remphish1 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 If I had to pick one it was the First Time I saw REM. Was 15 and was listening to them since I was 9. My friends parents dropped us of at Madison Square Garden. It was unbelievable to finally hear them live. Every song made me excited with anticipation. Looking back even though it wasn't the best setlist of all the times I have seen them it was beyond memorable and opened a door to me to see live music. Runner up:Wilco Irving Plaza Being There TourBeck Sessions at West 54th Taping Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 way, way, way too hard to narrow to a single show. narrowing down to, say 20, would be a difficult challenge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 '98 Guinness Fleadh in Arlington Park IL. What a day. Best concert/festival I've ever been to, bar none Saw all of the following for the first time:WilcoLos Lobos (missed seeing Richard Thompson)XSqueezeJohn Lee HookerChieftains (missed seeing Billy Bragg) Also saw Shane MacGowan (though not for the first time) Great sunny weather. Great music. Everyone that came with (we road tripped from Minnesota) all had a great time - it was glorious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Not sure favorite but a few jump out. 1. Live Aid2. Page / Plant (the first tour)...never seen so many happy people with grins ear to ear3. Wilco, The first Tour when they did "Evening with Wilco"...Fillmore in Miami Beach was the first night.4. Neil Young - Smell the Horse Tour"...on the rail.5. Drive By Truckers - Langerado Lae Night at Culture Room...Jason still in band...stood on stage for first 3 songs (friend got a photo pass).6. Van Halen - 1984 - In High School, found tickets on floor in parking lot. So many more...hard to narrow down...above are some memories I am having today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 6. Van Halen - 1984 - In High School, found tickets on floor in parking lot. That is hilarious and awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 I hear ya tinnitus you can do it though! I have been to almost 1100 shows now and there are still 10 or so that can't be touched in my opinion! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 R.E.M. with Wilco opening at Red Rocks in 2003. My two favorite bands at an incredible venue underneath a full moon. R.E.M. played my favorite song, "I Believe." Runner-up would be R.E.M.'s set at Voodoo Fest in 2008 (which would prove to be their final performance in the U.S. ever). I stood right in front of the stage for about two hours before their set just to secure my spot. The presidential election was nearing, and the band was in fine form and full of energy that night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 DAMN...just looked at that voodoo fest setlist! 7 Chinese Brothers and West of the Fields Jealous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pueblo Colorado 1986Out of all 9 times I was lucky to see SRV live, this was the best: a little rodeo grounds in an out of the way Colorado town, Gregg Allman Band opening on his I’m No Angel tour. Standing in the dirt of the infield, we watched with our mouths hanging open in amazement as SRV came out and immediately ripped into several of his instrumentals at an absolutely blistering pace. Later he blew us away with Mary Had A Little Lamb, Texas Flood, Couldn’t Stand the Weather and Voodoo Child. Not rare songs, but the intensity, mastery and inspiration with which they were played was jaw-dropping. Still the greatest rock guitarist I’ve ever seen in person.2. Georgia Satellites – The Channel Club, Boston 1987A hot summer night in this sweatbox of a dark dive, the Satellites brought a true and sincere 1980s version of turbo-charged Chuck Berry via the Stones and Faces three-chord rock ‘n roll: simple no frills barroom music without pretense for a packed crowd. I’m not much into mosh pits and punk rock, but I left this show soaked to the skin in sweat and spilled beer (both mine and other people’s on both accounts) after being smashed in with a bunch of hooligan rock fans all night and I totally loved it. Rock ‘n’ Roll nirvana for me.3. Page and Plant San Jose 1998 The closest I ever got to seeing Led Zeppelin. The way the entire arena was rocking out to Hey Hey What Can I Do was one of those galvanizing ecstatic group-mind moments that are so powerful.4. Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan - Anaheim 1987My first Grateful Dead show was one of the most overwhelming for me. I was already a hardcore fan of Dylan whom I’d not even consider missing at any Southern California show AND I’d always wondered what those bumper stickers meant that said “There Is Nothing Like A Grateful Dead concert”. Their records certainly hadn’t impressed me at that point, but I loved that they covered Dylan a lot in their shows. I went with a couple of veteran Deadheads who seemed to be able to pull out of their bag anything that my stoned little head and heart desired at the exact moment I wanted it. Let’s just say I was in a “receptive” mood and time and place in my life for the Grateful Dead trip and I took it hook, line and sinker, thinking this experience had been waiting for me my entire life. It felt like arriving back home to a place I didn’t even know I had originated at or had ever left, a shining golden palace with a bunch of friendly strangers welcoming the prodigal son. And that was before my Deadhead hosts passed out the vitamin B12 pills for extra stamina right before Dylan took the stage for the third set to play a bunch of songs I’d never dreamed I’d get to hear live backed by The Dead. The way the entire stadium was rocking out at the end of the night to a massive triumphant celebratory Touch Of Grey was a mind-blowing capper. “Where’s the next show?!”5. Hard to pick #5. Wilco in Aspen 2010, my first time seeing the Nels Cline lineup after discovering the Ashes Of American Flags concert film? MMJ at the Wiltern 2012 night #1? MMJ Red Rocks 2012? One of the great Allman Brothers Band shows with Dickey Betts and Warren Haynes in the early 90s where I thought the band was actually levitating the entire amphitheater in Blue Sky? Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers becoming legitimate contenders for the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n Roll Band during their 1997 20-night Fillmore run? The Black Crowes doing a mid-week show at the Fillmore in 2008 opening the night with the incredible and incredibly rare Exit? All contenders for me.Oh, yeah, U2 on the Joshua Tree tour, two nights at the Cow Palace in San Francisco and then again in the Boston Garden the night the power went out and they had to play acoustic for awhile with just the house lights on. ZOO TV tour when Achtung Baby first came out was pretty damn excellent, too. I saw it indoors in Sacramento and then outdoors in Oakland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I hear ya tinnitus you can do it though! I have been to almost 1100 shows now and there are still 10 or so that can't be touched in my opinion!am i getting old or did we already have this thread? edit - Not losing my memory yet!http://viachicago.org/topic/51849-10-best-concerts-youve-ever-seen/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1594237 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 R.E.M. with Wilco opening at Red Rocks in 2003. My two favorite bands at an incredible venue underneath a full moon. R.E.M. played my favorite song, "I Believe." Runner-up would be R.E.M.'s set at Voodoo Fest in 2008 (which would prove to be their final performance in the U.S. ever). I stood right in front of the stage for about two hours before their set just to secure my spot. The presidential election was nearing, and the band was in fine form and full of energy that night. I was at that Red Rocks show - cold night. I saw the same bill in St. Louis in 1999 - I thought the 99 show was better. Stipe and obviously Tweedy both have a Southern IL connection and they both played with a bit of chip on their shoulders, that night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deanmarr Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 All 15 Wilco shows I have attended, my favorite was the Whole Love tour show at the Hollywood Palladium. Best setlist of any show.Roger Watters the Wall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Tom Zé at the Park West (Chicago) in May, 1999.It was in this tour:http://www.mtv.com/news/513949/tom-z-recruits-tortoise-for-inaugural-us-tour/And it is still the only time that Zé has come to the States. His backing band was Tortoise and the show was a spectacular, bizarre, amazing spectacle, with no need for any pyrotechnics, save for the musical ones created by the musicians, themselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Not sure favorite but a few jump out. 1. Live Aid2. Page / Plant (the first tour)...never seen so many happy people with grins ear to ear3. Wilco, The first Tour when they did "Evening with Wilco"...Fillmore in Miami Beach was the first night.4. Neil Young - Smell the Horse Tour"...on the rail.5. Drive By Truckers - Langerado Lae Night at Culture Room...Jason still in band...stood on stage for first 3 songs (friend got a photo pass).6. Van Halen - 1984 - In High School, found tickets on floor in parking lot. So many more...hard to narrow down...above are some memories I am having today.Want to add a few others that I still think about Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff beck. SVR was sick David Bowie. 2 times. Serious moonlight tour. Philly spectrum. Drove from sleep away camp. Sang ashes to ashes in some kind of tube. Epic. Then at the edge in Fort Lauderdale which is now Revolution. Place holds 500 or so. Crazy packed. U2 was on trip to see my uncle in San Diego and looked to see who was in town. Start of Joshua tree tour. BAD Cheap Trick at Dubs in Gainesville. Girlfriend (now my wife) fake ID did not get in. I drove her back to apartment and went back to the show The amount of guitar picks per person at show was like 5 to 1 Diana Ross. Sunrise musical theatre. Got like 3rd row night of show. She came out during reach out and touch. And hugs my GF and me. GF. cries. Chills moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 am i getting old or did we already have this thread? edit - Not losing my memory yet! http://viachicago.org/topic/51849-10-best-concerts-youve-ever-seen/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1594237 Ha! I thought I was losing my mind! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Pink Floyd 1977Roger waters the wallOrX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 2. Georgia Satellites – The Channel Club, Boston 1987 A hot summer night in this sweatbox of a dark dive,. I miss The Channel. So many incredible nights spent inside that place. I go by there now, it's an open air parking lot, get tears in my eyes! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I miss The Channel. So many incredible nights spent inside that place. I go by there now, it's an open air parking lot, get tears in my eyes! Sent from my iPad using TapatalkThat lot is soon to be GE's headquarters! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Ha! I thought I was losing my mind! Sent from my iPad using TapatalkNo I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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