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1. Black Dice | Baltimore Hardcore Festival, Baltimore, MD [1998] - The scariest, most exhilarating 30 minutes of my life. 2. Nation Of Ulysses | 9:30 Club, Washington DC [1991] 3. Wilco | Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, NC [2005] 4. AVAIL | The Metro, Richmond, VA [1994] 5. Royal Trux | Perdo's, Blacksburg, VA [1993] 6. My Morning Jacket | Bonnaroo [2004] 7. Fugazi | James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA [1990] 8. The Mummies | International Pop Underground Convention, Olympia, WA [1991] 9. The Replacements | Trax, Charlotesville, VA [1987] 10. Bikini Kill | The Metro, Richmond, VA [1995]
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My top ten live music moments, no order, because I can't decide...
1. Guns N Roses (before the split) -WITH- Blind Melon (before Hoon's death)... 1992, Chapel Hill, NC... -Was my first really memorable concert... first time exposed to sooooooo many beers and breasts... forever a place in my heart. 2. KISS (first) Reunion Tour... 1996, Greensboro, NC... Show and theatrics blew my mind. KISS Army for life. 3. Cypress Hill... Napster Free Promotional Tour with Limp Bizkit... 2000, The Ritz in Raleigh, NC... -They pulled out Excallibur right in front of me, pretty sure I got a contact "flight" from the guys. 4. Les Claypool... Bonnaroo 2010... from this point, never missed a les/primus show within 300 miles again. 5. Green Day... Raleigh, 2002... They actually OPENED for Blink 182 (can you believe that)... played an amazing 2.5 hour set (Blink played 45 minutes). 6. Black Sabbath... Ozzfest 1999, Raleigh, NC... Awesome set of all the classics, full lineup of original band (including Bill Ward) 7. DMB... Raleigh, NC... Literally the night after the Black Sabbath concert listed above... the lawn was still a mud pit from the moshpit the night before. -The jams blew my mind... Jam-head for life. 8. A Perfect Circle... Raleigh, NC, 2002... Not exactly Tool, but still amazing group, catalogue, and show. 9. Stevie Wonder/Jay-Z... Bonnaroo 2010... best 5 consecutive hours I have ever spent in front of What stage. 10. Puddle of Mudd/ Hinder... Cullowhee, 2007... not a fan of Hinder at all, but it was the first time I ever ran sound at a major show.
Tnx guys. Postjack, actually I did catch Sk last year at the Roo. I was lucky to catch a few bands in the past, but I do try and keep up a bit with the kids lolz.....cr****
I really try not to do the "Cool story bro" thing, but it seems dumb to pretend like I didn't see some great shows. Fests anyone heheheh ....
Post by warpedfan11 on May 3, 2013 12:44:21 GMT -5
In no particular order: -Paul McCartney (Roo '13) -Local Natives (Roo '13) -Purity Ring (Roo '13) -Tame Impala (Roo '13) -Portugal. The Man (Roo '13) -Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Roo '13) -Animal Collective (Roo '13) -ZZ Top (Roo '13) -Alt-J (Roo '13) -Boys Noize (Roo '13) I just have a feeling...
1. Radiohead @ Bonnaroo 2006 My first Bonnaroo and my favorite band at the time. They played a sprawling set for 3+ hours touching on their musical past, present, and future. It was magical.
2. Wilco, Fox Theater Atlanta, 2010 This was their infamous "An Evening With Wilco" tour. They played 30+ songs over 3.5 hours. I never sat down the entire time.
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 1986 Went with a friend because I was bored. I knew nothing about the man or his music at the time. Totally blown away!
4. My Morning Jacket, Verizon Amphitheater, Atlanta, 2012 The Spontaneous Curation Tour was an absolute success. They performed 2 of my requests (Strangulation and Cobra) and maybe my favorite pre-encore setlist of all time. The run Magheetah->Where to Begin->Strangulation!->Gideon->Steam Engine->Touch Me Pt. 1->Wordless Chorus->Touch Me Pt. 2->Cobra->It's About Twilight Now->Run Thru->Phone Went West was just perfect.
5. LCD Soundsystem Farewell Show, Madison Square Garden, 2011 To be honest, I was not present at the garden for the show (if only), but I did watch the live stream from a ski lodge in Utah. That show was special from the get go. Phil Mossman returning for choice songs, a full rendition of 45:33 (mind blowing), Arcade Fire joining them for North American Scum, and of course closing with NY I Love You under a barrage of falling balloons. Get the "Shut Up and Play The Hits" DVD if you don't have it yet. Amazing show.
