Coolest vs Least Cool Concerts - Page 3

Kitsune · 04-05-2006, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBsjb

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

I second that! That was truly an awesome show, especially pyrotechnically.

While Ted Nugent and...heh...Skid Row were on stage, we simply took the time to load up on beer. I could barely hear 18 and Life being played over the laughter of the crowd.

Skunks · 04-05-2006, 08:59 PM

Jonathan Richman is a fucking pimp, all underappreciated and all around awesome.

I saw a show of his about a year ago, maybe a little more, and it was just this crazy vaguely trilingual guy singing about life & love and grooving to his own music, dancing as hard as the audience. Just him and a drummer, and he'd switch instruments during the drum solos.

bluecuracao · 04-05-2006, 09:42 PM

Man, I'd love to see Jonathan Richmond.

3rd Row at KISS? OUCH. A couple years ago I was 10th row slightly right of center, and those pyrotechnics were a little too warm even there.

be-bop · 04-06-2006, 06:00 PM

Coolest/Best gig Thin Lizzy's final UK gig at the Reading festival Aug 1983 the band were Smokin' that night..

Least Cool (actually the worst fucking band I have ever seen)
Greatful Dead Sept 1981...Was in therapy for years after that gig

dar512 · 04-06-2006, 06:27 PM

Duck and cover Be-bop. There's dead fans in this neck of the woods.

Crimson Ghost · 04-11-2006, 01:14 AM

Coolest - Had to be seeing the Plasmatics at Long Beach. There's something about a blonde in leather panties covered with whipped cream...

Honorable Mention - GG Allin at the Gashouse. Little did anyone know that it would be the last time...

Worst - A girlfriend took me to go see "Jesus Jones". Lemme give you a hint - killing yourself is preferable to this shit.

bigpeeler · 04-11-2006, 04:48 AM

Very cool: Primus (5 times..each time better than the last)
Least cool: Dave Matthews Band (3 hour sleeping pill)

Honorable mention for the coolest: Nickel Creek (absolutely amazing)

Elspode · 04-13-2006, 03:04 PM

I saw Nickel Creek a couple of times when the oldest of them was about 14 (well, except for the adult stand up bass player they had at the time) at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Those kids were hot shit then just doing bluegrass and country. They're absolutely smokin' now, with a very original sound based on that bluegrass background of theirs. Those kids were each junior national champs of their respective instruments, and it shows.

Griff · 04-13-2006, 03:53 PM

Nickel Creek- I saw them couple years ago, they are all that.

unexpected crappy show- Steve Miller at BU. terrible sound, terrible voice, and terrible guitar. He appeared to be semi-comatose

JayMcGee · 04-13-2006, 06:28 PM

coolest - Pink Floyd at Birmingham Hip, 1974 - the Pulse tour - Dark Side of the Moon as first set, second set was pre-release 'wish you were here' . We sat right behind the mixing desk.

non-cool Hawkwind, Wolverhampton circa late '70's - so bad I stayed the whole set in the bar.
Support band was good though - Chicago Transit Authority..... last concert under that name - they dropped transit authority the week after...

Elspode · 04-14-2006, 09:47 AM

Welcome, Jay. Always good to find another geezer prog rock fan like myself.

JayMcGee · 04-14-2006, 05:57 PM

why, thankyou elspode....

.... and I hope not to make you jealous by mentioning that I have seen both Rick Wakeman and Yes in the past year.....

JayMcGee · 04-14-2006, 05:58 PM

oh..... and Focus.....

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

unexpected crappy show- Steve Miller at BU. terrible sound, terrible voice, and terrible guitar. He appeared to be semi-comatose

Steve Miller had a habit of showing up drunk, he did it to me, twice.

Crimson Ghost · 04-17-2006, 01:12 AM

Hawkwind?
Holy shit, I thought I was the only person who knew about them.
Nothing like acidprogrock to ruin the day.

04-06-2006, 06:27 PM	#35
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Duck and cover Be-bop. There's dead fans in this neck of the woods. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-11-2006, 01:14 AM	#36
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Coolest - Had to be seeing the Plasmatics at Long Beach. There's something about a blonde in leather panties covered with whipped cream... Honorable Mention - GG Allin at the Gashouse. Little did anyone know that it would be the last time... Worst - A girlfriend took me to go see "Jesus Jones". Lemme give you a hint - killing yourself is preferable to this shit. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

04-11-2006, 04:48 AM	#37
bigpeeler Internet Superstar Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chair Posts: 9	Very cool: Primus (5 times..each time better than the last) Least cool: Dave Matthews Band (3 hour sleeping pill) Honorable mention for the coolest: Nickel Creek (absolutely amazing) __________________ In vino veritas

04-13-2006, 03:04 PM	#38
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I saw Nickel Creek a couple of times when the oldest of them was about 14 (well, except for the adult stand up bass player they had at the time) at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Those kids were hot shit then just doing bluegrass and country. They're absolutely smokin' now, with a very original sound based on that bluegrass background of theirs. Those kids were each junior national champs of their respective instruments, and it shows. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-13-2006, 03:53 PM	#39
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nickel Creek- I saw them couple years ago, they are all that. unexpected crappy show- Steve Miller at BU. terrible sound, terrible voice, and terrible guitar. He appeared to be semi-comatose __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-05-2006, 08:59 PM	#32
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Jonathan Richman is a fucking pimp, all underappreciated and all around awesome. I saw a show of his about a year ago, maybe a little more, and it was just this crazy vaguely trilingual guy singing about life & love and grooving to his own music, dancing as hard as the audience. Just him and a drummer, and he'd switch instruments during the drum solos.

04-05-2006, 09:42 PM	#33
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Man, I'd love to see Jonathan Richmond. 3rd Row at KISS? OUCH. A couple years ago I was 10th row slightly right of center, and those pyrotechnics were a little too warm even there.

04-06-2006, 06:00 PM	#34
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Coolest/Best gig Thin Lizzy's final UK gig at the Reading festival Aug 1983 the band were Smokin' that night.. Least Cool (actually the worst fucking band I have ever seen) Greatful Dead Sept 1981...Was in therapy for years after that gig

04-13-2006, 06:28 PM	#40
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	coolest - Pink Floyd at Birmingham Hip, 1974 - the Pulse tour - Dark Side of the Moon as first set, second set was pre-release 'wish you were here' . We sat right behind the mixing desk. non-cool Hawkwind, Wolverhampton circa late '70's - so bad I stayed the whole set in the bar. Support band was good though - Chicago Transit Authority..... last concert under that name - they dropped transit authority the week after... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

04-14-2006, 09:47 AM	#41
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Welcome, Jay. Always good to find another geezer prog rock fan like myself. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-14-2006, 05:57 PM	#42
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	why, thankyou elspode.... .... and I hope not to make you jealous by mentioning that I have seen both Rick Wakeman and Yes in the past year..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

04-14-2006, 05:58 PM	#43
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	oh..... and Focus..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

04-17-2006, 01:12 AM	#45
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Hawkwind? Holy shit, I thought I was the only person who knew about them. Nothing like acidprogrock to ruin the day. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

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