BEST concerts (top five) you've seen

Carlos D

Pearl Jam Dublin '06
Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band 2006
Green Day 2005
Foo Fighters,Nine Inch Nails and Silversun Pickups 2007
The Strokes 2006

worst band I've ever seen live are the Frames,absolutely dreadful.

carolinabeerguy

White Stripes '07
Foo Fighters '07
7 Mary 3 '03
Rolling Stones '05
Kings of Leon '05

EDIT: BTW, I've never seen Pearl Jam...

Brain of J.Lo

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

I could see it bein a joke. Sarcasm doesnt come across on a computer every time. Definitely not the worst taste, but those are some pretty crazy bands for best shows. Even goin back and readin it, I chuckled a bit.

Well, it seemed like sort of a smartass comment...especially from someone listing a Cornell solo show from this year as one of his top five.

dr teeth

David Byrne-Bonnaroo 04
Pearl Jam-Camden 98
The Who-Mansfield 00
Radiohead-Boston 00
Petty and Pearl Jam-Milwaukee 06

HermanBloom

Pearl Jam-all shows beat everything else
Primus-04
Tragically Hip-02 w/ Sam Roberts
Live-95
Tool-02

yellowbird

reversedarwinism wrote:

this is a joke, right?
STP 97

ahhhh, noooooooooooooooo

you are obviously much younger than me and apparently have better taste??

i've never seen pearl jam, otherwise i'm sure they would be listed

josevolution

led zeppelin 75 & 77
pink floyd the wall full line up 79 nassau colliseum

the clash 83 ny city peir 3night stand
u2 also 83 peir ny city
pj penn state 03 .............

Poncier

Picking 5 will be near impossible, but I'll give it a shot. I will only put a band in once even if they may have had more than one top 5 worthy show.

Pearl Jam, Orpheum Theater 1994
U2, Boston Garden 1987, Joshua Tree tour
Springsteen & E Street Band, 1984 Hartford Civic center, Born in the USA tour
The Who, 1982 Shea Stadium (The Clash opened)
J. Geils Band, 1999 Paradise Theater Boston, "secret" surprise reunion tour warm up show.

reversedarwinism

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Well, it seemed like sort of a smartass comment...especially from someone listing a Cornell solo show from this year as one of his top five.

its hard not to list this years Cornell performance as no 1. His spot on performance of many of my favorite songs plus seeing the show from so close - I'm still reeling in this show back in April. Its at least equal to the last time I saw PJ and Page/Plant.

I looked at Yellowbird's list and really didn't think he'd be serious.

rrivers

Pearl Jam SF Night 1-2006
Harry Connick Jr. 2004
Page/Plant 95
Rage- Lollapalooza 1996
Live- House of Blues 1999 New Orleans

reversedarwinism

yellowbird wrote:

ahhhh, noooooooooooooooo

you are obviously much younger than me and apparently have better taste??

i've never seen pearl jam, otherwise i'm sure they would be listed

no offense, I just saw Frampton, Urban and FOGELBURG and thought you were surely being funny. I guess they could be great shows. Now very intense, but thats not all that goes into a great show, right?

Pearl Jam, yes, if you ever get a chance..... well they certainly deserve their reputation.

STP 97 - That show was my "senior gift" from my mom. It was a couple days before graduation and I went with my girlfriend, best friend and MOM. We had such a blast. All that aside, they were my fav band at the time and they totally fucking rocked. Still the loudest show I've ever been to. And Wieland was the best, craziest front man I've witnessed.

Marshal Tucker Band - saw them once. Fall 00, in Ruidoso NM. Very nice show. I like some of their songs.

Brain of J.Lo

reversedarwinism wrote:

its hard not to list this years Cornell performance as no 1. His spot on performance of many of my favorite songs plus seeing the show from so close - I'm still reeling in this show back in April. Its at least equal to the last time I saw PJ and Page/Plant.

I looked at Yellowbird's list and really didn't think he'd be serious.

