Live Music

[junebughunter]

I am a huge fan of live music concerts and enjoy hearing and sharing stories about them. Here is a list of a few of the concerts I have been to...

Steve Vai x2
Dream Theater x5
Joe Satriani x2
Yngwie Malmsteen
Bjork
Ottmar Liebert
Coheed & Cambria
Avenged Sevenfold
Super Furry Animals
George Benson
Kings X
Queensryche
Yes
Beach Boys

And many more.

I got backstage at Humphrey's By The Bay once and got to meet most of the Dream Theater members as well as at the Chronicle Pavillion in Concorde and met Steve Vai and his band. Anybody have some cool concert stories to share?

[Cameron]

The only noteable concert I've been to was Paul McCartney, in Fall of 2002. Man, that was awesome.

June, I have honestly never heard of most of the names in your list. Who's with me on this one? haha.

[Fire1]

I know only two. so no, you are not alone.

[uoplax13]

I went and saw The Presidents of The United States of America a long time ago...anyone remember those guys? Other than that I've seen Metallica live 3 times now....the shows rocked, just hope I can pass a hearing test when I take my physical.

[bcjack]

I recognize Beach Boys, George Benson and Bjork

[NorCalN00b]

Faith Hill is my fav singer.

[junebughunter]

I went and saw The Presidents of The United States of America a long time ago...anyone remember those guys? Other than that I've seen Metallica live 3 times now....the shows rocked, just hope I can pass a hearing test when I take my physical.

"Millions of Peaches, Peaches for free..."



I'm glad I didn't start going into the indie bands I've seen. I just listed the high-profile shows I've been to.

Just to possibly help make some connections

If you've:

ever played Halo 2 you've heard steve vai
seen the Mario brothers movie you've heard Joe Satriani



I'd really like to see Paul McCartney, he actually did a cameo on a Super Furry Animals record by recording himself chewing carrots and celery, which he also did for a Beach Boys album.

[x MAIT]

Led Zepplin, Rush, Ted Nugent, Boz Skaggs, The Blues Brothers with Ackroyd and Belushi, :cool: ...........................

[Mac]

Van Halen (x3), Rush, Cheap Trick, UFO, Pat Travers, Kiss (in their makeup), B-52s, Doobie Brothers, Boston, Stray Cats, Chris Isaak, Black Sabbath (the original band), Blue Oyster Cult, Michael McDonald, Beach Boys, Hootie and the Blowfish......

Several of those I've gone down to Pala and Pechanga casinos to see - surprisingly, they're actually great concert venues! Especially Pechanga - their hall has very good acoustics and there's not a bad seat in the house. Much better than the San Diego Sports Arena. Humphrey's By the Bay (San Diego) is another great venue - good acoustics and real nice surroundings.

I know maybe 8 or 9 of the bands on junebug's list....and I have one of the the Presidents' CDs (if they ever even made more than one!)....very funny band who obviously don't take themselves too seriously! :biggrin:

[Welpe]

Mac, how was Hootie live? I really like their albums.

[Mac]

They were pretty good - the only bummer was that they did a lot of the stuff off their latest album, which was a lot more folksy and mellow than, say, the absolutely epic stuff off of "Cracked Rear View".

[Cameron]

Mac, I recognized a lot more of the stuff on your list. haha. How was Boston and Blue Oyster Cult? My dad got me interested in those bands and I love 'em.

[pupdog]

A few million lifetimes ago (back when I was a teenager) I went to pretty much every 'heavy metal' concert that came to town. I can't believe I once considered some of those bands music (WOW that sounded old!)
A few years ago, I saw the Dave Matthews Band. While their music is good, they were terrible in concert. They played every song I don't like and none of the ones I do.
I saw The Who when they played the Khincert a few years ago. AMAZING!!! Those guys seem to have taken better care of themselves than that lifestyle allows for. They put on a great, high-energy show, and their voices haven't rotted over time as so many old rockers have. Ringo Starr's son played drums.
No matter who's playing, you can't beat a concert for people-watching. My boyfriend lived not too far from where the concert was, so we walked...behind a woman screaming/singing 'you better you better you bet!' for 2 miles. Guess you had to be there; it was hilarious!

