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Nancy
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went last night to hear Bette Midler in concert at the Fleet center and it was fantaboulous..Got me wondering what YOUR favorite concert ever was..

For me it would probably have to be TONY ORLANDO(post dawn) he did a fantastic show in a very small theater(1800 seats) which was awesome--

I ADORE barry manilow as well and have seen him about 5 times in concert :-)

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oooohhh. Good thread. Okay.I have been to a lot of concerts too. My two all time favorites have been the first Tom Petty concert I went to (I have been to three of his) and then U2 - we were three rows back-seating!!! Bono-Yum!Oh, and I also got to see Metallica play in the back of a flatbed truck in a parking lot once. That was great, but only 3 songs.
On another note, I can say that the worst concert I have ever seen was AC/DC! tee hee


Kaykay
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01-21-2004

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The best concert I saw when I was young (15 - 16 yrs old) was Duran Duran - I saw them 5 times and each of them were GREAT. I saw the last Grateful Dead concert that thry played in Philly, that was amazing. LAst but not least - I saw Billy Joel a few years ago and he ROCKED the house :-)

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
toss up between queen in 1981 or fleetwood mac(mirage tour).

queen - ABSOLUTELY amazing... and when they did "we will rock you" the whole place shaked for the foot stomping. (i had second row seats!)

fleetwood mac - they were all still getting along, the harmonies were RIGHT ON the money! lindsay buckingham was ... well... WOW! stevie nicks had just put out her first solo album, and things were just HOT! also, i was 19 back then, an amazing time.


Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw Bette when she came to Portland, OR. She is DEFINITELY fantabulous!

Other great concerts I've seen:

The Carpenters back somewhere around 1973.
Willie Nelson - 3 hours of solid music.
Lynyrd Skynrd
Sade - GREAT band and great singer, too.
ZZTop back when "Sharp Dressed Man" was on the charts

The worst was Heart back around 1986. We actually left in the middle. They had the base
turned up so loud that it altered your heartbeat. Absolutely terrible!

Zules
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08-21-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nancy, great idea!

Although I tend to listen to newer music, most of the younger performers/bands don't know how to put on a show like these guys can:

Paul McCartney
Earth, Wind & Fire
WAR
Bruce Springsteen
Dave Matthews Band

Jan
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't been to many concerts but I always loved Supertramp. Saw them many times.

Also saw the Guess Who in this revival tour they did. They were very very good and had the crowd singing and moving with them.

Bet you can tell I am not young!

I went to a Nickelback concert two weeks ago. They had High Holy Days and another group opening for them.(These are Canadian groups folks so don't be disheartened if you don't know who they are ) I guess it was good but it just isn't the same for me.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
omg I have been to so many concerts, I was supposed to see Bette Midler in January, but since I was homeless that week, I had to skip it (laughing at myself)
The best concert I think for me was 2 years ago, Crosby Stills Nash & Young getting together for the first time in around 20 years. I flipped out, I love them sooooo much. I also loved Simon & Garfunkel.
But, I had the best time at the Stones concert last year, because I was right up front at the bottom of the stage, and I have never been that close for a concert at Madison Square Garden. I was even closer than James Gandolfini (he was in the 10th row) LOL, so I felt that I was more important that Tony Soprano. (laughing)

Readonly
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04-16-2003

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One of the first concerts I ever attended was The Carpenters, so that probably was my favorite. But there's also Elton John (probably the very best of the lot -- held at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC), Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Manhattan Transfer, and even John Denver. There's nothing like a live concert. I wish I had seen Earth, Wind & Fire. I just love them.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The worst concert I ever saw was in the 60s at the Fillmore East in the Village and that was
Santana. They sucked. They came on stage, did not say a word, played for 35 minutes and left, they had no life to them.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wow, *anne murray and larry gatlin
*gordon lightfoot
*jefferson airplane
*garry u.s. bonds
*joan baez
*country joe and the fish
*jerry garcia
*ricky skaggs
*randy travis (and did his OLD lady have a ton of extreme make-over!! did you see her on 'airline' last night?! she looks like she's mid-40's and i think she was 50 when she married randy 15 0r so years back!)
*restless heart
* tim mcgraw
* the dixie chicks
*ricky martin (dd and i got comped rooms and tickets and limo ride to see him in reno)
*neil diamond
*and some loud 70's band at cow palace new year's 1977...
*son and i won tickets to the farewell judd's tour. we got shirts, backstage passes and their 'love can build a bridge' video with the 3-d glasses. son was 6. he wore a fringe cowboy shirt, jeans, hats and boots. he was on his feet the entire concert! (what i remember most is him taking his little car shaped lunchbox in the car as i drove to fresno. i told him he could eat his baby carrots and his pb&j sandwich, but to not open his apple juice til we got to the parking lot because he would spill it. and, of course, he opened it and spilled it all over the car!)

i will have to say ricky martin put on a wow show! but for up close and personal, i would have to say either joan baez or garry u.s. bonds. after joan's concert in redding, she hung out with about a dozen of us for hours afterward, singing ballads, going to breakfast with us, etc. i was maybe 17. (that was when my date came to pick me up and i wasn't sure i wanted to go out with him, but i wanted to see joan. as i came down the hall from my bedroom, my 3 brothers told the guy, "our sister doesn't really want to go out with you!") turned out to be a wonderful evening.
but garry u.s. bonds? he was so delightfully talented and sang all my favorites at a small place in berkeley: jolie blonde, this little girl is mine, daddy's home, etc.
and he drank champagne out of my shoe (ruined the leather, LOL) and tried to go home with me LOL.
i was pretty sure he was married, so put the kibash on THAT, but he was a very fun person to be around.

i know i am leaving some concerts out. we always get great talent at our fair. seems they always get group or album of the year after we have them, and then we can't afford them anymore :-)

so, best concerts--gosh, this is hard! but:
joan baez, garry u.s. bonds and ricky martin.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well, the anne murray larry gatlin night was memorable because my first husband got in a fight with kenny stabler...

