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    Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:06
Pretty easy to understand, what was your first concert, worst concert, best concert, and last concert?
 
As for me:
 
 
First: Journey 2003 or 04
 
Worst: ^, I didn't know any of the material, and I don't like it now a days anyway.
 
Best: Progressive Nation 2008 (Dream Theater, Opeth, BTBAM, and 3) NYC 2nd night Terminal 5
 
Last: Rush Jones Beach 2008
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First: Raffi! Hell yeah! at Yonkers Riverfest
Worst: Backstreet Boys It was a present for my little sister and I couldn't get out of it
Best: Have you seen the Score DVD? Yeah. That one.
Latest: I think it was Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in a rather small venue in NYC. Intense show.
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First: Al di Meola @ Plai Festival 2006, Timisoara, Romania
Worst: none so far, can't name a worst about of great concerts Big%20smile
Best: Esbjörn Svensson Trio @ Timisoara Jazz Festival 2006, Timisoara, Romania (so marvellous I'm sad now thinking ES is gone from us Cry)
Latest: John McLaughlin in Concert, Bucharest, Romania

so far seems like I went only to great jazz concerts, true, more than enough at least, but I also saw Jethro Tull live. Big%20smile


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1st: David Lee Roth w/Poison - August 13,1988 Palace of Auburn Hills Monsters of Rock Festival - Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, Scorpions, Van Halen - June 17, 1988 at Pontiac Silverdome.
Worst: I'm not sure.  There were a couple that turned out disappointing because of other circumstances.  Not sure of a worst.
 
Best: Rush - 1994 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkUre8FWIQ  I was at this one.
Latest: Rush - 2008 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (It would have been Yes, but it was cancelled).


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First: Omega Budapest 1969 !
Worst: Chicago 1973 Montreal - terrible
Best: too many 
Porcupine Tree 2006  (last one)
PFM -2005
IQ- 2005
Fish 2003
 
Ferry (three times) Roxy Music (4 times)
Hawkwind , Led Zeppelin
Gentle Giant, Ekseption, Genesis (twice) Focus
 
Like I said too many ........hahahahaha            List available upon request


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First: KISS w/ Molly Hatchet (1983)
Worst: Alabama (1988)
Best: U2 during the Elevation tour (2001)
Last: Rush (2007)

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First  Pink Floyd Knebworth  1975 could be the best to .
Best oooh there has been so so so so so so so so  many but i will go for    Treworgey Tree Fayre.
Liskeard, Cornwall  1989  or Stonehenge 1984   oh every time i have seen  Hawkwind and  Gong
Worst  is the same as the Last  Windsor Blues fest   two weeks ago  worst damn gig ever been to  No Atmosphere   poor sound  seen more life in a dead cat than that audience  which was a shame as Taj Mahal and Richie Havens were on the bill , Then there was Fank Mahrino   never seen such self indulgent pile of crap in all my life '





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- first was Saxon in 1983.
- worst was probably Sting in '88.
- best was Ronnie Lane's Appeal Tour with Page, Beck, Clapton, Cocker and a bunch of others, 1983 though Yes in the Round and Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan come close.
- I don't know if I can remember my last, I think it was Stevie Nicks in 2001, she was terrific   ..no it was Sleeping People just last year







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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:


- worst was probably Sting in '88.



that's too bad - I saw him at MSG in the 90s and it was a great show.
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yeah we were disappointed, the Blue Turtles tour was fantastic though!
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FIRST; Nazareth-Heidelberg 1972
BEST; Soft Mchine--Toulouse 1975
            King Crimson--Fort Lauderdale 1995
            Jethro Tull--Miami 1989
LAST; Depeche Mode--Orlando   2005
WORST; Vdgg --Pau 1977        
Other great shows; Mahavishnu Orchestra 1974, BJH 1987, GONG -3 times, Magma 1973 or 74, Yes 1976,Paul mcCartney  -twice, Neil YOUNG 1976, Procol Harum , Tangerine DREAM-twice, CAN 1977, K. Ayers, Santana 1989, Page-Plant 1995 and many more
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Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

FIRST; Nazareth-Heidelberg 1972
BEST; Soft Mchine--Toulouse 1975
            King Crimson--Fort Lauderdale 1995
            Jethro Tull--Miami 1989
LAST; Depeche Mode--Orlando   2005
WORST; Vdgg --Pau 1977        
Other great shows; Mahavishnu Orchestra 1974, BJH 1987, GONG -3 times, Magma 1973 or 74, Yes 1976,Paul mcCartney  -twice, Neil YOUNG 1976, Procol Harum , Tangerine DREAM-twice, CAN 1977, K. Ayers, Santana 1989, Page-Plant 1995 and many more
 
Speak about nomadic travel ! Gong with Hillage, Blake,  Howlett and Moerlin? That's what I always wanted to see (  Angry  Merde alors!)  and T Dream? which line-up and where?
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Coming from Ecuador, the only band I ever saw live there that appears on PA is ANGRA in 2003...
 
