First.... Van Halen 5150
Worst.... Travis Tritt (was a birthday present to gf from her parents, I had little choice) edit... ClubMtv was the worst. I worked at the arena for both setup and tear down of set. Horrible.. BelBivDevoe, Rico Suave, Keith Sweat, and C&C Music Factory. THAT was the worst concert I ever attended.
Best... The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels in the New Orleans Superdome.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates First: Rick Springfield. Who doesn't love "Jessie's Girl?" (7th grade)
Worst: Bruce Willis. Free tickets, nuff said.
Best: Journey~Raised on Radio. *sigh* Steve Perry's vocals *sigh*.
First: Wham (gimme a break, I was young!)
Worst: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead (the only concert I've walked out of)
Best (Oh I have so many, hard to choose): The Specials - have to admit to falling in love with Terry Hall, just a little bit, good god, he's such a sexy older man...
First - Corey Hart (Sunglasses at night tour)
Worst - Vanilla Ice
Best - It's a toss up between the Dave Matthews Band and Jason Mraz both were excellent!
First: Bon jovi These days tour at the milton keynes bowl
Worst: Radio one road show
Best:Bon jovi (I was a naughty girl that night)
First - Garbage (Shirley Manson) ... it was amazing!
Worst - Celine Dion (I got roped into it by some conservative/girly friends ages ago... props to Celine, but it's just not my kind of music).
Best - without a doubt, it was Portishead. I was right at the front of the stage in a very small venue and it was such a trippy and intimate experience.
First AC/DC 1975 Canberra pub.. Bon Scott was the cockiest man on two legs, I swear he had a sock down his jeans
Worst: Don Maclean 1977. Great Music, but not big on personality
Best: 1976 Richie Blackmore's Rainbow. My first outing to the world of rock concerts. The air was hazy with dope smoke. The atmosphere electric. 19 years old and in rock heaven.
equal best: AC/DC 2008 what can I say? Just awesome!
First: Firehouse, Tesla
Worst: Tangier
Best: Only for nostalgia's sake....seeing Van Halen with David Lee Roth in 2008. Saw them 3 times with Sammy Hagar before that.
Bryan Adams comes in a really close 2nd
First...Damn Yankees and another group I can't remember. Ted Nugent was a wildman!
Worst...Tangier/Winger/Extreme
Best...Aerosmith. They sounded just as awesome live as on the radio!
Zoey
First - Nine Inch Nails & The Deftones
Worst - Woodstock '99. Great music, horrible atmosphere
Best - (tie) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at 730am in Asbury Park, NJ on my 23rd birthday.....and Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, The Isley Brothers, The Flaming Lips, and more) in Toronto on my 24th birthday.
"Nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos. (We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.)"
"Nil satis nisi optimum. (Nothing but the best will do.)"
"I hate it when things don't go my way. It makes me so...horny." - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn, Cruel Intentions)
"Sex is just alone time with someone else there." - Taint on The Lex And Terry Show, 11/11/09
"Stupidity isn't a crime, so you're free to go."
"I am The Devil, too. There can only be one devil. One of us must go." - Ozzy Osbourne at the end of his cover of "Sympathy For The Devil"
"Your ego is not your amigo." - Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries
"It's my world. I'm just letting you live here." - Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
First- The Pretenders in their original lineup
Worst- George Carlin at a local college- The acoustics were terrible and the crowd was indifferent
Best- DEVO at a biker bar in Baltimore 22 years ago- One of the best times I've ever had at a show
First: Rickie Lee Jones, National Stadium, Dublin Late 70s... (I fell in love)
Worst: Johnny Thunders, Mid 80s, Dublin.... (Smack had taken its toll, on Johnny I mean, and him throwing up several times during the gig took away a little of the gloss for me...)
Best: Always the last one, Unthanks, Vicar St, Dublin, last month.... (Fell in love again!!!)
Honourable mentions to Iggy, Julian Cope, U2, Bowie, The Sundays, Tom Waits, The Smiths, REM, et al, etc.....
xx S
First: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul II Tour June 2006. I was in 8th grade, and was graduating soon, because before i went to the concert, I had a school luncheon
Worst: Never had any bad ones yet, the only thing about about one concert I went to, I got sunburn on my head, where I part my hair lol
Best: 92.5 xtu 24th anniversary show concert, I got to see Big & Rich (only reason I really went but I enjoyed the others as well, Big & Rich were last to perform) ...and I LOVE Big & Rich.
First, I honestly can't remember. I used to attend symphony concerts regularly when I was a kid, and went to see my share of local garage bands in high school.
Best, King Crimson at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh. 4th row center, Robin Trower was the warm-up group.
Worst, can't remember one I didn't enjoy.
The first was 'The Who' back in the 60's The worst was a Hank Williams Jr concert, poor venue, terrible sound system, The Best, Willie Nelson, lasted forever
Best -tossup between Rolling Stones in the 80's at the coliseum Phoenix, AZ and Bob Seger in the 70's at old theater Bakersfield, CA
Worst -haven't thought of one yet but might get back to you on this
John Prine was great in New Orleans : )
Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.
First: Jools Holland, I must have been twelve or thirteen, that man is an absolute genius on the piano.
Worst: No such thing as of yet
Best: The Strokes, Isle of Wight Festival
Best concert i been to was Def Leppard, one of the worst was Alan Jackson he just stands there and plays music nothing exciting.
First was Stevie Nicks probably back in the 1980's.
Best is made up of the various ACDC concerts I have been to over the years.
Worst would have to go to Wolf Mother, one of the supports for ACDC last year.
"Hey, don't knock masturbation! It's sex with someone I love." Woody Allen
"I am willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong." Samuel Goldwyn
WOW. Great thread! I see so many artists/bands I love mentioned here, King Crimson, AC/DC, Rainbow, Garbage, Robin Trower, Johnny Thunders,Aerosmith, many more.
First- Iron Maiden in 1985, I lost my virginity afterward too, LOL
Worst- Black Crowes, I really like them but the sound was awful and they were sooooo boring
Best- Pink Floyd in 1994, Roger Waters Wall Concert in 2010, Roger Waters Dark Side Concert in 2006..........kind of a theme here, LOL.
Although so many other great concerts!
First: Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage
Worst: Bob Dylan. It was a small place and the acoustics were terrible. I love Dylan but that show was awful.
Best: Ani DiFranco. I'm not really an Ani fan and just went to the show with a girl that I liked. I think my low expectations made her have to win me over. And win me over she did. She absolutely blew me away. Ani has amazing stage presence. What a performer!
i was young! haha
live in October 2010
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