The Perfect Musical Experience

I haven't been to many concerts, and none of them felt like perfect... But I hope to get more opportunities in the future

MovingPictures07 wrote: cacho wrote: I just went to see Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola last year, and hell it was fascinating, but it was more like a "concert for old". It was all acoustic, though it was quite Amazing to see Stanley Clarke live, playing his amazing bass, also he played an amazing solo. That would have been extremely cool; those are some of the best musicians out there! Another concert which I'm quite forgeting, was Aussie Floyd, spectacular. I loved SOYCD. Ahh, that was 3 years ago, I think. Both live shows were excellent on their own way, Aussie Floyd being much more Emotional to me, since I was a Die-Hard fan of Floyd there, and for the TRIO it was a Great expierence.Pretty awesome. It's always the best to see a band that you're an absolute die-hard of.

Ha, thx! I'm pretty convinced I want to see Deep Purple this year, they came already 2 years before, but I was too young for the type of Audience in there. Let's hope they let me this time!

Also I wanted to see Jethro Tull that came last year, but neither I could go, since it was too late when I went for tickets.

I'll tell ya if I have another concert, etc.

My Perfect Musical Experience was Progressive Nation 2008 this May. I've seen Dream Theater only once before the show, that august 2007, and this blew it away. Opeth played a great set, BTBAM played my favorites off Colors and One of my favorite Alaska songs. 3 was a pleasant suprse, very, very good live band .

kenmartree wrote: Not to make you envious I saw Rush Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours.  I was working for a ticket scalper because that was the only way to get good seats. I sat front row center once right in front of Alex OMG!! That sounds like possibly one of the most epic experiences ever (all of them). That show was pretty much perfect.  Unfortunately Rush lost me with Signals, I guess it was that 80's thing.  I love all of Rush's stuff, but I can see why people who lived through all of it might not have liked 80s and afterwards because they weren't exactly the same as their earlier stuff.  As for transcedent musical experience, that would be Peter Gabriel Plays Live Tour, I don't have words for that show.  The cliched " tears streaming down my face" is true but I hate cliches. That would have been sweet (not as cool as Rush though ). I've only seen clips of Gabriel on Youtube, I would have loved to have seen his theatrics. What did he play back then?

cacho wrote: I just went to see Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola last year, and hell it was fascinating, but it was more like a "concert for old". It was all acoustic, though it was quite Amazing to see Stanley Clarke live, playing his amazing bass, also he played an amazing solo. That would have been extremely cool; those are some of the best musicians out there! Another concert which I'm quite forgeting, was Aussie Floyd, spectacular. I loved SOYCD. Ahh, that was 3 years ago, I think. Both live shows were excellent on their own way, Aussie Floyd being much more Emotional to me, since I was a Die-Hard fan of Floyd there, and for the TRIO it was a Great expierence. Pretty awesome. It's always the best to see a band that you're an absolute die-hard of.

Not to make you envious I saw Rush Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours.  I was working for a ticket scalper because that was the only way to get good seats.  I sat front row center once right in front of Alex  That show was pretty much perfect.  Unfortunately Rush lost me with Signals, I guess it was that 80's thing.   As for transcedent musical experience, that would be Peter Gabriel Plays Live Tour, I don't have words for that show.  The cliched " tears streaming down my face" is true but I hate cliches.

I just went to see Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola last year, and hell it was fascinating, but it was more like a "concert for old". It was all acoustic, though it was quite Amazing to see Stanley Clarke live, playing his amazing bass, also he played an amazing solo.

Another concert which I'm quite forgeting, was Aussie Floyd, spectacular. I loved SOYCD. Ahh, that was 3 years ago, I think.

Both live shows were excellent on their own way, Aussie Floyd being much more Emotional to me, since I was a Die-Hard fan of Floyd there, and for the TRIO it was a Great expierence.

MovingPictures07 wrote: peskypesky wrote: This is just so weird. My first concert was Rush too. 31 years ago in San Antonio, Tx. I was 11 years old. It was almost a religious experience. http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/tours/77oct22_collage.htm UFO opened for them. Tickets were $7.75 Haha, that's really awesome. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like to see them back then! They actually played the first 7 minutes of 2112 this year, which was pretty neat. But I bet that might have been the only similarity song-wise between the concerts. That price sounds like such a steal nowadays!

It blows my mind to think that 31 years can go by and Rush is still playing to new, excited fans. I mean, that first Rush concert I saw seems like two lifetimes ago. But I can still remember my excitement when my older brother Mike presented me with my ticket and told me I could go with him and his band-mates. He played in a cover band called Wynd (they played Rush, Nugent, Doobie Brothers, Montrose, etc).

And I still remember walking into the auditorium and being freaked out by the clouds of strange-smelling smoke! :)

I had never smelled pot before, never been to a rock concert, and this was the 70s, when everybody in the audience, the band, the crew and probably the security was toking. So the place was completely filled with a cloud of smoke, and when I asked my brother what it was, he and his friends looked at each other, laughed and said it was some "weird cigarettes" or something.

Looking back, I must've had a contact high by the time Rush took the stage. I just remember being completely blown away when they came out and started blasting "Bastille Day". Can there be a more awesome beginning to a concert than that? I don't think so. That song just comes out punching like Mike Tyson.

It was also so cool to see Geddy and Alex with the twin double-necks. :)

Man, that was beautiful. "By-tor", "Anthem", "2112", "Working Man", etc etc etc


To think those 3 dudes are still out there on the road is amazing. I'm kicking myself for not getting tickets when they came through NYC. :(

But I did see Steely Dan two weeks ago, and I'm seeing King Crimson in a month, so I'm stoked.



Edited by peskypesky - July 04 2008 at 12:18

MovingPictures07 wrote: Kestrel wrote: Seeing the Musical Box last December doing the Selling England show is one of the most magical moments of my life.  My eyes were teary the entire show and I cried with my friends after it was all done...  Awesome! I would have always loved to have seen Genesis back in their heyday, and I've heard The Musical Box is a really good substitution for those of unfortunate enough to not have been alive back then (or not been able to see them the first time). The only thing that would keep me from seeing it is my mind saying, "That's not Gabriel's exact voice!!" or something like that. I don't know, it's a hang-up of mine. I don't like Seconds Out as much as the studio versions for that reason; Gabriel's voice is part of the Genesis magic, IMO. Plus, as much as I've liked Genesis over the years, I have other bands I'd like to see first. That does sound pretty freaking sweet though, especially since it's Selling England.

I thought the same thing too but the guy's voice is extremely close to Gabriel's. During the course of the concert, I essentially forgot that it wasn't Gabriel on the stage! It was so well done that my friends and I pretty much say we've seen Genesis live, haha. Apparently, Phil Collins thinks the Musical Box does what they do better than Genesis did, haha.

Unfortunately, we may have seen the show for the last time. The tour they are doing now is the A Trick of the Tail tour and I don't know if they'll ever do the Gabriel-era shows again. I certainly hope so. A Trick of the Tail is good, but the stage show is definitely not as interesting. 

Edited by Kestrel - July 03 2008 at 16:06

rileydog22 wrote: My perfect musical experience was MAGMA last June.

I'm completely envious.

As much as I've always wanted to see Rush live, Magma would easily be next highest on my list. Unfortunately, I don't really know much information about seeing them other than travelling all the way to Paris in the midst of my Spring 2009 semester. I don't see that happening, despite how big of a Magma fan I am.

What was it like? Where did you catch them?