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Crimsonsnowdog 
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 Posted: November 21 2018 at 14:07 |
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My favorite live shows were:
The Who 25th Anniversary Tour- This was my first concert which was at RFK Stadium in DC. They played for 3 1/2 hours, about 40 songs, and Pete Townsend even played his solo songs during the intermission. Possibly one of the most funs shows I've been to. People were hitting beach balls in the stands, and a rainbow was projected over the stadium for Love Reign O'er Me. One of my fondest and most vivid concert memories. Only negative was there was a drunken girl vomiting behind me through half the show. Rush R40 Tour- This was my third time seeing Rush. The first two were from the Presto and Roll the Bones tours, but this was definitely my favorite of the three. I saw them in Philly as they performed songs starting with the Clockwork Angels album and went chronologically back in time to the first Rush Album. While I definitely liked the second half of the show more, I though the first half was still pretty good. I liked all the songs they played except Animate Me and One Little Victory were only okay. Still the first half was very energetic and engaging, as they ended on Subdivisions. I really enjoyed the second half, while they played most of my favorites, including Natural Science, Jacob's Ladder, Hemispheres(Prelude), Xanadu, Cygnus X-1, about half of 2112, and Working Man. They played for about 2 and 1/2 hours and like most Rush concerts has some fun videos as well. King Crimson- I have seen them three times, but my favorite of the three was when I drove to Red Bank, New Jersey on the last show of the 2017 American summer tour. Seeing all eight musicians on stage, performing most of the classics with precision is an amazing experience. They played for almost three hours and the highlights included Red, Fallen Angel, Epitaph, Cirkus, Lizard, Starless, 21st Century Schizoid man,and my favorite King Crimson song next to Starless, Fracture. Highly recommended to anyone who hasn't seen them. Dweezil Zappa- I saw him with his band last April performing his father, Frank's material at the Hamilton in DC. The venue was intimate which held only about 400 people, and the staff waiting on you for food and drinks like a restaurant. They played for three hours, more than 30 songs, had some dialogue during Flakes, and switched instruments and did some intrigiung things during Pound for a Brown, similar to Funny Ways from Gentle Giant. One of the most fun concerts I've been to, and I would definitely recommend people see him. Ween- I saw them back in 1998 on The Mollusk Tour at the 9:30 club in Washington DC. Even Though the 9:30 club isn't the greatest venue, the show was great. They played for at least 2 and 1/2 hours, took a few fan song requests and I consider the Mollusk to be their last good album as the albums that came after were just okay, so they played all their best material.
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 21 2018 at 11:31 |
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That's a tough one....been seeing shows since 1969.....Tull in 1974 was great as was The Who that same year...really enjoyed Crimson in the 90's at two different venues in Chicago.
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Hercules
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Posted: September 20 2018 at 17:08 |
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Until Monday, I'd have said Runrig's gig at Barrowlands in 2007.
But after seeing Camel at the Royal Albert Hall, I think they've taken the crown.
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Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:25 |
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Saw Phish one night of Baker's Dozen, which was pretty amazing.
Also was at the very front of the pit for Plini, Intervals, and Animals as Leaders all in one show.
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Mortte
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Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:00 |
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Saw Rog yesterday and really my big suprise, it was the best gig I`ve ever seen! I donīt think nothing can go closer to Pink Floyd these days, all I can say he and heīs band was amazing!
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Posted: August 14 2018 at 09:38 |
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I don't know if this is the BEST exactly (I saw the Floyd 3 times, Genesis 6 times, The Who 7 times, etc, and they were all amazing) but possibly the most memorable was Grateful Dead's 5-hour set at the Bickershaw Festival in 1972, where Captain Beefheart also played one of his best ever sets.
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Posted: July 23 2017 at 21:12 |
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King Crimson's current tour should be going into the top concerts seen by most who have attended them, so if anyone still hasn't seen this tour and still has the chance, just take it.
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Posted: July 23 2017 at 19:53 |
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Hi, A couple of honorable mentions ... stuff that gets over looked and left behind, but makes things a treat all the same. Porcupine Tree - SF 1999 at the Prog Festival. Richard's Prophet 5 took a spill on the way to the venue, and at 1 or 2 PM there were several folks working on the floor in the back area, trying to find the problem and why it was not working. They could not find anything, and while the show was on, Richard spent several hours back stage, working several synths to cover the missing huge sound that was a part of the band. Their show was magnificent ... and while at the time I did not know the music as well, the sound of it was totally incredible, and only ruined by a stupid roadie upset that the band sound 2nd rate, when they were amazingly professional and totally in tune and touch with their material. I, and one other person, finally asked the roadie to leave the theater and go take a pee somewhere else. Lana Lane and the Rocket Scientists - SF 1999 at the same Prog Festival, but the day before, as they opened the whole thing. They put on an amazingly professional, tight and incredibly good show, and deserved a lot more attention than some comments ... too much metal on their sound ... that sadly took away, what probably was the cleanest and best performance of the whole festival, that was never acknowledged.