6. R.E.M., Upstairs at Big D's bar, Clemson, SC, 1987 R.E.M. had just released Document and came to town for an arena show. I went to the show, very good but crazy crowd on the floor. Afterward a friend told me to meet him at Big D's Upstairs bar for drinks. At 1:00 AM R.E.M. stopped by as well. they locked the doors and did an ad hoc Led Zepeelin set for the 75 or so people that were there at the time. I've heard there is a cassette floating around of this performance and would love to find it one day.
7. My Morning Jacket, New Year's Eve, Boston, 2012-2013 Took the whole family (wife and 3 teenagers) to see this show. Despite the horrible location, overbearing security, and long beer lines, Jacket played a great set with a ton of covers. My favorite was Chuck Berry's You Never Can Tell with Preservation Hall Jazz Band backing them up on the horns.
8. Roger Waters, The Wall Tour, Philips Arena, Atlanta, 2010 I discovered Pink Floyd's The Wall as a teenager and it had a huge impact on me. I literally cried three times during the show. 1st time was when the opening crashes from In The Flesh hit me in the gut. Second time was when Roger played Mother with a simulcast video from the 1980 Berlin show. Third time was in the closing moments when they performed Outside The Wall to a hushed crowd.
9. The Pogues, The Tabernacle, Atlanta, 2009 The Pogues returned to Atlanta for the first time in ages. I had hoped to see them some time in my life, and lo and behold this may have been the last opportunity to see them. They even brought Shane MacGowan to sing with them, although he only performed half the show or so (as expected he was very drunk). High energy show with some very talented musicians. I walked into the basement of the Tabernacle at one point and thought the ceiling above me (the floor of the theater) was going to crash down on me as everyone pogo'd in unison to Sayonara. Also... best sing a'long ever to Dirty Old Town.
10. Mojo Nixon, 1313 Club, Charlotte, NC, ~1990 This is a weird one, I know. Mojo is an incredible performer and surprised my entire group with how fun his show was. He was playing "Don Henley Must Die" when his guitar player broke into the intro to "Desperado" mid song. Mojo stopped the show to condemn him to his punishment... he was forced to f*&k the inflatable sheep on stage. After 30 uncomfortable seconds of thrusting the crowd was rewarded with a shook-up beer bottle ejaculation. The show was just non-stop fun.
There are other moments that I remember fondly. Vic Chesnutt opening for Bob Mould and Sugar in the early 90's. Soundgarden playing in a small club in Charlotte around the same time. Butthole Surfers in same club a week later. Dire Straits on their Alchemy tour. MMJ at Bonnaroo 2011 (I missed them in their epic Bonnaroo sets in the past, sigh). So many great memories. Thanks for letting me relive them through this post.
EDIT: I just realized I have nothing really from 1991 - 2006. Probably because my first child was born in 1992. Amazing what a toll raising a family can take on your entertainment budget.
Tnx guys. Postjack, actually I did catch Sk last year at the Roo. I was lucky to catch a few bands in the past, but I do try and keep up a bit with the kids lolz.....cr****
I really try not to do the "Cool story bro" thing, but it seems dumb to pretend like I didn't see some great shows. Fests anyone heheheh ....
As far as I am concerned, "cool story bro" away. I love reading/hearing about that kind of stuff.
Tnx guys. Postjack, actually I did catch Sk last year at the Roo. I was lucky to catch a few bands in the past, but I do try and keep up a bit with the kids lolz.....cr****
I really try not to do the "Cool story bro" thing, but it seems dumb to pretend like I didn't see some great shows. Fests anyone heheheh ....
I had to go Google Beatles at RR '64. Found this. I think everyone on these boards do not mind hearing stories from legendary concerts such as these. Just thought I'd share this
Well, finally narrowed mine down to ten. Here they are:
10/Judy Garland, Westbury Music Fair, NY, 6/16/67. She was clearly drunk and kept forgetting her lyrics but we didn't care - we loved her! The best surprise was that we didn't think there would be an opener - and Nancy Walker came out and did a stand up routine that slayed. I think this was the show that got her noticed for the Bounty paper towel commercials.
9/Cher, the Seth Green Bar Mitzvah, Potomac, MD, 5/12/82. I don't care for Cher but it was a great Bar Mitzvah.
8/Nat King Cole, Carnegie Hall, 11/4/49. Johnny Miller was sick that night and we were nervous they'd just be a duo, but Charlie Harris got his first shot on double stand up that night, and Miller never came back. Cole hadn't gone pop yet, so it was nice and jazzy that night.
