what was the best concert you attended in the 70's or 80's?

[bedazzled]

mine was queen at the garden in 1978. they didn't play the orchestra part of bohemian rhapsody live and i was mad at them. doh.

i'd give anything to be able to see them again.

my second favorite was the beach boys, also at the garden around the same time. people were holding hands and dancing in the aisles. it was terrific...

[Vidar]

1. Beach Boys with the Moody Blues playing backup.

[jrandom421]

2. Leonard Bernstein and the NY Phil

Just after his return from Berlin, where he conducted the Berlin Phil doing Beethoveen's 9th and the Ode to Joy was rewritten as the Ode to Freedom. The energy and vitality he brought back with him translated into the most amazing concert doing Beethoveen and Mozart pieces as I had never heard them before.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. I heard that Queen never played the full Bohemian Rhapsody live.

It was too difficult.

[bedazzled]

31. yep, they would've needed a whole orchestra

guess they kind of overextended themselves in the studio. they had a lot of respect for many different musical styles. i listen to their music often even now.

[adriennui]

4. ziggy stardust at the music hall which was

the first concert david bowie performed in the US....also pink floyd at.....i forgot the name of the venue but it was on east 14th street in NYC. i think bill graham owned the theater)

[WCGreen]

18. I saw Bowie a few days after that in Cleveland....

[Alexander]

36. The Fillmore East?

[adriennui]

107. yep, the fillmore east

those WERE the days.

[lizziegrace]

5. Chicago and the Beach Boys together (Chicago VII)

at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas. The first big concert I ever attended and it was great!

[Dees]

103. Same here. 1975. St. Louis. The Arena. 20,000 people

absolutely going nuts. Loudest concert I've ever been to!

[Virginia Dare]

141. Isn't that the tour...

when Dennis Wilson stole some dude from Chicago's wife, Karen something?

I should google it. I remember it was a big scandal back then.

[smokey nj]

6. U2 - Joshua Tree tour - at the Meadowlands

I went to the concert instead of my senior prom.

[driver8]

46. U2 -- Joshua Tree tour-- JKF Stadium in Philadelphia. I have seen U2 many

times, but I have never seen a show like the one I saw in Philly. I have never been in a crowd with so much energy nor have I seen a crowd react to a performer like this crowd. Bono had the crowd in the palm of his hands. Not only that, but Bruce Springsteen came out and did a song with them.

Unbelievable.

[Common Sense Party]

82. U2 in Iowa City. R.E.M. at Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport.

Cheap Trick & REO Speedwagon put on a fun show, as well.

[NNadir]

7. Oregon at the Bottom Line, early 80's. I also saw John Abercromibie

with Ralph Towner several times in the same place.

There was a David Bromberg Concert at My Father's Place in Roslyn New York that was pretty great too. He literally made his guitar talk. It was the end of his electric phase, preceding one of his retirements.

[txwhitedove]

8. Don't laugh..., John Denver.

I have been lucky to see concerts from Steppin Wolf (the
WORST), to Aerosmith this year (the BEST).  The all time most
enjoyable concerts, great music, atmostphere, step out of the
concert in a different aura into a better world... John
Denver.  Saw him live 3 times.  He died too soon.

[SacredCow]

79. I never got to see him...

I think he was very under-appreciated- especially towards the end of his life, where he was the butt of so many jokes. He was a great performer and songwriter who should be remembered as such. I don't care if what he did with the Muppets was cheesy and silly- I still love that Christmas album!

[oregonjen]

106. John Denver was awesome live

I saw him many times over the years, but the best concert I remember of his was solo with his guitar, no band, just him. He played the "Bells of Rymney" with a twelve string and it was beautiful. He made the guitar sound like ringing bells.
He is truly missed.

