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What is your favorite "live" music performance of all time?
Since were all in quarantine I thought it would be fun to see what is your favorite LIVE performance by a music artist. Find it on YouTube, copy then just paste it right here on this forum. Here is mine.
Elvis singing American Trilogy in Hawaii. The year is 1973. American Trilogy (High Quality) - YouTube |
Santana
Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 "Woodstock" Live Video HQ - YouTube |
When I was a little kid growing up in Northampton, MA I went for a bike ride into town one summer evening. There was a free outdoor concert being played at Pulaski Park by some new band that no one knew. They put on a great show, turns out it was Aerosmith.
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Great choice! I loved Santana too.
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A tie between The Eagles at Sprint Center in Kansas City about five years ago before Glenn Fry passed and Elton John in 2001 at MGM Grand in Vegas. Maybe the most enjoyable was a 1964 Peter Paul and Mary concert at Brewer Field House at Missouri University, Columbia because I had front row seat. Also, come to think about it, had front row center seats at Kansas City Music Hall for “Jersey Boys”. When it comes to live performances the nearer the stage the better the experience in my book.
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Uriah Heep, Wonderworld Tour, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. August 14, 1974
When they played Wonderworld, the arena opened the dome to a spectacular sky full of stars...... still get tears in my eyes remembering it. Of course, this experience was enhanced by the thick cloud inside the Arena before they opened the dome, lol. Uriah Heep Concert Setlist at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh on August 14, 1974 | setlist.fm Uriah Heep - Wonderworld - YouTube |
Elton John, 1974 Nassau Coliseum. There was a horrendous thunder storm and all the power went out in the building. He just kept playing the piano and singing. Everyone had their lighters lit and he had everyone sing along to his songs. Fantastic showman.
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Back in the late 1960s I used to attend Julliard String Quartet concerts at the Library of Congress. Tickets were I think 25 cents each. The trick was getting them over the phone at 8:00 am just when the box office opened as they were all gone within a few minutes. The players were faculty members. At least one violin was a Stradivarius. Incredible musicians on some of the finest string instruments in the world. Acoustics were pretty good too.
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It's hard to pick just one show, Journey and the Babys at the Mississippi Coast Colosseum in Biloxi, April 18, 1980 Departure Tour. That was great because we had two great singers, Steve Perry and John Waite, and Journey couldn't be any bigger at the time. After I couldn't get tickets to see Georgia Carlin, a few of us went to the Electric Zoo club out by St. Pete/Clearwater Airport. It was the Allman Bros September 6, 1969. Had no idea who they were, we paid $3.50 to get in. There was band with a guy with a red guitar and long blonde hair going wild on the guitar, they had two drummers and the singer was this guy sitting down playing the keyboards. I never forgot that show, at the very end, the singer said, we're the Allman Bros and our first album comes out in two months, we hope you buy it. I've always told people the best live theatrical type show I've ever seen, even better than Pink Floyd, was Jethro Tull on the Thick as a Brick tour, Savannah, Georgia June 11, 1972. It was more than music, it was a sight to be seen. Ian Anderson was fantastic, they had people dressed as giant rabbits hopping on stage. Huge telephones ringing, if you read the Thick as Brick newspaper that came with the album jacket, then it all that. https://i2.wp.com/68.media.tumblr.co...1280.jpg?w=605 I'll add one more because I hear these guys on the radio all the time. Def Leppard on the Pyromania Tour, July 1, 1983 Savannah, Georgia. This was their first headlining tour, I owned a record store and Pyromania was my biggest selling cassette ever, going through 100 a day and the Union Jack T-Shirts were just as hot. The band didn't disappoint, fantastic show, Gary Moore and Krokus opened. I think I couldn't hear afterwards for 3 days. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...ty5YyPsMFDFeTf |
Nat king cole at the civic arena in pittsburgh on the first date with my new girl friend who later became my wife. I believe it was around 1962 or 63.
