Can the next MFC thread be "what is the best Flaming Lips Song?"
Simple Minds It’s crazy how many great bands out of Scotland.
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grignon posted:Worst- Jean Luc Ponty at the Mecca in Milwaukee 1978. Opener was a solo folksinging guitarist.??? (warmup for jazz fusion?) Ponty was 1.5 hours late. Wasted a good coke buzz and no re-entry meant we couldn't head out for a toke.( this was during my responsible phase)
No coke buzz wasted this night!
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Timpranillo posted:The pure and stupid fun of any Flaming Lips show? A show so freaking loud you think you're going to die like when I saw Social Distortion?
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El-Ka-Bong posted:Can the next MFC thread be "what is the best Flaming Lips Song?"
A thread where everyone says “Waitng For A Superman” seems boring.
FIRST: I cannot remember which came first for me. It may have been The Siegal-Schwall Band or The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra or The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. All were at UW-Eau Claire around 1972-1973. The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance was my first real experience seeing a full orchestra play classical music. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band played raucous jazz and Dixieland. I wish my Dad could have been there with me to see and hear Willie Humphries play that clarinet. It would have been heavenly for my Dad.
LAST: My last concert I saw was the Tedeschi -Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis in February of this year. This was outstanding! Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks' band just kicked butt playing The Blues, R&B, Soul and Rock and Roll. They'd begin a song with a Santana riff and then it switches to Led Zeppelin and then to a song of their own. Derek Trucks is a phenomenal guitarist. During this last performance he and their lady trombonist had a face off and would match each other's pyrotechnics. When was the last time you have seen a guitar player and a trombonist square off on stage? Besides Springsteen and Clarence, that is?
FAVORITE: Another tough one. I'll say Dave Edmunds at the legendary First Avenue in Minneapolis. Pure Rock and Roll in a small venue and Dave kicked butt and took names! Another favorite was Lonnie Brooks at the Stone's Throw in downtown Eau Claire back in the early 1980's.
BAND I'D LIKE TO HAVE SEEN: The Beatles.
Chongo posted:I've been lucky enough to see some great shows. U2 supporting the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb tour was also epic...they played for 3 hours and the visuals were spine-tingling. Oh yeah...and the musicianship and vocals were as good as you will ever hear. Their live shows surpass their albums by far.
Indeed!
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oldschool posted:Saw KISS and Queen and Supertramp all there in 78/79 era.
Kiss, yes, Supertramp, yes, missed Queen.
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Timpranillo posted:El-Ka-Bong posted:Can the next MFC thread be "what is the best Flaming Lips Song?"
A thread where everyone says “Waitng For A Superman” seems boring.
I was torn between W.A.N.D and Turn it on
El-Ka-Bong posted:Can the next MFC thread be "what is the best Flaming Lips Song?"
Only if it also includes the best Ween songs.
I was lucky enough to go to UW-Eau Claire, an hour outside of Minneapolis where I saw some kick-ass concerts back in the 70s—Elton John in 1975 at his peak, ripping it up, and Fleetwood Mac, a band I have seen at least six times over the years. When they started, they had little showmanship. A friend said it was like listening to an album. Also saw them in 1979 at the outdoor place in East Troy, Wisconsin. Over the years though they’ve lost their inhibitions and have put on some great shows we saw at the Forum in Inglewood and Bakersfield.
Other notables:
Bruce Springsteen, dating back to the Sports Arena in LA in 1982 when he and Clarence Clemmons left it all on the stage. Took my then girlfriend/current wife to see him at the LA Coliseum a few years later and he still had it.
Loved the old Universal Ampitheater in LA which they tore down for a Harry Potter ride. Saw Don Henley in 1985, James Taylor, Paul Simon (Graceland tour—as noted, pretty amazing). Small intimate venue.
Santa Barbara Bowl is another favorite. Jimmy Buffett, Hall & Oates, James Taylor, Ray LaMontagne (twice—he’s amazing), Sting. Sting was amazing. Yoga Vegan guy looks in better shape than almost anyone, still puts on a show. Saw Aretha Franklin there in 2015 before she passed.
Most recent favorite is Coldplay, twice at the Rose Bowl. I know some may not like EDM, but they put on a Springsteen-like show with lots of light, sound and paper projectiles. Worth if if you’re a fan, though I wonder if they’ll ever go back out on tour. Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl in 2018 and he is always amazing. Most of his fans go to every show, so tickets are hard to get.
The Eagles. In recent years before Glenn Frey’s death when they MOSTLY reunited, they began as many do, by warming up in Backwater Bakersfield back in 2012 and the show was legendary. Saw them later at the Forum in Inglewood in 2014 and back at Bakersfield again and the Bakersfield show was better because the crowd was into it, the LA crowd so much more laid back. Don’t know if I’ll go now that Glenn’s son took his gig after Glenn died.