[greendog]

9. Springsteen - "Born to Run" tour ...and Elvis Costello's first US tour

n/t

[Patiod]

60. Ditto on the "Born to Run" Tour

I seriously regret being as stoned as I was during that concert -- I missed a lot because I couldn't find my seat again after leaving to go to the bathroom ("Okay, the ticket says section 131, now where are we? Okay there's section 134. Where are our seats again? Okay, the ticket says 131, now where are we? Okay, there's section 128. Now where are our seats again?") Although it rans something like 3 hours, so I guess I didn't miss that much!

One of my favorites from the 00's is Elvis' "When I Was Cruel" tour

[seemunkee]

10. ELP Brain Salad Surgery tour

Front row seats with about 8 friends and my then girlfriend that I later married.

[wildhorses]

80. should have posted here

one of these days I will LEARN to read these threads BEFORE i post....

[Skittles]

11. AC/DC and Judas Priest were my favorites

they never disappointed

[bedazzled]

32. i saw ac/dc in the "for those about to rock" tour - 1981

at the meadowlands. what a great show! i also love judas priest. saw them in 1981 in asbury park on a double bill with iron maiden (original singer.) it was like seeing them in your high school auditorium. rob halford rode a harley onto the stage!

i never saw maiden with bruce dickinson. one of my great regrets....

boy, thinking back, 1981 was a good year for me!

[Skittles]

43. got ya beat, babe

I saw Bon Scott back in, well, before he died :)

on edit - wait, he was alive in '81, no?

[driver8]

47. No, he wasn't. He died in 1980.

The only reason I know that is because I graduated from High School in 1981 and, in the fall of my senior year (1980) "Back in Black" was the album that everyone had.

[Scout1071]

12. Grateful Dead 1988. Alpine Valley, WI.

Good times. Real good times.

Also, The Jackson 5 in 1984.

Edited to add - AND U2, Joshua Tree.

[bedazzled]

33. another regret -- wish i'd seen the dead early on

i was born 10 years too late i guess. should have seen them later, though. i didn't appreciate their music until fairly recently.

[Scout1071]

100. I was only 17!

To this day, one of the very best weeks of my life.

[Dangerously Amused]

13. Tina Turner.

They just don't make 'em like Tina anymore.

[AngryAmish]

14. Replacements at the Riv, 1987(?)

[driver8]

48. I saw them in 1987 in Poughkeepsie -- I forgot the name of the club.

It was quite a show, as I recall. They were in fine form that night!

[tonekat]

114. Was it at the Chance....Perchance? n/t

[driver8]

118. That's it!!

I never would have come up with that name in a million years.

Thanks for that! :toast:

[GalleryGod]

15. E-Z The Concert for Bangladesh at The Garden

:hippie:

[bedazzled]

35. can't beat that!

what an awesome night that must have been! hope you were sober enough to remember it! i never did drugs myself, but a lot of times there was so much reefer in the air, you got "second hand stoned."

[GalleryGod]

72. Indeed, I WAS sober.

It was a great night..we walked out in to the night and were approaching 54th Street before we realized it. (The Garden is on 36th!):hippie:

[CottonBear]

121. I am so jealous.

;) I would have loved to have been at that concert but I was a little too young. :(

[Spirochete]

16. Led Zeppelin in 1972

at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland. Runner-up was Alice Cooper in 1973 at the same venue.

[WCGreen]

17. Toss up....

Springsteen at a converted Movie Theatre in 1975....

And The Band, Santana and CSN&Y at old Cleveland Municple Stadium..... I think that was 1974

Pink Floyd at Blossom Music Center back in 1972 or 1973....

[Kat45]

19. Springsteen, "The River" tour, Boston Garden

Best concert I've EVER attended.

[Arm Pitt]

20. !972

I saw the Beach Boys and Chicago at carnegie hall. 2 hours of Beach Boys the 2 Hours Chicago. Then an hour together!!! It was great and only 10$.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear Arm Pitt!

Welcome to DU!

Enjoy your stay in our crazy addictive little village!

:hi:

[Richardo]

89. .

:spray:

It's no "my dear my dear" but it's CLOSE!

