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Best Live Performance You Have Ever Seen!? |
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BarryGlibb 
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 Posted: June 23 2019 at 00:54 |
He obviously went downhill live after that. He is a laughing stock down here in Oz for his horrendous live performance at the 2011 AFL Australian Rules Grand Final in Melbourne. See ...and if you can bear it...listen below. BTW: he hasn't been invited back!! |
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chopper
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Posted: June 24 2019 at 08:47 |
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Up until a few years ago it would have been a tough choice -
McCartney Yes U2 Springsteen But now it's no contest - Kate Bush at the Eventim Apollo.
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Finnforest
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Posted: June 24 2019 at 09:39 |
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I don't have my list around at the moment. Off the top of my head, these were memorable. Fiona Apple (Tidal) Babes in Toyland Breeders Peter Gabriel (Up) BOC (the Revolution by Night)
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...that moment you realize "Mob Rules" is better than "Heaven and Hell"
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TenYearsAfter
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 11:25 |
I have embellished my post with live pictures.
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Quinino
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 12:12 |
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^ And nicely chosen, btw !
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Argo2112
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 13:06 |
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There was a Rush show from 1990 I remember as being amazing.
I have seen them 10 times or so but that show was the best.
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TenYearsAfter
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 13:24 |
Obrigado Jose. Do you know who this is?  |
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Quinino
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:07 |
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^ hahaha have no idea, you have to help me - that's a white young woman with dreadlocks playing a Mellotron, right ? In a club in the 70's ?
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TenYearsAfter
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:27 |
The woman is Anna Sofi Dahlberg, from Anekdoten, in the early years of Anekdoten (early Nineties), a friend of mine (Jan Van Santbrink) took this picture during a concert in Sweden, the time of their debut album. Later she changed her dreadlocks to her early haircut. Thanks for your reaction Jose!
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Quinino
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:42 |
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She was a little skinnier at the time, otherwise I surely would have guessed right away hahaha Love the band, it's nice for you to share these details Erik.
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TenYearsAfter
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Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:53 |
Obrigado Jose.
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The Shrubbery
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Posted: July 26 2019 at 12:23 |
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Best Show of recent memory: I think the 2nd round of the Steve Hackett plays Genesis tours was one of the best shows i've seen in ages. Nad Sylvan the first time around I didn't get into him being "Peter" and thought it was just strange but the second tour around he seemed far more comfortable with his role. It didn't seem contrived anymore and I really got into what Nad was doing live and felt like he brought something exciting to it
Most historic show: I did a post about this in the live music forum. The 50th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon starring Alan Parsons and of course Neil Armstrong's son's Prog Band Edison's Children was absolutely incredible. They were great before Rick joined them and now they've reached a new level especially with their new album that came out last week. My only complaint is they played a lot of their 1st album and I would have loved to see them play Indigenous or something really hard but I get that it was a "family gig". Alan Parsons i've seen 5 times now and they're all terrific performing live (Only problem is every time I see them they don't play Silence and I and they play it the next night). Marillion did some great music during their Weekend in PZ but loved seeing the swap the band when they played Fugazi and Cinderella Search. Can I say the Musical Box? I know its a cover band but when I saw them at a casino... i was surprised with how good they were. I heard the next night they were going to play the "Black Show" and i had to go ... so I got in the car and drove 4 hours and it was magnificent. Stayed overnight and saw them again the next evening doing Selling England By The Pound and that may have even been better. |
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Let's make Prog a family again. Tired of Snobbery and trolling. We all have a right to love what and who we love so lets respect and appreciate all who care about the finest music in the world... prog
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:24 |
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Most of these were in the 70's and 80's. National Health with Alan Gowen Utopia - RA tour with the pyramid and glass guitar Rush - several times The Bears - several times (These guys have so much fun on stage) Allan Holdsworth - several times The Aristocrats Culture Clash tour Frank Zappa - several times Bill Bruford with the amazing John Clark Jean Luc Ponty Steely Dan - 1996 Pat Metheny Chick Corea's Elektric Band Beneath the Mask Tour
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MortSahlFan
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Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:31 |
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Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon tour
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https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition
https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
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Fischman
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Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:46 |
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Rush - Moving Pictures Tour '81
Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager Tour '81 Rush - Signals Tour ' 82 Kinks - State of Confusion Tour - '82 Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast Tour '82 The Who - It's Hard - '82 (yes, even without Moonie, they were awesome) Blackfoot - Siogo Tour '83 Moody Blues - The Present Tour '83 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood Tour - '83 Shooting Star - Silent Scream Tour '85 Eric Johnson - Tones - '83 Rush - Hold Your Fire Tour '87 Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got the Blues Tour '91 Dream Theater - Images and Words Tour - '92 (mixed emotions as Dixie Dregs were playing at a different venue the same night) ---big gap--- Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour '12 Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline Tour '12 Kansas - 40th Anniversary Tour '14 Within Temptation - Hydra Tour '14 Some other very powerful live performance I've seen: Cascade Quartet - String Quartet #1 (Johannes Brahms) Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra - Music for Prague 1968 (Karel Husa) Also Ran's: Fates Warning, The Rolling Stones, Chevelle, Disturbed, George Thorogood, Machine Head Pleasant Surprises: Amaranthe, Looker, John Campbell, Nothing More, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Volbeat Bands whose live performances didn't quite live up to expectations for me: Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Megadeth, Five Finger Death Punch, Chicago, B.B. King And some that were just miserable all the way around: Twisted Sister, John Cougar, Krokus
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: July 27 2019 at 13:44 |
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Pink Floyd, June 1975, Pittsburgh PA. They played all of Dark Side of the Moon, plus tracks from Wish You Were Here and Animals -- neither of which were released yet!
