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Mojo88

Mojo88

I was thinking the other day about some of the concerts I have seen over the years. I thought about it and tried to put together a top ten of the songs that were performed. Here are mine, feel free to list yours.

1. Eagles-Hotel California. They get a lot of hate but the ending with Joe Walsh and Don Felder was amazing.

2. Eric Clapton- Layla

3. Hank jr - Your Cheatin Heart

4. David Gilmour - Wish You Were Here

5. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty

6. Beach Boys - God Only Knows

7. Fleetwood Mac- Silver Springs

8. Dave Matthews- Two Step

9. Vince Gill- Go Rest High On That Mountain

10. Dolly Parton- Jolene

Some were because of the musicianship, others were because of audience reaction. The range of emotions was at every end of the scale.
 
Rushman2112

Rushman2112

Most of mine would be Rush, of course, so Limelight and Closer To The Heart would vie for 1 and 2. 3 probably 2112 Overture which opened the set at Wembley Arena November 1981 when I first saw them. Awesome opening.

The Stranglers would have to be in the mix: my first ever gig was at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1977, No More Heroes and more recently last year (also at CCE) And If You Should See Dave - a tribute to Dave Greenfield, very poignant.

I've seen Simple Minds a few times, both here and in UK, always good and East at Easter is a favourite, as is Waterfront.

Iron Maiden here, Run To The Hills. Half of Malaysia had biked over the Causeway and drank the venue dry.

A left field choice now: Suzanne Vega, we saw her here a few years ago and she was just great, Luka was a standout.
 
musicman1951

musicman1951

three-tu-tu, three-tu-tu
Wow - what a challenge. My wife has been telling people for 40 years that when I get Alzheimer's nobody will notice, so I'm not sure I have enough functioning brain cells left to complete the task.

Some that I have enjoyed:

Janis Joplin - Summertime

Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

Mountain - Theme from an Imaginary Western

The Who - Tommy medley

Edgar Winter - Frankenstein

Jeff Beck - Ain't Superstitious

10 Wheel Drive - The Eye of the Needle

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel

Nick Brignola - My Foolish Heart

Ithaca College Orchestra - 1812 Overture

Albany Symphony - Petrushka

Goat Rodeo - Where's my Bow
 
Mojo88

Mojo88

musicman1951 said:
Wow - what a challenge. My wife has been telling people for 40 years that when I get Alzheimer's nobody will notice, so I'm not sure I have enough functioning brain cells left to complete the task.

Some that I have enjoyed:

Janis Joplin - Summertime

Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

Mountain - Theme from an Imaginary Western

The Who - Tommy medley

Edgar Winter - Frankenstein

Jeff Beck - Ain't Superstitious

10 Wheel Drive - The Eye of the Needle

Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel

Nick Brignola - My Foolish Heart

Ithaca College Orchestra - 1812 Overture

Albany Symphony - Petrushka

Goat Rodeo - Where's my Bow
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Wow what a list!! I had the chance to see Led Zeppelin and passed. It was a lesson learned, you only get so many opportunities to see bands live.
 
brucered

brucered

System Generated
in no particular order

Pearl Jam - Arc (only played 9 times live) Ed cane out on stage before the show, solo, unannounced, didn't way a word, with a voice recorder and wowed us with a solo performance that he looped and then walked off. "The track entitled "Arc" was recorded as a vocal tribute to the nine people who died at the festival. Vedder only performed this song nine times on Pearl Jam's 2003 tour, and the band left the track off all released bootlegs as an act of respect."

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

The Who - Real Good Looking Boy. The place went nuts when pics of John & Moon were on the backdrop. It was quite moving with the video montage.

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again. Zak killed in on the drums and during the laser porition. I was blown away as a "Moon era only fan".

The White Stripes - You don't konw what love is (secret acoustic show in Winnipeg with a hundred or so fans). I was at both secret shows. This is NOT my recording. One on a city bus (#10 on this list, my video if you can find it with an old digital camera) with like 30 people and then ran to meet them at the bridge. A musical higlight for me. The was one of their final tour dates ever as shortlived band/duo.

Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (small arena). The arena was going NUTS with drunks dancing and the place screaming the lyrics.

