Top 3 Concert Moments

[The Poojer]

i love hearing dead stories...i was late to the dead scene...late 80's but once that happened i was hooked, but i missed out on experiencing alot of the live shows

 

I have some but as the OP said these are concerts moments:

 

1.) Pink Floyd 25 June 77 Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Saw a guy after the show puking and pissing at the same time. Have not witnessed that feat since.

2.) Kokomo (Mydland, Kreutzmann, Margen, Russell), 9 Aug 85 Chatterbox, Seaside Heights, NJ

A buddy was working for John Scher promoting the event and both of us went to their hotel suite after the show. It was not a surprise when 5 years later Brent Myland became another deceased Dead keyboardist.

3.) The Dead, North Florida 1978

Not sure of the city but it was spring break. I just remember Jerry going over and kicking Keith a few times when Keith was blotto and noodling at the keyboards.

4.) The Dead, 12/31/84 SF Civic Center

I rented a Santa Claus costume and was able to pick up a bunch of roses cheap from street flower vendors in the area as they were shutting down. Put those in my gift bag, passed them out to hot girls at the show and the crowd opened up to allow Santa to get to the front of the stage when I was on the floor.

5.) Big Joe Turner, early 80s, Manhattan

I am a little fuzzy on the date & location but it was a small club in Manhattan. I remember meeting Big Joe after the show. It was somewhat bittersweet. Although he put on a great show his health problems were evident when I met him.

[Philly McButterpants]

2) Feeling thebalcony swaying at Sheas as U2 was cranking out Sunday Bloody Sunday. Thought it was cool at the time, thank God it didnt collapse

• The Who - Rich Stadium 1982(?), they start in with 'Love Reign O'er Me' and it starts sprinkling..
  

i was under the balcony at that U2 show. '83 maybe? Same feeling... Thought it was cool at the time...Holy S*** now.

As for the Who in '82, I remember saying at the time that it's cool to go to a concert and God shows up in the crowd... The Clash was spectacular that day too.

[Chef Jim]

2) Feeling thebalcony swaying at Sheas as U2 was cranking out Sunday Bloody Sunday. Thought it was cool at the time, thank God it didnt collapse

• The Who - Rich Stadium 1982(?), they start in with 'Love Reign O'er Me' and it starts sprinkling..
  

i was under the balcony at that U2 show. '83 maybe? Same feeling... Thought it was cool at the time...Holy S*** now.

 

As for the Who in '82, I remember saying at the time that it's cool to go to a concert and God shows up in the crowd... The Clash was spectacular that day too.

 

 

I think that's just the way it is there. We had the balcony bouncing When Charlie Daniels was playing there.

[bbb]

1. Bob Seger at Superfest at Rich Stadium. During Alto Reed's sax solo we couldn't see him on stage. Someone pointed up and he was standing on top of the speakers. Crazy ****.

 

2. Yes also at Superfest. A frisbee hit Chris Squire's bass and man did that make a sound and also pissed him off.

 

That was my first concert ever! Also, the first time I ever drank hard cider...........I was a huge Seger fan, and thought I was the only one that knew all these songs by him. Then, it turns out all these people at this concert also knew them. I thought I had died and gone to heaven and I became a concert fanatic then and there!

 

Loved Alto being on top of the speakers!

 

Then, the bad side of the hard cider kicked in. (I was 15 years old). I puked all the way through the Yes set. And, it got worse with each baseline by Chris Squire, which I guess included the frisbee!

 

 

 

If nobody has mentioned the Who playing Love Reign O'er Me and having it start to rain, you're a bunch of idiots!

 

So, I'll go with:

 

1.) Who rain

2.) Alto

3.) Stones concert in 1981. Now it is raining, but then George Thorogood rocks the rain away!.............Then, Journey comes on and prompty gets booed off the stage (the only time I've seen this happen).

 

PS Now I look above me and see the Who rain thing mentioned (I wasn't going to comb through the thread). Good job - you guys aren't idiots!

[truth on hold]

1) les Paul at a small jazz club in Manhattan. Not my style of music but man could that guy coax a range of emotion out of that guitar. Whole place was captivated.

2) rolling stones at Shea stadium. Not my favorite rock band, but they had the whole place rocking for all 90 minutes. Keith Richards owned the stage even more than mick. Very confident band who had control of the audience like puppets on a string. Talk about the "it factor", they had it in spades.

3) van halen at the aud if only for the memory of DLR making a complete ass of himself guzzling water from a JD bottle all night boldly claiming how he wanted to get "f$ed up" tonight. if it were real it was obvious to anyone he would have been in ER getting his stomach pumped by the 2nd song.

Edited April 28, 2013 by Joe_the_6_pack

[bbb]

1) les Paul at a small jazz club in Manhattan. Not my style of music but man could that guy coax a range of emotion out of that guitar. Whole place was captivated.

