive, idealistic and stupid, but never actually is.

That was a grand slam and I will never top that partying experience. It was the party of a lifetime and pretty much after that I quit heavy partying...I think somehow I knew it wouldn't get any better than that.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

1. Hunters and Collectors final concert - The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1998
2. Radiohead, OK COmputer tour - Sydney Entertainment Centre, 1998
3. Dire Straits - Bruce Stadium, 1991
4. U2 - Zooropa tour, 1993
5. Ice T and Public Enemy - ANU Bar, 1992
6. Corb Lund and the Hurtin Albertans - Newtown, 2006
7. Nick Warren - ANU Bar, 2002

I was a real gig pig in the 90s - used to see a concert pretty much every week. I must be getting old though, because these days I can't stand all the people and sweat and jostling and shit.

[whottt]

Actually Viva is correct. I have no idea why I thought it was Albert Hall. Of course I don't really remember much of the last half of that concert anyway. I found the ticket and it was in fact Earls Court.

http://www.tdfp.com/images/pf.jpg

Good catch Viva... keep me straight!



Lucky #$%#@$% bastard.


What's next, you get to see the original Zep too?

[J.T.]

What's next, you get to see the original Zep too?

You know, the thing about these Zeppelin world tour rumors going around...is that even if they go on tour again, and even if they played a five hour show, there's still about 36 of my favorite Zep songs I wouldn't get to hear.

[whottt]

You know, the thing about these Zeppelin world tour rumors going around...is that even if they go on tour again, and even if they played a five hour show, there's still about 36 of my favorite Zep songs I wouldn't get to hear.


I don't think it will be the same without John Bonham anyway. I would have loved to have seen the original Zep, but I don't have much desire to see any reformed version.

#1. John Bonnam won't be there and he was important to their sound.

#2. Pink Floyd was old even when they were young, so when they got old they actually sounded better IMO, and their music has retained some relevance to me even as I have grown older...Led Zeppelin was all about youth and as I have grown older their music hasn't aged with me...plus, they can't play the same way as old men as they did as young men IMO. Page has never regained his pre-split up form, and Plant usually sounds like he's about to have a heart attack when he tries to sing any of Zep's old rockers. He couldn't pull it off back in his 40's, and I know he can't pull it off now. Meanwhile, Floyd reunited a couple of years ago and they sounded incredible...better than they did when they were young, and so did their music.

#3. When Page and Plant reunited a few years ago, it sucked IMO. Not only did the new stuff suck, but they sucked.

#4. I never saw Jimmy Page before Zep split up and he quit playing guitar for like 5 years or something...but I have seen him since, and he sucks live. And when I've seen him live on TV, he's sucked. Complete slop. In fact I haven't seen Jimmy Page not suck live since I knew who he was. He always did and still does sound amazing in the studio, but I wouldnt' spend money to see him play live again.

Nope...Zep is one reformed band I don't want to see. They truly won't sound the same....they truly won't be the same.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Actually Viva is correct. I have no idea why I thought it was Albert Hall. Of course I don't really remember much of the last half of that concert anyway. I found the ticket and it was in fact Earls Court.

http://www.tdfp.com/images/pf.jpg

Good catch Viva... keep me straight!

when you said Royal Albert Hall that made me question it. that's cool you one of only 29 performances of The Wall

[Man of Steel]

Beatles--Shea Stadium

[BRHornet45]

... and Morrissey at the HOB in Vegas.

LMAO son ... Morrissey! are you kidding me? Morrissey is arguably the worst fucking singer on this planet. he is a mix of opera and emo music. Did you go home and cut your arms and cry yourself to sleep after the concert like the rest of his die hard fans do?

[remingtonbo2001]

Blues Travelers-Sunset Station

[clambake]

got to see zep in 74, they had a comedien open, then they played for 4 hours.

used laser lights for the first time and the only break the band took was during bonhams moby dick drum solo that went for about 12-15 minutes.

amazing show.