The Tragically Hip (Fist Avenue Bar, Minneapolis, Day for Night Tour) - Locked in the truck of a car

U2 - Bullet the blue sky (stadium on PopMart tour)

John Mellencamp - Death Letter (concert hall)

Neil Young (solo show, on organ) - Pocohontas (conert hall)
 
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EclipseRedRing

EclipseRedRing

I smell like a Christmas pudding
I used to be a rock fan as a young man and the best concert I saw was on August 17th 1991 at Monsters Of Rock in Castle Donington, UK, headlined by AC/DC. The support acts were Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, and The Black Crowes, one hell of a line up. The AC/DC set is available on DVD, Blue-ray, and on Youtube, I have watched it many times but cannot find myself in the 70000+ crowd but I was right at the front. My picks of the concert are:

Whole Lotta Rosie, You Shook Me All Night Long, Let There Be Rock, Back In Black, Highway To Hell - AC/DC

Master Of Puppets, One - Metallica.

Here is my ticket:

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Captain Pre-Capsize

Captain Pre-Capsize

In no particular order...

Saw Simon and Garfunkel some twenty years ago at the United Center in Chicago. Just amazing to hear The Sounds of Silence and the clarity they sang it in. Spoke to a lady working the concession stand and she said the workers had been there this afternoon and heard the whole show for free as they rehearsed. A jaw-dropping performance. About a fourth of the way in, Paul Simon began speaking about the harmony they were known for. He cited the Everly Brothers as being their inspiration - the ones they mimicked starting out, that they owe it all to them. Then out walked the Everly Brothers! Paul and Art leave the stage and we all heard a greatest hits of the Everly Brothers - and THEY were spot on.

Clapton in Dallas, late '70's - that is when I became a fan. Put on a great show. Nothing like Layla in concert.

Allman Brothers in Dallas late '70's. A buddy had tickets so I was along for the ride. Have been a fan ever since. There was a gigantic clock across the auditorium on the far wall. The concert had been going on for some time and then the opening notes of Midnight Rider rang through the air. Gregg is on stage pointing to the huge clock that read exactly midnight. Seriously. I will say, the one song of their that really cranked was Black Hearted Woman. The lyrics, the beat, the outrage - whew!
 
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Lockback

Lockback

Dull yet interesting
I wish I had something to add to this thread ... but I don't.
Sorry to say I've only been to a handful of concerts in my life. I really don't like crowds at all and always found the sound quality so inferior to the record, it grated on my nerves. I know ... I missed a lot of great stuff. No doubt. 🤷‍♂️
I did see Joe Bonamassa in concert about 5 years ago. It was a lovely set on a summer night in a relatively intimate setting and I enjoyed it, although his set list didn't include my favorite songs of his. Go figure.
 
njpaddy

njpaddy

1. Desolation Row – Dylan (1966 Louisville, KY). One of my favorite Dylan songs. As I remember this was the last song Dylan sang in his solo folk half, before taking a break and coming back with The Band (not sure if they were still calling themselves The Hawks at that time).

2. Like a Rolling Stone – Dylan (1966, Louisville, KY). The last song done with The Band. Hard to hear Dylan over The Band, but every fan knows the lyrics, so it was great seeing it done live. Acoustics were not very good back then.

3. A**hole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman (Dylan’s 1976 Rolling Thunder Tour – Lakeland, Fl). Memorable because our 5 yo daughter kept singing it on our long ride home, thanks to fans around us teaching her the lyrics. When we finally got a CD player years later, Kinky’s Old Testaments And New Revelations was the first CD I ever bought.

4. Jolly Roger – Roger McGuinn (Dylan’s 1976 Rolling Thunder Tour – Lakeland, FL). Memorable because I bought his Cardiff Rose LP when it came out afterwards just to get that song. I still have that LP.

5. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane. Saw them live in Asbury Park in 1967. I was 4 rows from the stage and couldn’t hear for days afterwards. As far as the song, I prefer the Grace Slick & The Great Society version of White Rabbit and Somebody to Love. I still have the Great Society LP.

6. 40 Shades of Green – Black47. Black 47 was a favorite band back in the 90s/00s, and we used to bring our kids and grandkids to Irish festivals where they played. 40 Shades was always a favorite song of ours.

7.Aqua Lung – Jethro Tull. Wife and I saw Tull’s Passion Play in Louisville around ‘73, but they also did some of our favorite songs from Benefit (my favorite Tull album) and Aqualung.

The following are memorable concerts attended, but I can’t single out a specific song:

8. Grateful Dead (Dec 1968). It was held in the gym of a small Catholic college (Bellarmine) in Louisville, KY, with only a couple hundred in attendance. Tickets were around $3. I had bought their first LP in 1967, but they were not well known yet. I was dating my future wife and when we left going on 4am, they were still playing. Not sure this link contains all the songs in that set.

archive.org

Grateful Dead Live at Bellarmine College on 1968-12-07 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive

Set 1 Dark Star -> Saint Stephen -> The Eleven % Death Don't Have No Mercy % Cryptical Envelopment -> Drums -> The Other One -> Cryptical Envelopment...
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9. Peter, Paul & Mary. (Louisville 1965). Probably the best live show I ever saw, factoring in great acoustics and their rapport with the audience. The 1964 LP/CD Peter Paul & Mary In Concert captures the feeling of their concerts at that time.