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MJ at his best row 11 center
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Cage the Elephant opened for The Black Keys. Never imagined this would end up being my all time favorite concert.
Black Keyes Black Keys - Lonely boy [LIVE Eurockéennes 2014] - YouTube Cage the Elephant Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams | Lollapalooza Brasil 2017 - YouTube |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival)
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Okay I’ll be the dork. My all time favorite live music experience was going to Broadway to see Camelot. I was 12 and the perfect first play for a girl on the cusp of teen years
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Many years ago, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park had evening concerts on a swath of land within the park. You could hear some of the animals while you sat on the grass listening to the music. My wife and I attended a concert by Don McLean. Everything was normal until he started singing Starry Nights (Vincent). The crowd fell silent listening to the haunting lyrics and melody. Then we noticed that all the animal sounds stopped as well. It was wonderful, but eerie. We were in the middle of a valley, surrounded by animals free to roam in large enclosures. Sent shivers. It has to be 40 years ago and we’ve never forgotten it. |
John W, I totally agree with both Jethro Tull and Grand Funk Railroad as some of the best. I saw Tull in Worcester, MA back in the 70's, never got to see Mark Farner and Grand Funk, but have always been a huge fan. Other honorable mentions for me, have seen the WHO, Santana, George Thorogood, Jonathan Edwards, Chicago, and The Almond Brothers many times. Another one of my favorites was seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd live at the Springfield Civic Center about a week before their plane went down. Very Sad :_ ( Stay safe everyone!
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The Beatles at Cleveland Public Hall in September 1964. Also Hugh Jackman in Boy from Oz on Broadway and Simon and Garfunkel in concert with their special guests, the Everly Brothers. Wonderful memories.
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I don't have a singular favorite live performance. I have singular favorite moments in each of the live performances. I remember John Denver's enormous bed in the middle of the stage when he sang Grandma's Feather Bed at the New Haven Coliseum in I believe 1975. I remember certain moments in each of the Yes shows I've been to, starting in 1977, every single year until 1980, and then every year from 1984 until Jon Anderson had to leave due to illness in I believe 2005-ish (I still have the ticket somewhere, can't remember what year it was). I remember being impressed by Rick Wakeman's son when he performed for Yes one year at Oakdale Theatre.
I remember SO vividly when Ian Anderson rose up out of the stage, which was set to resemble a ship, at the start of his Broadsword and the Beast tour in Massachusetts. I remember the wineskin that the brother of someone in the Grateful Dead passed me, because he happened to be sitting next to me that night, and then going back stage to meet the band. That was in New Haven too. When it comes to music and sound, I have a very vivid, 3D memory of things I enjoy. So they're all my favorites. |
My second concert ever and it remains my fave to this day: The Doors at Boston Arena, April 10, 1970. Thank God for Youtube.
And that's saying something as I also saw Jethro Tull many times in the early and mid-70s including the Aqualung, Thick as a Brick and Passion Play shows, Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Black Sabbath's first American tour, Pink Floyd's quad Dark Side of the Moon show, Dylan's '74 tour with the Band, Queen's first American tour, Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour, etc. Like some of you guys, I was also a big Uriah Heep fan and saw their Wonderwall show as well as the Demons and Wizards and Sweet Freedom tours. Also saw them way back when they were still unknown in the states when they opened for Three Dog Night in 1970. My favorite Heep album is Salisbury. Regrettably never saw the Beatles. My parents thought I was too young to go to a concert at that time. But they let me go one year after the Beatles' last tour to see the Monkees at Boston Garden in 1967! The Doors Boston Arena 1970 - YouTube |
Neil Young during his '70-'72 acoustic tour for After the Gold Rush. Just him on stage singing and telling stories in a 3K seat theater. He made it feel intimate and personal.
