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Best concerts and worst concerts you attended
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Ok, I am old, so start rolling your eyes. Best concerts were at the old Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco in the mid 1960s. Three acts, two sets each, $3.50 admission, for a venue the size of a high school gym, where you could say hi to the performers or hug them, as I did Grace Slick in her first appearance with the Airplane) as they moved through th audience towards the stage. (F**k ballparks). You might see the Byrds, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and a third act you had never heard of, courteous of Bill Graham. For me it was a guy named B.B. King, apparently performing before a majority white audience for the first time. Mike Bloomfield preceded him with the Electric Flag, I believe, and when folks applauded a song and his virtuosity, he kept repeating "that's nothing, wait til B.B. King comes out." When he did, he blew us all away. "How blue can you get" was one song, which had a break towards the end, then the following lyrics, tho I may have the first three lines out of order:
I bought you a brand new Ford, you said you wanted a Cadillac
I let you live in my penthouse, you called it a shack,
I bought you a ten-dollar dinner, you said "thanks for the snack,"
I gave you seven children, and NOW (we all stood, knowing something was coming) you want to give them back! (we all screamed)
King's "Live at the Regal" album has the song, complete with Chicagoans screaming.
Also memories of Chuck Berry in some sort of comeback, all of us yelling with him in the chorus of "Nadine, honey is that you?"
I could go on... And on...
I bought you a brand new Ford, you said you wanted a Cadillac
I let you live in my penthouse, you called it a shack,
I bought you a ten-dollar dinner, you said "thanks for the snack,"
I gave you seven children, and NOW (we all stood, knowing something was coming) you want to give them back! (we all screamed)
King's "Live at the Regal" album has the song, complete with Chicagoans screaming.
Also memories of Chuck Berry in some sort of comeback, all of us yelling with him in the chorus of "Nadine, honey is that you?"
I could go on... And on...
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Went to multiple ~*~ A Violet Sun ~*~ concerts.
Four man band... Two of the men are my two sons. Mom is so proud of them!
Smashing Pumpkins (attended with my daughter and my two sons)
Led Zepplin in Candlestick Park.
Billy Joel
Elvis Presly in Las Vegas opening night dinner show. Got multiple autographs of the many stars in attendence before the show began.
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Janis! I'm so jealous! But, very happy for you that you saw her live and will never forget it!
Roseann
Ya know, it's been so long ago, I can't remember...all I remember about that concert is Roth jumpin' around on stage with some kinda huge blow up toy, a big rocket or somethin' another...they made a great impression on me, can ya tell?:2razz:
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Great that you were able to see Alice C.
I didn't know that story.
Let me tell you that when I saw Janis Joplin I was only 18 years old. My bf, at the time, a few years older than me, took me to The Cheetah to see her.
She was wild... drinking southern comfort in between sets. Looking back, I realized she liked girls because she kept staring at me. I swear to God... I was staring at her because I couldn't believe my eyes and ears... She was that good.
My link above doesn't seem to work. Try this:
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ETA: Don't have the Cheetah poster, but I do have their album, Cheap Thrills, and it is in pretty good condition.
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The blow up thing reminded me of someone else I saw in concert while in Vegas...
Elton John
He loved his blow ups.
I also saw Cher in Vegas.
ETA: another great I forgot I saw live was Chaka Kahn when she was with the band Rufus.
Saw her when I met my husband to be... I can't believe I forgot this.
She was playing at a small club in Aurora, IL; June, 1970.
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great record. i also have a copy. my folks used to listen to that album on weekend nights while grading papers when i was a kid. good memories.
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Went to multiple ~*~ A Violet Sun ~*~ concerts.
Four man band... Two of the men are my two sons. Mom is so proud of them!
Smashing Pumpkins (attended with my daughter and my two sons)
Led Zepplin in Candlestick Park.
Billy Joel
Elvis Presly in Las Vegas opening nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan#1953%E2%80%931972:_Early_lifeight dinner show. Got multiple autographs of the many stars in attendence before the show began.
Roseann
Are your sons on YouTube, Rosie?
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Glad you have that good memory.
I remember being in the dorm my freshman year in college, playing it over and over again.
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Glad you started this thread. Despite our diversity in political beliefs, music has a way of bringing us together.
