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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Apr 25, 2020 17:22:09 GMT
My top 5:
1. Prince
2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Jackson Brown opening)
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Tool
5. Phish (circa ‘98)
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 26, 2020 1:10:29 GMT
Eminem
NF
Twenty One Pilots
Fall Out Boy
Hans Zimmer
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 26, 2020 1:40:48 GMT
Lana Del Rey. Barnone. Best concert I've ever been to. Those long island days she sings about comes alive during her concert. It was in Long Island at Jones Beach so the background and ambiance couldn't have been better suited.
This is why she's like only 1 of 2 artists I listen to from the 2010s.
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 26, 2020 3:16:12 GMT
The National (with Courtney Barnett opening and she was fucking great too) -- last summer at an outdoor venue in Brooklyn, started pouring rain halfway through their set and it only get heavier, literally a scenario out of, well, out of a National song.
I gushed about this show in the "Last concert you went to" thread after it happened ... a truly spiritual experience for me, everything about it from the crowd, the weather, the setlist, the band's energy that night, it was all so perfect, I'm not sure when if ever I'll experience something like that again.
Sure I'm biased because they're my favorite band ... but nothing else I've seen comes close to this one.
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Post by Shim on Apr 26, 2020 5:59:46 GMT
The National (with Courtney Barnett opening and she was fucking great too) -- last summer at an outdoor venue in Brooklyn, started pouring rain halfway through their set and it only get heavier, literally a scenario out of, well, out of a National song. I gushed about this show in the "Last concert you went to" thread after it happened ... a truly spiritual experience for me, everything about it from the crowd, the weather, the setlist, the band's energy that night, it was all so perfect, I'm not sure when if ever I'll experience something like that again. Sure I'm biased because they're my favorite band ... but nothing else I've seen comes close to this one. Man I was supposed to be at this concert, but had to miss it at the last second! Sounds like a great time.
I've got 2 top concerts I have a difficult time distinguishing:
1. Neutral Milk Hotel on what is for the time being their final tour ever. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is pretty much my most meaningful album and seeing it live was an insane experience
2. Seeing Courtney Barnett for the first time. She's my favourite musician and absolutely kills it live
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Post by cheesecake on Apr 26, 2020 7:31:31 GMT
1) Springsteen at Wembley. They don't call him The Boss for nothing.
2) Elton John
3) Paul Simon
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 26, 2020 10:18:58 GMT
Well, this is going to be painfully obvious but the first time I saw the original Replacements which I assume is somewhat similar to seeing The Beatles in '64 without the girls, the hit songs or fake British accents.  They walked on the stage with no intro music which never happened even at Punk shows - they seemed to be just the roadies who were there and who the band were yelling at or maybe joking with (?). In fact, they were arguing among themselves and yet.....also laughing. They made no pretense to anything at all - nothing was a statement, everything was a statement. They all were drinking while performing which I had never seen before or since - all 4 band members were cracking beers at an alarming rate. The bassist was too young to drink obviously and basically I thought he'd be arrested right there. They had no setlist - songs were shouted out from the crowd that were hilariously tried and abandoned or laughed at. No one was wearing anything remotely "cool" - in fact, the audience could have been the band and was maybe dressed better and were the same age too. It didn't appear they were even in the same band actually, or liked each other much and at the same time they had a bond that the audience couldn't quite understand and would do anything to be a part of. Every song they played - their songs, covers, songs they started and never finished seemed to be exactly right and wrong at the same time. There were not a lot of people there - and that felt simultaneously right and horribly wrong too. I remember going home that night and thinking this is now my band. This is the closest I have ever come to anyone explaining what seeing them live was like - the late great writer David Carr (video at the bottom) - it was exactly this:  |
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Post by DaleCooper on Dec 12, 2020 19:44:23 GMT
- Iron Maiden on the Somewhere Back On Tour. Rime of the Ancient Mariner was grand live, and over all a great set list.
- Radiohead at Globen in 2017. Such a great live band and so many fantastic songs. Just chilling. They wrapped it up with a fantastic version of Karma Police with Thom getting back on stage alone afterwards for a crowd sing-a-long.
- Roger Waters at Hyde Park in 2018. What can go wrong when you play almost the entire The Dark Side of the Moon and songs from Animals and Wish You Were Here? It was a stunning performance with the only downside that he had to play some of his solo stuff.
- John Mayer at Royal Arena in 2019. Possibly my favorite of them all. I've written this over and over, but I could just listen to his playing for days. Here he played an absolutely magical version of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room that I've probably listened to hundreds of times since then.
- The Cure at Way Out West 2019. What stood out to me most with this show was the superb sound (which often is a problem with live shows really). From the brilliant start of Plainsong+Pictures of You right to the encore it was just such a tight show with an on point set list.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Dec 12, 2020 20:42:09 GMT
The Flaming Lips (best concert I've ever been to)
Guns N' Roses
Nine Inch Nails
Red Hot Chili Peppers (with Gnarls Barkley as the opener)
Van Halen (2007 David Lee Roth reunion tour)
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