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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 1:48:37 GMT -5
The Pub seems a good place for this ... I was looking at getting out to the shed / bench but it's my turn to cook tonight - so just waiting for the BBQ to come up to temp.
What has been the best music concerts you've seen ?
I have a few
... but first, If you're an Aussie - there's two well defined camps - I'm prepping for the end of the world ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) I do tend to get a bit random ...
You're either ... "Cheers Mate" ...or "get that filthy stuff out of my fridge" ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) I can't wait to get my brewing station back up and running ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) I hate paying for bad beer ... Bud Light same ?
So, my best concerts ? You know I like the Angels, they'd play everywhere - great live show, RIP Doc.
I've got Spotify going on in the background - currently playing ? Dire Straits - saw them in Sydney years ago... "Brothers in Arms" tour. That was pretty cool
ZZ Top was one of the best too.
John Cougar, John Mellencamp - what ever - that was a great show.
Sher ... with the Village people ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) ... that was fun. Not that there's anything wrong with that ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
(I had the opportunity to go on the the USS Missouri in 1988. Those 16in guns did remind me of Sher ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) ... Oh my ... If I could turn back time ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) )
AC/DC - Hells Bells tour. That was the loudest concert I've ever heard - ears ringing for days ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) Supported by Living End.
You've probably heard of a band called INXS ... they were playing pubs & clubs for years here in Aus before they cracked it big. I saw them at Lismore RSL Club (Michael Hutchence) with Cold Chisel (Jimmy Barnes) - Both of them drinking out of a vodka bottle on stage, wasted - as were we
Aussie Bands:
Midnight Oil - You may have heard of them ? Played everywhere.
Australian Crawl, Men at Work, Ice House ...
So many more.
... and that time ... when Meatloaf played at a Rugby League grand final ... Oh, my ![x_x](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/dead.png) - that was terrible, God rest his soul
I'm disappointed I missed the Big bands - Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, - there's another whole list right there ...
Anyhoos - have to get back to making dinner.
Cheers,
Q
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Post by dean48ws on Jun 20, 2024 2:32:23 GMT -5
Stumbled across Psuedo Echo and Sneaky Sound System at Tumut showgrounds while visiting a mate. Was blown away by how good they both were and the energy both put out. Not the coolest but out of the blue, was great fun. Beer in plastic cups and food from the roach coach, kebab after. What more is needed?
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Post by TJ on Jun 20, 2024 4:16:16 GMT -5
I've gone to many, many great shows.
Motley Crue 10 x Warrant 2 x Whitesnake Poison Motorhead Skid Row BonJovi Goo Goo Dolls Boston Hooters Foreigner Tesla 2 x Winger Cinderella David Lee Roth (he,was so drunk he was slurring) Extreme Chicago 2 x Beach Boys 2 x Nickelback Def Leppard 7 x
But my two favorite bands to see live are REO Speedwagon 5 x Iron Maiden
Have also been to a bunch of country concerts. They're good to I'm a rocker
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 4:59:48 GMT -5
Ripper ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
... and the kebab ... on the way home, looking for a taxi
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 5:02:37 GMT -5
I've gone to many, many great shows. Motley Crue multiple x Warrant Whitesnake Poison Motorhead Skid Row BonJovi Goo Goo Dolls Boston Hooters Foreigner Tesla Winger Cinderella David Lee Roth Extreme Chicago Beach Boys Nickelback Def Leppard But my two favorite bands to see live are REO Speedwagon Iron Maiden Have also been to a bunch of country concerts. They're good to I'm a rocker I wish I had the opportunity to see Metallica ...
That - right there is an impressive list buddy ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
Nickelback - really ? - just jokes
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 5:08:18 GMT -5
Stumbled across Psuedo Echo and Sneaky Sound System at Tumut showgrounds while visiting a mate. Was blown away by how good they both were and the energy both put out. Not the coolest but out of the blue, was great fun. Beer in plastic cups and food from the roach coach, kebab after. What more is needed? Speaking of stumbling ... I was sitting in the beer garden at the Bondi Hotel one afternoon ... Band was setting up - this big bald guy came out on stage... "The Bank" AKA - Midnight Oil - the place packed out in 15 mins ...
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Post by Leon on Jun 20, 2024 5:15:55 GMT -5
Best concert I've seen Blue Oyster Cult! David Lee Roth Grand Funk Railroad Tommy James and the Shondell's Jay Black and the Americans The Four Season Chicago Those should show my age.
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 5:20:20 GMT -5
Best concert I've seen Blue Oyster Cult! David Lee Roth Grand Funk Railroad Tommy James and the Shondell's Jay Black and the Americans The Four Season Chicago Those should show my age. Leon, I'm sorry ... yes you are an old man
Just cool though - I think I would have liked to see Chicago ...
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Post by Leon on Jun 20, 2024 5:35:15 GMT -5
Saw all those concerts back in the early 70s
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 5:49:34 GMT -5
Saw all those concerts back in the early 70s Bands that I haven't seen - but I'd like to...
