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Female Performer Chat: What's the best concert you've ever been to?
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derfrocks5
7/28/09 @ 9:08pm
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Pink Floyd-Division Bell 7/15/1994
Anyone who has not been to a Pink Floyd show does not even realize what a "good" show is
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Anyone who has not been to a Pink Floyd show does not even realize what a "good" show is
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Pink Floyd April 21, 1994...same tour...damn...if only i followed them like the Dead...we could have met! 
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Pink Floyd-Division Bell 7/15/1994
Anyone who has not been to a Pink Floyd show does not even realize what a "good" show is
Does watching one of the best performances and light shows by korn.... singing... another brick in the wall ,count?! lmao
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Anyone who has not been to a Pink Floyd show does not even realize what a "good" show is
Does watching one of the best performances and light shows by korn.... singing... another brick in the wall ,count?! lmao
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fozzzy
7/28/09 @ 9:50pm
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I don't remember the years, been awhile, but the KISS Reunion tour in San Diego, and Reba/and Brooks and Dunn also in San Diego. I have varying musical interests and really enjoy both kinds of music.
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xxjdxx
7/29/09 @ 12:03am
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haha its crazy how many of the tours mentioned on here i have seen!!
i saw the 99 kiss show too, was good times
and NIN's lighhts in the sky (last years tour) also very good show although i am not a huge fan of their music they put on a hell of a show
and i'm revising my answer!! although i still say ac/dc was the best all around show ever, for sheer intensity, i think everyone needs to see Lamb Of God live.....its nucking futs
but the ac/dc show was really unforgettable! so...lets call it a tie!
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i saw the 99 kiss show too, was good times
and NIN's lighhts in the sky (last years tour) also very good show although i am not a huge fan of their music they put on a hell of a show
and i'm revising my answer!! although i still say ac/dc was the best all around show ever, for sheer intensity, i think everyone needs to see Lamb Of God live.....its nucking futs
but the ac/dc show was really unforgettable! so...lets call it a tie!
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derfrocks5
7/29/09 @ 1:33am
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Does watching one of the best performances and light shows by korn.... singing... another brick in the wall ,count?! lmao
hahaha almost. I must admit that is a kick ass band that does a kick ass sedistic version of the Floyd classic Quote
hahaha almost. I must admit that is a kick ass band that does a kick ass sedistic version of the Floyd classic Quote
JD you have great taste in music....
Loved RUSH....plus Primus as the opening band. good show...the year....beats the fuck out of me...in the 1990-s sometime...
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Loved RUSH....plus Primus as the opening band. good show...the year....beats the fuck out of me...in the 1990-s sometime...
xoxo
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JD you have great taste in music....
Loved RUSH....plus Primus as the opening band. good show...the year....beats the fuck out of me...in the 1990-s sometime...
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Primus first opened for RUSH in 1992 for the "Roll the bones" tour.I was there
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Loved RUSH....plus Primus as the opening band. good show...the year....beats the fuck out of me...in the 1990-s sometime...
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Primus first opened for RUSH in 1992 for the "Roll the bones" tour.I was there
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Pink Floyd, opening night of 1994 Division bell tour.
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Damn I've pondered this all day. I can't decide, though I narrowed it down to about 4.
Concerts were less than $10.00 back in the day, so I caught a lot of shows.
They all had their special moments. I can close my eyes and still see them.
Judas Priest in 82
Iron Maiden and Accept 85
Kiss Reunion tour 96
Metallica 97
I wouldn't trade my experience at any of those for anything. But images from all of those flashed in my head as soon as I read the question.
Just saw Staind, Shinedown and Chevelle last weekend. If you get a chance to go to the "Stimulate this" tour, I'd recommend it. A damn good show. Quote
Concerts were less than $10.00 back in the day, so I caught a lot of shows.
They all had their special moments. I can close my eyes and still see them.
Judas Priest in 82
Iron Maiden and Accept 85
Kiss Reunion tour 96
Metallica 97
I wouldn't trade my experience at any of those for anything. But images from all of those flashed in my head as soon as I read the question.
Just saw Staind, Shinedown and Chevelle last weekend. If you get a chance to go to the "Stimulate this" tour, I'd recommend it. A damn good show. Quote
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dudley_do_ride
7/31/09 @ 1:43am
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My best experience was actually at an opera, Don Giovanni, my favorite one.
What made it so great was not just the voice talent that was there. ( oh man was the Commendatore awesome, able go low for the growling 'climax' note of the key scene instead of 'wimping out' an octave higher like so many) But was mainly just the balance. Great orchestra that was not too loud or too soft relative to the voices. Well conducted. No theatrical tricks made at the expense of the music - just enough to make it a little unique and interesting.
Mozart was such a genius and to me this is his master work. No other opera comes close for me.
And the libretto, which often gets forgotten by people in their reviews, is also my favorite. Can't think of a more enjoyable way to learn some Italian.
But the quality of the experience really does vary greatly performance to performance, or maybe more true from interpretation to interpretation. You can go to youtube for example and see a number of different takes on the same opera that have greatly different effect on you. Some to me are just awful lol spoiling whatever talent they have assembled. But this is of course a subjective thing.
More than most other types of musical performance I've sampled, it takes some homework to appreciate. The best trick I have learned is to buy a CD set that comes with a translation booklet before you go to the show. It is a lot more enjoyable and interesting when you get the jokes and understand the characters. Kind of hard to do when you are absorbed with entertaining friends and taking in the scenery. ; ) You will find that there are a number of different styles, moods, 'depths' that have been created. Some have characters that are much more interesting than the superficial or silly type that many have come to associate with this art form.
lol and just like Metallica's version of the Imperial March somehow falls way short of the original, you won't find a rock opera that has quite the same impact as one of the classical marvels done well.
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elchinoloco2
7/31/09 @ 1:46am
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Hm, Symphony X puts on one hell of a show. Dream Theater was fucking sweet too. But I have to say one of the best overal experiences I've ever had was at a Twisted Sister show. You know how some musicians start talking but you really just want them to shut up and go back to singing? Yeah, we actually welcomed his commentary between songs and c'mon, grown men still running around in crazy makeup and spandex? And they can still kick ass! 
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suggs
7/31/09 @ 3:16am
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For light shows you have to consider Jean Michel Jarre = I saw a show of his on tv where he used the manhattan skyline as the backdrop for the laser / light show. He actually played a couple of tracks on a harp that used lasers instead of strings
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Hm, Symphony X puts on one hell of a show. Dream Theater was fucking sweet too. But I have to say one of the best overal experiences I've ever had was at a Twisted Sister show. You know how some musicians start talking but you really just want them to shut up and go back to singing? Yeah, we actually welcomed his commentary between songs and c'mon, grown men still running around in crazy makeup and spandex? And they can still kick ass!
mmmmm dream theater..... pull me under.... I love them!
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mmmmm dream theater..... pull me under.... I love them!
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suggs
7/31/09 @ 12:40pm
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I haven't gone to many concerts but the one that rocked for me was Annie Lennox, Stevie Wonder and Sting.
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elchinoloco2
8/1/09 @ 12:35am
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mmmmm dream theater..... pull me under.... I love them!
Yeah, they freaking rock. I've seen them twice now. Once for their Evening With show, and again when they were co-headlining with one with Megadeath. That concert was awesome cos I got to see Sym X and DT in the same venue!
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Yeah, they freaking rock. I've seen them twice now. Once for their Evening With show, and again when they were co-headlining with one with Megadeath. That concert was awesome cos I got to see Sym X and DT in the same venue!
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