7/Leopold Stokowski, Boston University Symphony Hall, 11/19/54. I had season tickets but had no idea they'd be doing the American East Coast premiere of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" that night. Rowdy stuff for the time, lots of laughs, and the drinks were flowing. Stokes was on his game that night, but the strings section was total amateur hour and Joan Cavicchi couldn't hold a candle to Marlena von Buritz - still it was a landmark concert.
6/Johnny Cash, Sacramento, CA, 1/12/68. I got super lucky here. I happened to be at the El Rancho Motel the day before Cash's Folsom County Prison show - it was a small hotel and I noticed the Statler Brothers coming back from the hotel buffet. I followed them into the hotel ballroom where Cash and Perkins were talking about whether Perkins should open with "Blue Suede Shoes" or wait til Cash was done and they would all do it as an encore. I stood in the back and watched the whole rehearsal. Magic.
5/Josephine Baker, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 11/5/25. This show was hot. My first time in Paris and she'd only been doing La Revue Negre for about a month - but I was told this was the first time she'd performed wearing only a feather skirt. Ou la la. Also, her pet snake, Kiki, was on stage with her and it freaked me out a little bit.
4/Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, and Bo Diddley, Hammersmith Apollo, 11/3/63. Blues and American R&B were taking off in England in '63, and I happened to be in London for this triple bill. Little Richard stole the show even though there was a fourth band added to play first at the last minute. A little English group called the Rolling Stones, who I don't think had even released their first album yet. They sucked. The crowd booed them off yelling "we want Diddley, we want Diddley." Which I've been told is where the expression "Diddley-squat" originated.
3/Men Without Hats, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 8/15/87. The Pop Goes The World tour - 'nuff said. Oh except Ian Anderson showed up to play flute.
2/Elvis Presley, Pontiac Silverdome, New Year's Eve, '75. Happened to be in Detroit for the holidays and ended up getting two tickets off a guy in a bar who didn't want to ring in the New Year "with that smutty hip shaker."
1/Frank Sinatra, Copa Room of the Sands, Las Vegas, 1966. When Count Basie started playing the first notes of "It Was a Very Good Year," I wept.
Well, finally narrowed mine down to ten. Here they are:
10/Judy Garland, Westbury Music Fair, NY, 6/16/67. She was clearly drunk and kept forgetting her lyrics but we didn't care - we loved her! The best surprise was that we didn't think there would be an opener - and Nancy Walker came out and did a stand up routine that slayed. I think this was the show that got her noticed for the Bounty paper towel commercials.
9/Cher, the Seth Green Bar Mitzvah, Potomac, MD, 5/12/82. I don't care for Cher but it was a great Bar Mitzvah.
8/Nat King Cole, Carnegie Hall, 11/4/49. Johnny Miller was sick that night and we were nervous they'd just be a duo, but Charlie Harris got his first shot on double stand up that night, and Miller never came back. Cole hadn't gone pop yet, so it was nice and jazzy that night.
7/Leopold Stokowski, Boston University Symphony Hall, 11/19/54. I had season tickets but had no idea they'd be doing the American East Coast premiere of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" that night. Rowdy stuff for the time, lots of laughs, and the drinks were flowing. Stokes was on his game that night, but the strings section was total amateur hour and Joan Cavicchi couldn't hold a candle to Marlena von Buritz - still it was a landmark concert.
6/Johnny Cash, Sacramento, CA, 1/12/68. I got super lucky here. I happened to be at the El Rancho Motel the day before Cash's Folsom County Prison show - it was a small hotel and I noticed the Statler Brothers coming back from the hotel buffet. I followed them into the hotel ballroom where Cash and Perkins were talking about whether Perkins should open with "Blue Suede Shoes" or wait til Cash was done and they would all do it as an encore. I stood in the back and watched the whole rehearsal. Magic.
5/Josephine Baker, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 11/5/25. This show was hot. My first time in Paris and she'd only been doing La Revue Negre for about a month - but I was told this was the first time she'd performed wearing only a feather skirt. Ou la la. Also, her pet snake, Kiki, was on stage with her and it freaked me out a little bit.
4/Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, and Bo Diddley, Hammersmith Apollo, 11/3/63. Blues and American R&B were taking off in England in '63, and I happened to be in London for this triple bill. Little Richard stole the show even though there was a fourth band added to play first at the last minute. A little English group called the Rolling Stones, who I don't think had even released their first album yet. They sucked. The crowd booed them off yelling "we want Diddley, we want Diddley." Which I've been told is where the expression "Diddley-squat" originated.
