AUTiger89, you saw a lot of “best” concerts, didn’t you.

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Originally posted by TMats:
AUTiger89, you saw a lot of “best” concerts, didn’t you.

Absolutely did.

TOOL

Tool reminds me much of led zeppelin. Different then other bands of their time. Experimental, different styles, many tempo changes in their songs, flawless musicianship, and my favorite thing in a live band, a generational drummer.

All four times that I saw ZZ Top.

They did a very good job when they were turning out albums.

That was a l o n g time ago

Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels tour, New Orleans 1989. A friend at a record store hooked me up with front row seating. Superdome was sold out.

I almost went to that concert (Tull)! Couldn’t find the money.

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Originally posted by bald1:
Albert King playing at My Brother's Place, Long Island (1973).

Very close second: Jethro Tull at Syracuse University's Manley Field House (1972)

Iron Maiden every time since 1984! Best show and crowd participation!

Drove to Milwaukee and saw Pink Floyd at Brewers Stadium, that concert was great as best I can remember.
As far as the very best enjoyable concert, I would have to vote for a concert at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. I took my then young teenage Son with.
We had fantastic seats, center and about 6 rows back.
The show was. Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, Kenny Wayne Shepherd playing with Double Trouble.

Led Zeppelin, 6/27/72 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA. It was my first real concert, and things only went downhill from there. Some of the recordings from this concert were released on the How The West Was Won album in the early 2000s.

An honorable mention goes to Thin Lizzy in 1976. Had Phil Lynott not been a heroin addict his band would have gone much further than it did.

As to the question what makes a band, a rock band is composed of three to five people. They all play and sing well. They all contribute to songwriting. They are equal partners in the band's business affairs.

I prefer all male bands because add a female and the remaining members all want to sleep with her and the band falls apart with jealously.

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Drove to Milwaukee and saw Pink Floyd at Brewers Stadium, that concert was great as best I can remember.

I was there, briefly. It was a month before I shipped out to the Coast Guard. Like you, we drove up from Chicago. One of my group fired up a joint on the first note of the opening tune and was immediately arrested. We left to bail him out (and to avoid being searched). I think I remember the pig flying by.

Godsmack
Fleetwood Mac

Probably Pink Floyd at the Olympia in Detroit in '73 and '75, closely followed by Led Zeppelin at the Richfield Coliseum in '75.

Although I don’t listen to him anymore, hands down the best live performer I’ve seen was Bruce Springsteen in the early 80’s.

His show was almost 4 hours long and he really lit the place up. He really gave you yourh money’s worth.

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Originally posted by armored:

As far as the very best enjoyable concert, I would have to vote for a concert at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. …

Totally agree! Alpine Valley was the location of the best show I never saw.

I went there with a bunch of friends (three carloads full) to see the Doobie Brothers. Whenever we’d go to Alpine Valley, we’d get there early and party in the parking lot for a while before the show began.

That day, a couple of us decided to stay at my car and have another beer while the rest of our group went in to find a good place to see the show. One beer led to another, and before we knew it, the concert was over and everyone was coming back out.

Does Weird Al Yankovic count?

No

Probably Roger Waters back in late 90s. I think it was his "In the flesh tour". Was a big Pink Floyd fan in my late teen. So that would have probably been 1999'ish. Maybe 2000.

The sound system he brought was amazing. We had center 2nd row seats. Great show.

Boston, back in 76 or 77. It was in the Denver metro area at McNichols Sports Arena. The air was green.....

The Butthole Surfers and Stone temple Pilots at Harvey's Lake, PA back in 93. The Surfers were supposed to open but were late so they closed and were fantastic. Back when I could go into the pit.

The Who.