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#1 Posted on 20.8.05 0827.04
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Prince's MUSICOLOGY tour.
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#2 Posted on 20.8.05 0834.29
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The Rolling Stones on the Bridges to Babylon tour.
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#3 Posted on 20.8.05 0907.37
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It would have to be one of three that were all equally good in their own ways. Warren Zevon on the, I think, Learning to Flinch tour in 1991 at The Vogue in Indy. Also at the Vogue in 1991, Melissa Etheridge touring in support of the then unreleased Brave and Crazy album with the Smashing Pumpkins opening for her. And, of course, Lollapalooza 2 featuring Ministry and The Jesus and Mary Chain outside of Chicago.

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#4 Posted on 20.8.05 0952.57
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Sorry, can't narrow it down to one...I have to give a top 5:

-Tori Amos at Arie Crown Theatre
-The Arcade Fire at Empty Bottle
-Godspeed You Black Emperor at Abbey Pub
-Brenda Weiler at Uncommon Ground
-The Flaming Lips at Metro (12/31/2000)
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#5 Posted on 20.8.05 1016.59
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    Originally posted by StaggerLee
    Prince's MUSICOLOGY tour.


Ditto.
Excellent show. Great band. I'm waiting for a concert DVD if they ever make one I'm there.

Runner-up:
U2 Zoo TV tour. August '92. Foxboro, MA.
I used to just kinda like U2, but they really won me over live.
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#6 Posted on 20.8.05 1017.46
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admittedly, i'm not one for concerts; I'd rather enjoy the music of a house band at a bar than a concert.

In any case, i thoroughly enjoyed JEFF HEALY play the downtown Barrie "NEW YEARS EVE" outdoor concert.
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#7 Posted on 20.8.05 1022.42
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I saw several "day on the Green" concerts at Oakland Stadium in the late 70s. I can't remember particulars (too much pot and other intoxicants), but one had Journey, Boston, the Scorpions, the Babys, J Geils and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - that one was good.
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#8 Posted on 20.8.05 1106.45
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Weird Al at the Toledo Zoo.

Of course, I've only been to two concerts, that one and Smash Mouth at Paramount's King's Island. So the choices are limited.
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#9 Posted on 20.8.05 1126.52
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Neil Young. Seventh row center. Mushrooms. "Rockin' in the Free World" rocked my world.

Lowest of the Low. Marquee Club. They'd broken up ten years before (right after I'd discovered them), so this show was one I always wanted to see but never thought I would. I sported a massive shit-eating grin the whole time.

Beck. Molson Amphitheatre. He's only 12 inches tall, but that white boy can move.
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#10 Posted on 20.8.05 1223.30
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Social Distortion at Toad's Place a couple of months ago. Didn't even realize we were standing right next to Joan Jett until she went up on stage.
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#11 Posted on 20.8.05 1410.16
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The Orb and The Chemical Brothers at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco

Runners-up: Arthur Lee & Love and Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent with The Zombies at First Avenue last year
every Kraftwerk performance I've ever been to
every Orbital performance I've ever been to
every Crystal Method performance I've ever been to

Honorable mentions: Coachella 1999, Electronic Hanukkah 1997, Big Top Tour 1997, Product Placement 2001 (all in SF or nearby), Nitro Tour (LL Cool J/Too $hort/NWA/Slick Rick/De La Soul) 1989 IN Oakland AND somehow I didn't die
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#12 Posted on 20.8.05 1456.17
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Camper Van Beethoven & Robyn Hitchcock at Bumbershoot in...'88?

Runners-Up:

TMBG touring for Lincoln, Moore Theater, around the same time.

Hitting Birth, VU Lounge, '92 or so.

Pernice Brothers, about three weeks ago.


    Originally posted by drjayphd
    Didn't even realize we were standing right next to Joan Jett until she went up on stage.

Wow. Crazy. What haircut does she have these days?


--K



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#13 Posted on 20.8.05 1531.52
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My answer NOW would be Coachella 2004 because of the where my life has led me since then with Serena... that and was WAS quite an awesome show.

Before last year, I'd always said it was the Sextacy Ball Tour from 1995 featuring LORDS OF ACID, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT, DINK, and GOD LIVES UNDERWATER. It was during my taking drugs phase and let me tell you, those walls were breathing and the building swallowed us up and spit us out by the end of the night. I left that show soaking wet and I STILL don't know how.

Runner up was the free DEAD MILKMEN show I saw in High school when they were touring for Beelzebubba and the Punk Rock Girl single. Great show and it was FREE!
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#14 Posted on 20.8.05 1855.17
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Paul McCartney - Driving Rain tour. Best Beatles cover band ever.
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#15 Posted on 20.8.05 2103.07
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Radiohead, 8/20/03 (two years ago today...wow)
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Pearl Jam at the (then) Mercer Arena at Seattle Center, after "Vs." came out.
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#17 Posted on 20.8.05 2336.35
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I've been to very, very few concerts live in my lifetime, but I'll give the nod to Chicago's joint concert with Earth, Wind and Fire earlier this month in Virginia Beach. Great music of course, and the lead singer of EWF creeped me out with his great rendition of "If You Leave Me Now".
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#18 Posted on 21.8.05 0648.28
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The Lords of the New Church at a little club in Boston circa 1983.
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#19 Posted on 21.8.05 0804.48
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HORDE 1995. Polaris Ampitheater- Columbus, Ohio. Blues Traveler, Black Crowes, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews Band, G-Love and the Special Sauce, Ziggy Marley, and many many more.

Runners-Up

Rush @Polaris circa 1997
The Allman Brothers Band @Riverbend(Cincinnati) 1998



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#20 Posted on 21.8.05 1102.23
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    Originally posted by Nuclear Winter
    Weird Al at the Toledo Zoo.


That WAS a really good concert. Afterwards my friend and I found the place where his bus was parked and got to talk to him (and get autographs!) through this gate. It was like a prison or something. He was really nice, too.
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