[Beware the Beast Man]

97. Sometimes, Peg, you may want to consider switching up your M.O.

:D


Oh, and welcome to DU, Arm. Enjoy your incredibly brief stay here. :rofl:

[txwhitedove]

24. AP, welcome...

I'm still new at this too.  What a cast of characters you will
enjoy here.

[asthmaticeog]

98. *snarf*

You like the Beach Boys and Chicago!

Welcome to DU, Arm Pitt. It's funny because it's true.

[Arkham House]

21. The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band at Wolf Trap in 1971

I've heard Duke, I've heard the Count...neither of them matched the Jones-Lewis band, at least when I heard them. Just mind-bending...I can still remember every note, especially a duet on "Towaway Zone" between Billy Harper and Lew Tabakin, dressed like so a refugee from "Hee Haw" but playing like an angel... If I was inclusing night vlub performances, it would be Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard...

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Believe it or not: Amy Grant

She gave a good concert in the early 80s.

[KitchenWitch]

26. religious differences aside - I actually enjoy Amy Grant and her music

Strange, huh?

[bertha katzenengel]

27. not strange at all

much of her music - that old religious stuff - still moves me, despite the lyrics - or maybe because of the lyrics, for what they used to mean to me - or maybe because some of the songs evoke memories of horrid times that i survived, partly because that music (and much other music) was a refuge . . .

oh, hell. pfft. :eyes:

hi, kw!

[dajoki]

25. The Who 1973

WOW!!:bounce:

[txwhitedove]

28. We are dating ourselves, but ... Who 1969

right before they got really hot with Tommy.  They played on
top of a building at Springlake Park in Oklahoma City, OK, and
Keith was throwing drumsticks.

[dajoki]

112. Yeah...

He did a number on his drumset when I saw them and Pete smashed a few guitars.

[kwassa]

135. I saw one of the "Tommy" concerts, Very good.

[struggle4progress]

29. Hair. Dallas TX. Early 1970's. Well, maybe not the best -- but

the most memorable, because rightwing Dallas blew its little rotten gasket. Heh heh!

[Captain Hilts]

30. You don't have to believe me...early B-52s and Kid Creole and Cocoanuts.

The B-52s weren't that great musically, but they were so much fun.

A Talking Heads concert where someone set off a smokebomb during Burning Down the House was also fun. And during the intermission, some other concert goers had brought their own instruments and entertained us. Great fun!

[Floogeldy]

34. 1982, "The Romantics" at The Bowery, 10th & Walker in OKC.

:)

[Heidi]

37. Count Basie and his orchestra, about 1982. (nt)

[reyd reid reed]

38. Wow

I'd have given my right arm to see that...

[Heidi]

39. He was awsome,

and Freddy Green was on guitar. :thumbsup:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

40. Def Leppard

New Years Eve 1993

I was a late bloomer. :blush:

[Digit]

41. Atlantic City Pop Festival

It was August 1969, two weeks before Woodstock.

It featured, in addition to Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, there were the Byrds, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Santana, Little Richard, Moody BluesJoe Cocker, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, Canned Heat, Crosby Stills and Nash, 3 Dog Night, Dr. John The Night Tripper, and more than a dozen others.

It was a 3 day event...did anyone else go?
:hippie:

[txwhitedove]

42. No, but sooo jealous. You WIN!

[GalleryGod]

73. YES.

at the Atlantic City Race track.:hippie: ???

3 Dog Night from that day


Joe Cocker...
Sorry they're small...but a POTENT FLASHBACK:bounce:

[GalleryGod]

75. Here's Joe Cocker

:blush:

[Digit]

110. Did ya catch the naked "little people" dancing on top of the speakers?

I am only 4'11" myself, so no disrespect intended.

It was a wild time and I never, ever want to sit on concrete
for 3 days in a row ever again.

[kwassa]

137. Nah, I only went to Woodstock

[Digit]

146. My soul mate invited me to Woodstock, but I didn't go

I wonder what my life might have been like if I had gone.

I never saw him again.....sigh.

[blue neen]

44. 1975. Eric Clapton with Derek and the Dominoes AND Santana.

