Best Concert you ever saw (other than Pearl Jam)?

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  • girlinthewhitepants
    girlinthewhitepants Posts: 242
    Hmm...

    Sleater-Kinney every time. Wish they still played together. :(

    Ani Difranco, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, maybe 1999? 2000? This was my favorite but she's always pretty incredible.

    Radiohead, Grant Park in Chicago, I cried like a little ninny, it was so good.

    U2, United Center, Chicago, like a month after 9-11, again with the waterworks....

    Phish at the Gorge, 1999. I miss them too.

    And now I have MSG I, first PJ ever, to add to the list! Plus all the times I saw some awesome person at an open mic or in a little bar and their name has since escaped me but I was loving it at the time...
  • dervish7
    dervish7 Posts: 218
    Saw Wilco at Radio City Music Hall a couple of years ago; that one was pretty great. Also, dozens of shows by the fantastic DC band, The Make-Up. If you haven't heard them, you've gotta check it out.

    Oh, and I saw David Byrne by himself in a church in Brooklyn a few years back. That one was beautiful.
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  • mauichick
    mauichick Posts: 964
    My favs-
    -Tibet Fest in Randalls Island, nothing could beat this 2 day fest
    -Radiohead Liberty State Park, 3 wks before 9/11 incredible to see this amazing band with the skyline to the left and lady liberty visible in the distance betw the screen and the ground
    -Radiohead in Nimes, France
    -Chris Cornell solo at Town Hall, Irving Plaza and half naked at the very HOT Starland Ballroom
    -PJ Harvey at the Hamerstein Ballroom
    -Bjork at Radio City (tour with the Islandic Choir, not the most recent when she played WAY too short a set)
    -Soundgarden at Roseland
    -Cat Power Hiro Ballroom and Town Hall
    -Beck Roseland
    -Area 51 with Bowie and Moby
    -Horde w/ Neil and Beck
    '96 7 shows / '97 3 shows / '98 15 shows
    '00 12 shows / '03 4 shows / '06 6 shows
    '08 3 shows / '09 5 shows / '10 6 shows
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,279
    NYCPJ wrote:

    Neil Young/Sonic Youth/Social Distortion - early 90s (92?) Atlanta Omni

    Same tour, I think. With Crazy Horse. LOUD AS FUCK!!! :D Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricane, etc. The same tour that was recorded as Weld. Only Pearl Jam has ever equalled that show, for me.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • hguz73
    hguz73 Posts: 245
    Bjork..last december..although the venue wasn't the best one (because of acoustic resonance), she pulled the show with her magnificent performance
  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    imalive wrote:
    Same tour, I think. With Crazy Horse. LOUD AS FUCK!!! :D Cortez the Killer, Like a Hurricane, etc. The same tour that was recorded as Weld. Only Pearl Jam has ever equalled that show, for me.

    That was the one! (tour where they recorded Weld).
    Great show - definitely with Crazy Horse. I also saw Neil & Crazy Horse in 86 -- that was sick as well (memorable for a long version of Down by the River!)
    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
    9/4/24 (MSG 2)
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Ok, I just saw Back Door Slam again, and holy shit. That show's gotta be up there.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,279
    NYCPJ wrote:
    That was the one! (tour where they recorded Weld).
    Great show - definitely with Crazy Horse. I also saw Neil & Crazy Horse in 86 -- that was sick as well (memorable for a long version of Down by the River!)
    Sure wish they would put Weld out on DVD. I still have the VHS tape. :p
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    So many great ones ... I remember these shows uniquely in that a standout musician cut directly into my soul:

    Clapton 83, 94
    SRV 89
    Johnny Winter 92
    Buddy Guy 95
    Patricia Barber 02

    Fascinating / mesmerizing band performances:

    U-2 83
    Grateful Dead 82 - 84
    Crazy Horse 86
    Black Crowes 93, 08
    Traffic 94
    Hot Tuna 99

    Mega-shows: Pink Floyd in 94 and Rolling Stones in 89

    In the classical realm I've also been really fortunate to see Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, and Isaac Stern in solo performances.