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Best:
Rammstein - Ahoi & Mutter tours
Cradle of filth - Dusk and her embrace tour
Linkin Park - Project revolution 2004 tour
The Masquerade: Powerman 5000 & Orgy 2017
System of a Down Big day out Auckland 2005 & 2012
Oz fest 1999 -Coal Chamber, Slipknot, Dope-
Worst:
Woodstock '99 -I still have the scar from getting pegged with a D battery-
Gathering of Juggalos 2006 -There are just some women that you don't need to see topless-
Pemberton Music festival 2016 -Everyone was not on their A game-
March Metal Meltdown 2001 -It was Mastodon that ruined it for me-
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Best:
Led Zeppelin-Cincinnati, 1977
Jethro Tull-same city, same year
Grateful Dead, New Haven 78, NY a couple years later
Rolling Stones-Cincinnati, 1989
Ramones-NY-1983 or 84
Pretenders-Ithaca-1982
Page and Plant-Cincinnati, 1995
Ian Anderson, Riverbend (east of Cincinnati) 2014
worst-Grateful Dead-Riverbend-1986-Jerry's voice was really off that night
Grateful Dead-New Haven 78 or 79-they cancelled
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Definitely the best one was a Pink Floyd concert in Paris, France.
I don't think I can remember a bad one. I'm kind of selective. If I buy a ticket, it is to see something I know that I'll like.
I don't think I can remember a bad one. I'm kind of selective. If I buy a ticket, it is to see something I know that I'll like.
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I have never had the pleasure/displeasure to see Van Halen with or without Sammy, but I do have to admit that 5150 is an album I thoroughly enjoyed.
I would have loved to see Rush or Floyd. I am not a fan so to speak of Rush, but their exit stage left is among my CD collection as it was a great album, but I do admit I LOVE Floyd. My hands down favourite number is Comfortably Numb (one of many favourites but that song is just extra special).
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Best concert ever, Old And in The Way
I had never heard bluegrass music previous and the show just blew me away.
Worst concert ever. None
My motto, "there is good music and great music, there is no bad music."
You may quote me.
I had never heard bluegrass music previous and the show just blew me away.
Worst concert ever. None
My motto, "there is good music and great music, there is no bad music."
You may quote me.
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I saw VH in 1980, I think it was, with David. That show was awesome. Eddy did about 15 minutes of Eruption.
Sammy VH was in about 1986 or so. I can't be sure. It was a huge disappointment.
Rush, for me, goes back to the Hemispheres tour. That must have been 1977 or 78. Floyd was the Animals tour. Best show ever. But, a few years later, Yes rivaled it.
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Too many "best" to pick just one but my "worst" concert experience is actually a story so sad it makes me almost blubber to think about it.
I had seen BB King many times in the 1970's and 80's. I even attended one or two that made it on record, so I guess my cheering is in there somewhere.
The last time we saw him though, it was a pretty pathetic scene to witness and I felt anger toward his family, who are mostly the ones who handle him.
BB King had been very very ill for a long time, and it was painful to watch him barely make it to his chair on the stage, but then it got worse. He couldn't remember words to songs and couldn't manage to play for more than a few seconds, one or two riffs here and there, and the band would struggle to keep up or paper over his errors and sour notes.
He spent about 85% of the time just cracking jokes or telling stories, then he'd hit a couple of little riffs, bellow out something and the band would do a grand windup as if they'd just closed out an epic jam, and then he'd repeat the process again, talk about the next song, and on and on in an agonizing display of advanced dementia.
The poor guy clearly could not handle the requirements of a performer anymore, and he was straining to just do what he was doing. The family was beating him like a rented mule, knowing that his fans would pay to see him do just about anything.
At this point he was just their milk cow and they had to squeeze the last drops and keep the gravy train going as long as possible.
It was still a thrill to just see BB but it damn near put me in tears because that sad old man should have been able to just sit back and enjoy his emeritus years. It was pretty obvious to me that "the thrill was gone".
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Went to multiple ~*~ A Violet Sun ~*~ concerts.
Four man band... Two of the men are my two sons. Mom is so proud of them!
Smashing Pumpkins (attended with my daughter and my two sons)
Led Zepplin in Candlestick Park.
Billy Joel
Elvis Presly in Las Vegas opening night dinner show. Got multiple autographs of the many stars in attendence before the show began.
Roseann
Ain't it great to have family members who are rock stars?
I have a cousin who is the front man for an Allman Brothers Tribute band who enjoy the distinction of actually having the endorsement of Gregg Allman himself, and his son is a rock star in his own right as well, plus he's an engineer and producer.
Here's "My Blue Sky" featuring my cousin John Gallagher:
That's actually a MBS original, not Allman Bros material.
Here's Teenage Wrist featuring Marshall Gallagher, he's the one wearing headphones in the clip.
And yes, Dad DID name him for Marshall amplifiers, LOL. The kid knows and thinks it's awesome.
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Some stars are misused and carted out to make money for people that have no talent or no morality. If someone is happy and able to perform and loves it fine, but if one is too "out" of it to make a good performance, people should protect them or make sure people have the image of the great performer, rather than let him perform and tarnish their reputation.
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I did not get the impression that his extended family really cared all that much about his well being.
I'll always have all those good memories of him performing, thank God.