Glen Miller (I played Sax at school - Mum is very disappointed that I gave it up)
Dave Brubeck (take 5) the drummer - Joe Morello
Niel Diamond (Sweet Caroline)
Exit Light - Enter Night
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Post by tcoat on Jun 20, 2024 6:43:04 GMT -5
So, so, so many but a handful of "Bests". Vancouver Exhibition ![](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/398/13690/4142425_1_x.jpg?height=512&quality=70&version=1189441957) Actually saw this in a little bar in Seattle just before the album was released. No poster from then of course. ![](https://i.etsystatic.com/47052554/r/il/cefde8/5703639923/il_fullxfull.5703639923_j7f7.jpg) Toronto ![](https://www.davidbowieworld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/david-bowie-glass-spider-in-Toronto-first-night1.jpg) No poster for this one either since was in a bar in Toronto. Were only 200 tickets and the only way you could get one was to win through radio stations. My buddy won and gave me the tickets. The catch was that the shows were "blind dates" so you had no idea who would be playing until they came out on stage. ![](https://www.posteralley.ca/cdn/shop/products/ME107_a_1200x1200.jpg?v=1699573042) London. Two of my very favourites in one place! ![](https://www.budweisergardens.com/assets/img/Zombie_Mason_Thumbnail_BG19-854549fa81.jpg)
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Post by Tojo72 on Jun 20, 2024 6:52:05 GMT -5
George Thorogood-front row,@ Allentown State Fair Jimmy Buffett-outdoors @ Garden State Arts Center Eagles-Giants Stadium Hotel California Tour Pat Benatar-Asbury Park. Heart-Asbury Park Frampton-Passaic NJ
Would have liked to see the Stones and the Who,Yes,Johnny Cash,Bon Jovi
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 6:54:10 GMT -5
Mate - you and me have to get together with a beer ,,,
David Bowie ... "The Thin White Duke"
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Post by BattleScale Collectica Show on Jun 20, 2024 6:57:58 GMT -5
hmm, that's a hard one. in no particular order: Metallica (3 times pre Load) Pink Floyd (Pulse Album) Ray Charles (I was 6' offstage from him - one of my shows) Rush ( 4 times) Scorpions BB King
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Post by tcoat on Jun 20, 2024 7:10:50 GMT -5
Mate - you and me have to get together with a beer ,,,
David Bowie ... "The Thin White Duke"
I also saw his Low tour in Frankfurt in '78 and Sound and Vision in Toronto in '90 but they did not make my "best" list. Probably another 50 or more shows of bands I have seen over the years but I stuck to my favourites for the purposes here.
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Post by tcoat on Jun 20, 2024 7:16:40 GMT -5
The model of my Econoline has copies of the actual posters I had in the real thing. I saw all those bands before '79. ![](http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_03/1262831275_Done6(2).jpg.fe188acc3b1b47852d04a000317cf17b.jpg) ![](http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_01/Posters1.PNG.9abe35da96eb271307619e212886d2a9.PNG)
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jun 20, 2024 7:19:19 GMT -5
WOW!! Now this......is a cool thread. I've only been to a handful of concerts in my life but I'm most certainly liking the line ups that I'm seeing out of you good folks.
Metal Church-These guys were frickin' awesome (not to be confused with religious music which I'm ok with too but these guys rocked the house!)
Meliah Rage
Def Leppard
Styx
Tesla
Trans Siberian Orchestra
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 7:20:14 GMT -5
Mate - you and me have to get together with a beer ,,,
David Bowie ... "The Thin White Duke"
I also saw his Low tour in Frankfurt in '78 and Sound and Vision in Toronto in '90 but they did not make my "best" list. Probably another 50 or more shows of bands I have seen over the years but I stuck to my favourites for the purposes here. Yeah mate ...
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 7:32:35 GMT -5
The model of my Econoline has copies of the actual posters I had in the real thing. I saw all those bands before '79. ![](http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_03/1262831275_Done6(2).jpg.fe188acc3b1b47852d04a000317cf17b.jpg) ![](http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_01/Posters1.PNG.9abe35da96eb271307619e212886d2a9.PNG) Win ... ok that's cool -
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Post by Quinny on Jun 20, 2024 7:44:02 GMT -5
So, so, so many but a handful of "Bests".Mate
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Post by handiabled on Jun 20, 2024 7:47:08 GMT -5
The best?? Hard to call
The Allman Brothers Jimmy Page (solo) Robert Plant (solo) Page and Plant together The Firm Gov't Mule Aerosmith Rush Deep Purple Van Halen with David Lee Roth Ted Nugent Black Crows Pat Traverse George Thorogood John Scofield
There's more they just aren't coming to me at the moment...