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The best concerts I've seen are Earth, Wind, and Fire and Prince and The Time.

Djgirl
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07-17-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm... let's see:

U2 - excellent concert 3 years ago
Lilith Fair - fantastic!!! This is my #1
The Concert for Toronto this past summer with all Canadian bands - especially Sarah Mclachlan
I saw the Jackson 5 Victory Tour in 198... something - it was my first, and I was on my dad's shoulders the whole time since I was too little to see the stage
House of Blues tour featuring Joe Cocker - excellent (too bad you couldn't understand his words!)

Jan - maybe you can empathize, or understand, but concerts just don't stand out for me simply because the crowds in Toronto don't get into these things... we sit back and enjoy, but don't rock out...


Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
U-2
The Who
David Bowie
Bruce Springstein
The Stones

Crossfire
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08-07-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm, two shows stand out for me.

One was an Eric Clapton concert, and the other was a Robert Plant show, but not because of Robert, but because his opening act turned out to be Stevie Ray Vaughan.

If I had a time machine, I'd make it a point to check out a Zeppelin show.

Eliz87
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07-30-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Boy, I've been to sooooo many. The best? Let me see...

- Chicago
- Elton John (twice)
- Metallica (three times)
- Guns N' Roses opening for Aerosmith
- Poison (too many to count)
- Warrant (lots)
- London Choirboys (probably no one remembers them)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd (twice)
- KISS (only good when they're not wearing makeup IMO, but I've seen them several times as well)
- Rick Springfield (my first concert - can't forget that one!)
- Bon Jovi (several times, always always good)
- Motley Crue (several times - my fave!)
- Cinderella (two or three times)
- BulletBoys (another 80's band that no one probably remembers)
- Marilyn Manson (yes, Marilyn Manson - Don't care for his music but he sure puts on a great show!)
- Foo Fighters/Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Matchbox Twenty

And there have been many, many more. But these are pretty memorable for one reason or another. One act that I've never seen live but always wanted to were The Judds, but chances of them doing another tour are probably nil.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was at an Eric Clapton concert, the concert he did right after he came out of rehab. The concert was in an open stadium and he played for fifteen minutes and said he was ill. Then he got in a limo and drove through the crowds, there was almost a riot. Probably the scariest concert I was ever at.

Then there were the grateful dead concerts that just went on forever. Boy some of the concerts I went to in my youth,

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
4-way tie:

Rush
Springsteen
McCartney
Chieftains


Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't been to alot of concerts but I would love to go to a Prince concert.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There have been so many great ones, it's just about impossible to pick one that is the best.

But if I had to pick one, it would be Mahler's 2nd Symphony, day after Thanksgiving 2001, L.A. Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta conducting.

Second best would be L.A. Philharmonic in late 1994 or early 1995, Esa Pekka-Salonen conductor, Viktoria Mullova violin soloist in Shostakovich 1st Violin Concerto, and they also played Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta by Bartok. I got to attend a rehearsal for that concert as well as the concert itself, and the rehearsal performances were more breathtaking than the concert turned out to be.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gee DJ..that must be you young things getting jaded in Toronto!! I went to a... ohhh 'what's his name'..the guy who did "Lady in Red", was it Chris Cross or something like that..anyway his concert in Toronto back in the 80's and the crowd was really rocking. He did strange "cultish" stuff (by that I mean you had to be a fan to know the stuff) and the whole audience was up doing it with him. I thought I was at Rocky Horror Picture Show or something. It was fun in a strange way.

And I've been to Neil Diamond stuff in Toronto and the crowd got into it..but again that was in the 80's. I haven't been to a concert in Toronto since then but I know what you mean about Canadian audiences. We are "nice and Polite", n'est-ce pas

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I forgot one that was great! Bruce Hornsby. It was in a fairly small venue and at the end of the show, he invited people to come on the stage and dance with the song. The security folks weren't happy, but the stage filled up with audience members. It was a hoot.

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good thread, Nancy!

I have been to soooo many concerts, but the best one was probably Metallica a couple of years ago at Smirnoff here in Dallas. That was when they were on tour with Kid Rock and Korn. But Metallica couldn't make the show because James Hetfield threw out his back. So they came back by themselves a couple of months later and played a long set. It was really good.

Also, I see Cheap Trick everytime they come to town and they are really awesome live too.

I've even been to a country concert or two, and Garth Brooks puts on a fabulous show!!!! As does Tim McGraw, but he could stand on stage and not say a word and I would be entertained!

I'm sure that later I will think of more, I've seen so many good ones.

Honorable mentions for Pink Floyd, Page/Plant, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Van Halen.

Conejo
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08-23-2002

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
World Series of Rock in Cleveland, OH late '70's: ELO, Foreigner and Journey (Journey was the opening act way back then)!

Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac

Bob Seger (sax player- Alto Reed - was absolutely fantastic).

Golden Earing (they opened for Aerosmith and were great! Aerosmith s*cked - the music was so loud it echoed and you couldn't understand it).

Alice Cooper in a small club back in the late '70's or early '80's - he kicked butt!