Good concert - bad concert

[General.Massacre]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

Rammstein puts on a hell of a show! I saw them in a tiny club and they still rolled out the pyrotechnics. it was pretty nuts.

Yea Rammstein goes balls to the wall thats for sure, in th concert i watched, i was in General Standing, which is my favourite to get tickets for, and there was still the Golden Circle area in front of me, when they hit the Pyrotechnics, i could feel the warmth from the display, so i dont want to know what the fans in the front felt.

[Caduceus]

Plenty of International acts come to Australia and the best of them I've seen was Foo Fighters. Epic stadium band! Sad news about Taylor and waiting for a refund on the now-cancelled tour in December. Runner up with a different vibe was Train - Pat Monahan really endeared himself to the crowd.

Totally different vibe again but saw Neil Diamond and found it a bit too scripted like he was just going through the motions. Older crowd obviously but a bit waffley and boring. I've been to Neil Diamond impersonator shows and they go off a lot harder than Neil himself.

Among Aussie bands, Midnight Oil in their prime were excellent. I just wish Garrett would keep his mouth shut on politics and stick to singing and his awesome dancing. This was before he got into politics so he was really mouthy. Overall great concerts though.

Baby Animals have some great music and sound terrific live but Susie Demarchi just carried on like a foul-mouthed gronk between songs. I get it they are a "Rock Band" but this particular concert was at a Winery with lots of family groups present and the expletives flowed non-stop. Icehouse sound a bit like the way people are describing the Cars (never seen them) - great studio albums but just didn't do it very well live.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Great thread!!!

Bad, only 2 that I can think of that were really just plain bad. Joe Walsh at the Santa Barbara County bowl '87ish. He was so friggin drunk, was a babbling mess. Mid 90's we took our young sons to see Rugrats Live. My gawd, awful wretched sound system, and Angelica's voice. Wicked bad combo…

Good, SOOO many good ones. Scorpions, U2, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Journey, Def Leopard, Zack Wylde, Matt "guitar" Murphy, Stanley Jordan, Peter Paul and Mary, Poison, Boston, Deep Purple, Nugent, Sammy Hagar in all his different bands, Puddle of Mudd, and many more…

Two of the best shows I have seen lately were just recently. Innings Festival in Tempe- went to see Billy Strings and Foo Fighters, little did any of us know what was coming for them…

A couple weeks ago I caught Blackberry Smoke. Such a tight band. I showed up early and caught the whole thing on the rail, made me feel like it was 1983 again!!!

Edit: Heading to Santa Barbara on Sunday to see Billy Strings again. First visit to the SB Bowl since the Joe Walsh debacle. Stoked!

Too bad about the Joe Walsh non-performance. He is one of my favorites. I've only seen him live as part of the Eagles, but I listened to his music a lot in the early years. Life's been good to me so far is one of my favorite songs.

I think is role in the Eagles is awesome. He rocks it up a bit and they give him his space to be Joe, but he never tries to take over the core nature of the group.

I'd go see him solo now in a heartbeat. Who knows how he'd be but it would be worth a shot.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Caduceus

Among Aussie bands, Midnight Oil in their prime were excellent. I just wish Garrett would keep his mouth shut on politics and stick to singing and his awesome dancing. This was before he got into politics so he was really mouthy. Overall great concerts though.

Baby Animals have some great music and sound terrific live but Susie Demarchi just carried on like a foul-mouthed gronk between songs. I get it they are a "Rock Band" but this particular concert was at a Winery with lots of family groups present and the expletives flowed non-stop. Icehouse sound a bit like the way people are describing the Cars (never seen them) - great studio albums but just didn't do it very well live.

Midnight Oil were epic live, just electric. Suzie Demachi is now some hippie chick growing organic sunflowers or something, what a disappointment.

Those who like Rammstein or Helmet may want to check out The Mark of Cain.

[BMWGUYinCO]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

Too bad about the Joe Walsh non-performance. He is one of my favorites. I've only seen him live as part of the Eagles, but I listened to his music a lot in the early years. Life's been good to me so far is one of my favorite songs.

I think is role in the Eagles is awesome. He rocks it up a bit and they give him his space to be Joe, but he never tries to take over the core nature of the group.

I'd go see him solo now in a heartbeat. Who knows how he'd be but it would be worth a shot.

As I mentioned, he was the only one with any pep to him during the Eagles concert I went to, but I don't blame the band - it was 105 degrees at night the time I saw them. He's great and a one of a kind original, that's for sure!

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

Too bad about the Joe Walsh non-performance. He is one of my favorites. I've only seen him live as part of the Eagles, but I listened to his music a lot in the early years. Life's been good to me so far is one of my favorite songs.

I think is role in the Eagles is awesome. He rocks it up a bit and they give him his space to be Joe, but he never tries to take over the core nature of the group.

I'd go see him solo now in a heartbeat. Who knows how he'd be but it would be worth a shot.

Totally agree! I'm sure he has mellowed a bit in the last 35 years, and takes his appearances more seriously.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Worst: The Cars. love their records but so much studio work they couldn't do it live. Dead and Company. Like the GD but this show last 2 1/2 hours and they may have played 7 songs, just one long John Mayer guitar jam... guess I didn't have the right buzz going!

