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CONCERTS- your First, your Worst, your Greatest & your Latest.

posted 9 years ago by TheReturnofCountSuckula
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First Ray Charles & the Raylettes in central park, NYC. with special guest Billy Preston. It was part of the great Schaefer beer "Summer in the Park" series in Central park, NYC. It was great b/c you bring your blanket, your pic-a-nic basket, your bottle of whatever, and pay your 2 BUCKS and enjoy the show under the stars.

I was 14 years old. I fell in love with the smokin' hot Raylettes. And I was instantly a live music fan forever.

p.s. Billy Preston had THE biggest afro in the history of afros, lol! I swear it had to be at least 4 feet in diameter.

Worst - Bad Company/ Jacksonville, Florida 1976 .
Th e band was good, but drunken, underage, teenage, redneck, idiots kept fighting, throwing empty beer bottles, and shooting off fireworks until the band had had enough and cut the show short.

Latest Bob Dylan/ at Univ of Alabama homecoming.

Greatest Led Zep at the historic Madison Square Garden concert the night their concert receipts were ripped off.

Your turn...

"Stick with me, baby, and you'll be fartin' thru silk."

[–] drakej1972 9 years ago

I am really digging this show and it really has sparked me to listen to more Led Zeppelin, Punk and Blues. Can't wait for the rest of the season.

First - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tour 1988 - Kemper Arena, Kansas City. Guns and Roses was supposed to open but Axl was sick or something. Hurricane opened for them. They had one song make it to Mtv and then ewe never heard of them again. I had been to other live music shows before with parents (Alabama, and other country music artists I can barely recall) but this was the first one I paid for with my own money without any parental supervision.

Worst - Tesla, Slaughter and Firehouse. Sometime in early 90's, Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. My girl friend wanted to see Tesla and Slaughter. I liked Tesla at the time and was fine with going but the sound was not great in fact they played too loud for the venue (probably partial blame on the sound engineers too) and it was just a muddy wall of sound. It wasn't enjoyable at all and we left early. Luckily that one bad experience didn't ruin our relation ship because now we've been married almost 19 years.

Latest - Black Sabbath The End tour Feb 2016 - Sprint Center Kansas City. Rival Sons opened. I need to give Rival Sons a second chance and check them out online again. I wasn't impressed with the vocals but I really liked the guitars. Tony Iommi, Geezer and the drummer ( I forget his name, wasn't Bill Ward) were all dialed in and they sounded great. Ozzy was a little off key on more than a few songs but I didn't really notice until seeing other people's video clips a day later. I really, really enjoyed the show and was sad I didn't take my 12 yr old son. He is a becoming a strong Sabbath fan.

Greatest - So many to choose from. Cinderella, Winger - Bullet Boys 88 or was it 89? , Warrant, Aerosmith Pump Tour, Lollapalooza 96, KCMO (Ramones, Rancid, Metallica, Soundgarden). ZZ Top 2014 KCMO. Iron Maiden/Megadeth 2014, The Sword several times at the Record Bar in Westport KCMO. Metallica, Death Magnetic tour, So many Rockfest KC concerts with great head liners STP, Alice in Chains, Disturbed, Korn, Shinedown, Korn. Judas Priest 2014. A local band named The Big Iron on their last album release party show at the Record Bar in KC. That one still stands out to me even though it was May 2014.

[–] TheReturnofCountSuckula 9 years ago

Thanks for your detailed post, man. I would've posted similarly except I'm stuck with this janky little tablet.

[–] m86753052 9 years ago

HA! Your first is my worst!

First: The Jackson's Victory Tour 1984, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Worst: First - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tour 1988 - Kemper Arena, Kansas City. This is nothing against the band. I recently moved to town and was invited by a friend to go to the concert. Never heard a lick of their catalog, and I couldn't really make out the songs. Just a bad choice on my part - I ended up with ringing ears, and one of the guys forever remembered me as a guy who could get bored at an Iron Maiden concert!

Latest - INXS, Sandstone Ampitheater 1995. Unless you count the Blue Man Group in 2005.

Greatest: Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 1989, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO. Iron Maiden may not have gotten much radio airplay, but the Stones were another story. Mick Jagger is a great showman, and having a chance to see the legend that was the Rolling Stones will probably be the best concert of my life.

Honorable Mention: B-52's Cosmic Thing Tour, somewhere in KC.
I got a call one night from a friend who had tickets to the show. I wasn't a B-52's fan AT ALL, and while I heard a couple songs, I thought they were a bunch of wierdos. But when we arrived, we were on the dance floor, and we danced for most of the show. Fred, Kate, and the gang put on a wonderful show. No special effects, just a fun, energetic band. I have been a fan ever since!

[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 9 years ago

First - Aerosmith, Summer 1984. They'd just gotten back together. Don't remember a lot about the show.

Worst - Bob Dylan, 1986. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opened, and were very good. And they backed Dylan. This is not known as a particularly good period for Dylan...no energy and a crappy crowd, at least in my section (some idiot kept yelling 'Lay, Lady, Lay' ALL NIGHT. Which I am pretty sure wasn't played. I've seen Dylan since (Love & Theft tour) and the show was excellent.

Best - Bruce Springsteen, September 1984. Born In The USA tour, my first time seeing him - I've seen him about 25 times in all, always a good show, but nothing tops my first time. After the first leg of this tour, he changed his set list dramatically for the stadium tour, and it was 19 years before I got to see him do Rosalita again. The set list for this show was mind blowing, the energy amazing. 4 hours, with a 30 minute intermission. It was an experience to say the least.

