suites Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Misunderstood is the best wilco opening fo sho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 actually Sunken Treasure harmonica version can be ALLSOME as wellBest PHISH opener is tough. AC/DC Bag is always good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Willie - Whiskey River Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thingfishp Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Oh man, so many great ones...hard to even choose the best. Some in clubs, some in big ol' barns... 09/23/82 - Grateful Dead - Alabama > Greatest Story - Got the place jumpin'... 07/20/84 - Roger Waters - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - People were going nuts all through this. 04/28/93 - Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation - Damn, I miss Warren. Seeing him come out and open with this on acoustic in a little club like Toad's Place was unforgettable. 09/27/94 - Bruce Cockburn - Tokyo - "Grey suited business men/Pissing against a wall/Cut to crumbling guard rail/Slow motion car fall!" 11/03/02 - Wilco - IATTTBYH - The "disposable Dixie cup drinker" part got the crowd going. My all-time favorite Wilco show. 04/03/10 - Paul McCartney - Venus & Mars/Rock Show - The word epic is overused a lot these days, but this stadium show was exactly that. I was at that Zevon show at Toad's Place. I bought tickets for a couple friends, including my wife. I was so excited and they hated it. I've taken her to see King Crimson and Wilco with pretty much the same results ("Don't need to do that again"), though I catch her singing Wilco if it's on. Now for killer openers, KC opening with "Waiting Man" on the Beat tour was, for me, sublime. There's such beautiful tension that builds up to this great barrage of noise. http://youtu.be/sYe7lEhiXH8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 achilles last stand - led zep?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Bowie in 1972 - Hang Onto Yourself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 actually Sunken Treasure harmonica version can be ALLSOME as well Best PHISH opener is tough. AC/DC Bag is always good I saw 'em open with Divided Sky once (8/13/96). Best Phish show I ever saw. The 2nd set that night opened with AC/DC Bag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I was at that Zevon show at Toad's Place.Cool! Small world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thingfishp Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Cool! Small world. Small world, indeed. Are you in the New Haven area? I used to live at Toad's. In fact, I met my wife at Toad's, though it's not as seedy as it sounds; we have a friend in common. In fact, that friend is the guy who turned me on to Wilco. I owe that man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Grew up in CT, but have not lived there since the 1990s. Caught some great shows in both Hartford and New Haven back in the day. I still kind of miss the radio stations up that way. Last time I traveled through part of New York and Connecticut, I heard Howlin' Wolf on the radio. Have yet to experience that in Florida! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plumplechook Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd Lady: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Breathe/ Pink Floyd. Even though I knew it was coming Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I have a Dylan bootleg from Europe in 1980, I think, definitely the tour for Slow Train or Saved, and he opens the show with Like A Rolling Stone. That's a bold move to open with your biggest hit, but when it works it can really pay off. I usually don't like AUD recordings, but on this one you can hear the crowd totally into it and its a pretty inspired performance. Not sure how often he was opening with that song, but it sounds pretty special on this recording. I'd guess that most here either hate or have no respect for the Eagles and their incessant reunion tours, but they did the same thing when they reunited in the early 90s, opening with Hotel California. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty Shackleford Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 First time I saw Wilco they opened with A Shot in the Arm. Still my favorite opener. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 First time I saw Wilco they opened with A Shot in the Arm. Still my favorite opener.For me it was Airline to Heaven (Camden Maine 2000) and it was a great opener. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 My favorite Wilco opener was IATTBYH, but the first time I saw them, they opened with California Stars. That was cool, and the energy level seemed to rise during the song. But what was unreal about that show was about halfway through, they did A Shot in the Arm followed by Misunderstood. Between the "bloodier than blood" section of the first and then the "nothing...nothing" section of the second, I was just slack-jawed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 GREAT CALLS with Airline to Heaven and IATTBYH! Both terrific openers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I saw Bob Mould put on a ton of solo acoustic shows. Every one of them opened with Wishing Well. He tore that apart every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 its a shame no one has mentioned One Sunday Morning or Ashes of American Flags and my number one for sure is Hell Is Chrome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I have a Dylan bootleg from Europe in 1980, I think, definitely the tour for Slow Train or Saved, and he opens the show with Like A Rolling Stone. That's a bold move to open with your biggest hit, but when it works it can really pay off. I usually don't like AUD recordings, but on this one you can hear the crowd totally into it and its a pretty inspired performance. Not sure how often he was opening with that song, but it sounds pretty special on this recording. I'd guess that most here either hate or have no respect for the Eagles and their incessant reunion tours, but they did the same thing when they reunited in the early 90s, opening with Hotel California.sounds like its from the 87 tour with tom petty. the setlists where all all over the place!. not the gospel shows Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 sounds like its from the 87 tour with tom petty. the setlists where all all over the place!. not the gospel shows The Boot I have has Positively 4th as the opener...best version I ever heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Best opener I've seen (will probably catch flak for this): Welcome to the Jungle. 1/1/2001. First "GNR" show in 7+ years - Buckethead, Brain, Tommy Stinson - pretty intense opening for a show that started around 3 in the morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 In 1989, a Stones' Start Me Up opener sounded perfect. Also, always enjoyed a Hell in a Bucket opener. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 sounds like its from the 87 tour with tom petty. the setlists where all all over the place!. not the gospel showsNope, definitely not the 87 tour. Its 1980 or 1981. I would never confuse those two completely different tours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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