[dw]

Wallflowers (x2), REM (x2), Mark Knopfler (x2), Dave Matthews, Sting, a few more I can't remember. I think Dave Matthews is good in concert, but the released recordings of seemingly every concert gets a bit old. Also, I'm not so into his new stuff. I'm a huge REM & Mark Knopfler (and Dire Straits) fan and have recently been really into the Wallflowers. I've missed U2 twice and regretted it. Missed Pink Floyd as well and am still kicking self.

[Welpe]

They were pretty good - the only bummer was that they did a lot of the stuff off their latest album, which was a lot more folksy and mellow than, say, the absolutely epic stuff off of "Cracked Rear View".

Cool though that is a bummer they didn't play more of their older stuff. Cracked Rear View is a great album, I don't think there's one song on there I don't like.

As far as concerts I've been to, I've only seen Toby Keith at the Solano County Fair a few years ago right after he released "How do you like me now?" It was a good show.

[Mac]

Mac, I recognized a lot more of the stuff on your list. haha. How was Boston and Blue Oyster Cult? My dad got me interested in those bands and I love 'em.
BOC wasn't bad - that concert was back in the late 70s, so it's been quite a while. I just saw Boston last year at Pechanga, and they were absolutely outstanding.....put on a great show, and they can still rock hard! Brad Delp can't hit all the high notes he used to be able to, so they have another singer to help out there, but he still sounds great. Tom Scholz is a master guitarist, and still sounds as good as he ever did. The way the concert started was real funny - our seats were in the 3rd row right in front of Tom Scholz, and as we were sitting there watching the roadies prepping the stage this dude walks over to Scholz's guitars in a sleeveless roadie shirt, ragged jeans, and a ballcap pulled down over his eyes, munching on a sandwich. My buddy (who's a HUGE Boston fan) points at him and says "That's Tom Scholz right there!". He started tuning the guitar as if he was a roadie, and then broke right into "Rock and Roll Band" - no intro, no lights down and lasers, nothing....they just started cranking. Tom Scholz is so into his music that he's in a completely different world on stage - most of the time his eyes are closed, he wears headphones, and just has this little half-smile on his face as he's playing.....almost like he's not even aware of anything but the music.

I've been a real big Van Halen fan since their first album, so I've enjoyed every one of their concerts - but BY FAR the best concert I've ever seen was Kiss. I absolutely idolized them when I was a snot-nosed, pimple-faced, long-haired little teenager, so when they put their makeup back on and toured in the early 90s, my graveyard partner (who was also a fan) and I went to see them. They did almost everything off their first "Alive!" album, and the show was just like they used to do - flashpots, breathing fire, spitting blood, Gene Simmons wagging that tongue of his all over the place, Ace Frehley shooting rockets out of his guitars and lighting them on fire, the whole nine yards. I was hoarse for two days after that concert, what an absolute blast! The only thing that could have possibly ever matched that would have been to have seen Peter Frampton around the time he released "Frampton Comes Alive"....to this day, I still think that is the most epic album ever released by any artist in any genre. I still have my original copy on "wax", and I can't believe that the grooves haven't worn clear through the albums - for two or three years in my teens, that was almost the only album I listened to. I don't spin it like that nowadays, but I still get pumped up when I hear "Do You Feel Like We Do", or "I'll Give You Money", or any of the other great songs off of it.

Cool though that is a bummer they didn't play more of their older stuff. Cracked Rear View is a great album, I don't think there's one song on there I don't like.
I agree 100% - that was unquestionably Hootie's best album....not a single dud on there. It's one of the few albums that I'll listen to from start to finish. It's pretty tough on a band to debut with an album like that, because it's difficult to ever top it. I saw a funny interview with them once where Darius Rucker said that they originally formed the band in college simply because band guys always got chicks....they were completely amazed and amused that they went so far in the music industry, because they never felt like they had any real talent! :biggrin:

As far as concerts I've been to, I've only seen Toby Keith at the Solano County Fair a few years ago right after he released "How do you like me now?" It was a good show.
Toby Keith is on my list of concerts I'd like to see. I'm also a big country fan, just haven't been to any of their concerts. The list of country artists I'd like to see is long - Toby, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Alan Jackson, Big & Rich, Dwight Yoakam, Sugarland, Trace Adkins, Jo Dee Messina, Gretchen Wilson, George Strait, Brad Paisley - I'd go see any of them in a heartbeat. Country is great music.