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Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2018, 01:03:25 PM »

Offline Mike Pemulis

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What's the first concert you attended?

May 28, 2000. The HFStival in Washington, DC. Bands: Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Third Eye Blind, Cypress Hill, Godsmack, Filter, Deftones, Staind, Bloodhound Gang, Vertical Horizon, Sev.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?

(see former comment)

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?

I grew up on HFStivals. Good Charlotte, Jimmy's Chicken Shack, and Our Lady Peace played lots of them

What's the last concert you went to?

Pixies.

What concert was better than you expected?

Alabama; it is the 2nd best concert I've ever seen. Better than Ezra and Barenaked Ladies. Louis CK. 

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?

I had tickets to a Soundgarden show that I never got to see.
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Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2018, 01:09:07 PM »

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What's the first concert you attended?
An All Star Rap Show featuring LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, and others in Providence, RI (1989). My friend and I were 14 at the time, and everyone was searched twice for weapons before entering. I remember sitting down and there plenty of open seats as people were still arriving. There was one guy in our row, but he was about 8 seats away. All of a sudden, a gang walks up in the same aisle and the one behind, and beats the crap out of the guy. We had a blast, but couldn't wait to get home in one piece.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?
U2 at Gillette Stadium

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?
Tie between U2, Coldplay and Dave Matthews Band

What's the last concert you went to?
Coldplay at Gillette Stadium

What's the worst concert you went to?
I went to a Rolling Stones concert with the wrong person. He was a huge fan and he wanted to split a bottle of Jack Daniels before the concert. I missed the first few songs of their set because I was in the bathroom getting sick from drinking too much. The Stones were great, but I was too incoherent and intoxicated to enjoy it.

What concert was better than you expected?
The first time I saw Coldplay in concert, at the TD Garden.

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?
Rage Against the Machine (Saw them at Great Woods along with Wu-Tang Clan. One of those two groups was late because of a plane delay, so the concert didn’t start until they showed up. I think the show was delayed for around 2 hours or so.)
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Re: Concert Discussion
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What's the first concert you attended?

May 28, 2000. The HFStival in Washington, DC. Bands: Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Third Eye Blind, Cypress Hill, Godsmack, Filter, Deftones, Staind, Bloodhound Gang, Vertical Horizon, Sev.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?

(see former comment)

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?

I grew up on HFStivals. Good Charlotte, Jimmy's Chicken Shack, and Our Lady Peace played lots of them

What's the last concert you went to?

Pixies.

What concert was better than you expected?

Alabama; it is the 2nd best concert I've ever seen. Better than Ezra and Barenaked Ladies. Louis CK. 

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?

I had tickets to a Soundgarden show that I never got to see.
TP -- that Soundgarden ticket's got to be a heartbreaker :(

Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2018, 01:21:03 PM »

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What's the first concert you attended?
An All Star Rap Show featuring LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, and others in Providence, RI (1989). My friend and I were 14 at the time, and everyone was searched twice for weapons before entering. I remember sitting down and there plenty of open seats as people were still arriving. There was one guy in our row, but he was about 8 seats away. All of a sudden, a gang walks up in the same aisle and the one behind, and beats the crap of the guy. We had a blast, but couldn't wait to get home in one piece.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?
U2 at Gillette Stadium

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?
Tie between U2, Coldplay and Dave Matthews Band

What's the last concert you went to?
Coldplay at Gillette Stadium

What's the worst concert you went to?
I went to a Rolling Stones concert with the wrong person. He was a huge fan and he wanted to split a bottle of Jack Daniels before the concert. I missed the first few songs of their set because I was in the bathroom getting sick from drinking too much. The Stones were great, but I was too incoherent and intoxicated to enjoy it.

What concert was better than you expected?
The first time I saw Coldplay in concert, at the TD Garden.

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?
Rage Against the Machine (Saw them at Great Woods along with Wu-Tang Clan. One of those two groups was late because of a plane delay, so the concert didn’t start until they showed up. I think the show was delayed for around 2 hours or so.)

TP - U2 is probably the biggest act left still touring that I haven't seen but want to.   Would like to see the Stone or Clapton but I think I missed the window on them.

Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2018, 03:14:40 PM »

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Last concert: Radiohead - awesome. Also saw Courtney Barnett who was great.

Next up is David Byrne  :D

Best concert: either Ray LaMontagne during his Ourobouros Tour or Brian Wilson performing all of his Pet Sounds album + most of his hits. Just two incredible shows, watching Brian Wilson perform was incredibly moving, though he didn't look in good health he gave it his all, and his band is fantastic.