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Posted: July 22 2017 at 18:56 |
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I was in the 2nd row for Rush's Snakes & Arrows tour. I looked like one of those ladies from the early 90s when Michael Jackson came on stage, all tears and snot
 But that's to be expected.Hmm, there's been so many! I think the most memorable for myself wasn't prog at all, but watching Gogol Bordello open for System of a Down as incredible! They had half the stage and packed 9 musicians onto it. So much energy, the lead singer was doing dive-rolls over one of the percussionists. and that's awesome, because System of a Down as terrible  I loved them as a kid, but their last tour felt so forced. They stood on 4 corners of the stage and had no interaction with one another.Mastodon put on an awesome show when they opened for Opeth in 2012. I wish it had been an open venue and not a theater, but the light show definitely made up for it. Muse put on a great show when I saw them in 2013 on their 2nd Law tour. So much pomp and bombast in the stage and lighting rigs. Mother Mother really blew me away when I saw them this year. They were able to segue out of their big hits and into really wonderful covers of songs like Dazed & Confused and The Ace of Spades. Kept me on my toes, I like that. Anyone who thinks they are just a pop-rock band should really see them live before committing to an opinion on them. Finally (many omitted), honorable mention to Turisas. I saw them in a little dive venue and had never heard of them before. When I showed up there was a whole legion of fans in armour and regalia. It was an awesome show and an awesome mosh-pit. The kind where someone will knock you over, pick you back up again, pour fake blood over your head and then put up the horns and scream with you along to the music. Just great  Edited by Queen By-Tor - July 22 2017 at 18:57 |
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Posted: July 22 2017 at 18:36 |
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Anglagard at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg 2017. Absolutely incredible show!!!! Really powerful performance
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It was The Weeknd. I love his songs. I was looking for his concert schedule in 2017 and found out that he is going to perform in Lollapalooza festival. I and my friends have already bought tickets here and can't wait for it. PS Muse must be there too.
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Posted: June 18 2017 at 11:40 |
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A Peter Hammill solo concert at the Zeche in Bochum. Hammill had already given 5 encores, and the roadies were already clearing the stage, but the audience still wanted more. Then he reappeared on stage with a towel around his neck. The instruments, amps and mics had already been removed from stage. Hammill went to the very front and gave a heartbreaking rendition of "Again", without any instrumental or technical support. The audience was absolutely silent, but when he finished there was a thundering applause. It was a moment of pure magic. Nobody wanted another encore; this simply could not be topped. Magma at the Alter Wartesaal in Cologne. Vander did at first only sing and play piano, and some other guy played drums. After about half an hour that drummer and Vander swapped seats, and suddenly the drums were double as loud. At one point Vander broke into a solo, and I looked at the wall clock; I wanted to know how long his solo would be. When he finally finished it 45 minutes had passed, and the amazing thing is that not one second of that ultra-long solo was boring. Edited by BaldFriede - August 04 2019 at 16:05 |
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Posted: June 18 2017 at 08:08 |
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I listen 99% guitar based music, but Prodigy in Helsinki on their Invaders Must Die tour was truly amazing.
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^I too saw Gabriel at L.A.'s Roxy for the "Scratch" tour in '78. It was touted as the only SoCal appearance at the time, so some buddies and I drove up from San Diego in the middle of the night to get in this huge line for tickets winding up the hill in a lot behind the venue the next day. I went with a girlfriend at the time the night of the show, but we had been running late that evening and were actually seated on some band equipment cases lining one wall of the place. We had an obstructed view of the stage and couldn't see Gabriel's drummer (it was that sad). All in all, an awkward night. Some months later, an extra tour stop was added at some theater in downtown San Diego, making me feel kind of foolish for the hassle I'd endured for the L.A. show, but that second show was somewhat lackluster compared to the Roxy performance. Later in the '80s, I'd be walking out of Gabriel show encores when the band would strike up Biko, my fascination with Gabriel waning at that point.
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Transatlantic Whirlwind Tour in San Francisco, Peter Gabriel live at the Roxy in Los Angeles, Gentle Giant at the Roxy in Los Angeles, Steve Hackett at the University of Washington in a lecture hall. Umphry's McGee in Seattle 2016
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Between the Buried and Me playing all of Coma Ecliptic at the Phoenix Concert Theatre.
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Rush '78-79? Hemispheres Tour, LA Rush, '90, Presto Tour, Largo MD Rush '07, S&A Tour, Seattle Scorpions '82 Blackout Tour, Orange County Scorpions '83, US Festival Heavy Metal Sunday, San Bernardino Iron Maiden '85?, Powerslave Tour, New Orleans Parliament '77?, P-Funk Tour, LA Earth, Wind & Fire, all shows, Seattle, LA, New Orleans |
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 01:20 |
Three of those stand out in my memory: Yes - GFTO (LA Forum); Tull - SftW (Long Beach Arena); Gabriel (Greek Theatre)... |
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 08:13 |
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 08:01 |
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Hi, I don't have a favorite ... but many things stand out. Nektar - first US tour at the Santa Monica Civic Hawkwind - Space Ritual Tour when it first came out, also at the Santa Monica Civic Pink Floyd - 1972 Live at the Hollywood Bowl, in the days of the QUAD sound, and its beauty. Tangerine Dream at the Greek Theater - On the album USA Live with pictures of the trees on fire by the lazers ... awesome! Mississipi Charles Bevel - Outstanding voice and beautiful material by a guy that disdained the music business and continued working as a technician for the LA based KPFK. Like the other friends of theirs from there, The Firesign Theater, the material was excellent and well presented and totally out-a-sight! King Crimson - Seattle 2015 With the 3 drummers, and my eyes closed, the whole thing was experiencially ... nirvana! You have to learn to fly with music, and this did not disappoint in any way. The only thing missing? Some "No Pussyfooting" material ... for the inner quiet!
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