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Post by TOWGunner on Jun 20, 2024 9:02:22 GMT -5
Oh man I've probably been to 100 concerts in my lifetime. I can't remember them all. But some of the top ones - Asia Kansas Styx Rush Paul McCartney Jethro Tull Dire Straits James Taylor Genesis Phil Collins Peter Gabriel Lifehouse But the best concert I ever saw in my life turned out to be my very first. It was the summer of 1977 and Electric Light Orchestra was on their Out Of The Blue tour. I was 13 and my parents let me go with a group of friends and one of their Dads. The concert started. The stage was empty. The band started playing "Turn To Stone" from somewhere. Then the spaceship from the album cover (now ELO's logo) came down from the rafters and landed on the stage. It peeled open and there was the band inside, playing! The crowd lost it! It was the most miraculous thing I had ever seen and 2 hours of pure energy and flawless music. Still, almost 50 years later and so many concerts seen, my favorite and best. I have tickets to see ELO for their farewell tour in September at Madison Square Garden. They sold out 3 nights.
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Post by Medicman71 on Jun 20, 2024 10:29:27 GMT -5
Rush!!!!!!! (Too many times to count including their last ever tour)
Ghost once. Loved it! As a matter of fact, we're going to the theater tonight to see a concert that they filmed for the big screen.
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Post by project510 on Jun 20, 2024 11:35:38 GMT -5
I have not been to many concerts. I dont like large venues, and most of the bands I would like to see perform in them. So I try to catch bands early in their careers at smaller shows.
First Show ever: (And the biggest) Marilyn Manson
John Michael Montgomery AFI Good Charlotte New Found Glory (4 Times) Red Hot Chili Peppers Blackalicious Mystic Journeyman Grouch Living Legends The Roots J5 Mac Miller BlackStar Riley Green Lee Fields
I think that's everything - My Favorite? Probably 2 shows I cant choose between. New Found Glory on their "Sticks & Stones" tour. Its one of, if not my favorite albums of all time. Went with a good friend. GREAT SHOW. Also, Saw Riley green play in front of like 200 people in San Jose at a bar for $16 and a few months later he had a #1 single haha.
Who I would like to see? Assuming I could see them in a smaller venue..
Eminem Luke Combs Dire Straits Leon Bridges Kendrick Lamar Post Malone
A while back when Tom Petty was on tour in LA, I told the wife I didn't care if it was a large venue I wanted to see him play so badly. I was worried he wouldn't tour for a while or at all. She didn't want to go to La just for a concert, and he passed shortly after. Ill regret not seeing that show for a very long time.
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Post by keavdog on Jun 20, 2024 12:38:34 GMT -5
First concert I went to - some little known names at the time. 1978 - note the ticket price ![](https://i.imgur.com/wBUStDX.png)
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Post by dukemaddog on Jun 20, 2024 13:44:29 GMT -5
Wow, you guys have seen a lot of concerts! In my whole life I've only been to two:
My first one was with a buddy who paid for the whole thing. All I did was drive us to it: Heart-Bad Animals tour, Biloxi Mississippi.
More recently, last year in fact: Trans Siberian Orchestra during Christmas.
And that's it for me.
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Post by eaglecash867 on Jun 20, 2024 17:37:38 GMT -5
Finally got to see Terri Nunn and Berlin in concert at the PACE Center in Parker, CO in 2022. Best concert I have ever been to, and the singer who has kinda been the girl of my dreams since I was 13 years old was right there, within arms reach of me...I was that close to the stage. Amazing voice on that girl, and the band was fantastic.
Had tickets to see them at a much larger venue in 2019, but ended up having to have urgent surgery after being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer...in the hospital most of the week right before the concert was scheduled. Luckily, I had paid extra for the insurance option on my tickets, because I was already feeling pretty awful at that pont, and didn't know why yet. In retrospect, I was actually kinda glad I didn't get to see them for another 3 years. MUCH more intimate venue in 2022.
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Post by keavdog on Jun 20, 2024 17:46:54 GMT -5
They should have used Take My Breath Away in Top Gun Maverick. Great Band.
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Post by spook on Jun 20, 2024 19:38:33 GMT -5
Pink Floyd numerous times Iron Maiden Motley Crue numerous times Bon Jovi / Cinderella Tesla Neil Diamond Gordon Lightfoot Waylon Jennings Stomp numerous times Alan Jackson Sawyer Brown Narley Concert !!! George Strait Cher Wood Stock Dad got shipped off to Vietnam and Mom threw me in the Rambler and headed East ... Ten Years After
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Post by Real G on Jun 20, 2024 19:40:54 GMT -5
The only concert I ever went to was Journey in 82 or 83. People talk about loud concerts, but I thought the girls screaming when the band took the stage was the loudest sound I have ever heard.
Obviously I have never been to an AC/DC concert.
I was not much of a concert guy, and passed up many great acts. And tickets were like $25. And now they are all old geezers and a lot of them can no longer dish out the energy they had in their heyday.
I was a funny kid. Back in the day all my friends hung out at the record stores except for me. I only started buying music after I got out of college, and Tower Records closed shortly thereafter.
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