A Perfect Circle, Radiohead, and Bob Dylan (despite his ruined voice) deserve honorable mentions. Edit: Joan Baez was great too. Edit edit: Dave Matthew Band was awesome. Great vibes.

Worst concert: probably the Fleet Foxes at Thompson's Point in Portland - coincidentally the same venue I saw Ray LaMontagne perform Ourobouros. The sound quality was pathetic, it's like the guy mixing it was drunk or something. We actually got as far from the stage as we could and that wa the only place it was tolerable. Sadly a lot of shows are like this. Just horrible mixing. Ray Lamontagne was mixed perfectly at the same venue, however.

Edit: The Red Hot Chili Peppers and George Thorogood were pretty disappointing too. Especially George, I thought his simple blues rock would be great live, but the sound was muddy and the band and singing weren't that great, maybe he just had an off night.

First concert: Arlo Guthrie acoustic in Portsmouth NH - I brought a full-blown sound recorder in and recorded the whole thing  :D

Most surprising concert: Ray LaMontagne. My GF loved him, but I was skeptical until the show started. It was intense, focused, his band is incredible. The music was like prime Pink Floyd, with some older, more poppy hits thrown in. But very very tight. And he's a local NH guy, even after getting famous. He's playing the Merrill Auditorium in October. Gonna see him for the third time.
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Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2018, 03:49:23 PM »

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What's the first concert you attended? Oingo Boingo, in 1986.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?
Erasure 2018, Billy Joel/Elton John mid-90s

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most? Billy Joel

What's the last concert you went to? Billy Joel, 2018

What's the worst concert you went to? I've put Oingo Boingo out of my mind; Not worst, but most disappointing: Simon and Garfunkel. Simon couldn't have made it any more clear that he didn't want to be there, and the whole thing was just uncomfortable.

What concert was better than you expected? Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow (more on that later)

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)? Can't think of any.

Hmm, let's see, other interesting moments...

Oh, Barry Manilow. My wife is quite the fanilow and we've seen him four times. His standard line during a concert: "Yeah, I know, you men got dragged along. But trust me, you're gonna be thanking me in the morning. You'll be writing me thank you notes..." We went backstage and met him once. My wife flirted with him, but I got the impression that he's gay. Not sure what it was.

For the person above who mentioned U2, I've seen them. They were good, but just kind of sang there and sang. Not much of a show.

Have seen Erasure twice in Milwaukee, although I've never lived there. It just so happened that they weren't performing in a city that I was in on those tours and, coincidentally, both times, the easiest place to see them was Milwaukee.

You'd think that concerts in Las Vegas would be great, but they've been among my least favorites. They charge you twice as much for the ticket and the artists only play for half the time of a typical concert.

Mike


Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2018, 03:51:21 PM »

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TP just for having the guts to admit going to a NKOTB show  ;D

admit to never having heard of the rest of them.

To be fair, I was only 10 y/o at the time of the New Kids concert, but I was REALLY into them!  ;D

Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2018, 05:30:38 PM »

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What's the first concert you attended?

May 28, 2000. The HFStival in Washington, DC. Bands: Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Third Eye Blind, Cypress Hill, Godsmack, Filter, Deftones, Staind, Bloodhound Gang, Vertical Horizon, Sev.

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?

(see former comment)

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?

I grew up on HFStivals. Good Charlotte, Jimmy's Chicken Shack, and Our Lady Peace played lots of them

What's the last concert you went to?

Pixies.

What concert was better than you expected?

Alabama; it is the 2nd best concert I've ever seen. Better than Ezra and Barenaked Ladies. Louis CK. 

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?

I had tickets to a Soundgarden show that I never got to see.
TP -- that Soundgarden ticket's got to be a heartbreaker :(
Yeah I'm a big Soundgarden fan. Saw them and Nine Inch Nails at xfinity center 3 years ago (can't believe it's been that long). Best concert! So fkn loud!
Last one I saw was Marilyn Manson (with Smashing Pumpkins) at Foxwoods....for free!! As we were leaving halfway through the Pumpkin set there was a couple (smokin hot goth chick) ready to get in. I'll never forget the look on her face when the guy selling tee shirts told them MM already did his set. Poor **** didn't get any that night. Felt kind of bad as the girl was smokin...did I mention that part?
So jealous of the people who saw Page & Plant. Zeppelin is my favorite and I was too young, and still in Russia...lol..the last time they played around here. Wish I could've seen them in 2007 at the O2 Arena.