2) rolling stones at Shea stadium. Not my favorite rock band, but they had the whole place rocking for all 90 minutes. Keith Richards owned the stage even more than mick. Very confident band who had control of the audience like puppets on a string. Talk about the "it factor", they had it in spades.

3) van halen at the aud if only for the memory of DLR making a complete ass of himself guzzling water from a JD bottle all night boldly claiming how he wanted to get "f$ed up" tonight. if it were real it was obvious to anyone he would have been in EM getting his stomach pumped by the 2nd song.

 

Was that VH concert in '79 or '80 or so?.......................I was in the front row (didn't pay - snuck in through a friend) and my friend and I kept laughing at how "We're going to teach Buffalo how to party and then we'll be back next year!"..............Both my friend and I could really drink alot, and we were like no way can anybody do that if it's really JD!

[truth on hold]

 

 

Was that VH concert in '79 or '80 or so?.......................I was in the front row (didn't pay - snuck in through a friend) and my friend and I kept laughing at how "We're going to teach Buffalo how to party and then we'll be back next year!"..............Both my friend and I could really drink alot, and we were like no way can anybody do that if it's really JD!

Not sure. Had too much JD in me lol. My only other reference is "Jump" was already released because my friend (a musician) commented the keyboard part was a recording since no one on stage was playing it.

[bbb]

Then, that's a different concert, since Jump was 1984 (the album and the year it was released)............So, DLR had that same schtick going 5 years later then!

 

I hated them for that, and then I went again for free in 2004 and didn't like that concert either. It was Sammy Hagar and not DLR.

 

I think those are the only two big concerts I've gone to for free, and I wanted my money back after both of them!

[Rico]

1. Dylan playing Merrillville, IN 1981 (just outside of Gary/Chicago). The very last song, he says "We're gonna bring out a special guest." and we all thought it might be Robbie Robertson or someone similar. He then pushes out this unknown guy in a wheelchair, adjusts the mike stand down for him, and the wheelchair guy sings a Chuck Berry cover, "No Money Down" (had to look it up, I had never heard it before). Dylan was playing sax during the verses, and coming forward to sing back-up on the choruses.

 

2. Dead Boys opening for Iggy in Chicago 1982?. They were playing "Caught With The Meat In Your Mouth" from the 2nd LP, Stiv Bators with his all-time great sneer...he unzipped his pants to add 'emphasis' to the song, but a beer bottle thrown from the crowd cold-cocked him (no pun intended) and that was the end of the Dead Boys set.

 

3. Dylan again with the Heartbreakers opening for the Dead at RFK Stadium, DC 1986 2nd show. The band was very very loose (drunk? high? tripping?). Half-way thru the show, they started playing "I'm Moving On", a complete trainwreck that came to a screeching halt after about a minute or so. Dylan regrouped the band, then says "Aw, we were just checking to see if these instruments were in tune... I think we're in tune now...", then went over-the-top rock star on the next 4 songs: strutting the front of the stage, holding his guitar like a machine gun, screaming the words to Just Like A Woman & Ballad Of A Thin Man, by far the best versions I ever saw him do, just stunning. Of course, before long it was Tom Petty's turn to sing, Dylan left the stage & all the energy was sapped from the stadium as per usual on that tour.

[truth on hold]

Then, that's a different concert, since Jump was 1984 (the album and the year it was released)............So, DLR had that same schtick going 5 years later then!

 

I hated them for that, and then I went again for free in 2004 and didn't like that concert either. It was Sammy Hagar and not DLR.

 

I think those are the only two big concerts I've gone to for free, and I wanted my money back after both of them!

Honestly so many concerts are just so disappointing and forgettable for me , I stopped going years ago. VH has such a great catalogue and Eddie is the greatest guitarist ever IMO, but they just ruin it live with the phoniness and lack of inspiration. They're far from alone.

[Just Jack]

2) Feeling thebalcony swaying at Sheas as U2 was cranking out Sunday Bloody Sunday. Thought it was cool at the time, thank God it didnt collapse

 

i was under the balcony at that U2 show. '83 maybe? Same feeling... Thought it was cool at the time...Holy S*** now.

I think that's just the way it is there. We had the balcony bouncing When Charlie Daniels was playing there.

 

Saw REM in Buffalo at the War Memorial, I think mid-1990's? I remember we had seats on the 2nd level and at some point during the concert I looked up at the 3rd level above us, to see it was bouncing above our heads. Made me very worried the rest of the show.

[The Poojer]

The Clash was the reason i was there....

 

2) Feeling thebalcony swaying at Sheas as U2 was cranking out Sunday Bloody Sunday. Thought it was cool at the time, thank God it didnt collapse

• The Who - Rich Stadium 1982(?), they start in with 'Love Reign O'er Me' and it starts sprinkling..
  

i was under the balcony at that U2 show. '83 maybe? Same feeling... Thought it was cool at the time...Holy S*** now.

 

As for the Who in '82, I remember saying at the time that it's cool to go to a concert and God shows up in the crowd... The Clash was spectacular that day too.

