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Rockatansky · Post by **Rockatansky** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:16 pm

Lit, A, Joe Strummer, Silverchair, Offspring. All in one evening. In the nineties.
Good times, good times.

fluffy_little_something · Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:17 pm

"yell and scream", that is so not me

I used to have Maze's live in New Orleans album, loved it, but I never saw them live, unfortunately.
One of the very few bands I would have liked to see.
And EWF.

toonertik · Post by **toonertik** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:38 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:"yell and scream", that is so not me

And EWF.

YES>> I know...
Got to admit, it's not me either, now..
my old back can't take it.. though my spirit is willing.

melomood · Post by **melomood** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:46 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:I don't like concerts. That whole mass character with zillions of strangers around me, some drunk or stoned. Not to mention artists that - deliberately or not - stray too far from the studio versions of their songs, or crowds yelling along lyrics or..

Right about there is when I began to imagine someone who always has the top button buttoned on their freshly starched & ironed beige shirt,always places their sensible shoes in the exact same place next to the doorway, and always eats the same brand of dry toast because they like the consistency

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:47 pm

Shortlist:
Dinosaur Jr mid-80s at PlanetX in Liverpool. Tiny, sweaty basement with scant regard for fire regulations
Rose Consort of Viols York Early Music Festival late 90s
Juan Martin York Guild Hall

gnu23 · Post by **gnu23** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:52 pm

Too many great concerts to count, but one that stands out was a twin bill: Alice Cooper and Three Dog Night in Mobile, Alabama, 1980 (might have been '81..yeah I forget which year for the obvious reasons :->).

Just one of those magic nights when both acts were really cooking, the sound was perfect, and the crowd was really into it.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Keith Richards once said words to the effect of, "The best band in the world is playing a killer set in a small bar somewhere right now."

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:54 pm

toonertik wrote:...
yell and scream.. jump and laugh, you old misery...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:26 am

resynthesis wrote:Shortlist:
Dinosaur Jr mid-80s at PlanetX in Liverpool. Tiny, sweaty basement with scant regard for fire regulations
Rose Consort of Viols York Early Music Festival late 90s
Juan Martin York Guild Hall

planet x was great, saw pretty much the entire earache catalogue there.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:19 pm

Public Enemy in Leeds in 1989.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:23 pm

donkey tugger wrote:Public Enemy in Leeds in 1989.

You were the public enemy in leeds in '89

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:34 pm

So the best concerts were largely during the '70s and '80s?
Or maybe the best concert experiences happen when we are young and here at KVR we are a bunch of older people now?

I'm waiting for someone who mentions a concert of last year as his favorite one.

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:36 pm

vurt wrote:
resynthesis wrote:Shortlist:
Dinosaur Jr mid-80s at PlanetX in Liverpool. Tiny, sweaty basement with scant regard for fire regulations
Rose Consort of Viols York Early Music Festival late 90s
Juan Martin York Guild Hall
planet x was great, saw pretty much the entire earache catalogue there.

Me too, good chance our paths have crossed once or twice then

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:39 pm

ZZ-Top in a football stadium somewhere in Germany, early nineties. There was an opening act: John Farnham. He stood on a stage of 20m wide, 10m deep or so. His music style was different from ZZ-Top so it wasn't really appreciated by the public. But he had an opening act as well: Bryan Adams played nearly an hour as well. He also had an opening act, a local rock band whose name I have forgotten. So three opening acts before the gents of ZZ-Top entered the stage. Black curtains around the stage were lifted, and it was sized a whopping 40m x 40m on which they had built a car demolition plant. They not only stood on conveyer belts, but also drove around in buggies, a dummy of the drummer was lifted into the car cruncher, big-boobed dancers in hotpants, totally over the (zz) top!

A few years later I saw ZZ-Top again in a local venue which could only house 1000 people. On stage nothing but just three guys, stacks of guitar amps and a single spotlight. A very different but perfect concert again...

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:43 pm

I'm waiting for someone who mentions a concert of last year as his favorite one.

Not last year, but a few years ago....Jarre's all-analogue tour. I went to the London concert. And whereas it wasn't the 'best, BEST' concert I've ever been to, my 'nostalgia barometer' was about to explode as I sat in the audience, awaiting the start of the concert...so for that reason only, it's the best for me.

In fact, I felt the same when I saw Jarre live at the London Docklands in 1988. However, here, I think it was my 'anticipation barometer' that almost exploded.

pandashake · Post by **pandashake** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:49 pm

Leonard Cohen, Fox Theater Detroit 2012. Tickets were ridiculously expensive, but I'm glad I got to see the lazy bastard living in a suit live once in my lifetime. Showman and a saint, that's for sure.

What is the best concert you've ever went to?