Your Concert Experiences

[SinceThe70s]

22 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

Do not diss Barry Manilow. ? He's fabulous!

 

I will grudgingly admit that I possessed a Barry Manilow album long long ago (thank you Columbia House record club and 12 records for a penny). Great voice.

[Chef Jim]

16 hours ago, The Poojer said:

Saw Futhur at the Mann in Philly....was pissed because the city shut down shakedown, kind of ruined the vibe

 

Saw Further NYE at the Bill Graham 2009. Something about see even a Dead “cover band” in SF NYE.  Four sets over five hours. 

 

Edit:  Sorry three sets. 

 

12/31/2009 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

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I: Shakedown Street, Jack Straw, Mama Tried, Candyman, Loose Lucy, Viola Lee Blues, Truckin

II: Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Cassidy, The Wheel > Jam > Dark Star > Time > Breathe Reprise > Uncle John's Band, After Midnight

III: Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion > Let It Grow > Cryptical Envelopment > Born Cross-Eyed > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > So Many Roads, St. Stephen > The Eleven > Not Fade Away

E: Sugar Magnolia

Baby New Year flew in from the back of the venue on a skull to "All We Need Is Love" at the start of the third set

(First "After Midnight"; First "Mama Tried"; First "So Many Roads"; First "Time "; First "Breathe Reprise")

Edited November 21, 2018 by Chef Jim

[Augie]

I can’t believe there’s not more love for Van Morrison. 

[row_33]

2 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

Do not diss Barry Manilow. ? He's fabulous!

 

Barry doesn’t caterwaul

[The Poojer]

I have been kicking myself for not going to the Outlaw Road Show this year with Willie Nelson and Van Morrison.  I was just kind of festivaled out.....completely went against one of my mantras, "don't miss out on things you want to do, there's always time to catch up on rest and make more money"

 

11 hours ago, Augie said:

I can’t believe there’s not more love for Van Morrison. 

[bdutton]

22 hours ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

 

3) Bucket List Concert

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc.

 

1) Best:  The Cure at Roskilde Festival, in Denmark 1990.  Songs were great.  Best band lineup of their career.

 

2) Worst: Grateful Dead, Rich Stadium 1985ish.  Sound was horrible, ate some questionable shrooms.

 

3) Bucket List: Not sure really.  Maybe the remaining members of Led Zeppelin.

 

4) Original Led Zeppelin.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

13 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

Do not diss Barry Manilow. ? He's fabulous!

 

13 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

I will grudgingly admit that I possessed a Barry Manilow album long long ago (thank you Columbia House record club and 12 records for a penny). Great voice.

He came out of the closet like two years ago, and I was surprised he ever considered himself in the closet. My mother in law was a huge fan. Not my cup of tea, but I respect his talent. He wrote a whole bunch of jingles we still use. Stuck on Band Aid brand, and Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There. 

1 hour ago, The Poojer said:

I have been kicking myself for not going to the Outlaw Road Show this year with Willie Nelson and Van Morrison.  I was just kind of festivaled out.....completely went against one of my mantras, "don't miss out on things you want to do, there's always time to catch up on rest and make more money"

 

I saw that when it came to Houston. Unfortunately, Van Morrison wasn't on that leg. Willie is my hero, but he just can't sing anymore. 

Edited November 21, 2018 by The Real Buffalo Joe

[Buffalo_Gal]

19 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

 

He came out of the closet like two years ago, and I was surprised he ever considered himself in the closet. My mother in law was a huge fan. Not my cup of tea, but I respect his talent. He wrote a whole bunch of jingles we still use. Stuck on Band Aid brand, and Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There. 

 

1

Yeah, that was the least surprising coming-out ever. 

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

Yeah, that was the least surprising coming-out ever. 

 

Rob Halford could string together a few sentences intelligently so he was on the suspicion list for years

 

 

but nobody died except Lord Mercury, so who knows what they were really doing in spite of public boasting

 

[LewPort71]

Best... Large venue  ELP at Rich Stadium in 1974.

            Small venue... Moody Blues with Orchestra

Worst...Bob Dylan in Charleston WV.  sound was horrible and mumbling did not help.

 

Bucket... King Crimson

 

Missed... Genesis with Peter Gabriel.

 

** Saw original Allman Brothers at Marietta College homecoming the weekend before Duane died.

[row_33]

14 minutes ago, LewPort71 said:

 

Missed... Genesis with Peter Gabriel.

 

 

 

The Musical Box is pretty darn close, see it if you have a chance in your neck of the woods

 

Got my ticket for a January performance.

