mike777 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Led Zeppelin 1971 DenverThe legendary US Tour, I wish I could be there.....on time vehicle... :) Robert Wow...I am in Heaven...a stairway to ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 It was sometime in the mid-seventies at Wembley stadium, an all-day concert. Can't remember all who were playing, but it included The Band, Joni Mitchell, and finished with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. This was in the days before big screens, and we were right at the far end of the pitch from the stage, so it was tiny figures in the distance producing massive sound. Another one was Handel's Messiah at the Royal Festival Hall, again in the seventies. A friend was in the chorus and got me in free. Don't get to concerts much any more, tinnitus. :( Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 The harmonica player, Norton Buffalo, is worth the price of admission alone. One of the best in the world. Then you didnt hear my 9 year old daughter play her harmonica the other night at the Sports pub where I sing karaoke!! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Gipsy Kings before one of the members passed on were absolutely superb. I missed them recently in town here at Wolf Trap and was very disappointed; their musicianship is outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I feel obliged to change my primary choice. :) In September last year, I visited a "Coldplay" concert in Vienna, Austria....I have never seen and listened a band that plays and sounds so much better live than on studio CD's. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Little Richard, sometime in the fifties, at a dance hall in St. Paul. I realize the incongruity with the other choices but I am not entirely kidding. LR was on a slightly elevated platform with his piano maybe ten feet from the dance floor. I was in my teens and went up to the window where they were dispensing beverages. It went something like this:I'll have a 7 UpWhat do you want in it?7 UpBut what do you want in it?I just want 7 Up. My experience with many modern concerts is that the music often closely resembles what you hear on their albums, maybe a little extemporaneous material. With LR it was all fresh, whatever moved him at the moment. Gonna go tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John, he says he has the miseries but he has a lot of fun... Indeed. My wife was young and living in SF in the sixties so she could better speak to that era. I was writing a thesis in Minneapolis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I never visited a concert with celebrities. Only when friends of mine were performing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Gosh, I remember so many great concerts in large halls and stadiums from the 1960s and 1970s that I couldn't begin to pick one of those. With age, I gravitated more to concerts in smaller, intimate theaters. A 1996 Richard Thompson concert at the Variety Theater in Atlanta really stands out for sound quality and musicianship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Only two events really stand out in my memories: 1) I saw Janis Joplin get arrested after being charged with leud public behavior at a concert in Oklahoma City - cops came up on stage and hauled her off. A proud moment in Bible Belt history. 2) In San Francisco in 1966, I watched George Carlin get booed off the stage before he could say a word because the crowd wanted the headliner - Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. Style over Substance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Did anyone see the Metallica/GNR tour in the early 90's? Yes, but unfortunately, Guns & Roses was pretty bad the night I saw them. Metallica was great, and Motorhead was solid. Anyone seen Triumph? I've heard they're outstanding live, but I never caught them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintaro Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 :huh: The best concerts I have ever been to are (in order of date) The Seekers Final Concert when I lived in Australia in the 1960's. The only other I have been to was to watch a person perform at his own venue called the Shrine in Lagos Nigeria; that man was Fela Ransome Kuti and his band the Africa 70; superb renown African artist who became a great friend whilst I was living out there :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 1. Dire Straits, Drammen 19862. REM, Oslo 20083. Madrugada, Oslo 20084. The Boss, Oslo 1988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Anyone seen Triumph? I've heard they're outstanding live, but I never caught them.I have. I suppose they put on a good show (lots of energy), but I never liked their music much. Another Canadian band that has put on some of the best concerts I have ever seen is Rush. It baffles me that so many of you can remember the years that your favorite concerts took place! I went to a lot of shows I really enjoyed in the early 1980s but I have no idea what the specific years were. Some of my favorites (in no particular order): - The Who- The Rolling Stones- Simon and Garfunkel (there was something historic about this concert - maybe the last ever time they sang together?)- Elvis Costello performing with Squeeze- Rush All of these took place in Toronto (except one of the times I saw the Stones was in Buffalo and one of the times I saw Rush in Las Vegas a couple of years ago - can't remember the exact year of that either even though it was recent!). Lots of old timers come through Vegas. In recent years (again not sure which years) I saw the Moody Blues (still sing well), Crosby, Stills, and Nash (don't sing well anymore but still fun), and Elton John (hopeless). Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 My alltime favorite live concert was BB King who I saw at the New York State Fair in 1998 . The other that sticks out in my head is I went to see Loggins and Messina in Vegas on one of the first stops on their 2005 reunion tour. They were still surprisingly good! I had to look up the years Fred. If anyone just remembered then I agree they are quite amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 By the way, this amused me greatly.I've only been to two concerts in my life: Janis Joplin in Oklahoma City, who the police arrested on stage about 15 minutes in. The second was Herb Albert and the Tijuanna Brass in San Francisco who were not arrested by the police and had George Carlin in suit and tie as their opening act. Joplin was better.Only two events really stand out in my memories: 1) I saw Janis Joplin get arrested after being charged with leud public behavior at a concert in Oklahoma City - cops came up on stage and hauled her off. A proud moment in Bible Belt history. 2) In San Francisco in 1966, I watched George Carlin get booed off the stage before he could say a word because the crowd wanted the headliner - Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. Style over Substance.I think I know why those are the only two that really stand out in your memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zman102 Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Elton John in the hollywood bowl in the eighties...BeeGees in las Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Steve Miller Band in front of 500 people several summers ago. We had a table 3' from the stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Front row centre, Miles Davis, 26 August 1990, Toronto ON. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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