It was at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. The had the roof open, which was a very rare occurrence. It started to rain, and Clapton immediately started up with "Let it Rain." :)

We had seats on the floor. It was absolutely awesome.

[jobycom]

45. One concert: Cheap Trick, Charlie Daniels, Allman Brothers, Leon Russel,

and the lead singer from Wet Willie (Forgot his name). It was an outdoor concert in Mobile, Alabama. Cheap Trick was the final act. They payed their set, came out for several encores (the first obviously scripted) and came out a final time after the lights had already come on. The lead singer said "They told us not to come out again, but fuck 'em." So they lowered the lights and played a set of old Beatles songs.

The lead singer for Wet Willie was impressive. Charlie Daniels (this was before he went psycho-racist) was fun. The Allman Brothers were boring as hell.

Odd combination of acts. I can't remember why the show was held.

[wildhorses]

101. what year was this? that line up sounds familiar

course it is all a hazy memory now...

[jobycom]

125. Around 81, I suspect.

I could drive, so it was after March of 1980, and I didn't go with my girlfriend, so it was before 1982. IIRC, it was one of a series of annual shows, though I don't know how many there actually were. I think that was the only year with Cheap Trick, though. They were one of my favorite bands at the time (I still think Rick Nielson was a highly underrated guitarist, and the drummer was damn good, too), so it was probably right after their Live at the Budakon album.

I think. May be all wrong! :) You from the area?

[Robeson]

49. Several Allman Brothers concerts, along with Steppenwolf, and...

...actually, a Moody Blues Concert, that was great.

[SeattleGirl]

50. 70's: Steve Miller and Boz Skaggs together.

80's: Jimmy Buffett

[Syrinx]

51. The Who... Birmingham... 1982. n/t

[Roon]

52. Roger Water's radio KAOS tour

One of the best shows I have ever seen.

[Cannikin]

53. Bon Jovi - New Jersey I think it was around '86

[Crazy Dave]

54. Rush - All the world's a stage tour

Rush, Angel and Max Webster for $5.00

[peekaloo]

55. r.e.m./Robyn Hitchcock Houston 1989 nt

[RebelOne]

56. Deep Purple in the late 1970s and Johnny Cash in the middle 1980s. n/t

[meegbear]

57. Roger Water Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour ...

saw it in an arena and with the holophonic sound system and all the Floyd trappings, it still blows me away when I think about it.

[fight4my3sons]

58. Santana & the Neville Bros at SPAC 1987

I think it was my second concert, I was 15 yrs old. My first Dead show wasn't till '90, they were by far my favorite shows.

[jobycom]

127. I saw the Neville Brothers a couple of times. Great experiences.

They opened for Jimmy Buffet in Dallas, probably around that same time, and they intermingled on a few songs. It was the first time I heard Aaron Neville sing (aside from old recordings of "Tell it Like it Is," but I didn't know who he was, then), and that's not an experience one forgets easily, one way or the other.

[redwitch]

59. Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" tour 1972

Spectrum, Philadelphia.
Simply amazing show.
Stevie Wonder opened the show.

I have seen the Beach Boys several times and they were always wonderful.
I also have to say that a band called Seatrain was excellent live- Richard Greene on fiddle.
Also saw Bruce with the E Street band twice in very small venues, LOVE Bruce.

[Bridget Burke]

61. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band....March 1974

He was burning up the East Coast & Columbia wanted to see if he'd "play in Peoria." Not Peoria, exactly, but he & the band caught a train down to Houston for a 4-night show in a small club. He did, um, real well.
www.lelands.com/bid.aspx?lot=1067&auctionid=603

Any Old Houstonians ready for a flashback? www.scarletdukes.com/st/tmhou_venues2.html

I did see this show at the Catacombs. (The Moving Sidewalks was Billy Gibbons, pre-ZZ Topp.


Or--any of several Little Feat shows, back when Lowell George was at his peak. What a criminal waste that the band was not GIANT!