10. The Pogues and The Sawdoctors (Mar 2006 Atlantic City). It took two of our favorite Irish bands to get us to a casino. Shane was in great form, and my wife, an adult daughter and I left the venue soaked in beer. It was worth it.

11. The Skels. A favorite NJ Irish punk band of ours. Wife daughter and I saw them at an Irish bar in Teaneck 10+ years ago. Got there early and feasted on some great Shepherds Pie & Guinness. Wife doesn't drink, so she was the designated driver..

















This is the best I can do with the few brain cells remaining.



Since most of my concerts were in the 1960s & early 70s, I’m having a tough time remembering the groups I saw, much less the songs. Concerts were not a big deal back then, and tickets were often just $3-6.
 
The Knize

The Knize

These are the top ten songs I have heard live? I could have picked a lot from most of these concerts and I have limited myself to one song per show. No particular order.

1. Kashmir--Zepplin, Cap Center 1977

2. The River--Springsteen, Cap Center 1981 or so.

3. July 4, Ashbury Park (Sandy)--Springsteen. Mem Gym. Charlottesville, 1974

4. To Cry You a Song--Tull, Baltimore Civic Center, I think, 1972 or so

5. Time the Revelator--Gillian Welsch and David Rawlings at Swathmore, whenever that was, maybe ten years ago

6. Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who, Cap Center, 1976

7. Sara--Fleetwoods, U Hall, Charlottesville, 1973

8. Don't Need No Doctor--Humble Pie, Alexandria Roller Rink, 1970?

9. Night Moves--Bob Seeger, Baltimore Civic, 1978

10. Rod Stewart and the Faces--Cap Center, maybe 1971
 
The Knize

The Knize

The Knize said:
No particular order.
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I kind of misrepresented that. "Kashmir" was supernatural! Perhaps the single best song performance I have ever seen!

Also, it seems Fleetwood Mac might not have played Sara at its show in Charlottesville in 1975 or 76, or whenever. The internet does not seem to know about that concert.

Substitute, Joni Mitchell "Free Man in Paris" William and Mary 1974.
 
SharpieB

SharpieB

Wow, great lists!

A few off the top of my head…

1. Rush - 2112 - 1981 in Toronto
2. Tom Petty - Don’t Come Around Here No More - 1990-ish in Oakland
3. Chris Stapleton with Marin Morris - 2016 at the Ryman in Nashville. His first show there and he was just beginning to get famous.
4. David Bowie - China Girl - 1984 in Toronto
5. Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills - 2022 and they still got it!
6. Bruce Springsteen - The River - 1984 in Toronto
7. Chris Cornell - Imagine - 2011 in Toronto. He closed with this Lennon song and it was unreal. Tiny theatre and I had front row.

I‘m sure I will think of more later. 🤪
 
The Knize

The Knize

Great list, SharpieB. Love the Ryman. I love China Girl, even though it seems kind of politically incorrect these days, even though Bowie is mocking the West not China or its people.

Such a great Springsteen song and he sings it like he lived it, or he used to. Chris Cornell was always moving. I never to to see him live. I have often said that I thought some folks in covering songs did not really get the song they were covering. CC could extract authentic meaning from a song beyond what its original performer and writer did. Who knew he had such inner pain to draw on? RIP
 
Tirvine

Tirvine

ancient grey sweatophile
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I Go Mine), Dylan and the Band in Seattle. It was the opener in the Before the Flood Tour. Wow.

Combination of the Two, Big Brother and the Holding Company in Golden Gate Park, summer of 1967.

Mose Allison at Shelley's Mann Hole in spring of 1969.

Vladimir Horowitz in Dallas in 1976.
 
DAVIDY97

DAVIDY97

Last caress / Bread fan - Metallica
Jesse with his long hair hanging down - Robert Earl Keen
Sangria Wine- Jerry Jeff Walker
Last tear drop falls - Freddy Fender w Texas Tornados
Rocketman- covered by Charlie Robison
Orange blossom special - Charlie Daniels
Take me back to Tulsa - Last remaining members of the Bob Wills band in 1993
Its new years day - Charlie Robinson
17 - Cross Canadian Ragweed
Gin, lies n smoke - turnpike troubadours
 
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