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Odvin Draoi
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Posted: July 27 2019 at 14:18 |
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I'm not a concert/festival/show guy, the best performance I've ever seen was from Randy Coven (bass), while he and John Macaluso were touring with Malmsteen and came to Ankara (Turkey) in 2001 or something. As far as I remember, the vocalist was another legend Mark Boals. Randy Coven (RIP) stole the show, even from Malmsteen. Such precision and diversity. I was amazed. From the videos, the best metal vocalist live performance I've seen was from Fabio Lione of Rhapsody in Sweden Rock Fest (2017). Now that Rhapsody is in the Archives, sharing the video shouldn't be too irrelevant. Edited by Odvin Draoi - July 27 2019 at 14:23 |
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souio
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I've seen McCartney, Stones, ACDC, and some other major classic rock bands but I gotta my best concerts started when I began volunteering at my local jazz festival.
My number 1 spot is Dr Lonnie Smith. He's known as one of the best Jazz organist so I went in expecting some fast noodling and virtuosity. Then he began playing and it literally felt like a 70s King Crimson concert. I seriously recommend him if you like King Crimsons intense jams. Even better was that it was in a church so the acoustics of the concert bounced off every wall. Unfortunately he didn't play an encore because his drummer had another gig directly after the concert. It was funny because directly after the concert my buddy and I were walking down the street talking about it and the drummer ran right past us carrying a cymbal under each arm lol. Dude wasn't lying! |
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Posted: August 14 2019 at 15:52 |
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The Who - 1971 (San Diego) - Mind blowing but they almost walked off because people were pressing in toward the stage. Townsend got pissed and threatened to end the concert so people backed off.
Yes - 1973 (San Diego) - I guess this was the "Close to the Edge tour" (I'd only heard "Roundabout" on the radio before this and I went to see Poco who were also playing)... Life changing! Had to wait around 3 hours for Yes to take the stage. Yes - 1974 (San Diego) - Tales From Topographic Oceans tour - The last show of the tour and the band were in high spirits. Wakeman's solo album Journey To The Center of the Earth and just gone to #1 in England. We abandoned our crappy seats and ended up right in front of the band, it was like being on stage with them. Naked girls were trotted out by the roadies! Led Zeppelin - 1975? Physical Graffiti tour (San Diego) - Sitting behind the stage this time was a truly new perspective. John Bonham had to leave for 2 or 3 songs I suspect do to inebriation so the band did some acoustic numbers. When he got back the roadies were trying to help him and he proceeded to get into a fist fight with them; I don't know if anyone else but those of us behind the stage saw this. This was one of the best concerts I've ever seen! Pink Floyd - 1975? Animals tour (Anaheim) Earth shattering!!! The pig exploded!!! Camel - 1976 Moonmadness tour (Encinitas - La Paloma Theatre) Too small a venue for such a big show. This one could be the best concert I've ever attended!
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Howard the Duck
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Posted: August 14 2019 at 17:36 |
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Man I wish I'd been around in the 70s to catch all that stuff! All my favourite bands at their peak of performing! :D I didn't get into prog until my teens in the mid 2000s (child of the 90s here :D). edit: I did see a pretty good PF tribute band in the early 2000s - it was a good venue - good acoustics, and the drummer was actually better than Mason on some tracks! (though my Dad disagreed lol) A few years later I went to see Roger Water's performance of Dark Side, but left after his solo/early PF set because the acoustics were godawful and i was choking on all the weed people were smoking nearby. xD
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MacGyver can do a super guitar solo with a broom and an elastic band. Can you do better?
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