Live music performances that just blow you away.

[nickyboy]

[QUOTE 3793543, member: 259"]I've seen loads of bands live, but the ones that really blew me away were the Ramones, Doctor Feelgood and Motorhead.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, saw Motorhead 3 times in early eighties when they were at their peak with the original lineup. The Damned at Manchester Apollo in 82 were top drawer too

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I was watching highlights from T in the park, on T.V. last night. The Prodigy did Roadblox. That was pretty spectacular (I was never that into the Prodigy either).

Elder Marmionette was at The Prodigy last night, her text messages to me are as follows:
This is gonna be amazing
It's just started
Yaaaaa
In a pit at firestarter
Massive pit
I had such a gd time
They're crazy
So good
Back at the camp singing songs

 

[Saluki]

I was watching highlights from T in the park, on T.V. last night. The Prodigy did Roadblox. That was pretty spectacular (I was never that into the Prodigy either).

Jean Michel Jarre, destination Docklands is an endearing memory from my youth as well.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z88QqTskJ4c


Do you have a 'stick in the memory' memory, of a live musical performance?

I was at the 1st night of that. The one without Lady Diana watching. Fantastic event. I was just watching some of it the other night on Youtube after finding the cassette of it - in a box of books - and playing that

 

[w00hoo_kent]

(According to the internet) 12th May 1990. Midnight Oil at Wembley Arena, Blue Sky Mining Tour, there wasn't a bar with staff in the whole of London that night. The raw energy was amazing and we were on the barrier.

Both of the last Eels concerts I've been to were pretty stunning. Managed to see Marillion on the Clutching at Straws Tour when they still had Fish. (I've not really seen anyone small that become big that I cared about.) We saw a well past the prime of their fame Big Country play Bristol town hall (or some such) in the early 90's which was a huge thing for my wife as she'd always been a fan and they still had it, we drove the width of the country for that one.

The first time we saw Green Day (Milton Keynes Bowl, the 20 year old was 10 I believe and it was the first gig they'd ever been to) I now know that they are hugely formulaic in their stage show, but they are comfortably in the arena performer bracket with what they give the audience and before you've worked out the trick it's amazing. Seeing Frank Turner support them at Wembley Stadium was also great, just because you could tell how much it meant to him to be there.

Wheatus at the Forum, Tunbridge Wells in 2011 (or thereabouts). Their schtick is to have no set list and just do songs that are requested from the crowd (again, a great trick because it makes every gig seem spontaneous even though they know the ball park of what is going to be called for and can 'only hear' the ones they've rehearsed) and we called for Home Town which is an amazing song. Brendan heard the 20yr old, but said they didn't do it live (understandable, it's about the twin towers) see them at the merch stand after as it was the second gig we'd called for it at. The four of us were herded out the back and he played it for us acoustic, Math the Band (one of the supports) appeared at the door to listen. Being a huge Wheatus fan, I'm unlikely to ever top this.

Wish I'd liked The Smiths when they were still together, would have liked to have seen XTC before Andy Partridge succumbed to stage fright (i.e. in the first 20 minutes or so of their career.)

 

[Dave 123]

Billy Bragg at the Cambridge corn exchange 2 years ago. I love Billy!
Neil Young at Manchester apollo with my brother who is a huge NY fan
U2 at Wembley on the joshua tree tour... Where the streets have no name.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Oh, Le Savy Fav at G.A.Y. in London again around 2010/11 very active band, nothing like their recorded stuff when playing live Tim (big bearded lead singer) spent some time hanging off of a balcony he climbed up, threw around 300 glow sticks in to the crowd (which created a three song glow stick fight) attempted to eat a glow stick and at one point dived in to the crowd, unbuttoned my shirt and buried his face in my chest hair (which was unexpected and the residue grease paint took some explaining to my wife when I got home.).

Huge fun.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Pink floyd at the old wembley stadia..
been lots of wow nights but pinky is the one for me

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Whereas your very presence in GAY didn't?

I couldn't watch them where they weren't playing, could I?

Nicest gents toilets I've ever been in to... :-)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We saw a well past the prime of their fame Big Country play Bristol town hall (or some such) in the early 90's which was a huge thing for my wife as she'd always been a fan and they still had it, we drove the width of the country for that one.

A band I would have loved to have seen, 'in their day', when poor Stuart was still fronting them
'Ditto' The Skids, would have liked to have seen them too

 

[w00hoo_kent]

A band I would have loved to have seen, 'in their day', when poor Stuart was still fronting them

Yes, this was with Stuart (no idea if it was all original line up, I wasn't the fan, but they had the sound). He stopped the song at one point and told the audience off for clapping along like the rhythmless English people they were and then insisted we clapped on the correct beat if we were going to do it at all, before giving us a lesson. We might have lasted one song like that. It was a good night, they knew what they were doing. Shame guitars like bagpipes only have so much shelf life.

 

[Spike on a bike]

I saw motor head in at the Norwich UEA quite a few years back before smoking was banned indoors and came out rather bruised and quite stoned ;-))

Was a pretty awesome night tho and when we came out we found a certain lead singer skinning up on the steps of the tour bus lol

Far and away the best tho was ACDC at Wembley in 2009 after working a 12 hr shift and scooting down to London after and almost being arrested for being drunk n disorderly (hadn't had a drink just mega tired)

The support band struck up n my daughter n I moshed "all night long"

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Closest I've come to ACDC is Hayseed Dixie, well worth the time. We saw Gogol Bordello at the UEA (which was a huge drive for us, but closest venue they were playing) again, highly recommended as a live act.

 

[Globalti]

Snarky Puppy; watch the most extraordinarily talented keyboard player from 4:20. Give him a few minutes to get going....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc

 

[Spike on a bike]

Did see Hayseed Dixie twice at a convention in Wrexham wasn't overly impressed by the dc tracks but it was ok I guess

Saw what was left of Thin Lizzy just before they decided on a name change they were pretty good but then these uni students do sell their beer stupidly cheap in the student bars.

 

[nickyboy]

Going to Rewind Festival in a couple of weeks. Some top bands playing but I fear that as they're all about 60+ years old they may be past their best. Got a sneaky feeling ABC will be great. Hoping the same for Soul II Soul but fearing the worst. Not sure about Jimmy Summerville....can he still do the falsetto?