Latest - Bruce Springsteen, Friday February 12, 2016. The River played in its entirety, this is in my top 5 or 7 concerts ever. 3 1/2 hours! He's 66! The most I've ever paid for concert tickets, but worth every cent. Didn't get tickets until the day before the show, and I didn't think I was going to be able to go, but I got very motivated after hearing clips from previous shows from the tour on Sirius. I'd seen him do Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge Of Town on his album tour in 2009 - I REALLY wanted to see him do The River, and I'm glad I did!

[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 9 years ago

Oh, the first three shows listed were at The Spectrum, the fourth at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

[–] jamarkon10 9 years ago

Dylan hates doing the SOS over and over again, if he does a golden oldie it's usually unrecognizable. Gotta hand to the guy though, you were lucky to see him in concert.

[–] PromNightDumpsterBaby 9 years ago

1st - "Van Halen's Monsters of Rock", JFK stadium, 1988. Van Halen, The Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, and Kingdom Come. I can honestly say that I saw Metallica warm up a crowd for Dokken, lol.

Worst - I've never been to a flat out terrible show, mainly because I don't go to concerts that I think will suck. But Allman Brothers and Ratdog in 2008 was pretty boring.

Latest - Foo Fighters and Royal Blood last July, where Dave Grohl did the whole show in a leg cast while sitting on a throne.

Greatest - Tough call, but I might go with Roger Waters The Wall show at Citizens Bank Park in 2012.

[–] Tim-johnston-215-469291 9 years ago

First - I don't remember it exactly, but I saw Robbie Williams at a young age, in Manchester UK, again don't remember much but I was there.

Worst - Paulo Nutini in Manchester UK, he was great but I was at the back and the crowed was less then enthusiastic.

Latest - Slaves in Liverpool, a small band not even in America yet, but they are great.

Greatest - Royal Blood in the same small club I saw Slaves, already mentioned on this board, Royal Blood was amazing, it was there first headline tour and I was front and centre, best experience of my life. A close second is a stadium show from Coldplay, was amazing.

[–] MongoLloyd 9 years ago

First: Ted Nugent (in a loin cloth shooting arrows on stage)

Worst: Deep Purple (went on an hour late and Richie Blackmore was seriously slacking on guitar)

Latest: (not even worth mentioning it was so long ago)

Greatest: (Dread Zeppelin at their peak in a small club filled with rabid fans)

[–] brinsonmh 9 years ago

Embarrassed to admit my first was Kiss, the original line up back in 1979. Also my worst--terrible sound and a very going through the motions because we're contractually bound vibe throughout. Didn't re-enlist in the Kiss army.

Best are a 3 way tie among U2 in 1987, Grateful Dead in 1988 (saw both over a dozen times over the year but those were the best and the Stones in 94.

Last was U2 again in 09. Woulda seen 'em again last year but no gig within 1000 miles.

They're not as fun as they used to be. Total hustle and gouge. Illustration: Still have the stub from my 1st U2 show in 1983. $8. Nowadays face value is over $200 and upwards of $1k if you want great seats. Also, nobody parties anymore. You might catch a whiff but nobody's gonna pass you anything like back in the day!

Good times.

Just as well--I gotta work in the morning. Way too many shows scheduled for week nights.

[–] lafinh20 9 years ago

FIRST Ironically The New York Dolls at The Trading Posts in Roseville MI. Year was maybe 73. Hardly anyone there. But me n GF were familiar with them. They played about 6 songs. I was 13-14and got in free cause we flirted with security.
Worst Maybe the first concert at Citizens Field. THE SOUND WAS HORRIBLE. THEY MOVED US AS THE SOUND WAS BOUNCY. I Think BUFFET.
Latest, Jimmy Buffet Aug. 2015 Camdan n I am buying tickets on Friday for Aug 2016.

[–] emo_ville2002 9 years ago

Greatest - Led Zep at the historic Madison Square Garden concert the night their concert receipts were ripped off.

I was at two of the concerts that week. IIRC, they played a few nights, if not a full week. I had orchestra seats one night and lodge for the other. In those days, if you had MSG orchestra seats and wanted to stand by the side close to the stage and take photos or stand at the end of a row....the security didn't bother you. They were more concerned with fans bringing in bottles of booze and firearms...not cameras.

Those were the days when fans could actually buy decent seats at the MSG box office, pre-Ticketron! I don't even think there was a Ticketmaster yet! No Internet and less scalpers waiting on line....meant great seats for the real fans. Remember, the MSG tickets were color coded? IIRC, they were a dark magenta for orchestra seats....,then orange, green, yellow and blue.

The earliest Zep gig I saw was at the Singer Bowl, at the old Flushing World's Fair. Jeff Beck and Jethro Tull were also on that bill. I vaguely remember that concert, but everyone went nuts when there was a jam at the end with the musicians from the other bands.

I saw Zep again in 1975 at MSG, once again, I had tickets for two nights.

[–] TheReturnofCountSuckula 9 years ago

IIRC they played 4 successive nights. And my admiration for them grew exponentially when we found out that they had been ripped off and still performed a stellar show. Did JPJ do a 45 minute drum solo at your show?

It was incredible.

"Stick with me, baby, and you'll be fartin' thru silk."