Or Townes on a good night....

[SacredCow]

62. REM (before they were known) at a local dive...

I was WAY too young to be in a bar, but Mom and Dad were out of town and my big sister was dating the bartender! So I get in under the radar and she even gets me a beer so I'll feel like I belong (or possibly to sedate me!)

Thanks for the fond memory, sis!

[DBoon]

69. I saw them at the Music Machine in West LA

probably about the same time

[Virginia Dare]

132. I saw them open for the Police and also for Blondie...

back in the day, but you have me beat.

[SacredCow]

136. Cool billing....

I LOVE Blondie...

[Virginia Dare]

140. Yes, The ORIGINAL Blondie...

I think some other hybrid is passing itself off as Blondie now?

I saw them I think around 1980...

[SacredCow]

144. The "No Exit" CD was their last offering, I think...

From a few years ago... It had Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke (from the original lineup).

I wasn't too impressed with it. The "Maria" track sounded like Blondie, but the rest was kind of lame, IMHO.

[MrsT]

63. Kool and the Gang

[catmandu57]

86. Welcome to DU

Mrs.T enjoy the ride.

[regularguy]

64. LED ZEP, MSG, 1977. wow!

Runner-up: DEAD, Englishtown NJ. Also 1977.

[NewWaveChick1981]

65. It's a tie...

Psychedelic Furs in 1983 at Duke University (WOW!) and REM opening for The English Beat at UNC-Chapel Hill (my alma mater) in 1985. Jesus H. Toetapping Christ, these bands were phenomenal! REM was just starting on its way up, and all of these concerts were in very small venues. :) I saw lots of other good concerts, but these blew me away! :loveya:

[Theres-a]

66. Grateful Dead,summer solstice 1989

Across the bay at the amphitheatre.Never owned a single album,wasn't a fan,but some friends from work were going and had an extra ticket.I was a punk rocker back then,and was very skeptical of the whole deadhead scene.

After the event,the closest thing I could compare it to was like being at a wedding.It was amazing.I must've seen the Ramones 10 times,and loved them to bits,still play them now and again,but nothing ever compared to that Dead show.

[Tikki]

67. February 9th 1979....Civic Auditorium Santa Monica.....Pearl Harbour Tour

Bo Diddley
The Dils
The Clash






The Tikkis

[DBoon]

68. Patti Smith, 1976, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

The Radio Ethiopia tour

or the David Bowie "Diamond Dogs" tour at the Universal City Amphitheater in 1974

[LynneSin]

70. Robert Plant - Hershey Arena, 1988

Somehow we managed the front row (it was general admission) and I got to hold his hand while he sang the 2nd chorus of "In the Mood" (it was a hit off of his second album)

You just can't top a memory like that

[swag]

71. MDC, Crucifucks, Dead Kennedys, et al @ Lincoln Memorial, 7/4/83

Well, that was a good one, not necessarily the best, but one of the best. As previously immortalized in the Official Crucifucks Appreciation thread:

I saw the 'fucks at the "Rock Against Reagan" thing at the back of the Lincoln Memorial on July 4, 1983 (Wayne Newton was playing for the Reagans at the other end of the mall). Steve Shelley hadn't defected to Sonic Youth at that point. The Crucifucks were quite amazing, and Dart was ruthless from stage, baiting the omnipresent Park Police. He pulled a nice string of puke out of his throat at the end of his set.

Also on the bill that day were MDC and the Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys played after sunset, when the Washington Monument was all aglow. Biafra was pretty well on fire, and there was quite an amazing moment during the show when half a dozen Park Police helicopters swooped down with their spotlights on the crowd of punks and hippies.

Good times, mm. I'd wake up with blood on my ass and then we'd get high.

[MissMillie]

74. BSO performing Bruckner's 8th symphony

for a rock concert, I'd say...... U2 at Foxboro Stadium, 1989.

[Squeech]

76. Van der Graaf Generator

Beacon Theatre, 1976. Their one and only American concert ever. Magnificent.