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This thread is great. So glad someone started it. It is sure stirring up some memories. I am a product of the Elvis era, never saw him live. My father wouldn't even let me listen to his music, lol. Saw Louis Armstrong as a teenager. Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Bowie, Santana, just on and on. Have also seen the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Pavarotti. Just too many to mention because my taste runs everything from acid rock to opera. Oh, have to mention Tom Jones in his heyday. Oh, and Van Cliburn live. Swan Lake Ballet. What a life it has been..... Thanks for all the memories, OP.
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Blues from the Mississippi bottoms.
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Desert trip
One Friday night, an all-star team of classic rock veterans — the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, the Who and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd on the same storied bill at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
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Allman Bros at Alpine Valley ski resort in 1979 on the Enlightened Rogues tour. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils opened up for them. Also sat a few feet from Carlos Santana and watched him play in awe. For pure technicality, I finally got to see Return to Forever at the Fox in St. Louis after seeing Al Demiola at the Sheldon a few years prior.
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If you get an opportunity, go see the Australian Pink Floyd act. They played at David Gilmour's 50th birthday party in 1995 and he said they were technically better musicians than any of the original Floyd. I think he was being humble. I never got to see the original, but did see the Aussies and they are phenominal. To experience a bit of Floyd's early genius, give this a view. Careful with that Ax, Eugene from Ummagumma. Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe Eugene - YouTube
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At 55 years of age I know I'm on the young side and maybe Foo Fighters is not a well known band to some of you, but my fave concert was when they did a tour of small clubs around 2004 where we got to experience them in a local bar. Dave came right up to the bar to get himself a beer during the concert. Even touched him as he went back to the stage. The best concert of my life.
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Another dork...The Three Tenors at The United Center (Chicago) and Peter, Paul and Mary at Ravinia (Chicago).
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The Balcony Scene from West Side Story as presented at Proms 2012 London
The Broadway Sound: West Side Story (Balcony Scene) - BBC Proms 2012 - YouTube |
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certainly a great play to see and experience on Broadway as your 1st ....:coolsmiley::coolsmiley::coolsmiley: I still recall how amazed I was seeing my first B-way show....Hello Dolly with Carol Channing back in '65 ya gotta have arts!!! |
Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes. Isaac Hayes when he threw off his chains. Guess I enjoyed a different genre.
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Alice Cooper hands down. Alice Cooper - Poison (Official Video) - YouTube
My husband says Bonnie Raitt. Bonnie Raitt - Runaway (Live 1977) - YouTube |
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
Last 4th of July, my grandson who plays lead guitar in 2 bands in Arkansas, was asked to play the Star Spangled Banner like Hendrix did; took him about 30 minutes practice to get it right, but he nailed it. |
Elvis In Concert
Went to several concerts, but best of all was in Charleston WV. Got front row seats and ended up with a scarf. Been an Elvis fan since I was 5.
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I did see Jethro Tull a second time, ELP opened the show in 1995, I wasn't impressed with either act that time. Seems Ian Anderson slowed down quite a bit, no theatrics, Emerson Lake & Palmer was a bit boring. I wish I had seen Lynyrd Skynyrd, one of my favorites, the original. I have seen Blackfoot with Rik Medlock and Molly Hatchet with Danny Joe Brown and Atlanta Rhythm Section, I got some of my southern rock fix. https://www.youtube.com/Grand Funk 1974 Live at the LA Forum |
We’re you at Woodstock? A few years before my time. I was born in 1960. Didn’t matter I have always lived my life as a flower child. Real bummer I didn’t get to go. I wonder how many people here would admit they went to Woodstock lol
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Heart
i didn't see this show but I have seen Heart several times--always one of my favorites. Gretchen Wilson & Alice in Chains - Barracuda - YouTube
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Maybe not my favorite but The Rolling Stones playing Sympathy For The Devil at the Altamont Speedway has to be the most insane. Having the Hells Angels providing security at a free concert with 300,000 people attending sets a crazy stage.
ROLLING STONES - Sympathy For The Devil (Live 1969) HD - YouTube |
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