 

 

[row_33]

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my drummer wishlist would have been to be for the recordings of:

 

the totally overdubbed Moon opening to Live at Leeds "Heaven and Hell" (Live at Hull is the honest recording live...)

 

Bonham's fill at 1:17 of Achille's Last Stand

 

Floyd Sneed's ghost beats in 3DN's Family of Man, actually anything with Floyd again...  (hi-hat and snare with the left stick helps...)

 

 

 

 

 

[The Poojer]

4 hours ago, row_33 said:

 

The Musical Box is pretty darn close, see it if you have a chance in your neck of the woods

 

Got my ticket for a January performance.

 

 

 

Thanks for the endorsement.  I'm also a Genesis afficianado and never got to see them with Gabriel or Hackett.  Musical box plays Philly yearly and was never really inspired to see them.  This sways my thinking

[row_33]

15 minutes ago, The Poojer said:

 

Thanks for the endorsement.  I'm also a Genesis afficianado and never got to see them with Gabriel or Hackett.  Musical box plays Philly yearly and was never really inspired to see them.  This sways my thinking

 

in Toronto and Montreal and US Northeast in early 2019

 

seen them 6 times, complete concerts of LLDoB, Foxtrot and SEbtP, this time looks like a mix of all works, plus some early Phil years

 

Phil and Peter are perfectly redone, mellotron as well

 

 

 

4-JAN	CAN	QUÉBEC	GRAND THEATRE DE QUÉBEC
5-JAN	CAN	QUÉBEC	GRAND THEATRE DE QUÉBEC
16-JAN	CAN	GATINEAU	THÉÂTRE DU CASINO LAC LEAMY
18-JAN	CAN	TORONTO	DANFORTH MUSIC HALL
19 JAN	CAN	TORONTO	DANFORTH MUSIC HALL
8-FEB	CAN	SHERBROOKE	THÉÂTRE GRANADA
9-FEB	CAN	MONTRÉAL	SALLE WILFRID PELLETIER PDA
6-MAR	US	DERRY NH	TUPELO MUSIC HALL
7-MAR	US	BOSTON MA	WILBUR THEATRE
8-MAR	US	MONTCLAIR NJ	WELLMONT THEATRE
9-MAR	US	WESTBURY NY	THEATRE AT WESTBURY
10-MAR	US	TARRYTOWN NY	MUSIC HALL
14-MAR	US	CLEVELAND OH	STATE THEATRE
15-MAR	US	N. TONAWANDA NY	RIVIERA THEATRE
16-MAR	US	N. TONAWANDA NY	RIVIERA THEATRE
19-MAR	US	DETROIT MI	FILMORE THEATRE
20-MAR	US	GRAND RAPIDS MI	MONROE LIVE
22-MAR	US	GLENSIDE PA	KESWICK THEATRE
23-MAR	US	GLENSIDE PA	KESWICK THEATRE
29-MAR	US	ST-CHARLES IL	ARCADA THEATRE
30-MAR	US	ST-CHARLES IL	ARCADA THEATRE
3-APR	CAN	WINNIPEG	GARRICK CENTRE
4-APR	CAN	REGINA	CANSINO REGINA SHOW LOUNGE
5-APR	CAN	SASKATOON	BROADWAY THEATRE
6-APR	CAN	CALGARY	BELLA CONCERT HALL
9-APR	CAN	VANCOUVER	VOGUE THEATRE

 

 

 

 

 

[BarkLessWagMore]

On ‎11‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 11:27 AM, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

 

3) Bucket List Concert

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc. 

 

1) The Clash - Toronto CNE Grandstand September 1982

2) None that sticks out. If I don't like the band I don't go. Lots of lousy openers though. The Divinyls opening for The Clash at SUNY Binghamton were godawful.

3) Been blessed to see so many of my favs over the years. I've been waiting for Joel Plaskett Emergency to come down to the states for a show but he sticks primarily to Canada.

4) Saw Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson solo but never got to see The Band back in the day. Would have enjoyed that I'm sure.

[Rico]

On 11/20/2018 at 11:27 AM, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

 

3) Bucket List Concert

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc.

1. Sex Pistols at the Trump Borgata in AC 2003, 2nd place Pistols at the 9:30 Club in DC same tour.

 

2. Journey opening for the Stones at Rich Stadium 1981. If you need a headliner, then Yes in the round at Purdue 1979 (don't kill the whale )

 

3. No one right now that I can think of, I think I've seen everyone I wanted to see that's still going. Maybe Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, not a big fan of the music but the shows look incredible from vids.

