Coolest vs Least Cool Concerts - Page 2

Griff · 03-27-2006, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

coolest: paul simon, Graceland tour
Dorkiest (and, I do believe I win this category) Bay City Rollers!

I caught Paul Simon on the Rythm of the Saints Tour very close to top billing. Bay City Rollers... that is pretty bad, but folks our age had to sort through a lot of crap. I forgot that I saw the Beach Boys..twice.

Elspode · 03-28-2006, 09:11 AM

I saw the Beach Boys twice as well, once as an opening act for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Neil's 1974 reunion tour with the guys).

Were you citing the BB as Least or Most cool?

Griff · 03-28-2006, 08:32 PM

I considered myself a dork for going. I saw them once with Katrina and the Waves but I have no recall on the other event. Sigh, I saw CSN but no Y. Steven is one fine player.

Guyute · 03-28-2006, 09:04 PM

Coolest:Phish, Sugarbush '94

Honorable Mention: Santana with Phish opening for him - Stowe, VT '92

uncoolest: dead tie - The Pursuit Of Happiness live on stage in Halifax, until Moe Berg chundered like Niagara Falls on stage and had to quit, tied with Huey Lewis and the News, live in Halifax. I look back now and I think I should have spent my money on something better, like Bay City Rollers' records...

Dishonorable Mention: Spin Doctors live in Stowe- ohmygodwhatasuckyband.

jinx · 03-28-2006, 09:14 PM

Coolest: I don't know... Santana and Phish? Page & Plant? Grateful Dead, but I can't pick just one show.... Oh, Indigo Girls at the Tower Theater was pretty dern cool...
Most Lame: Manheim Steamroller

I saw CSN open for the Dead so many times I stopped going in for them. But CSNY(2K) blew my mind. One of those once in a lifetime, I'm so glad I went (6 mos pregnant) kinda things.

Elspode · 03-29-2006, 11:09 PM

I saw Manheim Steamroller on their first tour after releasing the first Xmas album. It was awesome. But I'm a synthesizer geek.

wolf · 03-30-2006, 01:30 AM

My Mannheim Steamroller experience was also quite awesome. But I'm an ancient instruments geek.

I may have the leading entry in lame venues though ...

QVC Studio Park, West Chester Pennsylvania. It was a live audience presentation.

I was not interviewed on camera during the show, however, I was seated down towards the front right near where Steve Bryant did all of the audience interviews, so I was on TV a lot that night.

jinx · 03-30-2006, 01:14 PM

I really like Manheim Steamroller, the concert just sucked.

Were you subjected to a movie being played behind the band that featured a young man in robin's egg blue tights and his struggle to climb a brick wall?

wolf · 03-30-2006, 01:23 PM

Thankfully no.

But I do always maintain a desperate hope that someday, somewhere, instead of playing their way through Mannheim Meets the Mouse, they'll break out into an enthusiastic rendition of Convoy.

My lamest concert: had to be the Monkees "Reunion" tour at the Mann Music Center ... with only Peter, Mickey, and Davy. Mike Naismith was very wise to stay out of it.

jinx · 03-30-2006, 01:30 PM

I always liked the Mann as a venue - even enjoyed Rod Stewart, just becuase he was there. The Tower too.... never saw a bad show there.

wolf · 03-30-2006, 01:48 PM

The only act I ever saw at the Tower was Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels tour, which on reflection, is my choice for coolest concert.

Most arena/stadium shows are just way too big to really be special. Although I did think Roger Waters' Radio KAOS tour was the best show I'd been to for a good long while. So good I still have the shirt.

SteveBsjb · 03-30-2006, 02:49 PM

KISS - 3rd row center, sold out at Madison Square garden. Best show I ever saw.

Spinal Tap - at the Beacon Theater... also 3rd row (tipped the usher $20 and got moved up there with my girlfriend) That was a great night!

Lame concert... Pat Benetar, 1986. "WE BELONG!" ugh

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2006, 08:24 PM

Great shows at the Tower....Ziggy Stardust....Jethro Tull....Moody Blues....Starship......Dave Mason.....Satriani....etc, etc, etc.

