Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade

skeeter

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 03:18 PM UTC #

Originally posted by TheDirector217:

Springsteen/R.E.M./Fogerty (Once again . . . At the same show?!)

It was one of the "Vote For Change" shows. Someone else was there too (Bright Eyes maybe?) but I missed them.

AC/DC was one of the (many) shows I had a hard time cutting from my 80's list.

Sir HC

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 04:11 PM UTC #

Originally posted by SPARX:
How could I have forotten Daniel Ash's hissy fit at the Patriot center. I think an early Janes Addiction may have opened that one.

Not the DAR show, are you? He tossed 4 acoustics that night, and one group hug on stage (looked like the stage lighting would occasionally just "go out" and that pissed him off).

Pixies opened, and Black Francis said "This song is our soundcheck", so it seems that L&R were really hosing everyone.

MikeyPanik

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 04:14 PM UTC #

00's

Garbage/No Doubt
Gwen Stefani/Black Eyed Peas
The Sounds
The Sounds (again)
Scissor Sisters

Reod Dai

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 07:51 PM UTC #

Man, I'm a youngster compared to most of you. My first show was in 1990. >_> I didn't go to all that many shows in the 90s (growing up in southern PA made that difficult), so picking five of them is easy. I decided immediately that a 2000s top five would be too difficult, tried for a top ten, and ended up with a top fifteen. :)

1990s

1. Pink Floyd - Veterans Stadium, June 1994</li>
2. Bruce Springsteen - Capital Centre, August 1992</li>
3. Goo Goo Dolls / Sugar Ray / Fastball - Merriweather, August 1999</li>
4. Green Day - State Farm Show Arena, November 1995</li>
5. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Merriweather, August 1995</li>

2000s

1. Therion / Todesbonden / Brave - Jaxx Nightclub, September 2005</li>
2. Bright Eyes / M. Ward / The Bruces - Showbox (Seattle), October 2002</li>
3. Pearl Jam - Benaroya Hall (Seattle), October 2003</li>
4. Kevin Martin & The HiWatts - Crocodile Cafe (Seattle), November 2003</li>
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Flaming Lips - Key Arena (Seattle), October 2003</li>
6. Death Cab for Cutie / Nada Surf / Smoosh - Showbox (Seattle), November 2003</li>
7. The Violent Femmes - The Norva, December 2005</li>
8. Muse - Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC), May 2004</li>
9. The Weakerthans / Murder By Death - Neumo's (Seattle), December 2004</li>
10. Mates of State / Maria Taylor / Hail Social - State Theatre, March 2006</li>
11. Of Montreal - The Norva, August 2006</li>
12. Matt Pond PA / Youth Group - 9:30 Club, March 2006</li>
13. Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward ("Monsters of Folk" tour) - Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver BC), October 2004</li>
14. Iced Earth / Children of Bodom - Graceland (Seattle), May 2004</li>
15. Cowboy Mouth / Cracker - Showbox (Seattle), November 2003</li>

Sir HC

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 09:09 PM UTC #

This is hard, and remembering the decade is tough:

70s
1979 (it is on his website!) Barry Louis Polisar - my elementary school

80s
86 - Jesus and Mary Chain & 9353, College Park, Psychocandy tour.

1988 (?) - Butthole Surfers & Government Issue - College Park (Hairway tour, two drummers), got to meet King Koffee…

(1988?) Janes Addiction - old 930 club, Nothing Shocking tour. What was shocking was how short they are.

87-88ish - Love and Rockets and The Mighty Lemon Drops (think this was their second Warner show).

The Go-Betweens - 930 club - either of their two times I saw them there, but when it was with the guy the Replacements sang about, he played too long and pissed us off. (not sure I would now really want to see him or not).

90s

92- My Bloody Valentine, Buffalo Tom, Mercury Rev (with David Baker) - Hammerjacks.

90 - Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Geek - The Citadel. So many other Fugazi shows that I could put down.

93-4 (?) - The Orb at the old 930. Real drummer and bassist. I gave Ed my ticket stub so I can't remember exact dates…

95ish (?) - Stone Roses - WUST - they were to play at Georgetown, but Ian had a hissyfit and tried to break the stained glass and push the PA off stage (according to the Georgetown Electrician), so the show was moved to WUST where there were no seats and so people could dance.

Love and Rockets - Lift tour - 930 and Bohagers.

00s

Sigur Ros - 930 (?? year). I was sick with the flu but they were worth dragging my sick butt out.

Gomez - In Our Gun tour - Seen them before and since, but this show they were top form and killer.

Chemical Brothers - 930 - (was it 2001, 2000, I forget).

Fugazi- Fort Reno, their last one. They just rocked out.

Comets on Fire - 2004/5?- Ottobar. It was so much fun to watch those who were "dragged along" jump back three feet when they started. I guess it was the "oh they are a hippie jam band" until the explosion of noise.

imrotten

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 09:44 PM UTC #

Originally posted by chancegardener:
[QB] 1970's:

2. AC/DC; Cheap Trick - Symphony Hall, Atlanta 8/11/78

3. Joni Mitchell (band included Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius) - Mann Music Center, Philly 8/28/79

4. Ramones / Runaways / The Jam - Tower Theater, Philly 3/18/78

>> I saw that AC/Cheap Trick tour at Towson State with Bon Scott,of course….excellent!

I can't believe you got to catch Jaco P. live with Joni Mitchell!…Greatest bass player of all time….my regret, I never saw him in person.

