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best concert you've ever been to?

AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited September 2008 in Other Music
whats the best concert you've ever been to?

i've only been to 2, but i'm still young, & plan to go to more, especially when i'm in college!!!
so with that said, i'd have to go with Counting Crows w/ Maroon 5 @ Jones Beach, 7/31/08

however on 10/29 i'll be seeing The Who and i'm pretty sure that will far surpass CC/M5
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    1. Pearl Jam Bonnaroo
    2. The Eagles -- Biloxi, MS
    3. Bob Seger -- Little Rock
    4. Rolling Stones -- Memphis
    5. Eric Clapton -- Memphis
    6. Foo Fighters -- Memphis '08

    Those stand out the most to me
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    (for today) I'm going with Metallica, Cardiff 1986...yeah with Cliff on bass ;)

    Only because Hitch Hiker was so impressed when I told him ( at the Czech Inn, Dublin) on Monday night :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Live 8 in London... the line-up was just ridiculous: Pink Floyd, The Who, Paul McCartney, U2, Sting, Coldplay, The Killers, Elton John, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg and many others... I'm not even a fan of most of those pop icons, but to see all that in one day was just sick.
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  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    PJ - Katowice / Wembley
    Audioslave - M.E.N (Totally blew me and everyone else away)
    Metallica - O2
    Dublin 2006
    Katowice 2007
    London 2007
  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    moe. in albany, ny 3/7/08. best opening to a show i've seen, fantastic lights the whole night, plus i got on stage during the encore (with about 20-30 other people) to sing the chorus to "raise a glass". i'll never forget that night.

    **edit**
    so over the weekend, a few other shows came to mind.

    pearl jam buffalo '03. setlist seemed like it was made just for me, i got to hear about 95% of the songs i wanted to hear.

    robert randolph and the family band turin, ny '02. afternoon set, outdoors and the entire crowd was dialed in. it was like everyone was sharing the same thoughts, feelings, energy. just an incredible set.

    soundgarden syracuse, ny '96. lolla tour. they played just as the sun started to set. the stifling heat was dying down, with a nice breeze coming in through the crowd. we were about 20 feet from the stage. great mix of old and (at the time) new songs. just a great, great time.

    moe. syracuse, ny '03. played in a small club, billed under the name monkeys on ecstasy. first set was their new album. played the entire thing, from beginning to finish. second set was an hour and 45 minutes long, but was only 3 songs, all segued. encore included one of the most amazing covers of 'godzilla' i've ever heard them do. really happy to have seen them at that show.

    moe. cape cod, ma '07. stage was in the middle of the crowd and it revolved. had my wife with me, plus a friend from new zealand (her first moe. show). just great fun the whole night.

    billy joel syracuse, ny '05 (or '06, can't remember). played all the greats, and then some. OCC showed up during 'we didn't start the fire' to give him the motorcycle he had them build. really cool getting to see (and hear) the bike. plus, some footage from the concert was on their show (obviously).

    bob dylan syracuse, ny '04 (i think?). won the tickets for this show. pretty good seats, too. close to the front, on the side. just amazing seeing a living legend on stage.

    willie nelson vernon, ny '04 (again, i think? hard to keep all the years straight). the bill was actually moe., willie, and the dead. brought my son with me and just had one of the best times ever, listening to great music the whole day. we were really close to the stage for willie's set. blew me away, how long he played for. i didn't think the old man had that much in him. and just like dylan, it was great seeing another living legend.

    flaming lips turin, ny '03. wow. just......wow. if you've ever seen the flaming lips live, you know what i mean. if you haven't, get your ass to one of their shows.


    that's about all i can think of right now.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Live 8 in London... the line-up was just ridiculous: Pink Floyd, The Who, Paul McCartney, U2, Sting, Coldplay, The Killers, Elton John, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg and many others... I'm not even a fan of most of those pop icons, but to see all that in one day was just sick.

    im jealous you were there. i was at the one in philly, but that doesnt even come close. they were showing the london show on big screens and i was so jealous.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    Probably NIN at the IZOD center last month.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • She'sCominDownFast!!She'sCominDownFast!! Posts: 49
    Pearl Jam
    Page & Plant
    John Fogerty
    Up in Smoke Tour (Dre, Snoop, Eminem, etc)
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  • She'sCominDownFast!!She'sCominDownFast!! Posts: 49
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    im jealous you were there. i was at the one in philly, but that doesnt even come close. they were showing the london show on big screens and i was so jealous.