They did big chunks of their mid-'70s comeback albums-- I remember "Still Life" being particularly riveting-- plus "Gog/Magog" from Peter Hammill's solo album In Camera, plus "Man-Erg" (I think) from Pawn Hearts, and I forget what all else.

Other contenders include the John Barleycorn version of Traffic, the Starless and Bible Black version of King Crimson, and the time I saw Jethro Tull in England (surrounded by attractive women-- five guest string players in slinky gowns and wigs, and stagehands in French maid outfits, and Ian Anderson uttered distinctly more risque stage patter than he allowed himself in the good ol' USA).

[Burma Jones]

77. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Tour

1975 - Capitol Center, Landover, MD


There were many many Grateful Dead shows as well, so many that all the years combined and melted into a dream....

[wildhorses]

78. emerson, lake and palmer in '73

brain salad surgery tour:thumbsup:

[chaska]

95. AWESOME! I'd have loved to have seen that. Love that album.

[wildhorses]

102. it was AWESOME...there is NO other word

we had nosebleed seats and still...the revolving drumset...I have seen some good concerts (nothing like the before mentioned Atlantic) but this one was the epitome of everything...

[Jokerman]

81. The Eagles, Warren Zevon, Springsteen...

The top three of a long list.

Eagles and Springsteen at Market Square in Indianapolis and Zevon at Bogarts in Cincinnati.

[maveric]

83. Jethro Tull 1973, Led Zep 1972, Rolling Stones 1975. Boston Garden.

The (un) air conditioned Boston Garden. I saw some great acts in that old shithole.
Oh, and in regards to Queen in 1978... In a drunken stupor some friends and I tried to rush the gate at the Music Hall in Boston, only to be maced, clubbed and tossed onto Tremont Street by BPD.

[Reverend_Smitty]

84. I was born too late

reading these responses, it looks like I missed out on a lot. It's a shame that the days of $10 admission to concerts is long gone. However I've seen Springsteen 6 times between 98 and last fall and by far he puts on the best show of anyone I've ever seen...it seems to be a common theme in this thread

[Taverner]

85. Dead and Dylan at Oakland Colesium

Jerry playing the steel pedal with Dylan singing "I'll be your Baby Tonight" was sublime...

[catmandu57]

87. Ozark Music Fest Sedallia missouri 1974 poor man's woodstock

Three days, three hundred thousand people, I don't remember who played, I remember watching The Eagles, but it was one hell of a party. I'd just turned seventeen, had never seen a naked woman before, they were everywhere there, it was hot 103 degrees for all three days.
Anything you wanted for the head, I was introduced to nitrous oxcide there, someone had a tank and was selling huge balloons full for a quarter a piece, great stuff highly reccomended:evilgrin:.Then there was Carney Rock 1975 held at an amusement park, we ran into a guy selling yellow microdot first thing.
I remember some concerts but mostly it was a chance to see how many drugs could you do.
Here's a partial list.

[ronnykmarshall]

88. Fleetwood Mac 1982

Stevie Nicks 1981

Tina Turner 1988

Diana Ross 1978

[MorningGlow]

90. Hands down, no question...

U2 in (oh my grey hair) 19-frickin'-83, Rochester Institute of Technology ice arena (I shite you not)--back when they were young and hungry and only drew about 400 people. Ah, thems were the days, getting serenaded by a young Bono from the top of a giant speaker... :rofl:

[driver8]

104. Did you go to RIT?

I was accepted there but went to Fredonia instead. I would have been at that show had I decided on RIT...I graduated from high school in 1981.

[MorningGlow]

109. Nope, but I grew up in Rochester

Hi driver8 (did you make it to the REM concert at the Dome in '84? that was a great one too--Michael Stipe doing the first couple of songs in a dress...)

I grew up in Rochester and graduated from high school in '83 but didn't want to go to college in my own hometown (then I would have had to live at home, which I was loath to do). Besides, I didn't "rate" for RIT! I was an English major!