Griff · 03-31-2006, 05:35 AM

Careful Bruce we could start resenting you.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2006, 11:32 AM

That's cool, just don't resemble me and you'll be ok.

03-28-2006, 09:11 AM	#17
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I saw the Beach Boys twice as well, once as an opening act for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Neil's 1974 reunion tour with the guys). Were you citing the BB as Least or Most cool? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-28-2006, 08:32 PM	#18
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I considered myself a dork for going. I saw them once with Katrina and the Waves but I have no recall on the other event. Sigh, I saw CSN but no Y. Steven is one fine player. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-28-2006, 09:04 PM	#19
Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	Coolest:Phish, Sugarbush '94 Honorable Mention: Santana with Phish opening for him - Stowe, VT '92 uncoolest: dead tie - The Pursuit Of Happiness live on stage in Halifax, until Moe Berg chundered like Niagara Falls on stage and had to quit, tied with Huey Lewis and the News, live in Halifax. I look back now and I think I should have spent my money on something better, like Bay City Rollers' records... Dishonorable Mention: Spin Doctors live in Stowe- ohmygodwhatasuckyband. __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

03-28-2006, 09:14 PM	#20
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Coolest: I don't know... Santana and Phish? Page & Plant? Grateful Dead, but I can't pick just one show.... Oh, Indigo Girls at the Tower Theater was pretty dern cool... Most Lame: Manheim Steamroller I saw CSN open for the Dead so many times I stopped going in for them. But CSNY(2K) blew my mind. One of those once in a lifetime, I'm so glad I went (6 mos pregnant) kinda things. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-29-2006, 11:09 PM	#21
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I saw Manheim Steamroller on their first tour after releasing the first Xmas album. It was awesome. But I'm a synthesizer geek. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-30-2006, 01:30 AM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My Mannheim Steamroller experience was also quite awesome. But I'm an ancient instruments geek. I may have the leading entry in lame venues though ... QVC Studio Park, West Chester Pennsylvania. It was a live audience presentation. I was not interviewed on camera during the show, however, I was seated down towards the front right near where Steve Bryant did all of the audience interviews, so I was on TV a lot that night. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2006, 01:14 PM	#23
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I really like Manheim Steamroller, the concert just sucked. Were you subjected to a movie being played behind the band that featured a young man in robin's egg blue tights and his struggle to climb a brick wall? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-30-2006, 01:23 PM	#24
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Thankfully no. But I do always maintain a desperate hope that someday, somewhere, instead of playing their way through Mannheim Meets the Mouse, they'll break out into an enthusiastic rendition of Convoy. My lamest concert: had to be the Monkees "Reunion" tour at the Mann Music Center ... with only Peter, Mickey, and Davy. Mike Naismith was very wise to stay out of it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2006, 01:30 PM	#25
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I always liked the Mann as a venue - even enjoyed Rod Stewart, just becuase he was there. The Tower too.... never saw a bad show there. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-30-2006, 01:48 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The only act I ever saw at the Tower was Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels tour, which on reflection, is my choice for coolest concert. Most arena/stadium shows are just way too big to really be special. Although I did think Roger Waters' Radio KAOS tour was the best show I'd been to for a good long while. So good I still have the shirt. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-30-2006, 02:49 PM	#27
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	KISS - 3rd row center, sold out at Madison Square garden. Best show I ever saw. Spinal Tap - at the Beacon Theater... also 3rd row (tipped the usher $20 and got moved up there with my girlfriend) That was a great night! Lame concert... Pat Benetar, 1986. "WE BELONG!" ugh __________________ "It's only an internet community."

03-30-2006, 08:24 PM	#28
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Great shows at the Tower....Ziggy Stardust....Jethro Tull....Moody Blues....Starship......Dave Mason.....Satriani....etc, etc, etc. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2006, 05:35 AM	#29
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Careful Bruce we could start resenting you. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-05-2006, 11:32 AM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's cool, just don't resemble me and you'll be ok. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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