Music - Best live performance during your lifetime; your opinion

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Best show ever for me was Aerosmith.9 lives tour.

There is a band called Kix that always blew me away live.They were really big around the East coast back in the day.

Loudest was Jackyl.
I saw Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour, when Skid Row opened for them, and that dirtbag Sebastian Bach threw a bottle into the crowd and hit some poor girl in the eye, splitting her face open.....but Aerosmith was awesome!
 

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What a tough one but I have 3 tied for 1st and 2 for the eeriest feeling at a live concert.

Allman Brothers when Duane and Barry were alive and Duane was something to behold on the slide, Tull on the "Thick as a Brick" tour, tightest live band I ever heard and the last time I saw the best lyricist of our time perform, Dan Fogelberg. He played for over 3 hours and never left the stage. His band, The Session from LA. took two breaks and he accompanied himself on guitar on one and piano on the other, it was an amazing performance.

The two eeriest I ever saw were both outdoor shows. A really hard thunderstorm came during a Simon & Garfunkel show at the Cotton Bowl and they had to leave the stage until it blew threw and I thought it might blow us out of the stands and people were taking refuge ion the tunnels. When it passed and we came out of hiding, we could see one lone light on the stage but could see some kind of movement. Then, it happened in total darkness as if this had been all prearranged and it was sheer genius. Out of the dark and silence came "Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk to you again" and as the lights came up there was not one person still as we all had goosebumps and hair standing up on our arms. It is difficult to describe the physical feeling that we were all sharing at that moment; it was as if the electrically charged atmosphere of the storm had stayed behind. I cannot listen to that song without having that feeling again, it is forever planted in my memory bank and connected to my body.

The other was seeing Floyd at the old TS. No band in history has used silence more than PF as a part of their music. The respect the audience gave them when they used those pauses for effect was impressive. I found myself holding my breath when they went silent so as to not disturb the incredible vibe.
 

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What a tough one but I have 3 tied for 1st and 2 for the eeriest feeling at a live concert.

Allman Brothers when Duane and Barry were alive and Duane was something to behold on the slide, Tull on the "Thick as a Brick" tour, tightest live band I ever heard and the last time I saw the best lyricist of our time perform, Dan Fogelberg. He played for over 3 hours and never left the stage. His band, The Session from LA. took two breaks and he accompanied himself on guitar on one and piano on the other, it was an amazing performance.

The two eeriest I ever saw were both outdoor shows. A really hard thunderstorm came during a Simon & Garfunkel show at the Cotton Bowl and they had to leave the stage until it blew threw and I thought it might blow us out of the stands and people were taking refuge ion the tunnels. When it passed and we came out of hiding, we could see one lone light on the stage but could see some kind of movement. Then, it happened in total darkness as if this had been all prearranged and it was sheer genius. Out of the dark and silence came "Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk to you again" and as the lights came up there was not one person still as we all had goosebumps and hair standing up on our arms. It is difficult to describe the physical feeling that we were all sharing at that moment; it was as if the electrically charged atmosphere of the storm had stayed behind. I cannot listen to that song without having that feeling again, it is forever planted in my memory bank and connected to my body.

The other was seeing Floyd at the old TS. No band in history has used silence more than PF as a part of their music. The respect the audience gave them when they used those pauses for effect was impressive. I found myself holding my breath when they went silent so as to not disturb the incredible vibe.
Good stories, CC!
 

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Im surprised no one has mentioned Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.

 

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Not a fan, but I hear he's incredible live.
In Jersey/NYC and some other places they play really intense which is what love about their live music. Now on the other hand i seen them play in Albany NY and the crowd was very weak (pathetic crowd), he even told them to make noise and they still couldn't get going.
 

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In Jersey/NYC and some other places they play really intense which is what love about their live music. Now on the other hand i seen them play in Albany NY and the crowd was very weak (pathetic crowd), he even told them to make noise and they still couldn't get going.
I grew up in Jersey, and still don't care for his music, which got me a lot of funny looks. lol
 

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What a tough one but I have 3 tied for 1st and 2 for the eeriest feeling at a live concert.

Allman Brothers when Duane and Barry were alive and Duane was something to behold on the slide, Tull on the "Thick as a Brick" tour, tightest live band I ever heard and the last time I saw the best lyricist of our time perform, Dan Fogelberg. He played for over 3 hours and never left the stage. His band, The Session from LA. took two breaks and he accompanied himself on guitar on one and piano on the other, it was an amazing performance.