[driver8]

111. I was accepted into the Graphic Arts and Photography School.

I didn't get a good feeling when I visited the school, though. When I visited Fredonia, I knew right away that was where I was going to go to college.

I was not at the show in the Dome -- sounds like it was wild. REM was my favorite band for a long, long time but the past couple of albums have not done much for me. They need to get back to "rockin'" and quit all of this "ambient" crap.

Where's Bill Berry when you need him?

[MorningGlow]

119. I know what you mean

I got that same "this is home" feeling when I visited my college. You really do "just know".

The Dome show really was great. Ah, memories...I lost many decibles of hearing there...because the only free spot with a decent view was right in front of the speaker. Dumb, dumb, dumb! :crazy: :spank:

I must admit I haven't been an avid follower of REM for a while, but I still respect them, just for their longevity. But you're right--more rock!!

[warrens]

91. After a lot of thought, NY Dolls opening for Captain Beefheart

With Larry Coryell in the middle. The almost unknown Dolls, whose album didn't come out for about six months, were added at the last minute. That Coryell fans had no idea what to make of them, but some of the more rowdy Beefheart fans loved em.

But I saw so many great shows over the years. Next time I'm asked, I'll have a whole different reply.

[chaska]

93. Wow, that is really cool and strange. I thought only I was that eclectic.

[SteppingRazor]

92. Hmm... little before my time, but...

In 1984, when I was 8 years old, my parents took me to Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming, where I saw my first concert -- The Charlie Daniels Band. Yeehaw!

[chaska]

94. Unapologetically... Kansas, Todd Rungren's original Utopia, and strangely.

Toto. Steve Lukather kills live.

[SaveElmer]

96. Springsteen...1984...Born in the USA tour

4.5 hours of Bruce...nice!

[CottonBear]

99. r.e.m. (& the English Beat ) live & free in Athens, GA @ Legion Field,1982

Legion Field was an outdoor concert venue that also a multi-use sports field near the Baxter Street dorms where I lived. r.e.m. rocked as usual. They are one of our hometown bands. They still play around town every once in a while.

I saw Dire Straits from the 30th row center at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in the mid 1980s. They were awesome. ;)

I saw the Dead play at the Fox (a surreal experience since the Fox is a very colorful and fantastic restored theater that has a Moroccan fortress theme) and at the old, long gone Omni which was also in Atlanta. :) :hippie: :) :) :hippie: :) :) :hippie: :) :) :hippie: :) :) :hippie: :) :) :hippie: :)

I used to go out to hear Widespread Panic when they played around town. (They're form Athens too.)

[driver8]

105. That is so funny...I was just thinking about when I saw The English Beat

and REM together in Daytona Beach during Spring Break. It was a free show and it was awesome! I new the music of The English Beat but didn't know anything about REM at the time. Their album, "Murmur" has been my favorite album since I first heard it in 1983.

[CottonBear]

120. I love r.e.m.'s music. They are very nice people.

They contribute much to their community. They once gave a free mini-concert on the county courthouse steps to show support for more greenspace in Athens-Clarke County. They support a lot of good causes and give lots of money to local and state Democrats as well as to Democratic presidential candidates.

Widespread Panic is the same: they really support progressive, local causes.

BTW, The famous r.e.m. Murmur kudzu covered railroad trestle (or what's left of it) is just a few minutes from my house!)

[Arugula Latte]

128. I saw the Beat at the Greek Theater at Berkeley in maybe '83 or 4?

Wish I'd seen R.E.M. then, too!

[Arugula Latte]

129. Anyway, the Clash opening for the Who in '82 was great too

or maybe my favorite was Andy Gibb in about '78 :rofl:

[Cocoa]

108. Stevie Ray Vaughan

1986 or 1987 in Champaign, IL. :wow:

[grannylib]

113. Lou Reed at the State Theatre in Mpls in 1978 was stellar.

Zeppelin two nights in a row in Mpls/St. Paul in 1977 was pretty cool too, especially since the first night was my 18th b-day...
Santana in 1977 (I think) was also awesome; Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" tour was great; Jethro Tull was very cool (1975 and 1976)

[CPMaz]

115. Roomful of Blues

at a club in Point Judith, RI.

