your top 10 concerts of the year

Stooges 9:30
Pogues Roseland St. Paddy's
Fishbone - Capital City Carnival
His Name is Alive - Black Cat
Sly & Family Stone - BB King's (weird show)
The Teeth - RR Hotel

Stooges 9:30
Pogues Roseland St. Paddy's
Fishbone - Capital City Carnival
His Name is Alive - Black Cat
Sly & Family Stone - BB King's (weird show)
The Teeth - RR Hotel

Beastie Boys @ Vfest
Deftones @ 930 (Both nights)
LCD Soundsystem @ 930 club
Air @ 930 Club
Girl Talk @ Vfest
Battles @ the ottobar
Queens of the Stone age @ Rams head

1) LCD Soundsystem- 9:30
2) Jens Lekman- BC
3) TV on the Radio-9:30
4) Flaming Lips- Bonnaroo
5) Gogol Bordello- 9:30
6) Elvis Costello-9:30
7) White Stripes/Grinderman- NYC
8) Bruce Springsteen- Verizon
9) Jonathan Richman- 9:30
10) Spoon- 9:30

Not really in any order, but Tool and Iggy would probably be the top 2.

1. Tool - Baltimore, Bonnaroo and Reading, PA
2. Iggy and the Stooges, 9:30
3. Arcade Fire, DAR
4. Richard Thompson, Bonnaroo and 9:30
5. Wilco, Bonnaroo and Merriweather
6. The Who, Wembley Arena, London
7. Lou Reed performing "Berlin", Appollo, London
8. Queens of the Stone Age, Rams Head
9. Neil Young, DAR
10. Bruce Springsteen, Verizon Center

I know I'll get a lot of crap for this, but hey, its what I enjoy and I had fun at the concert which is what really matters to me. And I actually only went to 10 shows. So only the top 7 were counted.

1. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony- Verizon Center (I'm not even going to explain since no one will care the reason)
2. The Killers, Silver Beats, Red Romance- Patriot Center
3. Cartel, Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls- 9:30 Club (Cobra was amazing, the others ehhh)
4. Bayside (opened for Anberlin)- 9:30 Club
5. Third Eye Blind, The Upwelling- Richie Coliseum (University of MD)
6. The Hush Sound, My Favorite Highway- Rock N Roll Hotel
7. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill- Verizon Center

On the Comedy Front:

1. Kathy Griffin- Kennedy Center

Originally posted by conorh98:
Sly & Family Stone - BB King's (weird show)

Care to elaborate? The genius/insanity of Sly has always intrigued me.

Daft Punk - Coney Island, NY
Justice - Trocadero, Philadelphia
The White Stripes - Patriot Center, VA
TV on the Radio - 9:30
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 9:30
EL-P w/ Mr. Dibbs - 9:30
Prefuse 73 - Black Cat

Originally posted by mdh9857:
I know I'll get a lot of crap for this, but hey, its what I enjoy and I had fun at the concert which is what really matters to me. And I actually only went to 10 shows. So only the top 7 were counted.

1. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony- Verizon Center (I'm not even going to explain since no one will care the reason)

7. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill- Verizon Center

I'm interested. I won't make fun on you. Whatever you like is what you like. You must like famous, married, singing couples. Having witnessed both of them, who do you think has the better sex life? Was there any onstage sexual tension that you could detect?

Brian

A bunch of votes for the LCD Soundsystem show… Must have been my awesome DJing that tipped it over the edge :D

the question for me (and, i suspect, brennser) is why so many people voted for the national @ 930 show. we both thought it was a huge disappointement. personally, it was probably my worse show of the year.

agreed, a total snoozer

Originally posted by sweetcell:
the question for me (and, i suspect, brennser) is why so many people voted for the national @ 930 show. we both thought it was a huge disappointement. personally, it was probably my worse show of the year.