But i better only talk about my US concerts:
 
First - The Flower Kings - Largo, Florida 2006
 
Best - The Flower Kings - 2006 (so intimate... it was the best, if not the most exciting, which obviously was the one below...)
 
Last - ProgNation 2008, Miami Beach- Having my favorite band there (DT) obviously should have made this my best concert, but the curtain problem with OPETH and the poor sound of BTBAM made this a lesser concert, even though THREE was excellent and seeing DT live for the first time was, well....Heart
 
Worst - Of the ones here, probably Porcupine Tree, Orlando FL 2007. It was not bad at all, but I've seen only 6 since I've arrived so i have to pick one! (Wilson forgot the lyrics to "Blackest Eyes" and the song list was terrible... too much Nil Recurring, too few Deadwing or In Absentia or LightBulb Sun....
 
But my worst concert ever would have to be in my country... those really were something else.... 
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First - Alice Cooper with Flo and Eddie(early 70s). This was back when Alice was still sort of "undeground". Flo and Eddie (ex Zappa and Turtles) were total 60s LA freaks, one of them was bouncing up and down and 'fondling' his own big shirtless man-breasts while they sang about a million reprises of the Turtles hit "So Happy Together". All this in front of a bunch of local yokel rednecks in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Worst - REO Speedwagon with Rainbow(mid-70s) ELP Works tour(late 70s) Those two shows turned me off to 70s hard rock and prog rock for a long long time.

Best - Genesis with Bill Bruford on drums(mid 70s) Black Flag, 5 piece version with Chuck Biscuits and Dez Cadena(early 80s) King Crimson double trio at Berkeley's Greek Theatre

Last - I'm going to see a great local Hammond B3 trio (City Champs) this Sunday. I guess that's not really a concert, but I don't go to big shows much anymore. I tried to go see Sound Tribe Sector 9 last year, but I couldn't get anyone to go with me.

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oh yes and Tangerine Dream Coventry Cathedral  197 ? damn if can remember the date  anyway top gig stunning venue  
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Coming from Ecuador, the only band I ever saw live there that appears on PA is ANGRA in 2003...
 
But i better only talk about my US concerts:
 
First - The Flower Kings - Largo, Florida 2006
 
Best - The Flower Kings - 2006 (so intimate... it was the best, if not the most exciting, which obviously was the one below...)
 
 
Cryptic Vision opened for them didn't they? 
 
Dating myself here
 
First- Blood, Sweat and Tears 1969
Best- Wow too many to pick one Jeff Beck and Mahvishnu Orchestra in 1975 comes to mind Rennisance opening for Gentle Gaint, ELP on the BSS tour, Kansas on the Leftoverature tour,  Peter Gabriels' first tour,  Genesis Trick,W&W, Duke, Yes Relayer, Jethro Tull War Child and Songs from the Woods and many many more.
Worst-Without a dout it was Brownsville Station (smoking in the boys roomDead) Canned Heat and Black Oak Arkansas. It was the last time I let my gf at the time pick a concertLOL)
Last- Liquid Tension Experiment
 


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Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

First- Blood, Sweat and Tears 1969

oh, kill me now..   nice


Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

Dating myself here

is that legal?


 
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First: Kansas 1977: Amazing, I got the chance to see them in their peak.in Florida.
 
Best: Rick Wakeman in Lima: Amazing concert, Rick's instruments were sent to Paraguay due to a mistake in IATTA codes (Pa instead of  Pe), so the concert started at 1:00 am on a thursday, not a sigle seat availlable, the public received Rick as a hero and he played until near 4:00 am, he was very emotional and gave his best.
 
Worst: Jon Anderson in Lima: I almost fell asleep, not because it was  bad, because it wasn't for those who like his solo stuff, but because I expected something different, left after 1 hoiur.
 
Latest: Riders on the Storm: Not bad for a cover band.
 
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

First: Kansas 1977: Amazing, I got the chance to see them in their peak.in Florida.
 

Best: Rick Wakeman in Lima: Amazing concert, Rick's instruments were sent to Paraguay due to a mistake in IATTA codes (Pa instead of  Pe), so the concert started at 1:00 am on a thursday, not a sigle seat availlable, the public received Rick as a hero and he played until near 4:00 am, he was very emotional and gave his best.

 

Worst: Jon Anderson in Lima: I almost fell asleep, not because it was  bad, because it wasn't for those who like his solo stuff, but because I expected something different, left after 1 hoiur.

 

Latest: Riders on the Storm: Not bad for a cover band.

 

Iván




Are you talking about Riders, the band that plays old country tunes. I'm no country fan but they are great. I made a point of talking to them after the show, very funny guys, lots of sly winks and sexual double entendres. They are from an older and wittier era that doesn't exist anymore.
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Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:





Are you talking about Riders, the band that plays old country tunes. I'm no country fan but they are great. I made a point of talking to them after the show, very funny guys, lots of sly winks and sexual double entendres. They are from an older and wittier era that doesn't exist anymore.
 
No EM, I'm talking about "Riders on the Storm", the Doors tribute band formed by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger with Brett Scallions trying to fill the shoes of Jim Morrison.
 
Iván


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