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« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2018, 05:34:08 PM »

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TP just for having the guts to admit going to a NKOTB show  ;D

admit to never having heard of the rest of them.

To be fair, I was only 10 y/o at the time of the New Kids concert, but I was REALLY into them!  ;D
You shouldn't tell people that, no matter how old you were. Deny, deny, deny.

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« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2018, 05:40:29 PM »

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TPs to all. 

Been to 2 Thoroughgood shows -- first was awesome.  second was ok.  not as much energy in his playing at that one.

Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2018, 07:02:45 PM »

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Old school dude here, so I'd like to blow some of you away with 20th century dates:

First concert: Jethro Tull at New Haven Coliseum in 1974.

Also saw Yes in 1975 in Hartford and Aerosmith with Rick Derringer as warm-up in Boston in 1976.

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?
Went to about 8 Grateful Dead shows between 1976-1980 (in college). Also counts for "band that will never perform again".  Also seen Talking Heads/David Byrne 3 times, Peter Gabriel twice and Tower of Power twice.

Re: Concert Discussion
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2018, 07:27:45 PM »

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Great thread idea Slam!  TP for you....Here is my concert info

What's the first concert you attended?
Duran Duran Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1986

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?
too hard to narrow down
Beck / Flaming Lips Long Beach CA 2002
Jason Falkner 1999 Troubadour Los Angeles
REM / Grant Lee Buffalo Ames Iowa 1995
Semisonic San Fran 1998
The Negro Problem Echo Park 2005
The Velvet Teen Hollywood 2006

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?
Neil Finn probably a dozen times / Jon Brion a lot as well

What's the last concert you went to?
Liam/Neil Finn Largo Los Angeles May 2018

What's the worst concert you went to?
Tie Rolling Stones - Ames Iowa 1989, I was never a fan and just went because it was the first rock concert held at Iowa State at the football stadium.   

What concert was better than you expected?
Multiple concerts with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl.  I go every year at least once and always forget how great it is to listen to a great orchestra in maybe the most fantastic setting to see a show (maybe Red Rocks in CO might be better).  It is always surprisingly great.

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Hmm, let's see, other interesting moments...

Oh, Barry Manilow. My wife is quite the fanilow and we've seen him four times. His standard line during a concert: "Yeah, I know, you men got dragged along. But trust me, you're gonna be thanking me in the morning. You'll be writing me thank you notes..." We went backstage and met him once. My wife flirted with him, but I got the impression that he's gay. Not sure what it was.

Wat? :o

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One concert I hate to admit I went to was the GoGos. My future wife dragged me to it. Wierdly, I had a good time.

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What's the first concert you attended?

Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormet with my parents at the Monticello in Framingham around 1966

What's the best/favorite concert you attended?

Neil Diamond, Louisville, KY May 1977. I had just graduated from Army basic training at Ft Knox, and we were waiting to finish up admin stuff before we were sent to our advance training sites. Drill Sergeant came in and said that anyone with $2 for bus fare could go to see Diamond. We had been isolated on post in the barracks with no TV, army chow and no fun whatsoever for 2 ½ months. All decked out in our dress greens, loaded onto the army green buses, we were off to Louisville. People wearing civvies. Women. Beer. Normalcy.

We filed in to our balcony seats at one end of the arena behind the stage. We didn't care. We were out in the world, feeling normal. So what if the view sucked.

Suddenly, half way through the show, Neil Diamond stops the show, turns around and squints up into the balcony, saying “Where are my troops?” As the lights hit us, we went nuts. He welcomed us, thanked us for coming, and then played the next 3 numbers to us with his back turned to the paying customers.
I later learned that he was a big supporter of the military (which was not exactly a popular position in the 70's) and he gave free tickets to troops whenever he played near a base.

I never forgot it.

What's the performer/band you've seen in concert the most?

Roomful of Blues

What's the last concert you went to?

Ronnie Earl at the Tampa Bay Blues Fest April this year

What concert was better than you expected?

David Bromberg at the Jazz Workshop on Boylston in 1976. He did a full set with his band. We were lingering at our table as the place was closing up. Bromberg came out with a guitar, sat down on a stool and did an unannounced 45 minute solo set for the handful of people remaining. He just felt like playing, and it was unbelievable.

What performer/band did you see that will never perform again (break up or death)?

BB King and Cab Calloway


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