3/Men Without Hats, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 8/15/87. The Pop Goes The World tour - 'nuff said. Oh except Ian Anderson showed up to play flute.
2/Elvis Presley, Pontiac Silverdome, New Year's Eve, '75. Happened to be in Detroit for the holidays and ended up getting two tickets off a guy in a bar who didn't want to ring in the New Year "with that smutty hip shaker."
1/Frank Sinatra, Copa Room of the Sands, Las Vegas, 1966. When Count Basie started playing the first notes of "It Was a Very Good Year," I wept.
HOLY FFK. Ya two legendary top 10's in this thread in my opinion. WoW...
I met these 3 guys on a msg board for WS99 and they were driving from LA to the fest. They called themselves The Rainbow Crew. I figured they were gay which didn't bother me but to my surprise, they didn't even know the correlation between a rainbow and Cali gays. One was black, one Hispanic, one white lolz. They had never ever even been out of LA proper. We worked out a deal where they would drive thru Denver and pick me up after I got back from Cali. I had just met the love of my life who lived in Pacifica. In my hands though, was a ticket to Woodstock 99. Since I went to the first but missed the last, I really needed to go. Jumped on a plane at SFO and rushed home. I was suppose to get a msg on the phone at home where I would met the rainbow gang. I get home and, my daughter, who watched my house, was not suppose to lock the house. Well it was locked, grrrr. I tried to bust the downstairs window which a friggin shovel. No luck. I kicked in the back door. Trust me, that is not as easy as it looks in the movies. Phone machine says, "We waited but you didn't get home in time, so we are off, hope to catch you in Chicago." Grrrr. I was already packed so I went to the interstate and put out my thumb. It only took two rides. One, a nice family, and one a truck driver. The truck driver droped me off downtown and the guys picked me up. We went into a pretty nice neighborhood outside of Chicago. We only stayed that night but as it ended up, the owner, who wasn't there, was the producer of Millie Vanilli lolz. He had, sort of hidden, a gold record framed on the wall. Smirk. We take off in a big rented Ford suv. They were all straight in all ways and it was an uneventful trip. At the fest I just wanted to camp by myself, so I pitched my tent along with thousands of others. Yes some of the stories are true. Most of the time you had to walk on a friggin tarmac (airplane runway), hot as hell, $12 burrito, $4 or more water, a couple of reported rapes, a big lake just a ways from my tent called the Pee Lake for guess why (although it was a place to go just to hook up with someone for a bit). Thru the weekend, the tensions went up and up until RHCP decided to play "Fire" dah. Fires as we walked back to the car, vendor semi's on fire, fences being torn down but none of this bothered me because half the time I was just thinking about my Pacifica lady and everything else, was just a day in a life. cr****
Well, finally narrowed mine down to ten. Here they are:
10/Judy Garland, Westbury Music Fair, NY, 6/16/67. She was clearly drunk and kept forgetting her lyrics but we didn't care - we loved her! The best surprise was that we didn't think there would be an opener - and Nancy Walker came out and did a stand up routine that slayed. I think this was the show that got her noticed for the Bounty paper towel commercials.
9/Cher, the Seth Green Bar Mitzvah, Potomac, MD, 5/12/82. I don't care for Cher but it was a great Bar Mitzvah.
8/Nat King Cole, Carnegie Hall, 11/4/49. Johnny Miller was sick that night and we were nervous they'd just be a duo, but Charlie Harris got his first shot on double stand up that night, and Miller never came back. Cole hadn't gone pop yet, so it was nice and jazzy that night.
7/Leopold Stokowski, Boston University Symphony Hall, 11/19/54. I had season tickets but had no idea they'd be doing the American East Coast premiere of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" that night. Rowdy stuff for the time, lots of laughs, and the drinks were flowing. Stokes was on his game that night, but the strings section was total amateur hour and Joan Cavicchi couldn't hold a candle to Marlena von Buritz - still it was a landmark concert.
6/Johnny Cash, Sacramento, CA, 1/12/68. I got super lucky here. I happened to be at the El Rancho Motel the day before Cash's Folsom County Prison show - it was a small hotel and I noticed the Statler Brothers coming back from the hotel buffet. I followed them into the hotel ballroom where Cash and Perkins were talking about whether Perkins should open with "Blue Suede Shoes" or wait til Cash was done and they would all do it as an encore. I stood in the back and watched the whole rehearsal. Magic.
