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Tangerine Dream, 1986, Paramount Theater, Seattle


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I've seen a fair share of really good ones, but for me this is a tie:

David Sylvian (Secrets of the Beehive tour) @ the "old" Guthrie Theater, Walker Art Center Minneapolis 1988

Victor Wooten (Yin-Yang/Live in America tour) @ First Avenue, Minneapolis 2002
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I don’t seem to have posted on this one, so here goes. Pretty difficult as so many gigs over the years, and very few disappointed, but here is a stab at a couple.

1. Six Of The Best. The Gabriel reunion with Genesis at Milton Keynes. 39 years ago now. It absolutely threw it down all day. We were frozen, but there was a magic to that gig, and it is a shame that they never committed it to video

2. Tansads 2010 reunion, The Citadel, St Helens. Not remotely prog, but one of my favourite bands with a unique energy. We saw the successor band, Merry Hell, in South Wales in August this year and had a long chat with them after

3. Pink Floyd, The Wall at Earls Court. Stunning. Just stunning and far more intimate than the recent Waters tours seen on DVD, which seem to be so completely against the spirit of just why he wrote the thing in the first place

4. Marillion. Still my favourite band, and I have seen every tour since 198…dot. The standout one for me was Wolverhampton Civic Hall on the Radiation tour. There was an energy that night which is almost impossible to describe

5. King Crimson, St David’s Hall on the last UK tour. I finally got to see them, and took my wife and son. The rendition of Islands remains the most incredible live experience of my life. Simply staggering


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2021 at 15:23
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:


5. King Crimson, St David’s Hall on the last UK tour. I finally got to see them, and took my wife and son. The rendition of Islands remains the most incredible live experience of my life. Simply staggering

I had responded to this thread in 2017, but King Crimson as of 2018 & 2019 are still hot, hot, hot.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Surely Bruce Springsteen, great rock for four hours. 

the Boss kicks ass, saw him with Amnesty in '88 and blew away Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, and Sting .



I see this message now ... I saw Bruce too on that tour, it was one of my first concerts (1988, I was 17) In fact, in the finale, when the artists sang together, everyone was amazed by Springsteen's overwhelming strength .

I've seen Bruce about twenty times since then, and I can't say which was the best, but over time the pleasure has increased and I've never felt with other artists such a sense of involvement as with Springsteen.

Among the concerts I have seen, not so many, who came close to giving me that pleasure was Nick Cave, in 2001, I think the No More Shall We Part tour. Great energy.

Then there are Van der Graaf from the Present tour, great concert.
This I would say is my podium.

Right after that I would put Patti Smith, 20 years ago, and Roger Waters, 5 years ago, fantastic concerts that amazed me.

Other bands that surprised me were Sigur Ros 4 years ago and Grant Lee Buffalo (who I liked more than REM, which they supported) more than 20 years ago.


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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by tigerfeet tigerfeet wrote:

Meatloaf - Bad Attitude - 1985

I never liked Meatloaf. That was, until my cousin took me to see him perform live ! 


I like what he says in his book ... "I'm an actor that happens to sing!"

Indeed and I felt like I was watching Eddie from Rocky Horror. Amazing night!  

Just found this re-mastered rare video of (maybe) the night I was there. For any Meatloaf lovers Wink





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Additional to my original post in this thread, I would say the first KC gig I went to a few years back, and the recent Steve Hackett show I saw. Utterly fantastic, both.

Honourable mentions go to The Fields of the Nephilim back in 1990, and Kiss back in 2010 (for pure enjoyableness)
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Steve Hackett Acoustic Trio in 2005. I was in the fifth row at a small venue. It was a very intimate concert, and Steve chatted with the crowd whenever the trio took breaks between songs. I don't remember the music at all, but the atmosphere was incredible.
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I liked that assessment.  It's how it makes you feel that lasts.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Here's a dozen, in no particular order and strictly from what I could recall...

Pink Floyd, In the Flesh Tour
Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood Tour
Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps Tour
Alice Cooper, School's Out Tour
Genesis, Seconds Out Tour
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs Tour
Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour
Yes, Going for the One Tour
Yes, Union Tour (in the round)
Pink Floyd, The Division Bell Tour
Paul Simon, Graceland Tour
Peter Gabriel, Back to Front Tour


A couple others of note that I had forgotten to mention on the first go round....

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Soul to Soul Tour (first of many times I saw SRV, absolutely amazing)
The Moody Blues with Orchestra, 1993
Simon & Garfunkel Reunion Tour, 1993
Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 1981
Stevie Wonder, Fox Theatre Detroit reopening, 1988
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I saw kiss on their farewell tour a couple weeks ago and it was pretty cool
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George Duke - Live in Tokyo, although I wasn't there in person. 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

George Duke - Live in Tokyo, although I wasn't there in person. 

LOL
you do know people mention here concerts they went to. 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

George Duke - Live in Tokyo, although I wasn't there in person. 


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Jean Michel Jarre, Tower Theater, Philadelphia, 2017
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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Jean Michel Jarre, Tower Theater, Philadelphia, 2017


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

George Duke - Live in Tokyo, although I wasn't there in person. 

LOL
you do know people mention here concerts they went to. 
Yes, that's why I made a point of mentioning that I wasn't actually in Tokyo. I watched the George Duke concert on YouTube, along with every other concert I've seen over the last eleven years. I haven't attended a live concert since 1995/1996. Embarrassed




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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

George Duke - Live in Tokyo, although I wasn't there in person. 

LOL
you do know people mention here concerts they went to. 
Yes, that's why I made a point of mentioning that I wasn't actually in Tokyo. I watched the George Duke concert on YouTube, along with every other concert I've seen over the last eleven years. Embarrassed

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^ A great choice of photo! I'm a big fan of Jackie Chan's chop socky movies. Thumbs Up
Yes, those two stuntman really did fall onto hard concrete from the top of a double decker bus. Geek
 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ A great choice of photo! I'm a big fan of Jackie Chan's chop socky movies. Thumbs Up
Yes, those two stuntman really did fall onto hard concrete from the top of a double decker bus. Geek
 

a shame you did not get the meaning of the photo and why I chose to post it. 

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