Merle Haggard multiple times, once with Dwight Yokum and Buck Owens in a small concert at the Kern County Fairgrounds back in the 80s, I believe. We were five feet from the stage. Merle went through some surly years on stage, but we saw him later in life when he appreciated the continued interest from his devoted fans.
Disappointments. Saw America a couple years ago. Only two originals in the band left and one has lost his voice. It happens. Saw the Beach Boys many times dating back to Summerfest in the 70s and there is no there there anymore. Seriously. Mike Love lost my love a long time ago. Steely Dan at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 2015, before half of the duo died. “My Old School” brought the house down, but didn’t play a lot of their old hits. Some they just won’t do anymore.
Cat Stevens, Nokia Theater in LA 2014. Small venue, his return to performing and he thankfully avoided all things political and just performed. Adele is also amazing. My wife is eternally grateful for that one.
Regrets: Never saw Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash.
Surprises: Ozark Mountain Daredevils were opening for Dave Mason at East Troy, Wisconin in 79, when Dave was riding the buzz of “We Just Disagree” written by Manitowoc native Jim Krueger. They were stunning kick ass, hard act to follow.
Barking Pumpkin posted:Chongo posted:I've been lucky enough to see some great shows. U2 supporting the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb tour was also epic...they played for 3 hours and the visuals were spine-tingling. Oh yeah...and the musicianship and vocals were as good as you will ever hear. Their live shows surpass their albums by far.
Indeed!
Saw U2 in 87 in Oakland with The BoDeans and The Pretenders for Joshua Tree.
Still think about the 75,000 at Wembly for Live Aid that paid to see Bowie, Plant, Ferry, U2 and then Queen happened.
The pledge to not gamble on sports should have an exemption for the Kentcky Derby. The Paul H exemption.
"I was lucky enough to go to UW-Eau Claire, an hour outside of Minneapolis where I saw some kick-ass concerts back in the 70s—Elton John in 1975 at his peak, ripping it up, and Fleetwood Mac,...."
Y.A., I saw Fleetwood Mac there, too. It was their "Heroes Are To Find" tour. Was this the same show you saw?
mrtundra posted:"I was lucky enough to go to UW-Eau Claire, an hour outside of Minneapolis where I saw some kick-ass concerts back in the 70s—Elton John in 1975 at his peak, ripping it up, and Fleetwood Mac,...."
Y.A., I saw Fleetwood Mac there, too. It was their "Heroes Are To Find" tour. Was this the same show you saw?
No, that was when Bob Welch was with the band, I believe 1974, and we didn't see them till I believe 1976.
YATittle posted:mrtundra posted:"I was lucky enough to go to UW-Eau Claire, an hour outside of Minneapolis where I saw some kick-ass concerts back in the 70s—Elton John in 1975 at his peak, ripping it up, and Fleetwood Mac,...."
Y.A., I saw Fleetwood Mac there, too. It was their "Heroes Are To Find" tour. Was this the same show you saw?
No, that was when Bob Welch was with the band, I believe 1974, and we didn't see them till I believe 1976.
We were there for the Rumours tour.
Never saw a bad concert.
Jon Hendricks - (Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross) - Chicago '65?
I had a gig later that evening in Old Town and came early to eat and wonder around.
Walked out on Wells Street and ran into Curly Cooke and Tim Davis.
(Madison oldtimers may remember these guys from the Steve Miller/Boz Skaggs era)
I originally met Curly when he was playing with Robin Lee and the Lavenders in Green Bay.
So I say what's up? They say we're going to see a Jon Hendricks do a solo at a bar down the street, c'mon along. and I did and it was a great set.
Jackie Wilson
James Brown
A band I was in was booked for 3 weeks at The Whiskey a Go Go - Gaslight Square, St. Louis '65?
Missouri was dry on Sundays and Kiel Auditorium usually had Sunday night concerts.
One week we saw The Jackie Wilson Show and the next week it was The James Brown Review.
Both were top rate.
Kinetic Playground Chicago '69?
The Who
Joe Cocker
Buddy Rich
Unbelievable! Each group did an hour+ set and came back and did another hour+ set.
No seating, just a big open floor with people sitting, laying, walking.
Really casual. You could walk up to the stage and stare if you wanted to.
Another room had big carpet covered blocks that you could crawl around on. LOL
The lower floor had psychedelic projections on all the walls.
There was a half balcony where you could hang out. Passed by Keith Moon while he asked some girl how they sounded.
I'll have you know, that whole evenings extravagance set me back 5 bucks!!!
Allman Brothers
Yes
Livingston Taylor
Denver '72?
I was in Denver to break in with a rock show group.
We took a break to catch this concert at a venue I don't recall.
