markie
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best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:34 PM UTC
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Suede at the 200 person capacity Venue in Edinburgh just as they were starting to get big is probably the highlight of my concert going.
I hadnt got a ticket and I stood outside in the cold for five hours. Eventually the bouncer took pity on me 60 seconds before the band took to the stage. I could have kissed him.
The crowd in the place was wild.
ratioci nation
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:40 PM UTC
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Def Leppard, St. Louis Arena 1989
I was 12 or 13, and very impressed
mankie
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:42 PM UTC
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Hmmmmmmm…….
Two 14 year old girls, Singapore…oh, wait, you mean music right?
The Clash..Castaways nightclub, Plymouth, UK.
Bowie…..Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
Ian Dury & The Blockheads….The Lido, Cornwall, UK.
brennser
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:46 PM UTC
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dammit markie, you beat me to posting this topic
I have a couple of favorites
Therapy? at McGonagles in Dublin in the early 90s - don't know how I made it out alive - craaazy crowd
Throwing Muses - 2001 - Boston - a reunion gig for a band I thought I'd never get to see live (even though I ended up seeing them again this year)
Afghan Whigs - 1994/1995 - Stuttgart - they played in an old tunnel/bomb shelter that had been converted to a venue - Dulli was in fine form and abusing a crowd of hapless Germans
Fatima Mansions - early 90s Feile festival - seeing them go nuts in front of a largely indifferent crowd with Cathal Coughlan screaming "She's wearing an Irish dancing costume….and you know, I LIKE that in a woman" - one of those had to be there moments
Nirvana/Sonic Youth - Top Hat ballroom - Dublin - the week before Nevermind was released - both bands were excellent
The The - Fletchers Bar - Baltimore - 2001 - really only a warm up gig but to see one of my all time faves in such a tiny space was special
Lloyd Cole and the Negatives - Metro Cafe - 2001 - great gig
bags
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:46 PM UTC
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R.E.M. in 1984 (USF soccer field)
Buzzcocks @ old 9:30
Foo Fighters at old Black Cat
Echo & the Bunnymen in New Haven, CT
kosmo
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:48 PM UTC
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a quick off the top of my head
marti jones and don dixon @ the birchmere
ben folds five @ the shelter in detroit. if only because the shelter was in the basement of st. andrews and an another band was finishing up their set upstairs and you could hear the bass coming through the floor. at one point ben jumped up on his piano and knocked on the ceiling why said something along the lines of "be quiet"
ash @ the shelter, detroit when they were still a very young trio of lads
posies and cosmic rough riders @ dingwalls in camden
blur @ st andrews
the alarm @ todds in detoit
the first myracle brah show @ the tatttoo
Venerable Bede
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:50 PM UTC
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hmmm, there's quite a few. . .
sepultura/helmet/ministry 1992 bill graham civic center in san francisco
dambuilders/weezer/lush 1995 fillmore in san francisco
wire train/live 1992 the edge in palo alto, ca
wally pleasant/idaho/the cranes 1995 deep ellum live in dallas (got passes from the drummer, so no one checked out id and got to drink all night)
failure/flaming lips/tool 1994 the terrace in austin
american analog set/low 1995(6?) electric lounge in austin (also, spiritualized at electric lounge in austin- my friends made a dat recording of the show, which i bet many people on here have)
brennser
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:54 PM UTC
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I forgot one
Alejandro Escovedo played a gig earlier this year or late last year at the Barns of Wolf Trap - very different to most gigs I go to but it was just incredible - him, two violinists, a classical guitarist, and a cellist (who was getting REALLY into it) - unbelievable sound, just unbelievable
markie
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:56 PM UTC
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Originally posted by brennser:
dammit markie, you beat me to posting this topic
Throwing Muses - 2001 - Boston - a reunion gig for a band I thought I'd never get to see live (even though I ended up seeing them again this year)
The The - Fletchers Bar - Baltimore - 2001 - really only a warm up gig but to see one of my all time faves in such a tiny space was special
Lloyd Cole and the Negatives - Metro Cafe - 2001 - great gig
Good…..
I was at that The the show….. Was it really better than the 930 show? His acoustic version of the beat(en) generation was great at fletchers. I also saw them about 9 years ago when they did a warm up show in cambridge before one of the UK festival (glastonbury I think).