    Not much can really touch PJ at Mansfield last weekend though :)
  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i'd have to say if it came right down to it, the who and/or the stones,,
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  • frusciante89
    frusciante89 Posts: 125
    1. Radiohead- May 18th, 2008 Dallas Tx
    2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- August 18th, Denver CO
    3. Ben Harper and The Nightwatchman- June 2, 2007 Tulsa
    4. Tom Petty/Pearl Jam- July 3rd, 2006 Denver CO
    5. Drive-By Truckers- Febuary 25th 2008 Omaha NE
    6. Muse- September 2006 Kansas City
    7. John Mayer- June of 2007 Kansas City
    8. Queens of the Stone Age- August of 2007 Tulsa
    9. Alice In Chains- November of 2006 in Wichita,KS
    10. Incubus- Febuary of 2007 Kansas City

    I have the Boss and My Morning Jacket coming up so Those will be on top this August
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
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  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    1.Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band ...Tower Theater 1975 or anyone of his six 3 1/2 to 4 hour marathon shows at the Philly Spectrum in 1984.

    2. The Gits at The Off Ramp in Seattle, 1991.

    3. The Who with Pink Floyd and The Troggs, 7/24/68. Not bad for 9 years old.

    4. Live Aid, 1985.

    5. My first Ramones Show , CBGB , 5/4/78.

    I'd love to say Jimi Hendrix opening for The Monkees , Temple Stadium, Philly, August , 1967, but the sound was 1960's shitty. To this day , my aunt tells me that even the pop-sounding Monkees sounded crappy. I believe Jimi played this show and one or two others before leaving the tour. I'd only heard two songs by Jimi Hendrix before. They were "Hey Joe" and "Stone Free" . I'd heard them once, maybe twice ,and not enough to know I was hearing a legend. I went courtesy of my aunt who was 18 and took me to see the then TV icon Monkees as a reward for good grades, second grade mind you , during the school year.
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  • Iheartstone
    Iheartstone Posts: 1
    I just saw PJ preform at Madison Square Garden in NYC ( the second show ), on June 25th..and it changed my life completely.

    However, the best concerts I ever attended (not in any order)

    - Prince ( 2005)
    - Bruce Springsteen (2003)
    - Billy Joel
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    NIN - Toronto 06
    Tiger Army/Street Dogs - Philly 07
    The Cure - Download - 06
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Blind3 wrote:
    1.Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band ...Tower Theater 1975 or anyone of his six 3 1/2 to 4 hour marathon shows at the Philly Spectrum in 1984.

    2. The Gits at The Off Ramp in Seattle, 1991.

    3. The Who with Pink Floyd and The Troggs, 7/24/68. Not bad for 9 years old.

    4. Live Aid, 1985.

    5. My first Ramones Show , CBGB , 5/4/78.

    I'd love to say Jimi Hendrix opening for The Monkees , Temple Stadium, Philly, August , 1967, but the sound was 1960's shitty. To this day , my aunt tells me that even the pop-sounding Monkees sounded crappy. I believe Jimi played this show and one or two others before leaving the tour. I'd only heard two songs by Jimi Hendrix before. They were "Hey Joe" and "Stone Free" . I'd heard them once, maybe twice ,and not enough to know I was hearing a legend. I went courtesy of my aunt who was 18 and took me to see the then TV icon Monkees as a reward for good grades, second grade mind you , during the school year.
    Very cool. I'm 4 years older than you and wish I'd had a chance to see some of those. :)
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band


    any year,
    any show,
    any tour .


    :)
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  • Ian_L
    Ian_L Posts: 101
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl on the 25th of June, 2008.

    Incredible.
  • stranger34
    stranger34 Posts: 235
    The Cure Msg 08 and it was the best concert of the 100+ ive ever been to.
  • stranger34
    stranger34 Posts: 235
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band


    any year,
    any show,
    any tour .


    :)


    see I disagree Ive seen boots from the 80s and 70s that are evidence of what A bruce live experience has as a reputation, but ive seen him twice now and Im going again on 7/28 and I think his modern shows are snoozers

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