 

4. Led Zeppelin, had tickets 2x for shows that never happened (Plant's kid and Bonzo)

[Augie]

Many of you were too young, but some might have caught my elementary school concert at Kleinhans Music Hall. We recorded Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Scarborough Fair. There is an album somewhere, maybe in Cleveland (R&R HOF, of course).  If you were there, you’d remember! Absolutely rousing renditions! 

[Pete]

1-hard to say- I have seen Ramones 14 times, Metallica in front of 500 in 1985, Janes Addiction in 1991 Boston, countless Dead shows, Neil Young doing 2 hour acoustic set, Red Hot Chilli Peppers on Mothers Milk tour, Rage Against the Machine....those are the first ones that come to mind

 

2-Milli Vanilli- a girl dragged me there

 

3-Buddy Guy

4-the first Woodstock and the second Lollapalooza 

Location: North America - Including, among others, Alpine Valley Music Theater

Dates: July 18, 1992 – September 13, 1992

Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush.

Side Stage: Rage Against The Machine (Irvine Meadows), TOOL (Waterloo Village, NJ), Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, Sharkbait, Archie Bell dancers, Porno for Pyros, Basehead, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Sweaty Nipples, Arson Garden, Seaweed, Seam, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Magnet School, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., The Look People, Stone Temple Pilots, The Vulgar Boatmen, Truly, Skrew, Tribe, The Authority, Samba Hell, Café Tacuba Groovement,Gary Heffern with Ivan Krall, Ice T & Body Count, Treponem Pal, Luscious Jackson, Shrunken Head, Sometime Sweet Susan, Temple of the Dog, Dahli Llama, Gun Cult Prophets, Doo Rag, Billyclub Fest and Sweet Lizard Illtet.

[RaoulDuke79]

On 11/20/2018 at 11:27 AM, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

Pledge of Allegiance - System of a Down and Slipknot 

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

Woodstock 99. Not because of the acts,  but the setting (100 gegrees) on an abandoned airforce base with no shade. Nearly freaked out after doing acid for the first time in the blazing heat.  To top it off out of how many thousands of people that were there I somehow ran into my high school drivers ed teacher as the acid was kicking in.

3) Bucket List Concert

David Gilmore 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc.

Original Zeppelin,  Doors, Floyd 

 

Edited November 22, 2018 by RaoulDuke79

[OGTEleven]

On November 20, 2018 at 11:27 AM, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

 

3) Bucket List Concert

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc.

1.  For the pure excitement only youth can bring I'd say Genesis post Gabriel.  I also saw Gabriel post Genesis.  Both in Saratoga.  Add Queen.  All three were great shows.  For music quality and enjoyment more appreciated by old fogies, I'll go with Mark Knopfler who I have seen twice and will see again next Summer.  He has an incredible band and an amazingly diverse library.

 

2. My worst was also my first.  The Cars.  I remember asking some older friends if all concerts were like that.  Thank God they aren't.  I still like their songs though.

 

3.  I'm not sure there is one because most would fall into category 4.

 

4. I think I'll go with a Traffic for this one.  Zep is obvious but has also been mentioned a bunch.  Add Pink Floyd on The Wall tour.

[Chef Jim]

Kiss Aive Tour 1976 could also be considered on of my favorites. It was my first concert and I had turned 15 the day before. We skipped school and left at 10am and got to the Niagara Falls Convention Center real early. Spent the day in the parking lot smoking cigarettes and lots of other stuff. We had our ears to the doors and heard them play Rock and Roll all Night for their sound check.  Very cool for a young kid. . Got in and it was GA on the floor. We were maybe 10 feet from the stage and in heaven.  Brownsville station kicked ass. After their set it started to get crowded...real crowded. So we left and watched the show from the bleachers. It was a bit disappointing to not be close enough to the stage to feel the flames until they started pulling people from the crowd who were getting crushed. Not good. Got lost on the way home (Batavia Area). I looked out the window and asked “what is that lake to our left?”  Ummm Lake Ontario!  *****!!  We stopped in a bar and asked for directions. “Batavia?  Never heard of it.”  Now I imagine they were ***** with us but regardless we were shitting our pants. Then one guy said “oh wait...isn’t that where the racetrack is?”   Yes!!  We were saved!!  

