What's the best concert you have seen (1 Viewer)

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guidomerkinsrules said:
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Like what you like
It becomes interesting when you compare your taste to others taste + perspective
I get a kick out of how much you love Cobain/Nirvana - I really do - but when you summarily dismiss one of the great art forms of the 20th century, it’s hard to want to engage in discussion

like if we were talking about cheese
and you were like ‘I can do some cheddars but I mostly like American’
And someone talked about how much they love brie and Roquefort
And you respond with ‘I’ll never eat soft cheeses’ and I didn’t like the one hard cheese I tried when I was a kid’
It would be really hard to categorize that as a cheese discussion anymore since you’ve eliminated 99% of cheeses from the discussion

again I’m not saying don’t like Nirvana, I’m just saying eat more cheese
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Same here, I mean I can't really have a deep discussion about music with anyone who hates jazz music. Jazz was R&R before R&R....influenced most of the great musicians in R&R....and is all about the instruments...Steely Dan inspired me to learn more about jazz and I grew to love it...From Wynton to Pat Metheny to Larry Carlton to Wes Montgomery to Charlie Parker to Dizzy Gillespie and all those in between....
 
Back in the 80's, I worked as a stage hand for the LSU Assembly Center. That summer Robert Plant rented the AC for a week to design and practice for his tour Big Log iirc.

Anyway I'm not sure it counts as a concert in a traditional sense, but to be able to stop in, cop a seat, and just study while Robert Plant rehearsed is something I'll never forget.
 
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I saw the last 13 Grateful Dead shows ever as I was a tour child the summer I graduated high school.

I followed Phish during college but the most memorable other than the festivals was at Radio City Music Hall in 2018.

in ‘94 I saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour.

my first concert was Van Halen on the OU812 tour

I saw Pearl Jam at the Boulder Colosseum open for Urge Overkill. (Order was: Mudhoney, Peal Jam, UO). That was before Ten’s national release. I was in high school and had never heard of them.

*Typing this made me realize that while my older brother beat the sheet out of me he let me tag along on a bunch of stuff.
 
Tapxe said:
Back in the 80's, I worked as a stage hand for the LSU Assembly Center. That summer Robert Plant rented the AC for a week to design and practice for his tour Big Log iirc.

Anyway I'm not sure it counts as a concert in a traditional sense, but to be able to stop in, cop a seat, and just study while Robert Plant rehearsed is something I'll never forget.
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i've shared the story before, but probably one of my best 'concerts' was sitting in on watching Wynton Marsallis audition a replacement drummer bc he's was caught in customs
he would show the drummer what he wanted on the drums, the drummer would start and Wynton went to every instrument to vibe with the drummer and keep coaching him along
it was amazing
 
guidomerkinsrules said:
i've shared the story before, but probably one of my best 'concerts' was sitting in on watching Wynton Marsallis audition a replacement drummer bc he's was caught in customs
he would show the drummer what he wanted on the drums, the drummer would start and Wynton went to every instrument to vibe with the drummer and keep coaching him along
it was amazing
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I've told this one before also.....I met Wynton in a St. Charles Vision uptown (a friend worked there) in 1985 or 86?, we talked music for about 20 minutes. I was big into prog back then (still am to an extent), he knew and liked every band I was into. I was just getting into jazz back then and he told me listen to Wes Montgomery and Dizzy and Miles....
 
Tapxe said:
Back in the 80's, I worked as a stage hand for the LSU Assembly Center. That summer Robert Plant rented the AC for a week to design and practice for his tour Big Log iirc.

Anyway I'm not sure it counts as a concert in a traditional sense, but to be able to stop in, cop a seat, and just study while Robert Plant rehearsed is something I'll never forget.
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That’s one of the most amazing experiences ive ever heard.
 
COACHTDL said:
AC/DC For Those About to Rock tour 1982 at Baton Rouge Centroplex. 21 gun salute - 21 canons on top of stage. Loudest thing I ever FELT. Saw my first stabbing. A chick stabbed a guy in the stomach while defending her man. Pot was being smoked out in the open while the cops were looking at the river ignoring all the goings on. This was my first concert. The energy level in the building was insane.

Always enjoy Zebra - going to see them again end of August. Randy Jackson is a fantastic guitar player and singer!
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The same tour was also at the Biloxi coliseum. When the cannons went off they caused fissure cracks in the roof. The group was fined for the damage and banned for 2 years. Great times :) . I was caught by surprise and fell to my knees when they were fired.
 
Tapxe said:
Back in the 80's, I worked as a stage hand for the LSU Assembly Center. That summer Robert Plant rented the AC for a week to design and practice for his tour Big Log iirc.

Anyway I'm not sure it counts as a concert in a traditional sense, but to be able to stop in, cop a seat, and just study while Robert Plant rehearsed is something I'll never forget.
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Sort of related but not really.. I’ll bet Plant stayed at what was once the only decent hotel in BR, the big Hilton (now Marriott) at the I10 / I12 split.. ive stayed there a million times for LSU games, and i always think about the rock royalty that must have graced its halls….Back then it seems like anyone who was anyone played either BR or Biloxi, almost never NOLA.. Once, i met and chatted with a guy who was obviously an aging rocker type, on the elevator ride up to my room; turns out he was actually John Taylor from Duran Duran.. at first i thought he was Rick Springfield , lol.. there are much nicer hotels these days in Baton Rouge , but back in the days of ‘real rock and roll‘ [tm], i am guessing the walls of that place would have had some stories to tell.
 
Mr. Blue Sky said:
Sort of related but not really.. I’ll bet Plant stayed at what was once the only decent hotel in BR, the big Hilton (now Marriott) at the I10 / I12 split.. ive stayed there a million times for LSU games, and i always think about the rock royalty that must have graced its halls….Back then it seems like anyone who was anyone played either BR or Biloxi, almost never NOLA.. Once, i met and chatted with a guy who was obviously an aging rocker type, on the elevator ride up to my room; turns out he was actually John Taylor from Duran Duran.. at first i thought he was Rick Springfield , lol.. there are much nicer hotels these days in Baton Rouge , but back in the days of ‘real rock and roll‘ [tm], i am guessing the walls of that place would have had some stories to tell.
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No idea where Plant stayed.


I also got to play basketball with Boston on their Third Stage tour. They were bored and found out the practice court was under the arena. I just happened to be there when they came looking for more players. Let's just say there's a reason they are musicians and I'm in IT. Was fun tho.

I've never really idolized famous folks. I consider them talented regular people. Ran into Patton Oswalt in the Four Seasons Austin (not a lawn care). I just simply said hello Mr Oswalt in passing. To his credit he was going to do the whole fan thing but I just kept moving. He was there with his family and I figured they deserved time for themselves so I didn't want to impose.
 
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mambodeath said:
I've seen so many, but one that sticks out is Prince at the Pepsi Center in 2004. Sheila E and Maceo Parker we're in the band backing him. Plus I was in a suite that had its own bar, server, and bathroom
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Prince played here in my hometown March 1983 on the 1999 tour. I was at the university of Maryland and missed it :covri:
 
A pox on my head for forgetting…Black Sabbath/Blue Oyster Cult in October 1980. The Black & Blue tour :0056:
 

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