[FromWayDowntown]

MC Hammer, Corpus Christi Bayfest.

[manufor3]

chili peppers and muse

[Dex]

1) Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon Tour, 5/22/08 in Dallas. Obviously not quite as cool as seeing THE Floyd as a whole, but to experience my favorite songwriter perform my favorite album in its entirety was downright incredible. Tossing in Mother, Wish You Were Here, Greatest Days of Our Lives, and Comfortably Numb was just the icing on the cake. I have the actual concert on audio bootleg now, and still listen to it probably weekly. God bless the internet.

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2) Paul McCartney and Wings was a great show, too. I was pretty young and went with my parents, but I still have fond memories of Paul singing some great, great songs like Live and Let Die and Baby, You Can Drive My Car. His piano solo which ended up turning into a stadium-wide-sing-along to Hey Jude was one of the first really amazing experiences I can vividly remember.

3) Lollapalooza 2003 - Had a friend end up with some extra tickets so this was one of those things that got sprung on me the day before. Great little festival at Verizon Amphitheatre on a beautiful day, got to take in Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Audioslave, and Jane's Addiction fo' free. Incubus and Audioslave both rocked it out.

[Big P]

1) Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon Tour, 5/22/08 in Dallas. Obviously not quite as cool as seeing THE Floyd as a whole, but to experience my favorite songwriter perform my favorite album in its entirety was downright incredible. Tossing in Mother, Wish You Were Here, Greatest Days of Our Lives, and Comfortably Numb was just the icing on the cake. I have the actual concert on audio bootleg now, and still listen to it probably weekly. God bless the internet.

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v250/70/4/877660533/n877660533_2946981_9829.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v250/70/4/877660533/n877660533_2946320_970.jpg

2) Paul McCartney and Wings was a great show, too. I was pretty young and went with my parents, but I still have fond memories of Paul singing some great, great songs like Live and Let Die and Baby, You Can Drive My Car. His piano solo which ended up turning into a stadium-wide-sing-along to Hey Jude was one of the first really amazing experiences I can vividly remember.

3) Lollapalooza 2003 - Had a friend end up with some extra tickets so this was one of those things that got sprung on me the day before. Great little festival at Verizon Amphitheatre on a beautiful day, got to take in Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Audioslave, and Jane's Addiction fo' free. Incubus and Audioslave both rocked it out.


Wings is the shit.

[Thunder Dan]

LMAO son ... Morrissey! are you kidding me? Morrissey is arguably the worst fucking singer on this planet. he is a mix of opera and emo music. Did you go home and cut your arms and cry yourself to sleep after the concert like the rest of his die hard fans do?

your an idiot. I'm not a big Morrissey fan, but he isn't terrible, and he holds a big part in Alternative music history with his work in The Smiths

[ATRAIN]

your an idiot. I'm not a big Morrissey fan, but he isn't terrible, and he holds a big part in Alternative music history with his work in The Smiths

Thats the only of his stuff I can listen too. What are you listening to nowadays dan?

[Thunder Dan]

Thats the only of his stuff I can listen too. What are you listening to nowadays dan?

2008 Pearl Jam Bootlegs,My Morning Jacket and Radiohead for the most part...I've fallen into one of those music abysses where I have no clue about most new music. I'm going to Lollapalooza next weekend so maybe that will open my eyes to some new stuff.

got any new good stuff?

[George Gervin's Afro]

depeche Mode on Tulane's campus. Oh and I dropped a hit of acid prior to the concert.

[angel_luv]

Aerosmith was really cool.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill a few summers ago.

Sugarland a few rodeos back.

[slayermin]

Pantera - Sepultura - Prong at South Park Meadows

Close second is Lagwagon at the Ventura Theatre on my birthday.

I also saw Rage Against the Machine at the Democratic National Convention in 2000. That was an interesting show because it was in the parking lot next to the Staples Center. There were riot police all over the place because of protestors.