    I was at Philly too. All I was thinking during Keith Urban was "I wonder how much a flight to London would have cost?"
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  • wardenwarden Posts: 99
    Rage at the RNC about 3 weeks ago... seriously.
  • magikevmagikev Posts: 296
    I flew over there and ended up sneaking into the Live 8 show. Best concert EVER.
    Kevin Viner
    http://www.kevinviner.net
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    Every PJ, Muse, Oasis, RHCP and U2 show I've ever been to
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • She'sCominDownFast!!She'sCominDownFast!! Posts: 49
    magikev wrote:
    I flew over there and ended up sneaking into the Live 8 show. Best concert EVER.


    How do you sneak into a free show?
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  • tdlftdaporchtdlftdaporch Posts: 158
    Bridge II '99 w/Green Day, Brian Wilson, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Neil

    Smashing Pumpkins '96 w/Garbage
    Pearl Jam: San Diego '06
    U2 Staples Center 11 '01
    U2 4 '87

    Honorable mention: Floyd '94
    Nirvana '93
    G'n'R '92
    Metallica '92
    Lollapalooza '91
    "Do you think the carpetpissers did this?" - The Dude
  • barnaclelapsebarnaclelapse Posts: 8
    Toss-up between the Dylan/Costello show I saw last September, the Smashing Pumpkins show I saw just last month and the first Rob Zombie show I caught in 2002.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I'm impressed!! You guys have been to some amazing shows. I would say the best non PJ show I have been to was this year, Roger Waters. It was incredible. I would kill to have the chance to see Pink Floyd.
  • Cassandra-GeminniCassandra-Geminni Posts: 119
    Eddie Vedder - Massey Hall Nights 1 & 2 2008
    The Mars Volta - Toronto 2005
    Nine Inch Nails - Toronto 2008 (Best visuals I've ever seen)
    Pearl Jam - Toronto 2005 (First row behind the stage, still my favourite seat ever)
    Damien Rice - Massey Hall May 2007
    Foo Fighters Acoustic - Toronto 2006
    Muse - Toronto 2007
    Dave Matthews Band - Toronto 2005

    I've been to a lot of concerts, these ones really stand out for me.
    Shows Attended:
    10/05/00 Toronto, 09/13/05 Hamilton, 09/19/05 Toronto,
    05/09/06 Toronto, 05/10/06 Toronto, 08/12/08 Toronto EV,
    08/13/08 Toronto EV, 08/21/09 Toronto, 05/10/10 Buffalo
  • AstirdAstird Posts: 168
    Best show - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Montreal 2002 with Neko Case opening.

    some other top shows...
    Arcade Fire 2005 - Montreal
    Portishead - Ottawa 1997
    PJ - solo Ed - where do i even fucking start? way too many to name
    Bruce Sprinsteen w/ guest appearance from Arcade Fire - Ottawa 2007
    Iggy and the Stooges - Montreal 2008
    Ben Harper - Lolla 2007
    Patti Smith - Lolla 2007 and in Montreal 2007
    Daniel Johnston - Ottawa 2007
  • MojopinMojopin Posts: 216
    Dead Can Dance - The Paramount - Seattle '05
    Various Pearl Jam shows - Particularly Seattle, 2nd night '00
    Jane's Addiction '88 - LA
    The Who - The Kids Are Alright tour '89 - Birmingham, England
    Page & Plant - The Gorge '98?
    Soundgarden - Kitsap Pavillion '94

    Various others. Those spring to mind though...

