So I just saw my first concert by an artist that I've always enjoyed listening to.
Jason Mraz came up to the mountains to kick off his acoustic tour; first time I've ever been able to see an artist/band I like. Usually the 'fancy'* places have stuff from my parents defined age of music (like soft little gigs for the ones getting older.) Finally though, I got something I could enjoy and I must say, first concert was pretty great.
Halfway through the show some chick collapsed and leaned onto the stage, unconcious. She had been waiting there since the morning to get that front row spot (I waited an hour before the show started, had food to sustain my body to prevent from passing out unlike the one chick, and still got within 18 feet of Mr. A-Z for the show.) As if that wasn't funny enough, the guy is just so talented he created lyrics off the fly about the girl who had passed out (and they were pretty damn funny).
So yeah, yay me. Does anyone like Jason Mraz? Heard of him? What's been your best concert experience? Worst?
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I listen to some of his stuff, though not to the extent that I would pay money to go stand in a crowded place to listen to it. I might be more encouraged to attend if I were promised that I could watch some human misery...
I don't mind Jason Mraz's music. I actually really like the song "The Remedy".
My best concert Experience was when I saw Treble Charger in 2003. My first concert, first mosh pit, even though I was only 15 I was able to get beer from the bar(it was at a club that allowed all ages when bands were there) thanks to a friend wwho was 19.
My worst concert experience was seeing Sum 41 and No Warning last January. It was a good concert, music was awesome..but they went to the Community Auditorium..We were all pretty much stuck wherever our seats were and I had ****** seats right at the very back...of the second floor balcony.
Edited, Sun Jan 8 16:18:27 2006 by UndeadShroom
My best concert Experience was when I saw Treble Charger in 2003. My first concert, first mosh pit, even though I was only 15 I was able to get beer from the bar(it was at a club that allowed all ages when bands were there) thanks to a friend wwho was 19.
My worst concert experience was seeing Sum 41 and No Warning last January. It was a good concert, music was awesome..but they went to the Community Auditorium..We were all pretty much stuck wherever our seats were and I had ****** seats right at the very back...of the second floor balcony.
Edited, Sun Jan 8 16:18:27 2006 by UndeadShroom
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Best show I've been to was a Revelation Record party at the Wetlands in NYC. I think it was 1996.
I also saw Polvo during their Exploded Drawing set.
I'm sure there are better experiences, but I wouldn't be able to remember them.
Ooh.
I saw Bloodlet, too. Wow.
I also saw Polvo during their Exploded Drawing set.
I'm sure there are better experiences, but I wouldn't be able to remember them.
Ooh.
I saw Bloodlet, too. Wow.
I liked "You and I", and will still hum along to it on the radio when I hear it but I don't know that I'd go see him in concert. Seems like a fun guy.
Best concert I ever saw was Johnny Lang at the 9:30 in DC. Susan Tedeschi opened.
Best concert I ever saw was Johnny Lang at the 9:30 in DC. Susan Tedeschi opened.
I dunno what the "best" show I've been to is. I've seen a bunch of good bands put on good shows.
Some of the more memorable ones have been Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Guster (get this: they actually got the crowd to go silent and did a truly, completely acoustic song), and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Barenaked Ladies may not have the best music, but they put on an awesome live show that completely makes up for it.
Some of the more memorable ones have been Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Guster (get this: they actually got the crowd to go silent and did a truly, completely acoustic song), and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Barenaked Ladies may not have the best music, but they put on an awesome live show that completely makes up for it.
The best show I've been to would be P-Funk. I have seen them three or four times and it is always a blast. I go see Clinton any time he is in the area. I would have loved to see his New Years Eve show a few years back with Bootsy Collins.
I was most disappointed by Dylan...I saw him when he was touring with Willie Nelson and was there for him, not Nelson, and enjoyed Nelson far more. I guess Dylan just doesn't have much stage presence. BB King was dissapointing to me because I was looking for more improv blues like you would get in a juke joint and it was very rehersed.
A suprisingly good show was Prince (or whatever he is calling himself these days). He sure has a charisma.
Edit: Oh, the best part of the BB King show was meeting him and getting his autograph. I had a backstage pass and had him sign that for me, and he signed the program for my husband who was in Iraq at the time. I was sad about how old he seems in person though...