I left The Jam show in '82 off my list,probably cause the sound was pretty terrible….it was great otherwise….

SPARX

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 12, 2007 at 10:32 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Originally posted by SPARX:
How could I have forotten Daniel Ash's hissy fit at the Patriot center. I think an early Janes Addiction may have opened that one.
Not the DAR show, are you? He tossed 4 acoustics that night, and one group hug on stage (looked like the stage lighting would occasionally just "go out" and that pissed him off).

Pixies opened, and Black Francis said "This song is our soundcheck", so it seems that L&R were really hosing everyone.

No, this was definitely the Patriot Center. The 1987 tour with Janes Addiction as openers

Sir HC

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 13, 2007 at 02:40 PM UTC #

Originally posted by SPARX:

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Originally posted by SPARX:
How could I have forotten Daniel Ash's hissy fit at the Patriot center. I think an early Janes Addiction may have opened that one.
Not the DAR show, are you? He tossed 4 acoustics that night, and one group hug on stage (looked like the stage lighting would occasionally just "go out" and that pissed him off).

Pixies opened, and Black Francis said "This song is our soundcheck", so it seems that L&R were really hosing everyone.
No, this was definitely the Patriot Center. The 1987 tour with Janes Addiction as openers

Guess in his junkie days he has a lot of hissy fits.

SPARX

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 14, 2007 at 08:19 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Sir HC:
[[/qb]

No, this was definitely the Patriot Center. The 1987 tour with Janes Addiction as openers [/qb]Guess in his junkie days he has a lot of hissy fits. [/QB]

Yep, I got the distinct impression he'd be a real pain in the ass to work with!!!

jeffnar

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 18, 2007 at 03:21 PM UTC #

70's:
rolling stones/kansas/peter tosh-7/1/78 cleveland stadium
cars/todd rundgren and utopia/cheap trick/eddie money-1979 legend valley ohio
aerosmith/golden earring-11/2/78 civic arena, pittsburgh
rush/starz-1/19/79, civic arena, pittsburgh
yes-4/11/79, civic arena, pittsburgh

80's: (this was impossible)
keith richards-12/4/88 orpheum theater, boston (after lights dim, aerosmith sit 2 rows away with/as fans)
pixies/zulus-11/21/1989 citi club, boston
peter gabriel-11/17/82, stanley theater, pittsburgh (band enters single-file slo-mo thru aisles to stage)
roger waters-85 worcester centrum, mass.
king crimson- 10/31/81 carnegie-mellon auditorium (the complete re-invention of the 4 piece rock band)

90's:
morrissey-93 ovens auditorium, charlotte
patti smith-12/17/97(?)-cat's cradle, chapel hill, NC
rolling stones-3/15/99, first union center, philly
swervedriver-cat's cradle, chapel hill, NC
cocteau twins-'91 or '92, orpheum theater, boston, MA

'00's:
rolling stones -2002, orpheum theatre, boston (4th row center aisle $50)
roger waters-9/2006 nissan pavillion, VA
kraftwerk-5/30/05, 930 club, DC
jimmy page & black crowes-7/4/00 walnut creek, raleigh, NC
depeche mode-5/21/2006 nissan pavillion, VA

SPARX

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 18, 2007 at 07:46 PM UTC #

Originally posted by jeffnar:
70's:
rolling stones/kansas/peter tosh-7/1/78 cleveland stadium
cars/todd rundgren and utopia/cheap trick/eddie money-1979 legend valley ohio
aerosmith/golden earring-11/2/78 civic arena, pittsburgh
rush/starz-1/19/79, civic arena, pittsburgh
yes-4/11/79, civic arena, pittsburgh

WOW! Other than seeing Starz with a different band in Johnstown, we were at the same shows! Sure was hot @ Legend Valley that day. Fortunately it looks like you missed a very bad opener to an otherwise grat day of music in Zanesville. The 1st band was a Robert Plant wannabe fronting a band called Roadmaster. Yes, In The Round, correct?

jeffnar

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 18, 2007 at 11:22 PM UTC #

Originally posted by SPARX:[/qb]

WOW! Other than seeing Starz with a different band in Johnstown, we were at the same shows! Sure was hot @ Legend Valley that day. Fortunately it looks like you missed a very bad opener to an otherwise grat day of music in Zanesville. The 1st band was a Robert Plant wannabe fronting a band called Roadmaster. Yes, In The Round, correct? [/QB]

yup, roadmaster (from ohio, right? -lucky band that day) opening at legend valley and yes was in the round. i remember people burning a car in the crazy LV parking lot scene afterwards. LV was a long hot day indeed; i remember one of the people i went with was soooo tanked and shroomed in the heat that he would pass out in between bands and start right up again full speed when the next band started; hooting, hollerin' and jumping up and down until each successive passout.

when i saw your original list i knew i had to post, but it took me a few days to actually narrow shit down and remember dates. it's great to run into someone who went to some of my first concerts ever; acid, pot and alcohol everywhere, festival seating at many shows (until the who in ohio), wide open radio programming, $5-$10 big name shows you slept out in real lines for real tickets, LOL!

SPARX

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Re: Top 5 Favorite shows I've attended by decade March 19, 2007 at 12:09 AM UTC #

Originally posted by jeffnar:

when i saw your original list i knew i had to post, but it took me a few days to actually narrow shit down and remember dates. [/QB]

Glad you did. Those were some great shows. I thought more board regulars would post theirs but it is tough to narrow down and dates get blurry for sure. I'd love to see what you ALL on board enjoyed most. Brings back great memories!!!