[Lurker]

The Who - Rich Stadium 1982(?), they start in with 'Love Reign O'er Me' and it starts sprinkling...

 

Wow, thanks's for unlocking that nugget from my feeble memory vault. My memory from that era sucks so bad anymore...it just seems like those years have been erased with a giant magnet.

 

Anyway:

 

1) Springsteen at the Aud in '84 from behind the stage...when the house lights came up on Born to Run and I could see the entire audience going nuts--almost like looking through Bruce's eyes--it was relevatory.

 

2) Talking Heads at RIT in '77...their debut album had just launched and Bryne doing Psycho Killer was unlike anything I'd experienced before.

 

3) Seeing the Foo's in Buffalo on the "Wasting Light' tour from great seats with my 15-year old son--just father and son experiencing the power / love of great music together was deeply satisfying.

Edited April 28, 2013 by Lurker

[bbb]

The Clash was the reason i was there....

 

Of course.

 

When you and Astrojanitor, etc. talk about music, to me it's like this:

 

[The Poojer]

but if it gets you to give a listen to bands like the chelsea clinton's, then our job is done...

 

Of course.

 

When you and Astrojanitor, etc. talk about music, to me it's like this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_IzYUJANfk

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Sheesh!! I am so envious of you guys and your concert experiences! I do have some pretty good concert memories of my own though.

 

1. BB King - Landmark Theatre in Syracuse 03/03/1997 - What can I say? I was a senior in high school, and had the priviledge to see an absolute legend. Had great seats about 7 or 8 rows from the stage. He was absolutely amazing.

 

2. Grateful Dead - Rich Stadium 06/13/1993 - Again, I was pretty young, but having an older brother I was exposed to some pretty great music at a young age. Some of my friends though I was weird because I wasn't into much of the "popular" music of that time, but I knew what good music sounded like. My Brother let me tag along to this show with him and a bunch og his buddies. Incredible set list including some of my favorites...Tennessee Jed, Me and My Uncle, Mexicali Blues, Samson and Delilah, Long Way Home, Truckin'. Amazing.

 

3. Phish - Marine Midland Arena - 10/19/1996 - Second set Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away>Steep>Run Like an Antelope was one of the most incredible segments of live music I have ever experienced, I have seen Phish 7 or 8 times since, and they have never been as "dialed in" as they were on this evening.

Edited April 29, 2013 by Johnny Hammersticks

[gobilz]

Ratt in the 80s Asheville .fight breaks out on the floor .See a guy pull a knife and stab another.blood flows.Janitor comes out with mop bucket cleans the place up and show goes on.

[Mike In Illinois]

Sheesh!! I am so envious of you guys and your concert experiences! I do have some pretty good concert memories of my own though.

 

1. BB King - Landmark Theatre in Syracuse 03/03/2007 - What can I say? I was a senior in high school, and had the priviledge to see an absolute legend. Had great seats about 7 or 8 rows from the stage. He was absolutely amazing.

 

2. Grateful Dead - Rich Stadium 06/13/1993 - Again, I was pretty young, but having an older brother I was exposed to some pretty great music at a young age. Some of my friends though I was weird because I wasn't into much of the "popular" music of that time, but I knew what good music sounded like. My Brother let me tag along to this show with him and a bunch og his buddies. Incredible set list including some of my favorites...Tennessee Jed, Me and My Uncle, Mexicali Blues, Samson and Delilah, Long Way Home, Truckin'. Amazing.

 

3. Phish - Marine Midland Arena - 10/19/1996 - Second set Split Open and Melt, Fluffhead, Swept Away>Steep>Run Like an Antelope was one of the most incredible segments of live music I have ever experienced, I have seen Phish 7 or 8 times since, and they have never been as "dialed in" as they were on this evening.

 

If my math is correct you would have been about 4 years old when you saw The Dead in '93 (You say you were a senior in HS in 2007)? That's a pretty serious musical addiction!

[bbb]

but if it gets you to give a listen to bands like the chelsea clinton's, then our job is done...

 

[The Avenger]

Metallica - Tokyo '98 - last night of their world tour. The Japanese audience was so polite, sitting in their seats (many in suits having come right frm work). First Metallica show I've seen where the crowd didn't sing along with every song. The only part the Japanese audience could sing was the Marianne Faithful "Da Da Da" parts from "The Memory Remains" - very odd to go from no crowd noise to thunderous "da da das"!

 

Slayer - Hell Awaits Tour '86 - When the band came on the mood was so dark and so agressive you got a feeling in the pit of your stomach - this was going to be an event...

 

Suicidal Tendencies/Pantera '90 - Pantera as an opener - killer set. ST comes on and the lights go down - open with "Can't Bring Me Down". As soon as Mike opens with "What the hell is going around here?" the lights come up and the crowd explodes. I get body checked - hard - by a very big solid guy, who, it turns out, is Phil Anselmo - after his set he figured he's hit the floor and mix it up with the fans for ST....