    Mojo
    "A consistently good band works all the different elements well. A song has to appeal sentimentally, intellectually, physically, viscerally, and dig deep down into your soul and suck you into it. And after that, of course, it'd be a matter of taste." ~ Kim Thayil from Soundgarden
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    U2 in Montreal, 2001. Fucking mind-blowing.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    Pearl Jam - The Astoria, London ´06
    Foo Fighters - The Paramount, Seattle ´03
    Dave Pajo - The Roadhouse, Manchester ´07
    Gorillaz - The Opera House, Manchester ´05
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Patty Griffin - The Bayou, DC, 10/4/98
    Grant Lee Buffalo - The TLA, Philly, either summer '98 or '99. After Jubilee was released
    Lucy Kaplansky, The Birchmere, VA, 9/15/01
    Son Volt - side stage at one of the early HORDE tours, they'd only released Trace at that point.
    Too many Nields shows to count
    PJ -Hartford '08

    I tend to gravitate towards shows in smaller venues. That said, REM doing "Country Feedback" and "So Central Rain" in '95 and Page/Plant on "Kashmir" '97, both at the Spectrum, will live on forever in my imagination.
  • Piper At The GatesPiper At The Gates Posts: 460
    Pink Floyd MSG 1977
    Pink Floyd The Wall Nassau Coll. 1980
    Pearl Jam Hartford 98 and 08
    Springsteen New Haven 1978
    Led Zeppelin Providence 1973
    Roger Waters with Clapton Hartford 1984
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Piper At The Gates wrote:
    Pink Floyd MSG 1977
    Springsteen New Haven 1978
    Led Zeppelin Providence 1973


    holy shit. those are three pretty bad ass concerts.


    PJ
    U2
    Clapton
    Tool
    Neil
    Stones
    AC/DC

    for me.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,514
    where to begin
    rolling stones hartford 1981
    rush 1981 hartford
    ozzy/def leppard new haven 1981
    van halen 1982 new haven
    grateful dead hartford 10/83
    police with REM (x2) 1983 hartford
    bowie serious moonlight tour 1983
    jerry garcia solo acoustic 1984
    clash 1984 hartford
    waters/clapton 1984
    u2 joshua tree tour 1987

    many grateful dead shows from 1981-1993
    94 lolla
    96 PJ randalls II


    i wil have to check my stubs for more recent shows-too many to even think about
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Close between:

    Pearl Jam- San Francisco 2006 (any of the three shows, really)
    Arcade Fire- The Warfield (SF) 2005, Berkeley 2007 (either show), Mountain View 2007
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • ChloeDancerChloeDancer São Paulo - SP (Brazil) Posts: 58
    Pearl Jam (12/02 and 12/03/2005) - The only chance I got to seem them playing live here in South America! Please come back soon :)
    U2 (jan/1998 and feb/2006) - Great!
    Roger Waters (march/2002) - Awsome!
    Ben Harper (jan/2007) - almost 3 hours of concert, it was incredible too!

    Just looking forward to see Ben Harper again next weekend (Sept 28) and Dave Mattews Band for the first time, in the same day!
    And REM for the first time in November...Can´t wait :)
  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 633
    pearl jam ithaca 91. plenty of great runners up but they're all at best a distant 2nd.
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    Kiss Ft Lauderdale 1977
    Bob Seger Ft Lauderdale 1979
    Boston Ft Lauderdale 1978
    Pearl Jam Fort lauderdale 1996
    Pearl Jam WPB 2000
    Pearl Jam Tampa 2000
    Pearl Jam WPB 2003
    Pearl Jam Tampa 2003
    Pearl Jam Irvine 2003
    Pearl Jam Camden 2003
    Peter Gabriel WPB 2003
    Woodstock 94
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 969
    PJ -Berlin ´06
    Metallica -Copenhagen ´92
    Neil Young - Roskilde ´96
    QOTSA - Copenhagen ´08
    Bowie -Copenhagen ´03
    Chris Cornell - Copenhagen ´07
    The Gutter Twins - Copenhagen - ´08
    Porno For Pyros - Roskilde ´93
    Radiohead - Copenhagen ´00 (in the tent)

    These are some standouts, and there ar som who are almost....
    Stones, U2, Rem, Suede, Placebo, Kashmir, Volbeat.......
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
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