The band had just driven in from Detroit (I think) and just kicked ass even though they were tired.

It was nothing more than great music played by a great band, and nothing less.

[kwassa]

139. They were a local R.I. group when I was in college

I saw them several times.

[LibDemAlways]

116. Bruce Springsteen...Tunnel of Love

tour, 1988.

Also Elton John at Dodger Stadium in 1975.

[Wetzelbill]

117. this is the most old school thread I have ever seen in my life

:)

[noonwitch]

122. Bruce Springsteen, first leg of the "Born in the USA" tour

1984. I saw him at Joe Louis Arena, when it was fairly new. He put on a 4 hour show, no warmup band, and a very short intermission about halfway through the concert. I haven't been to tons of concerts, but his performance was the most energetic and rocking of any I've been to. He also was fired up for the Tigers, who went on to win the World Series a few weeks later.

[Blue-Jay]

123. Dizzy Gillespie.

A mutual friend, Johnny Lytle, even brought me (about 19 years old at the time) backstage after the concert to meet Dizzy. He asked me about college, and seemed actually interested in my tales of being a sophomore music major. I'm sure it was all incredibly trivial to him. That said, he was quite possibly the warmest, kindest man I've had the pleasure of meeting.

Plus, he was Dizzy Fucking Gillespie! He put on a great show.

[redqueen]

124. Probably the Ramones. n/t

[leftofthedial]

126. Steely Dan opening for the Eagles

[ProfessorGAC]

130. King Crimson - The "Beat" Tour (I think 1984)

One of the only shows i ever walked out with my jaw hanging open. They were AMAZINGLY good! Small room too! I was only 15 feet from Fripp, Belew and Levin. Probably another 10 feet to Bruford.

Another Great One: My wife and i saw Sting with the original Blue Turtles group (Marsalis, Kirkland, Jones, Hakim) at Alpine Valley. What a band! Superior to the recorded versions in every way.
The Professor

[Virginia Dare]

131. Rolling Stones, Journey and George Thorogood...

in Philadelphia, September 1980, I believe.

Wasn't a big Journey fan, but it was a great concert experience.

[China_cat]

133. Grateful Dead on Ken Kesey's farm in Oregon

1972, I think. Wavey Gravy did the food. It was hot and wonderful.

[kwassa]

134. Talking Heads, live at the Greek Theater, 1983, which became ..

the basis for the movie "Stop Making Sense". Te director Jonathan Demme was at that concert, the concert was electrifying and better than the film.

Rolling Stones in a small concert in a Detroit opera house, 1979 "Some Girls" tour.

[Mojorabbit]

138. Neil Young on his after the goldrush tour

Second would be Fleetwood Mac on the rumors tour.
Oh, and I was proposed to my my first husband outside a stadium before a Johnny and Edgar Winter concert. Wonder why that relationship didn't work out. LOL

[peacefreak]

142. 1975 Music Inn, Lenox, Ma.

Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band just before she hit nationally.
Rolling Thunder Review, Providence, R.I.
Grateful Dead Palace Theater, Waterbury, Ct.

[MaineDem]

143. I know I went but I, ummm, don't remember...

But that was in the 60s and 70s, rather than the 80s. I'm old.

They were VERY good times! :hippie:

But, seriously, the Moody Blues were awesome (and still are) and I saw "The People" at the Cafe Wha in Greenwich Village. I remember a Sly and the Family Stone concert where Sly never showed up. And, don't laugh, Freddy and the Dreamers was my very first concert experience. :)

[ariesgem]

145. The Funk Festival - 1978

was my first concert (I was 15) and my favorite.

Some of the bands included-

Parliament/Funkadelic
Brides of Funkenstein/Parlet
Rick James and The Stone City Band
Bootsy's Rubberband
Con Funk Shun
Bar Kays
Cameo