Best: Several U2 shows, Bruce Springsteen July 4th 1985 at Wembley stadium in London, Bruce Springsteen at JazzFest April 2006 right after Katrina, brought me to tears. REM at the Bayou just off LSU's campus back in the 80's. Van Halen back in the 80's with David Lee Roth. Pearl Jam, Ministry, damn, so many...

Have you checked out any of the Billy and the Kids stuff? Bill Kreutzman put together a heck of a band. Much better than Dead and Co IMO.

[zgood4u]

Saw Cream in the late 60's at Woolsey Hall on the Yale campus. Clapton playing through 8 Twin Reverbs 2x4 stacks, no mics needed. Tower of Power about 5 times one of the best live shows. Caught David Bowie Glass Spider tour with Peter Frampton, absolutely impressive. Bette Midler was about as soulful as it gets when I saw her with the Harlettes.
J. Geils Band was so much crazy fun. Not much of a Dead fan till I saw them and then it all became clear. Aquarium Rescue Unit with Col. Bruce Hampton (RIP) just mystical.

[UncleWede]

Styx ROCKS at the local county fair, almost every year.

Kenny G at the local community center was great. Man just knows how to blow (that's a good thing)

Eagles - At the Santa Barbara Bowl (Hell Freezes Over) they were great. At some place in Anaheim (after the deaths), not so much.

Greatest memory, I went to some little place in OC, with my dad, to see Ravi Shankar. O M G!!

Once we got into the place, Andrea Bocelli at the Hollywood Bowl!!

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

Have you checked out any of the Billy and the Kids stuff? Bill Kreutzman put together a heck of a band. Much better than Dead and Co IMO.

No but I will check them out, thanks for the tip!

[eliphil]

[eliphil]

I had forgotten Fogerty and Frampton on my prior list, all pictures taken by me.............

[KevinC]

[bobowar135]

Originally Posted by zgood4u

Saw Cream in the late 60's at Woolsey Hall on the Yale campus. Clapton playing through 8 Twin Reverbs 2x4 stacks, no mics needed. Tower of Power about 5 times one of the best live shows. Caught David Bowie Glass Spider tour with Peter Frampton, absolutely impressive. Bette Midler was about as soulful as it gets when I saw her with the Harlettes.
J. Geils Band was so much crazy fun. Not much of a Dead fan till I saw them and then it all became clear. Aquarium Rescue Unit with Col. Bruce Hampton (RIP) just mystical.

Cream....awesome.

[zgood4u]

Originally Posted by bobowar135

Cream....awesome.

Also at the Yale Bowl, Emerson Lake, and Palmer, Three Dog Night, James Gang, Seals and Croft, yeah I'm old.

[nycplumber]

Tool, ehhhhhhh. Just kidding they were amazing

[Maynard]

For small/personal: Iggy Pop at a theatrical stage at Kent State, Pere Ubu everytime, BBKing in Kansas City, Pixies in Montreal

Big productions: Pink Floyd, Bowie Farewell Tour, Who at Rich Stadium (first farewell tour).

Bad shows: anything at the Syracuse Dome

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Maynard

For small/personal: Iggy Pop at a theatrical stage at Kent State, Pere Ubu everytime, BBKing in Kansas City, Pixies in Montreal

Big productions: Pink Floyd, Bowie Farewell Tour, Who at Rich Stadium (first farewell tour).

Bad shows: anything at the Syracuse Dome

So jealous on BB.

[Kowalski2011]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

Saw Zoso at The Georgia Theatre and that was an absolute hoot. The hair, clothes, the works. I swear it was better than the real Led Zeppelin because they weren’t obliterated.

Roger Waters was a good show. Highly political with a lot of folks walking out, but what did you expect? Closest I’ve come to seeing the full Pink Floyd.

Eric Clapton with Derek Trucks opening was killer.

A girl dragged me to some emo band garbage at The Masquerade. No wins personally or auditory.

GTLO doesn't do any of the look alike, dress alike stuff, actually kinda funny the guitar player looks just like Robert Plant and the singer looks more like Jimmy Page.

I have tickets to Roger Waters this summer, after a 2 year covid cancel. I'll go prepared to tune out the political crap! Thanks for the heads up.

[eliphil]

I neglected to mention Genesis on my list wish I had seen them earlier but they were still great. Also at the Atlantic records show I was quite impressed w Foreigner a band I never really liked that much. There used to be an out door bar at the Jersey shore called Trade Winds, had the pleasure of seeing the band their and 45 minute surprise set by Bruce w house band.

[Le Patron1]

My first concert was the Scorpions. It was a great concert but at that point in my life I was more interested in thinking about getting laid after the concert. David bowie was a great concert also but I think I was to high to remember. My all time favorite concert was Hootie and the Blowfish in Colorado. All time worst was seeing K.C. and the Sunshine Band. He was sweating like a pig on stage and should've hung it up long ago

[BMW F22]

I haven’t gone to many concerts but here are the ones I’ve gone to and enjoyed:
- Andrea Bocelli at SAP center in 2016 (Ali passed away the same day so Andrea came back on stage and sang “Time To Say Goodbye.”)
- Ed Sheeran at AT&T Park in 2018
- Boyz 2 Men at Mountain Winery in 2021 (last minute as me and a friend found out about it an hour before it started)
- Ed Sheeran at Royal Albert Hall (this was 2 weeks ago and was a quick detour from my Ireland and Scotland trip). Amazing venue and performance.

Would like to go to more and see Eagles, Eminem, Frank Sinatra tribute, Michael Jackson tribute, etc.