[4merper4mer]

1 hour ago, Chef Jim said:

Kiss Aive Tour 1976 could also be considered on of my favorites. It was my first concert and I had turned 15 the day before. We skipped school and left at 10am and got to the Niagara Falls Convention Center real early. Spent the day in the parking lot smoking cigarettes and lots of other stuff. We had our ears to the doors and heard them play Rock and Roll all Night for their sound check.  Very cool for a young kid. . Got in and it was GA on the floor. We were maybe 10 feet from the stage and in heaven.  Brownsville station kicked ass. After their set it started to get crowded...real crowded. So we left and watched the show from the bleachers. It was a bit disappointing to not be close enough to the stage to feel the flames until they started pulling people from the crowd who were getting crushed. Not good. Got lost on the way home (Batavia Area). I looked out the window and asked “what is that lake to our left?”  Ummm Lake Ontario!  *****!!  We stopped in a bar and asked for directions. “Batavia?  Never heard of it.”  Now I imagine they were ***** with us but regardless we were shitting our pants. Then one guy said “oh wait...isn’t that where the racetrack is?”   Yes!!  We were saved!!  

Moron 15 year olds didn't bring a GPS?

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Chef Jim said:

Kiss Aive Tour 1976 could also be considered on of my favorites. It was my first concert and I had turned 15 the day before. We skipped school and left at 10am and got to the Niagara Falls Convention Center real early. Spent the day in the parking lot smoking cigarettes and lots of other stuff. We had our ears to the doors and heard them play Rock and Roll all Night for their sound check.  Very cool for a young kid. . Got in and it was GA on the floor. We were maybe 10 feet from the stage and in heaven.  Brownsville station kicked ass. After their set it started to get crowded...real crowded. So we left and watched the show from the bleachers. It was a bit disappointing to not be close enough to the stage to feel the flames until they started pulling people from the crowd who were getting crushed. Not good. Got lost on the way home (Batavia Area). I looked out the window and asked “what is that lake to our left?”  Ummm Lake Ontario!  *****!!  We stopped in a bar and asked for directions. “Batavia?  Never heard of it.”  Now I imagine they were ***** with us but regardless we were shitting our pants. Then one guy said “oh wait...isn’t that where the racetrack is?”   Yes!!  We were saved!!  

 

Brownsville was another in the great list of Michigan local product.

 

 

[Chef Jim]

32 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Moron 15 year olds didn't bring a GPS?

 

Oh we brought GPS. Grass/Pot/Smoke. 

[row_33]

11 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

Oh we brought GPS. Grass/Pot/Smoke. 

 

solid!!!

 

[Chef Jim]

28 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

Brownsville was another in the great list of Michigan local product.

 

 

 

The drummer was crazy. Had a guy whose only job during the show was to reload a rack of sticks to replace all the ones he broke and threw into the crowd.  As a young drummer and at the show with my band mates was thinking “wow!!  Must be nice. I have to duct tape my sticks back together.”

[row_33]

10 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

The drummer was crazy. Had a guy whose only job during the show was to reload a rack of sticks to replace all the ones he broke and threw into the crowd.  As a young drummer and at the show with my band mates was thinking “wow!!  Must be nice. I have to duct tape my sticks back together.”

 

 

had no idea about their schtick until videos were posted on youtube

 

Ann Arbor was a hotbed of freaks and crazies back in the day

 

UB attracted them as well

 

 

[Chef Jim]

13 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

 

had no idea about their schtick until videos were posted on youtube

 

Ann Arbor was a hotbed of freaks and crazies back in the day

 

UB attracted them as well

 

 

 

Thanks for that. Watching live videos of them from the 70’s. Takes me back to that night 42 years ago. ?

 

 

[coloradobillsfan]

16 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

3) Bucket List Concert

David Gilmore 

 

Note you will likely have to travel to see David play again.. on his last 'tour' he only played a few USA cities calling it 'an old man tour'.  He said something along the lines of 'I'm old now so I need to make my fans come to me' (Rock Gods can do this kind of thing!)  Chicago was my closest city so I made a long weekend out of it and had a great time with the concerts and the city sights.  

 

PS. tickets for Nick Mason's "Saucerful of Secrets" USA tour are on sale now, the set list is a dream for fans of old PF

Edited November 22, 2018 by coloradobillsfan

[frostbitmic]

On 11/20/2018 at 11:27 AM, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Four Questions.

 

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen

 

3) Bucket List Concert

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc.

1. Tough question ...

The Who w/the Clash at Rich Stadium in 82 I thinks ... Great show, awesome sound for an outdoor concert.

Yes ... in the round in Rochester in 78 or 79. We had front row seats and Steve Howe was 10 feet away from us nearly the entire show

Stevie Ray Vaughan at Finger Lakes in 87

Grateful Dead in 84 or 85 at Saratoga ... You could see the mountains in the background and when they did fire on the mountain you could see lightning  in the distance.