5/Josephine Baker, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 11/5/25. This show was hot. My first time in Paris and she'd only been doing La Revue Negre for about a month - but I was told this was the first time she'd performed wearing only a feather skirt. Ou la la. Also, her pet snake, Kiki, was on stage with her and it freaked me out a little bit.
4/Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, and Bo Diddley, Hammersmith Apollo, 11/3/63. Blues and American R&B were taking off in England in '63, and I happened to be in London for this triple bill. Little Richard stole the show even though there was a fourth band added to play first at the last minute. A little English group called the Rolling Stones, who I don't think had even released their first album yet. They sucked. The crowd booed them off yelling "we want Diddley, we want Diddley." Which I've been told is where the expression "Diddley-squat" originated.
3/Men Without Hats, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 8/15/87. The Pop Goes The World tour - 'nuff said. Oh except Ian Anderson showed up to play flute.
2/Elvis Presley, Pontiac Silverdome, New Year's Eve, '75. Happened to be in Detroit for the holidays and ended up getting two tickets off a guy in a bar who didn't want to ring in the New Year "with that smutty hip shaker."
1/Frank Sinatra, Copa Room of the Sands, Las Vegas, 1966. When Count Basie started playing the first notes of "It Was a Very Good Year," I wept.
HOLY FFK. Ya two legendary top 10's in this thread in my opinion. WoW...
Wow our tastes differ but I am impressed. I saw Cash a couple of times, MWH's,line 4, Cher with Sonny lolz, Sinatra, but the others. Way, way to friggin cool. I do hope on the Baker it wasn't 1925 cr****
Edit: Not line four, I wasn't that lucky, but all the guys different places ....
Hey gang - I was hoping the dates would give it away (I'm old, but I'm not 100 years old) - I made that entire thing up. Well some of the shows really happened, but the rest was poetic license. I don't know if that makes it funnier or less funny.
Hey gang - I was hoping the dates would give it away (I'm old, but I'm not 100 years old) - I made that entire thing up. Well some of the shows really happened, but the rest was poetic license. I don't know if that makes it funnier or less funny.
I was too slow! I was on my phone and signed into the computer to type better and comment on how very old you were, but you'd already come clean. I was all in until I got to Josephine Baker.
I thought the Seth Green bar mitzvah was a particularly nice touch.
Hey gang - I was hoping the dates would give it away (I'm old, but I'm not 100 years old) - I made that entire thing up. Well some of the shows really happened, but the rest was poetic license. I don't know if that makes it funnier or less funny.
The '25 was the only that made me think wtf. But I am such a Vegas fan your #1 made my eyes pop out.
Now I feel like a dope. I bought it all cept the '25 too. My mom dragged me to see Patsy Cline, etc, around '54, so all of the other dates were ok with me. Hit canx on the head ..... Now I really feel like shutting up ..... but then there was U2 at the Rainbow in 82 cr****
I glad I can't say, "Yea I know, I saw xxxxx and smirk" No 10 20 or more years from now, you guys are going to tell your kids or some msg board (virtual in your brain lolz) that you saw The National, or Savages, or whoever. Ya get the point. You are just getting started, well some of you, and I will be so envious of the shows you all get to see in the future. Never give up on your love of music .... cr****
My list won't compare to most on here but I will join in!
1.) Radiohead - bonnaroo 2012. - my first bonnaroo and I was pit for this show and it blew me away. 2.) Roger Waters - Buffalo 2012 - The wall was my favorite Floyd album and seeing this show was glorious. 3.) Umphrey's McGee - bonnaroo 2012 - they played so tight and really brought it that night. Plus you can't beat a sunrise set. 4.) Shpongle - Pittsburgh 2012 - my first Shpongle show and it was so much more than what I expect. 5.) Phish - bonnaroo 2012 - first Phish and it was closing out my first major festival. 6.) Pretty Lights - Columbus 2011 - first edm show and I fell in love with the genre. 7.) Datsik - Buffalo 2012 - I know it's kind of cheese edm but the energy at this show was incredible and it was loads of fun. 8.) DMB - Buffalo 2012 - grew up listening to DMB and finally seeing them live was great. 9.) Umphrey's McGee - Las Vegas 2013 - played a killer show, got a rail spot. And jammed the whole night. 10.) Nas and Damien Marley - Buffalo 2011 - was a free show but man it was fun. Crowd was great for a college crowd, nothing but good vibes.
night ... cr****
..... Now I really feel like shutting up ..... but then there was U2 at the Rainbow in 82 
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