The two eeriest I ever saw were both outdoor shows. A really hard thunderstorm came during a Simon & Garfunkel show at the Cotton Bowl and they had to leave the stage until it blew threw and I thought it might blow us out of the stands and people were taking refuge ion the tunnels. When it passed and we came out of hiding, we could see one lone light on the stage but could see some kind of movement. Then, it happened in total darkness as if this had been all prearranged and it was sheer genius. Out of the dark and silence came "Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk to you again" and as the lights came up there was not one person still as we all had goosebumps and hair standing up on our arms. It is difficult to describe the physical feeling that we were all sharing at that moment; it was as if the electrically charged atmosphere of the storm had stayed behind. I cannot listen to that song without having that feeling again, it is forever planted in my memory bank and connected to my body.

The other was seeing Floyd at the old TS. No band in history has used silence more than PF as a part of their music. The respect the audience gave them when they used those pauses for effect was impressive. I found myself holding my breath when they went silent so as to not disturb the incredible vibe.
Man CC I agree with you about Tull probably the best live I have seen. I also saw Kansas when they were hot right next to the stage it was so loud and so much going on my friend ran into the infield and collapsed.Also saw a concert where Judas Priest opened up for an Early 70's metal band called Budgie and both bands were great!!
 

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I saw Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour, when Skid Row opened for them, and that dirtbag Sebastian Bach threw a bottle into the crowd and hit some poor girl in the eye, splitting her face open.....but Aerosmith was awesome!
I remember hearing about the Bach incident. What a scumbag,but he could sing.

Aerosmith was phenomenal, they played for darn near 3hrs.
 

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What a tough one but I have 3 tied for 1st and 2 for the eeriest feeling at a live concert.

Allman Brothers when Duane and Barry were alive and Duane was something to behold on the slide, Tull on the "Thick as a Brick" tour, tightest live band I ever heard and the last time I saw the best lyricist of our time perform, Dan Fogelberg. He played for over 3 hours and never left the stage. His band, The Session from LA. took two breaks and he accompanied himself on guitar on one and piano on the other, it was an amazing performance.

The two eeriest I ever saw were both outdoor shows. A really hard thunderstorm came during a Simon & Garfunkel show at the Cotton Bowl and they had to leave the stage until it blew threw and I thought it might blow us out of the stands and people were taking refuge ion the tunnels. When it passed and we came out of hiding, we could see one lone light on the stage but could see some kind of movement. Then, it happened in total darkness as if this had been all prearranged and it was sheer genius. Out of the dark and silence came "Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk to you again" and as the lights came up there was not one person still as we all had goosebumps and hair standing up on our arms. It is difficult to describe the physical feeling that we were all sharing at that moment; it was as if the electrically charged atmosphere of the storm had stayed behind. I cannot listen to that song without having that feeling again, it is forever planted in my memory bank and connected to my body.

The other was seeing Floyd at the old TS. No band in history has used silence more than PF as a part of their music. The respect the audience gave them when they used those pauses for effect was impressive. I found myself holding my breath when they went silent so as to not disturb the incredible vibe.
That Simon & Garfunkel story was very cool.


Great post CC.
 

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But was it The Wall, or just some other tour in which they played Comfortably Numb?... I'm jealous either way!!:D

It was The Wall concert. There were some Cowboys players there and I'm sure they would've failed a drug test just from second hand exposure.
 

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Joe Bonamassa
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Rush, REO, and Queens Ryche.

Worst......Journey. Their sound was horrid.

It was like a loud 'hum'.
 

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Best live performance during my lifetime was Janis at Monterrey Pop. I was 2.

Best one I ever saw, and that I can actually remember, was Robbie Krieger in a club in Scottsdale around '91 or so. The first song he did was called "Gavin Leggett," which I still have only heard that one time and can't find anywhere. More recently, Rush in Denver in 2015, and Julieta Venegas (Spanish) in Houston earlier this year.
 

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Not a fan, but I hear he's incredible live.

Only concert I ever dozed off during. Montreal, Olympic Stadium, mid 80's. He was last to take the stage after the Police and U2 and a few others. It may be high energy but it was the most boring and predictable snoozefest I ever endured in an arena. And four hours of it to boot!
 

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Best live performance during my lifetime was Janis at Monterrey Pop. I was 2.

Best one I ever saw, and that I can actually remember, was Robbie Krieger in a club in Scottsdale around '91 or so. The first song he did was called "Gavin Leggett," which I still have only heard that one time and can't find anywhere. More recently, Rush in Denver in 2015, and Julieta Venegas (Spanish) in Houston earlier this year.

Janis Joplin was a high school classmate of Jimmy Johnson in Port Arthur.
 

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Janis Joplin was a high school classmate of Jimmy Johnson in Port Arthur.
Yeah, I know. There's an outstanding documentary on Netflix right now ("Janis"), and one of the many great scenes is her being interviewed at her high school reunion. I didn't think to look for Jimmy in it.
 
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