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All the Cconcerts you can ‘Remember’ Attending?

Despite my age of 24 I am a fan of music from older generations I have made it a goal to see and hear all the pioneers of the music history while I still can … Before artists stop performing ..touring ..or pass on to Rock and Roll Heaven. Another mantra of mine is to see as much variety as possible. While I have not had the opportunity to see any of these classic rockers in their prime I have been more than thankful to be their audience and have taken something away from every performance.

Making a list and seeing it on paper brought back great memories and emotions! What shows have you seen so far in your lifetime ?

My list: (in no specific order) (does not include many small club shows..too many to remember ..or not remember!)

Guns N Roses
Phish x30
David Lee Roth
Willie Nelson
Bela Fleck x2
Tom Petty x4
Dave Bruebeck
Allman Brothers x7
Bob Dylan x3
Jimmy Page Robert Plant x2
Black Crowes x6
Maceo Parker
P-Funk
Mettalica (Second Row Giants Stadium)
MMW x3
AC DC
Further Festival x4
God Street Wine
Weezer
REM
Slash x2
Santana
YES
ZZ top
John Fogarty
Doobie Brothers
Huey Lewis
BB King
JGB
Stone Temple Pilots
The Machine
Jaw Box
HORDE
Rod Stewart (First Concert 1987 with my parents!)
Chick Corea
From Good Homes
OZZY/Manson
Jimmy Heath
Rolling Stones (First Row Giants Stadium)
Lenny Kravitz
Gilby Clarke
Chucho Valdez
James Brown
Meat Puppets

I also worked as a part time stagehand at the Meadowlands and saw the following shows for free…! (well they paid me to see them!)

While not my musical favorites …You can’t truly mock these performers unless you have seen them live! Should I decide to talk trash I have a real frame of reference.

Brittany Spears
N’SYNC
Back Street Boys
Madonna
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
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ben_campbell
1,164 posts
 
Kublakhan-I saw them at the Glasgow Apollo twice-on The Highway To Hell Tour '79-Bon Scott was dead within months and I saw them live again in 1980!
That's how quickly they had recorded a new album and got back on the road.
The differences in the performances were night and day not only was Scott clearly a better singer but he simply gave the band an equal focal point to Angus and had real stage presence.
Sadly Brian Johnston couldn't neither match him nor bring much else to the band rather than be a competent stand-in.
The first gig was dynamic,exciting and full of energy-the original AC/DC had a bluesier feel too.
The next year they were a bit disjointed (as you might expect)however they were clearly heading down a more cartoon route- it was a mediocre gig at best.
Black In Black I always think was recorded off of the momentum of Scott........ once that was gone they were in free fall imho.
Anyway regarding my list I forgot The Jayhawks and probably a bunch of others...........
richingoth
326 posts
 
Well here it goes as they appear on stage:
Humble Pie/Grand Funk Railroad (12-70 MSG)
Cowboy/Jethro Tull (5-71 Filmore East)
?/ELP (5-71 Filmore East)
Poco (7-71 Central Park)
Mahavishnu Orchestra (?-71 Cental Park)
Yes/Humble Pie/Mountain (7-71 Gaelic Park)
Black Oak Arkansas/Alice Cooper/Black Sabbeth (7-71 Gaelic Park)
Led Zepplin (9-71 MSG)
James Gang (11-71 Hunter College)
Sweathog/Black Oak Arkansas/Humble Pie (3-72 Academy of Music)
Led Zepplin (5-72 Nassau Coliseum)
Dust/Flash (7-13-71 Prospect Park)
?/?/Altman Brothers (7-13-71 Gaelic Park)
Blue Oyster Cult/Flash/Argent/Jeff Beck Group (8-72 Gaelic Park)
Jo Jo Gunn/J.Geils Band/Yes (8-72 Gaelic Park)
Ramatan/Ednar Winter/Humble Pie (8-72 Gaelic Park)
Silverhead/Fleetwood Mac/Deep Purple (8-72 Gaelic Park)
Lindisfarne/Yes (11-72 Nassau Coliseum)
?/Jethro Tull (12-72 Nassau Coliseum)
Black Sabbeth (?-72 Capital Theater)
To Be Continue
ben_campbell
1,164 posts
 
John Hiatt I forgot him,good gig too.........
wdhsvbgod
22 posts
 
Like many others on this thread, I'll echo the "too many to mention" sentiment.

But the memories have already begun flooding my brain, so here are some notables:

Loudest: Asia (1st tour). Small venue. Way too much sound equipment.

Quietest: Mr. Mister (my room-mates talked me into it). Same venue as Asia, but I think they forgot their equipment.

Best Audience: U2 (Joshua Tree Tour). Audience sang the chorus of the last song all the way from the venue to the parking garage. Cool.

Best Drum "Solo": King Crimson (Three of a Perfect Pair Tour). I say "solo" because it started with Bill Bruford, then Adrian Belew joined him on a set of 6 vertically oriented Simmons drum pads and it went from there.

Best Theatrics: Peter Gabriel (Secret World Tour). There's a video of this tour available (as well as a live album). Check it out --- it is unbelievable.

Loudest Audience: Yes (90815 Tour...is that right?). When they played "Roundabout" for an encore, the audience went nuts, I could hardly hear the opening bars.

Thanks for the memories.
mattybumpkin
588 posts
 
Two initially come to mind that I went to long ago, but not for the music:

Rod Stewart-RPI Fieldhouse; hooked up with this gorgeous girl after stealing beer (grab and run!) from one of the vendors.

Eric Clapton- SPAC; It was raining and in the lawn seats these two girls were mud-wrestling in this huge mud puddle. The beer commercial that was banned recently reminds me of it.

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