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Thread: Best concert you've ever been to
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24th August 2007, 11:30 AM #1
Best concert you've ever been to
Festival or Band doesn't matter.
Going along with the Best .......... thing ever theme!
I love live music and I added it up one day to over 70 bands (of note) that I have seen and an inifinite number of bands of no note (literally and figuratively)
I saw Bob Dylan about 20 years ago when he toured with Tom Petty and I though he was crap.
Dire Straits were all right and the Pink Floyd tour was a great show.
But my favourite concerts were:
1. A Hot Chocolate cover band that used to play in a dodgy dive called the Johhny Mac in Wagga. The stage was about as big as a kitchen table and the lead singer got around on roller skates. Used to be a great night!!
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan when he played at the Horden Pavillion in Sydney. His support band was Jimmy Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and at the end of their set, Jimmy was left alone on stage playing the bottom neck of this double necked guitar, with a spotlight on him. After a few minutes of blazing guitar work this pair of hands lent over his shoulders and absolutely blew us all away - I nearly wet my pants!!!!! I still have the ticket!!There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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24th August 2007, 11:48 AM #2
Flying Pickets at the Enmore about 86??? Not an instrument in sight - a cappala. They did about 5 encores and the crowd was wild.
2nd was the Gill Scott Herron at the Metro
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24th August 2007, 11:49 AM #3
Pink Floyd, definately
John Cougar Mellenchamp were good in their day
Roger Waters
KISS were hilarious, especially when the cherry picker got stuck and they had to rescue Ace and Paul Stanley
The Cure were crap. I fell asleep during Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Sting was boring.
Best pub gig would have to be Armando Hurley and band at the Manly Hotel every Sunday arvo in 1988 with a pub full of backpackers and a girlfriend who worked behind the bar."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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24th August 2007, 11:59 AM #4
Rolling Stones 5 times. SWMBO is addicted and thinks money is no object.
Cheers,
Bob
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24th August 2007, 12:41 PM #5
I saw Marianne Faithfull back in 1995 in Canberra. Problem was, her performance was the evening of our wedding anniversary. Big problem was, I only bought one ticket. I had a great night !
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24th August 2007, 01:23 PM #6
Most spectacular, maybe because I was young and impressionable, was Alice Cooper "Welcome to my nightmare" show at Perth Entertainment Centre, late 70's.
Best for wall-to-wall atmosphere was Midnight Oil at the Old Melbourne Hotel in Perth, or maybe them at that nightclub near Tallebudgerra, early to mid 80's.
Best for sheer noise and guitar skills was Roy Buchanan at the Roxy in Fortitude Valley, late 80's.
My favourite artist in concert, very laid back, soulful & moving, was Harry Manx at Woodford Folk Festival...about 3 times!
Cheers,Andy Mac
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24th August 2007, 01:27 PM #7
Jethro Tull 1993.
Pink Floyd was great
Worse concert I went to was Van Morrison in '84. He didn't want to be there.
I saw Dire Straits in '85. It was the last convert of a world tour. They were tired.
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24th August 2007, 05:45 PM #8
In the earlyish to mid 80's I use to love the live local (underground)scene in Sydney. Madroom/ Box the Jesuit, Smash Mac Mac, The Deadly Hume and not to forget (Melbournes)Shower Scene From Psycho..
The weirdest band I think I've seen but great fun ...these were the days just before post-lobotomy haircuts, silver suits and patent leather winkle pickers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDzJFIkLp9M
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24th August 2007, 06:21 PM #9
Ray Charles in 2000 at the Cinerama theatre in Seattle. The theatre itself is worth the price of admission! What can I say, Ray Charles and his big band. He might have been an old man even then but he was still sensational.
Someone I was surprised to be impressed by is Chris Isaak. We went on a whim (the unusual offer of baby sitting by my sister-in-law) and bought tickets at the last minute. We went to see him at Enmore and we stood right at the front. He is a great live act.
If you get the chance, also check the Chris Isaak Show that was on Foxtel (Comedy Channel I recall). It was really unusual. Not the usual American sitcom.
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24th August 2007, 06:32 PM #10There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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24th August 2007, 06:47 PM #11
Not exactly a concert, but went to see Cats in London in the eighties.
Great show.
Only thing that peed me off was that I bought the tickets here in Oz, and on the night found that I could have bought them for half price from the scalpers
Oh well, one born every minute...................
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24th August 2007, 07:07 PM #12.
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And you would have remembered this then - Great band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nJuoyu4lC0
The other good thing about Sydney back then was JJJ what a belter of a station, not like the crap it became after becomming national
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24th August 2007, 07:09 PM #13
Sadly due to mothers $40 board out my wage of $60 not much left.
Then the mighty $$$ and starting a family by age 20 buying house etc 70's 80's concerts passed me by
Well ok all but 1 Elton John at Randwick when he released Yellow Brick Road 7 encores and the band members dragged him off the stage and litteraly threw him in the limo could see from where we were sitting.
Recent Moody Blues.
Stage shows JC Superstar, Godspell a few smaller productions
Jon English De;tones Jan & Dean at a Club
Peter Paul & Mary a few times
Peter alone a few times when he's done christian stuff.
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24th August 2007, 07:10 PM #14
Neil Daimond ... New Zealand early 70's Open air concert did Skybird with sun setting behind stage and jumbo 747 came in on a slow fly over. Said later the plane had landing gear trouble and wanting to burn off fuel buzzed Christchurch for awhile.
Best musical concert... Hell call me stupid was the 'evening fireworks musical thing at Disneyland Anaheim Los Angeles 1982I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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24th August 2007, 07:14 PM #15
Thats how I ended up living here. I was on my way to WA to study Geology having traveled from Townsville and my sister took me out to the Manzel Room in the Cross... at the end of the night I walked out into bright sunshine and said "this is the place for me!" that was 1983.
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