Greatest Rock and Roll concert ever?

[MWH1967]

 

[Khartun]

I went to the last Texas Jam, which they called Monsters of Rock.

It was:

Van Halen
Scorpions
Dokken
Metallica
Kingdom Come

It was awesome! It was right before Metallica released And Justice. They played Harvester of Sorrow from it.

 

[Montanalo]

Not sure this qualifies since it includes multiple bands, but Live Aid has to be one of the greatest live concerts ever. And, Queen's performance was the best of the best.

I was living in Lagos, Nigeria at the time and remember gathering at the US embassy with a group of fellow Americans... pretty spectacular.

 

[cowboyec]

my favorite non-Elvis concert.
springsteen.
1975.
London.

 

[cowboyec]

tupelo.
'56.
afternoon performance.

 

[cowboyec]

boston garden.
1971.
from the epe collector's lable...follow that dream.
one of the best soundboards available.
great set-list.
wild concert.

 

[triplets_93]

i would but i don't know how.

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[CouchCoach]

Santana Hiroshima Japan 1976.

Which one? Santana or Hiroshima?

 

[CouchCoach]

J. Geils! Never listened to any of his/their live stuff, studio yea. Gonna check live out now. Full house first listing.

It was their live album that put them on the map and awhile before people realized J. Geils was not the singer but the lead guitar.

 

[Rockport]

Which one? Santana or Hiroshima?

Santana played a concert in Hiroshima. Met my future wife there.

 

[CouchCoach]

The strangest concert I ever saw was Pavarotti at Reunion. My wife was a huge opera fan, it was pretty much all Greek to me, and we got great floor tickets on the 4th row and we got there early. I took a look around and thought of the dichotomy of hot dogs at the opera when the strangest sight I could imagine appears before us and we still laughed about it for years after.

The lights are pretty much up and I catch this sight out of the corner of my eye coming across the front of the venue and I began to see all heads turning to the right. Here comes this guy dressed in denim overalls with a t shirt under at least two sizes too small and he goes at least 300lbs and in one hand he's holding nachos and going at it like a condemned man on his last night and under the other arm is his large soda that he's holding so hard while using that maw to score nachos that the lid is off and it's dribbling all over his leg and onto the floor. Seconds later comes this lady mopping up after him and glaring in his direction.

The funniest thing about it is that all heads that I could see were fixed on this, people weren't even eye shifting, they were full on and most in amazement. As he cleared the scene headed to his front row on the perimeter I didn't realize how quiet it was and turned to my wife and asked "so, Luciana going to sing some country" and it carried and people were really laughing hard. My wife told me I should have gotten the opener's fee that night after that reaction because people were repeating it to others and it traveled back.

The show was fabulous and a once in a lifetime experience that I am glad I had and hearing this live is one of my most memorable experiences in my life, I cried and my body broke out in a sweat and I knew what it was like to be moved by a voice. That piece still gives me chills but hearing him do it live was extraordinary.

 

[CouchCoach]

Santana played a concert in Hiroshima. Met my future wife there.

I was jacking with you, Hiroshima is also a Jazz group.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

i would but i don't know how.

With your phone?

 

[cowboyec]

With your phone?

yes.
(or a computer.)
i don't know how.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

yes.
(or a computer.)
i don't know how.

With your phone, just take a pic with your phone>send to your email>save to your pictures>then use something like this to choose/host the image>then post the image here. Unless someone here knows a better method?
Postimages — free image hosting / image upload

 

[Roadtrip635]

Most of the Alice Cooper shows. Guy knows how to put on a show.
Iron Maiden Concerts...truly have a loyal fan base and they are a great live band.
Love this version of fear of the dark because the crowd gets into it so much...

Maiden live shows? Hell yeah!!
I saw them several times in the early years as opener and headliner. Maiden's Number of the Beast Tour opening for The Scorpions on their Blackout Tour.......that's some metal heaven. Two days later saw Rainbow and RIOT, it was the show they taped for the MTV, the first live concert for MTV. It was the loudest concert I have ever went to, they literally had speakers suspended above the floor facing straight down. We were on the 3rd row and got the full force, to this day my hearing has never the same.

Saw Maiden the following year on their first headliner tour, almost got crushed to death during that show........ but that's another story.

 

[dreghorn2]

No way to pick one but I would say CSNY at Big Sur. For the music, the special audience if you recognize some of them, and the atmosphere/location. Price wasn't too bad - $4 a person. I also love this song.

Jimi Hendrix first major appearance in US at the Monterey Pop Festival.

And a relatively unknown. The start of a group called Grand Funk Railroad at the Atlanta Pop Festival. They got a record deal outta this appearance and 2 years later, sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles. This isn't from that concert but a live version of Heartbreaker.

Blew my mind, Grand Funk Railroad played here in Vegas last Friday night. I was busy or i would have gone, i had no idea they were touring again after all this time.

 

[Cowpolk]

Lynyrd Skynyrd at a place called the barn In Dallas The building is gone now

 

[pete026]

Blew my mind, Grand Funk Railroad played here in Vegas last Friday night. I was busy or i would have gone, i had no idea they were touring again after all this time.

Yeah, but they are touring separately now. There was a disagreement on some stuff and Mark Farner started his own band. Don and Mel with some other bandmates are the present Grand Funk. I've seen both and enjoyed each but I would really like to see the trio together. Last time I saw them together was probably 20 years ago at Mohegan Sun Arena.

 

[dreghorn2]

Yeah, but they are touring separately now. There was a disagreement on some stuff and Mark Farner started his own band. Don and Mel with some other bandmates are the present Grand Funk. I've seen both and enjoyed each but I would really like to see the trio together. Last time I saw them together was probably 20 years ago at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Oh really?

That's a bummer pete, i saw there is a TBD date for late Jan. back here but that does put a damper on it.

Thanks for the info, they were a great band.