15 for you…not in order

LCD Soundsystem @930
Jens Lekman @BC
Andrew Bird @930
Arcade Fire @DAR
Josh Ritter @930
Patrick Wolf @BC
The Veils @DC9
Nick Lowe @Birchmere
Bjork @United Palace
Superdrag @930
Jonathan Richman @930
John Prine @Warner
Thermals @BC
Wolf Parade @BC
Dean & Britta @BC

Oh yeah, Jonathan Richman at 9:30. That brings my list to 11. Though that's probably all the shows I saw this year. They were all good.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Oh, I forgot Okkervil River at RNR Hotel. That gives me 10.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I can't even remember going to ten concerts this year, but I'll try…in no order

Jens Lekman, Black Cat
Nick Lowe, Birchmere
Old 97's, Artscape (daughter's first concert)
Hugh Masekela, World Music Fest in Arlington
Drive By Truckers, 9:30 Club
Robbie Fulks, Jammin Java
Slaid Cleaves, Iota
Hold Steady, 9:30 Club
Josh Rouse, Birchmere

Hmmm, that's about all that are listworthy and in my brain at present

this was the year that old age/having two kids caught up with me!! I didn't go to very many shows beyond the ones I DJ'ed (and really regret not seeing The Veils or Jens Lekman but such is life) - that being said here are the ones I enjoyed the most in no particular order

Josh Ritter @ 9.30
Neil Young @ DAR
Apples in Stereo/Aqueduct/Julie Ocean @ 9.30 (all 3 bands great)
Peter Bjorn and John/Fujiya and Miyagi/Au Revoir Simone @ 9.30 (again all 3 bands great)
TVOTR @ 9.30 (I'm not a huge fan of theirs but they blew me away live)
The Dears @ 9.30

Dissapointments

Camera Obscura @ 9.30
The Frames @ 9.30 (good but not the out of body exexperience Frames shows can be)
The Cribs @ Black Cat
The National @ 9.30

To be honest, I think you deserve more ridicule for liking Kathy Griffin than any of the shows you saw :D

Originally posted by mdh9857:
1. Kathy Griffin- Kennedy Center

let's see–in no order

incubus - hammerstein ballroom & 930 (didnt care for albert hammond though)
rhcp
stooges - 930
rodrigo y gabriela - 930
velvet revolver - 930
john mayer - mci
rage - coachella
kol/brmc
inxs
roots - 930
voodoo fest - watched the stream so i'm adding it

20 for you…

TVOTR @ 930
Soulwax @ Coachella
The Rentals @930
Big Business @BC (opening for the Melvins)
Morrissey @Wolf Trap

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
15 for you…not in order

LCD Soundsystem @930
Jens Lekman @BC
Andrew Bird @930
Arcade Fire @DAR
Josh Ritter @930
Patrick Wolf @BC
The Veils @DC9
Nick Lowe @Birchmere
Bjork @United Palace
Superdrag @930
Jonathan Richman @930
John Prine @Warner
Thermals @BC
Wolf Parade @BC
Dean & Britta @BC

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Soulwax @ Coachella

heh, i was a little surprised that no shows from cochella or lolla made your list. i forgot about soulwax - they were indeed excellent, one of my 'chella highlights. probably should have been on my list.

another one that no one has mentioned: travis @ 930 club. excellent show.

Originally posted by SPARX:

Originally posted by conorh98:
Sly & Family Stone - BB King's (weird show)

Care to elaborate? The genius/insanity of Sly has always intrigued me.

Well, it was uncoordinated from start to finish (venue/band/audience). I really appreciate the 930 club and BC when I watch shows in other cities. It was a 10:30 start time, but they kept us waiting in the cold on the sidewalk until just before 12. No reasons were given. Sly came out and did a spontaneous "rap" before members of the family came out seemingly confused. sly's voice is still great (it might be even better than when he was young) but he would only sing about 1 or 2 lines out of any given song when he actually was out there. he was preoccupied with a vocoder (i think that's what it's called) where he would talk into a mic and the keyboard would control its pitch. the band didn't really know what the hell was going on and was as confused as the audience when sly would up and leave the stage. they turned the house lights on a bunch of times before sly stumbled back to noodle through another song.

the unfortunate thing is that this could have been an incredible show. but sly's music really benefits with tight playing. this was anything but. they need a real leader out there, even if it isn't sly, to help them get their shit together.

about 1/3 of the audience was pissed and some chanted stuff at sly, but the rest ate it up. i guess i was somewhere in the middle. i didn't feel like he was intentionally slighting the audience like bob dylan or anything, but he might just have mental problems or stage fright. i do think he was trying to put on a good show. and it was pretty good. i'm really glad i saw it; he's written some incredible tunes.