Still reeling from April?? Wow!

I wasn't really all that moved by his performance. It was good, and I certainly enjoyed hearing some Soundgarden songs because I never got the chance to see them live...but it wasn't very memorable for me overall. Actually, what was memorable for me was all of the old people that were dressed way too young around me getting really drunk and dancing in a hilarious fashion.

reversedarwinism

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Still reeling from April?? Wow!

I wasn't really all that moved by his performance. It was good, and I certainly enjoyed hearing some Soundgarden songs because I never got the chance to see them live...but it wasn't very memorable for me overall. Actually, what was memorable for me was all of the old people that were dressed way too young around me getting really drunk and dancing in a hilarious fashion.

I met a lot of cool people at the show. age range was pretty wide. I really like that the crowd just stood there and watched the show and didn't mosh. Some bitched about it, but I'm glad I actually got to fully enjoy the show. Best part of the crowd was that I was on the second row and this short, hot-ass, mexican girl was right in front of me. She bumped and grinded me through the whole show and leaned against my chest. She was really cute and my friend laughed about it for a while afterwards, cause we got sorta intense several times. The really sad part was her date was right beside her. Felt bad about that, but it was mostly her and we were crammed in so close,,,,

Anyway, it was one of the best shows I've been lucky enough to catch and getting my dick rubbed throughout was an interesting side note.

anotherclone

REM outdoors in Phoenix in early 90's
The Cure outdoors in Phoneix in early 90's
Fishbone in a small club in Portland OR late 90's
Pearl Jam at Key Arena in Seattle late 90's
Cake in small club in Portland Oregon, I think it was early 2000

honorable mention (don't laugh)

Goo Goo Dolls in LA at a private show for a crowd of about 200 people in March of this year.

FnCircus

1. Pink Floyd - 1994 (Death Valley Stadium - Clemson, SC)
2. Pearl Jam - 2005 (The Gorge - George, WA)
3. Grateful Dead w/ 10,000 Maniacs - July 4, 1989 (then Rich Stadium - Buffalo, NY)
4. Metallica / Guns and Roses - 1992 (Exhibition Stadium, Toronto)
5. Chris Cornell - 2007 (Paramount, Seattle, WA)

Its Evolution Baby

This is so hard! That's what she said. (too much Office for me!)

1. Pearl Jam LA Forum 1- I read some haters on this show because of the similarities to the SD show, but being there you could tell from the effort Eddie and boys put out they viewed it as a big show. I think it was the speed the show sold out in a big market like LA had the boys pumped.

2. Rage Against the Machine (November 1999 in Arco Arena Sacramento)

3. U2 (MGM Arena November 2005)

4. Radiohead (Coachella 2004)

5. This is the difficult one but for now I'll say Velvet Revolver New Years Day @ the Joint in Vegas. Show was great, and Anna Nicole Smith flashed everyone from the Balcony. Mulitiple times. Best Celebrity story that I have honestly.

iamrockmusic

1. Black Crowes 1993
2. Pearl Jam (I don't have one particular favorite era)
3. Roger Waters 2006
4. Velvet Revolver / Alice In Chains 2007
5. KISS 1996

Azwethinkweiz

Incubus
Black Sabbath
Death Cab for Cutie
Machine Head
Foo Fighters

Sonja_S

in no particular order:
Crowded House - Vienna Arena 2007 I had to wait 22 years but that gig was worth the wait
Pearl Jam - Vienna Stadthalle 2006 (d'oh)
Colin James @ BB King Blues Festival Toronto 1998
Thornley - Toronto Mod Club 2004
The Headstones - Toronto Pheonix 2003

greenspirit

Rage Against The Machine - The Gorge 1996

Pearl Jam - The Gorge 2005/2006

Ben Harper/Jack Johnson - The Fox Theatre - 2001

Lollapalooza '03 - incubus, jurrasic 5, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Jane's Addiction - White River Amphitheatre

Les Claypool - The Met - 2002