I saw the Muses 13 years ago. They didnt play Dizzy and got pissed off at the crowd for requesting it. I am still bitter.
Isnt Lloyd Cole sad and pathetic now? I used to love him….
markie
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 04:59 PM UTC
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Originally posted by who am i, why am i here:
Def Leppard, St. Louis Arena 1989
I was 12 or 13, and very impressed
How many arms did the drummer have? Has there been a week since where you have not worn a union jack T-shirt?
I thought of another special show……
three guys from the levellers played a little bar in Dundee with just acoustic guitars. It was an amazing sing along.
bunnyman
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:03 PM UTC
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most memorable shows to me:
Pixies w/Pere Ubu @ Citadel Center, DC, Nov. 2001
Red House Painter @ Birchmere, October 1993
Aphex Twin w/Death in Vegas & Sneaker Pimps @ 9:30, September 1997
Morrissey @ San Carlos Institute, Key West, November 1997
The Damned @ House Of Blues, Chicago, March 1998
Social Distortion @ 9:30, Nov. 2001
Sonic Youth @ Valle Giulia, Rome, Italy, July 2002
Queens of the Stone Age w/the Distillers @ the Warfield, SF, October 2003
Almost any Echo & the Bunnymen/Electrafixion show would be in there, so would My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult on my 18th birthday @ the Metro in Chicago. Sugar @ the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago…Good God, too many to list. But those are some of the best ones.
bunnyman
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:04 PM UTC
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sorry, that Pixies show should be 1991, not 2001
Sir HC
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:06 PM UTC
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No particular order:
A. Stone Roses WUST musical hall. 1 1/2 hours of great music. Left sated.
B. The Jesus and Marychain College Park circa 1986. 9353 opened and were brilliant too.
C. Butthole Surfers, College Park 1988 (hairway tour with 2 drummers, GIs opened up).
D. My Bloody Valentine, Hammerjacks. Loveless tour, 1992 (Mercury Rev opened and were great too).
E. Sigur Ros, 930 Club, 2003.
F. Chemical Brothers, 930 Club, 1999.
G. Fugazi, last year at Ft. Reno. When they got to the 2 hour + sets, I would lose ability to watch.
H. Husker Du, Warehouse tour, old 930.
allmy$to930
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:08 PM UTC
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Ryan Adams at King Tuts in Glasgow in 2000 (Heartbreaker/pre-rock star era). Just Ryan and a guitar.
brennser
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:08 PM UTC
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I was at that The the show….. Was it really better than the 930 show?
Isnt Lloyd Cole sad and pathetic now? I used to love him….
9.30 show was probably better overall but still, to see him in a tiny venue like that was memorable
I still like Lloyd - I have all his solo stuff and The Negatives album - good lyrics and he writes great pop songs….apparently there is some move afoot to have a reunion tour with the Commotions next year
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:09 PM UTC
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1. Sleater-Kinney: 930 one beat tour)
2. Sebadoh: Dallas (harmacy tour)
3. Ida/ Pedro the lion: Denton, TX (its hard to find a friend tour)
4. Elliot Smith: Dallas (figure 8 tour)
5. The Queers/ the Groovie Ghoulies: Denton, TX (i don't know, i was like 15)
markie
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:13 PM UTC
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Originally posted by brennser:
I was at that The the show….. Was it really better than the 930 show?
I still like Lloyd - I have all his solo stuff and The Negatives album - good lyrics and he writes great pop songs….apparently there is some move afoot to have a reunion tour with the Commotions next year
I gave him up when he had his kid and did the morning has broken stuff…….
I did see hin at the Edinburgh playhouse on the dont get weird on me babe tour….. He did 2 songs off of rattlesnakes. Which is still one of my favourite albums.
Venerable Bede
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:14 PM UTC
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
most memorable shows to me:
Red House Painter @ Birchmere, October 1993
oh, i forgot. . .
tarnation/red house painters 1999(2000?) great american music hall in san francisco.. .
they really played at the birchmere? saw them when they came through last time at the black cat, i think the crowd plays way too much in their sets, which is why that show was disappointing, but the san francisco show was excellent.
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Re: best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?
October 29, 2003 at 05:15 PM UTC
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Chemical Brothers @ Electric Factory 1996
U2 - RFK Stadium 1992
Coachella 2003 (does that count, it was many bands!)