It was outstanding.
Duane was gone but the rest on the Bros were there and sounding great.
Yes was at their peak. Howe was stunning and Wakeman was a wild man.
Livingston Taylor was Livingston Taylor...
Cal Jam II
Aerosmith
Foreigner
Heart
Mahogany Rush
Dave Mason
Jean-Michel Jarre
Rubicon
Santana
Bob Welch
Ted Nugent
I really like what I remember...
We had a ton of weed and I had a bota full of Wild Turkey.
Heart sounded great and Nugent arrived via helicopter...
Jethro Tull - The Forum L.A. '74?
Musically excellent show.
But Ian Anderson came off as kind of a dick.
The Doobie Brothers Reunion Concert
Hollywood Bowl '87?
One of the best concerts ever and at a great venue.
Anyone musician alive who had ever played a note with the doobs was there.
Somewhere around here I have audio cassette of the show with the ticket stub.
Thanks again to Terry Bowlby for the treat.
Steely Dan
Phoenix - outdoor venue and hotter than a two billied peckergoat.
I'm thinking it was around '84.
My son in AZ called me in CA to say he had a ticket for me.
Hey super, I'm on my way.
Great great show, but dry heat or not it was way too f'n hot.
Roger Waters The Wall Tour (Phoenix) '01?
Oh this was a special one.
A pilot friend of mine was flying the tour and I got comped in to the show which was great.
After the show it got even better. The pilots and I were brought to Alice Cooper's Cooperstown for the after gig party.
There's a half 2nd floor with balcony that looked down on the uninvited and it had the velvet rope and bouncer dude.
Anything you wanted to eat or drink was on Roger. We left with smiles.
ZZ Top
Hall & Oates - Michael McDonald - Average White Band
Here's a couple good shows from two Arizona State Fairs.
(Free with the price of admission)
Had to take my young daughter to the fair every year and she knew part of the deal was sitting through one of dad's music shows.
ZZ was just what they should have been.
3 guys with tons of amplification and playing their asses off.
Hall and Oates, Michael McDonald, and AWB were all great.
After they each did their sets, they all came out and jammed a few numbers.
Just when you thought it might be over, Daryl said he wanted to bring out a couple guests. Out comes Billy Preston and Sam Moore and much more music ensued...
Greatest musical Regret Ever...
Buddy Holley, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper played their second last gig at Green Bay's Riverside Ballroom.
I wasn't allowed to go because I was being punished for staying out too late on a previous occasion.
Thought about going out the window and didn't.
In hindsight I'd be out that window in a flash and screw the consequences!
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First - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Last - Mumford and Sons
Best - Bob Dylan (1979)
Wish - The Beatles
Maynard posted:
My wife isn’t also a huge live music fan—she enjoys it but doesn’t get as into it as I do. But I got her excited that we are going to see Trampled By Turtles and The Avett Brothers in September!
I'll be at that show, should be awesome!
Henry posted:First: Boston (I think) . I love vocalists and Brad Delp was amazing.
Last: Can't remember. Some local band at the Turf Club.
Saw a ton of good jazz slinging drinks at the Dakota. McCoy Tyner, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, even Harry Connick Jr.
Best: Bob Mould at 7th Street Entry doing acoustic set on his Workbook tour, which is still one of my favorite albums.
K.D. Lang at the Minneapolis Orpheum.
Freedy Johnston at First Ave.
I think I was at the Bob Dylan show Pikes Peak talked about. Got last minute tickets from a friend. Complete nose bleed seats and it was still an amazing show.
Are you in MN, now?
First - Grateful Dead at Rosemount in Chicago
Last - Billy Bragg at the Fine Line in Mpls
Best - Roger Waters the Wall, Dead 50, Dead at Wrigley Field, the Dead or Dead and Co., anywhere,
Wish - Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin and Van Morrison, when he was at NO JazzFest
I want to be Bvan.
Simply amazing.
It was the "Kiel Auditorium" part right? LOL
In order to be me you'd have to be 75 yrs old.
First: Todd Rungren's Utopia UW Oshkosh, 1974
Last: Dale Watson at his bar last week Sunday. https://thelittlelonghornsaloon.com
Favorite: Hard to pick, but 2 memorable shows stand out.
Gentle Giant. Last show of US Tour 1977, performed at the Oriental theater in MKE. Memorable because the band handed out Guinness Extra Stout to the audience after poking fun at American beer. Probably no more than 500 people in the theater.