Edited, Mon Jan 9 00:40:11 2006 by Katarine
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I was most disappointed by Dylan...I saw him when he was touring with Willie Nelson and was there for him, not Nelson, and enjoyed Nelson far more. I guess Dylan just doesn't have much stage presence.
Dylan has pretty much no stage presence at all. You have to go strictly for the songs and expect the arrangements to fit the band rather than the song frequently. I have seen him 5 times: 2 were near mind blowing, 2 were decent, 1 was absolute crap.
The best show I've ever seen was the Buzzcocks in late July of 91, their second tour since reforming in 1989. They were three hours late due to vehicle problems, but the gear made it on time. They showed up, ran directly through the public entrance, through the audience, to the stage and started in. The next 100 minutes were absolutely pristine and relentless punk pop that left me beyond exhausted and speechless. I haven't seen any band approach this level of intensity since.
Other shows in the high end would be Kraftwerk (2004), Air (2004), Blur (1995), Bowie (1990), The Meat Puppets (1991), Fats Domino (1986?), Smashing Pumpkins (1993 August, they sucked the other 4 times), The Pixies (1988, 1992), The Fall (1995), The Cure (1996...generally considered a crap tour, but the Chicago date was outstanding), Mission of Burma (2003) and Ride/Slowdive (1992).
I'm sure I'm forgetting some...
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Ride/Slowdive (1992).
Was that Just for a Day? Damn dude. That's deep.
You like My Bloody Valentine?
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Was that Just for a Day? Damn dude. That's deep.
You like My Bloody Valentine?
You like My Bloody Valentine?
Yes, Just for a Day had just been released. Slowdive played a 35 minute 8 song set that was hypnotic, and for lack of a better way to put it, completely numbing in a very unique way.
Ride came on after what seemed to be an incredibly fast set change and exploited the feel that Slowdive left with the audience for all it was worth.
Yes I like and miss My Bloody Valentine. I saw them on the Rollercoaster tour the same year. Live, they were nothing like I expected them to be. There was an agression to their live sound that the records didn't even hint at. A live document of that band in its prime is sorely needed.
More recently I saw Kevin Shields and Sonic Boom do a set together that might be the most disappointing set I have ever seen. It was watching two geniuses intentionally underachieve for an hour.
Back on topic, the worst shows I have ever seen would be The Cranberries unfathomably lackluster performance, and a ridiculously egocentric Smashing Pumpkins show.
I would give anything to see My Bloody during Loveless.
There are a few videos of them floating around. Maybe 3?
Worst show for me was seeing IceBurn at the Knitting Factory.
Hopeing to see them play Hephestus, I get an hour long improv I wouldn't have enjoyed on mushrooms.
Talk about a let down.
There are a few videos of them floating around. Maybe 3?
Worst show for me was seeing IceBurn at the Knitting Factory.
Hopeing to see them play Hephestus, I get an hour long improv I wouldn't have enjoyed on mushrooms.
Talk about a let down.
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The best show I've ever seen was the Buzzcocks in late July of 91, their second tour since reforming in 1989. They were three hours late due to vehicle problems, but the gear made it on time. They showed up, ran directly through the public entrance, through the audience, to the stage and started in. The next 100 minutes were absolutely pristine and relentless punk pop that left me beyond exhausted and speechless. I haven't seen any band approach this level of intensity since.
Other shows in the high end would be Kraftwerk (2004), Air (2004), Blur (1995), Bowie (1990), The Meat Puppets (1991), Fats Domino (1986?), Smashing Pumpkins (1993 August, they sucked the other 4 times), The Pixies (1988, 1992), The Fall (1995), The Cure (1996...generally considered a crap tour, but the Chicago date was outstanding), Mission of Burma (2003) and Ride/Slowdive (1992).
I'm sure I'm forgetting some...
Other shows in the high end would be Kraftwerk (2004), Air (2004), Blur (1995), Bowie (1990), The Meat Puppets (1991), Fats Domino (1986?), Smashing Pumpkins (1993 August, they sucked the other 4 times), The Pixies (1988, 1992), The Fall (1995), The Cure (1996...generally considered a crap tour, but the Chicago date was outstanding), Mission of Burma (2003) and Ride/Slowdive (1992).
I'm sure I'm forgetting some...
Thank god someone with great music taste!
Edited, Mon Jan 9 19:57:08 2006 by EonsdarkCaitsith
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