2. Genesis in Rochester in 78. It was my 16th B-Day, Phil Collins had just replaced Peter Gabriel as vocalist and they supposedly had a great light show but the truck overturned on the thruway on the way to Rochester ... It really sucked.

3. David Gilmour would probably lead this list

4. Pink Floyd or Bob Marley & the Wailers ... I did see the Wailers though years after Bob's demise.

[bdutton]

15 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

1. Tough question ...

The Who w/the Clash at Rich Stadium in 82 I thinks ... Great show, awesome sound for an outdoor concert.

I was at that show. Got about 30 feet from the stage in front of Townsend. So packed that when somone 20 feet away moved I moved.

 

When they sang Love Reign Over Me, it started to rain which was great because I was really hot (more from the croud density than the actual temp).

[frostbitmic]

21 minutes ago, bdutton said:

I was at that show. Got about 30 feet from the stage in front of Townsend. So packed that when somone 20 feet away moved I moved.

 

When they sang Love Reign Over Me, it started to rain which was great because I was really hot (more from the croud density than the actual temp).

Being September IIRC, temp was in the low 70's. I think that the sound was so good due a lack of any breeze and the low cloud ceiling. It really was spectacular from a sound perspective.

[Gugny]

1) Best Concert You've Ever Seen:  Jane's Addiction (1997); Paul McCartney (2005); The Police (2007); Roger Waters (The Wall - 2010).  My first concert was Queen in 1980.  Honestly, I don't remember a whole lot about the concert (I was 9), but it's likely one of the best I've seen.

 

2) Worst Concert You've Ever Seen:  Night Ranger (2011 - opened for Journey) hands down the worst I've ever seen/heard.  They'd have been better off singing "Sister Christian," then saying, "Thank you!  Goodnight!"  They were downright terrible.

 

3) Bucket List Concert - I'm interpreting this as a concert that actually COULD happen, i.e. - the people are still alive.  I wouldn't mind seeing Van Halen "2.0" (Sammy, Eddie, Alex, Michael) reunite.  In order for me to want to go, it would have to be those four and only those four.  And I'd love to see Roger Waters and David Gilmour reunite to play Waters/Gilmour-era Pink Floyd music. 

 

4) Concert you wish you could see, but can't due to death/bandbreakup etc. - Stevie Ray Vaughn; Nirvana; DLR-era Van Halen; Amy Winehouse

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

On 11/23/2018 at 9:59 AM, Gugny said:

 

 

3) Bucket List Concert - I'm interpreting this as a concert that actually COULD happen, i.e. - the people are still alive.  I wouldn't mind seeing Van Halen "2.0" (Sammy, Eddie, Alex, Michael) reunite.  In order for me to want to go, it would have to be those four and only those four.

 

I honestly could do it with either Dave or Sammy. But Michael has to be there for me to go. Yeah, "Wolfie" does a very good job on the bass. But without Michael Anthony on backup vocals, nothing sounds the same.

[Gugny]

Just now, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

I honestly could do it with either Dave or Sammy. But Michael has to be there for me to go. Yeah, "Wolfie" does a very good job on the bass. But without Michael Anthony on backup vocals, nothing sounds the same.

 

Wolfie has no business being there.  I wouldn't pay more than $10 to see them without Michael Anthony.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Crossing Elton John off of my bucket list on Sunday night.

[plenzmd1]

On 11/21/2018 at 4:08 PM, The Poojer said:

 

Thanks for the endorsement.  I'm also a Genesis afficianado and never got to see them with Gabriel or Hackett.  Musical box plays Philly yearly and was never really inspired to see them.  This sways my thinking

so..was going to post about Pegasus at McVans in the late 70's..loved that bar and that band. Damn, such a fine old extablishment, to bad its like a freaking Timmies now. Anyway, was googling McVans just for kicks and came across this..too freaking funny. Bitching about $37 tickets!!!! Man, 13 years ago we still yapping about same things!!!

 

 

[row_33]

40 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Crossing Elton John off of my bucket list on Sunday night.

 

he puts on a great show

 

one of the one's i've (with all due respect) walked out on early because I got my fill after a few hours, The Boss was another one, I wasn't up to another two hours

 

each time i go to the upper tier and hand my great ticket to someone who would enjoy the move closer

 

 

[Seasons1992]

Just got tickets for Red Rocks 8/2-8/3 for My Morning Jacket! Can't wait. Most beautiful place to me.

[The Poojer]

"...Jim James makes Enya sound like a Russian couple arguing at the bowling alley..."

 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Seasons1992 said:

Just got tickets for Red Rocks 8/2-8/3 for My Morning Jacket! Can't wait. Most beautiful place to me.