Stevie Ray and Jimmie Lee. I moved to Austin in '82, right after the World Series. My 3rd day there I went to a bar called Steamboat 1874 for what was called Monday Night Live. I had spent the past 2+ years as a touring sound engineer for a few different bands - that went nowhere, though I got to work with AWB for 3 nights in Cincinnati. Any way, I was informed that there was a 4 piece house band that played each Monday and guests would jam at times. That night SRV and JLV got up separately for a song each, then jammed together for a what seemed like a 30 minute Blues jam. I had never before heard guitar playing like that. Truly amazing experience, and SRV clearly respected his older brother's abilities.
Regret: Prince for sure, but for me I really would have liked to have seen Miles Davis.
Honorable mention. Papa John Creach in Naples, FL in '80. Halfway through the show 3 bikini clad girls joined the band in stage to serve each player a 'line' off a silver platter. In 1980, coke was everywhere in Naples, FL. That man could play the fiddle.
Jimmie with Lou Ann Barton on vocals is always a treat
First- Kool and the Gang at Summerfest. I remember not being able to see because 2 girls were in front of me and my Mom called them lesbians. I also remember seeing Chuck Mangione with my Dad somewhere in downtown Milwaukee. Good memory cause of my Dad.
Last- Good Question. I think I saw Dave Matthews with my bro at Summerfest. Not a fan of Dave Matthews. Fan of my brother.
Best- Guns N Roses with Skid Row at Alpine Valley. Big GNR fan still.
Regrets- Definitely Nirvana and Alice In Chains. Although when a I die I hope to have a front house seat to a Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, and Charlie’s Parker concert. In that particular year it took place.
bvan posted:It was the "Kiel Auditorium" part right? LOL
In order to be me you'd have to be 75 yrs old.
Actually it was the fact that my first concert was Wild Cherry at Summerfest in around 1977----and it was all downhill from there. 
I'm not much of a concert-goer, but you made me wish I'd put a little more effort into the pastime.
I had tickets to the Stones in Chicago around 1981 and couldn't go because of a soccer function....that would be my biggest regret.
First. Oak ridge boys. I wanted to be Duane Allen
Missed Elton John. Had tickets to 4 if his concerts and he cancelled every time due to "illness".
Last one Journey and def leppard. Sorry journey your new lead is horrible. Def was ok.
Favorite. Alabama in 1988. I wanted them to sing all night
Not odd I guess as they are a unique taste, but I expected to see Violent Femmes somewhere given how many Wisconsin residents past and present here. They were my 2nd concert, and probably haven't seen another band more often. Maybe Pixies...
Last saw them at the Portland Zoo last summer - they have a lovely amphitheater area, and you can sit out on a huge lawn, bring food/drink. Lot of fun seeing shows there.
Violent Femmes are on my concert bucket list, for sure. Also Sunn O))) (ambient drone metal), Pixies, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Placebo.
Floridarob posted:First. Oak ridge boys. I wanted to be Duane Allen
Missed Elton John. Had tickets to 4 if his concerts and he cancelled every time due to "illness".
Last one Journey and def leppard. Sorry journey your new lead is horrible. Def was ok.
Favorite. Alabama in 1988. I wanted them to sing all night
I agree that Alabama is very good. I had kind of forgotten about them over the years, but saw them 4 years ago and they were really good. I think when you saw them in '88 that was when they were really big. It just seems like they had a ton of stuff in the '80s.
Timpranillo posted:Not odd I guess as they are a unique taste, but I expected to see Violent Femmes somewhere given how many Wisconsin residents past and present here. They were my 2nd concert, and probably haven't seen another band more often. Maybe Pixies...
Last saw them at the Portland Zoo last summer - they have a lovely amphitheater area, and you can sit out on a huge lawn, bring food/drink. Lot of fun seeing shows there.
Saw the Femmes at First Ave in the 90's. They're coming back around in August with Ben Folds.
Forgot to mention Tom Petty as a colossal lifetime miss.
Henry posted:Timpranillo posted:Not odd I guess as they are a unique taste, but I expected to see Violent Femmes somewhere given how many Wisconsin residents past and present here. They were my 2nd concert, and probably haven't seen another band more often. Maybe Pixies...
Last saw them at the Portland Zoo last summer - they have a lovely amphitheater area, and you can sit out on a huge lawn, bring food/drink. Lot of fun seeing shows there.
Saw the Femmes at First Ave in the 90's. They're coming back around in August with Ben Folds.
I saw the Violent Femmes when they came to UW-Eau Claire. They played in a ballroom in the Student Center.
Yeah we almost went to Tom Petty's last show at the Hollywood Bowl, but it was a school night. My wife always loved him, really regrets it and I heard from friends it was an amazing show. Last show on that tour.
No, a teacher and not the kind willing to call in sick for something like that...
Only got to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers once....2001 I think at an outdoor venue in central Ohio. Jackson Browne opened for them. Good show.
Just thinking we could do this manufactured content for cars/vehicles also. First one owned, current one, favorite one and the one you wished you would have owned or still had.