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Best You've Ever Heard, Live?

Started by Desert Dust, January 22, 2010, 05:41:08 PM

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rgramjet

#45
January 23, 2010, 02:15:28 PM
My wife saw the Red Hot Chile Peppers at the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach in the late 80s.  I would have loved to see that show.
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Desert Dust

#46
January 23, 2010, 03:24:07 PM
The Allman Brothers: I didn't expect much the first time I saw them, but those guys are pure pros. They played 25-30 minute jams and didn't miss one note. I seen them about four other times since. There's no dancing, no jumping around the stage, no fancy lights. The just play with perfection.

In order from best to the rest:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Mt. View Shoreline mid 90s
The Allman Brothers at Concord Pavilion, late 90s
Crosby Stills and Nash at the Filmore in SF around 2000
Page and Plant at San Jose at the Shark Tank in the late 90s
Mudcrutch at Viejas Casino two years ago (Tom Petty's first band;  a reunion)
The B 52s near Stockton, CA late 90s
Clapton at Mt. View Shoreline in the late 90s
The Stones at Candlestick Park in the early 80s
Santana at Concord Pavilion in the early 90s
Bob Dylan at San Diego State, 2002

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somegirl

#47
January 23, 2010, 06:07:13 PM
B.B. King at the free outdoor Chicago Blues Fest about 20 years ago.
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ducatiz

#48
January 24, 2010, 07:31:05 AM
Tool's live performances are always amazing... have seen AEnima and 10,000 days shows and both times they tight as a nun.

Adrian Belew in Nashville right as I was in college... nice.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Desert Dust

#49
January 24, 2010, 07:42:30 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 24, 2010, 07:31:05 AM
Tool's live performances are always amazing... have seen AEnima and 10,000 days shows and both times they tight as a nun.

Adrian Belew in Nashville right as I was in college... nice.
How tight is that?
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ducatiz

#50
January 24, 2010, 07:44:48 AM
Quote from: Desert Dust on January 24, 2010, 07:42:30 AM
How tight is that?

pretty make the beast with two backsing tight.  i've seen well-practised jazz acts who aren't as tight as Tool in concert, it was like they are a single organism, eating, swallowing and farting all in concert
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Desert Dust

#51
January 24, 2010, 09:11:22 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 24, 2010, 07:44:48 AM
pretty make the beast with two backsing tight.  i've seen well-practised jazz acts who aren't as tight as Tool in concert, it was like they are a single organism, eating, swallowing and farting all in concert
Do you speak from experience?  [bow_down]

Sister Lolita was a nun and my first grade teacher. She would rap my knuckles with a yardstick for nodding off in class.  [laugh]
07 S2R 1K:  "You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”

ducatiz

#52
January 24, 2010, 09:21:27 AM
Quote from: Desert Dust on January 24, 2010, 09:11:22 AM
Do you speak from experience?  [bow_down]

yes, i do, i have seen Tool and many, many many jazz acts live...   ;D

QuoteSister Lolita was a nun and my first grade teacher. She would rap my knuckles with a yardstick for nodding off in class.  [laugh]

i had a battleaxe named Sister MicahBridget for 2nd grade.  She looked like a bulldog, about 5'1" tall and 4'8" wide.  Mean as an old bulldog too.  when she walked down the hall, her hose would "swich swich swich" loudly as we all sniggered like.. well.. second graders..
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

angler

#53
January 24, 2010, 09:21:37 AM
I see a lot of live music, but try to stick with smaller clubs - I've never been a big fan of stadium shows.  It is hard to pick favorites

Neko Case at the 930 club was awesome.  They are great to see live

Virgin Fest 2 summer ago was amazing.  The whole thing.  LCD Soundsystem, not someone I thought would be good live, was amazing.  Even got to see Amy Winehouse get in a fight with her microphone and it got ugly!  

Fondly remember seeing Red Hot Chili Peppers in small clubs in Tucson way before they charted.  Fishbone too.
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Desert Dust

#54
January 24, 2010, 09:29:41 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on January 24, 2010, 09:21:27 AM
yes, i do, i have seen Tool and many, many many jazz acts live...   ;D

i had a battleaxe named Sister MicahBridget for 2nd grade.  She looked like a bulldog, about 5'1" tall and 4'8" wide.  Mean as an old bulldog too.  when she walked down the hall, her hose would "swich swich swich" loudly as we all sniggered like.. well.. second graders..Must be all of that repression of erotic desires that makes 'em so mean!
07 S2R 1K:  "You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”

ducatiz

#55
January 24, 2010, 09:31:59 AM
Quote from: Desert Dust on January 24, 2010, 09:29:41 AM
Must be all of that repression of erotic desires that makes 'em so mean!

>shudder< [puke]
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

gojira

#56
January 24, 2010, 12:55:36 PM

As I've caught shows in a number of different types and sizes of venues, it goes without saying small venues always sound the best. In the rare occasion of the right seats in the right place, a huge stadium may sound excellent. Also, to say a show was "the best" is often a combination of not only the sound, but also the stage, the lighting, the energy of the crowd, and so on.

That said, here's my short list of shows in no particular order:

Any show at the Joint, Las Vegas. Seen 10 or so different bands and have never been disappointed with their sound. They just know how to make a live show sound right. Marilyn Manson on New Year's Eve '98 and Velvet Revolver/STP '08 particularly come to mind.

Metallica consistently puts on a great all-around show, despite the debate of their earlier material vs. their older material. No politics, no lectures, just music. Older Queensrÿche shows get honorable mention.

For overall energy no matter how directed and interpreted, nothing can top 200,000+ pogo-ers for Korn and Limp Bizkit, among others, during Arsonstock '99. It's no wonder all that peace and love found in that lineup of touchy-feely bands ended the weekend like it did.

For visually appealing shows Pink Floyd and Roger Waters stand out, and I'm sure there's others I can't recall.   ;)

For a complete scene of the crowd, the show, the makeshift carnival atmosphere and overall experience, I'd list any Grateful Dead show. Hell, because traffic was stopped on the interstate for a show in Autzen Stadium, I could never forget all the hackey-sackers and frisbee tossers in the middle of the freeway. Also, any show at the Gorge in WA gets honorable mention. Steve Miller, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Steely Dan, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche …

COWBOY

#57
January 24, 2010, 02:23:52 PM
Better live than on media:

Dave Matthews Band - especially outside (Charlottesville, Nissan Pavilion, JFK).  Sound was always good and the crowd experience was something else altogether.


Best song I've heard live:

My answer here isn't going to win me any cool points from the A crowd but it's the truth.   

Allison Krauss - don't remember the songs name but they brought out an old school 30's microphone and she sang it a cappella.  Never seen a crowd of 20k go from rowdy to dead silent to entranced within a matter of seconds.  Purest voice i've ever heard - live or otherwise. 

Thinking of this sure makes me miss Northern Virginia.  I saw a lot of great bands/performers between Nissan Pavilion, Wolf Trap, RFK and the occasional run to Charlottesville.

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mookieo2

#58
January 24, 2010, 02:56:15 PM
My Favorite show was The Pietasters, Mustard Plug, and Dropkick Murphy`s at Tramps in NYC.

Randimus Maximus

#59
January 24, 2010, 06:17:44 PM
Umphrey's McGee was pretty incredible last night.

They are an interesting band.  They can sound like Bob Marley, Metallica, Santana, Queen & 311 all in the same song.

They did a great mashup with Fat Bottomed Girls, Good Times/Bad Times and their own stuff, as well as an incredible cover of Baba O'Reilly.

As they say in the jam band world, their transitions were phenomenal.
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