The Concert Thread - Page 9

Undertoad · 11-12-2016, 09:17 AM

aw hell, what can i even remember any more?

The Bodeans. Twice. Second time, Mike Mills from REM was there next to us.
Oh yeah REM Fables of the Reconstruction.
and REM producer Mitch Easter's band, Let's Active
and REM producer Don Dixon, along with his wife Marti Jones
and REM "5th member" Peter Holsapple's band, the dBs
Julian Cope, at the height of his game from the second row. Goosebumps
The The, with Johnny Marr
DEVO ~ so goddamn brilliant
The Church, four times
Modern English
Shriekback
Book of Love wow, right in the student center! that never happens!
The Bears, and also, their little-known guitarist Adrian Belew, solo. But yeah The Bears
Yes of course I've seen Yes. 90ICU812 tour blew me away
...but I was even more blown away by Bill Bruford's Earthworks
...and horrified by Asia (ugh) who were okay on the first tour, but degraded to bad on the second. I think Mr Howe did not want to be there any more
Cars - sadly the worst live band I have ever seen
Thomas Dolby
They Might Be Giants (early on, as a two-piece)
Simple Minds
The Smithereens ~ ha and I shopped at guitarist Jim Babjak's record store. And I met the parents of the original bass player once at the Trump Marina casino. Mr and Mrs Mesaros were very nice.
Rush
Blue Oyster Cult. positively did not have enough cowbell!
Lloyd Cole a few times, once with Jill Sobule
Amos Lee
David Gray
Ben Folds
Poco
Three Dog Night (first concert ever)
Squeeze
Bryan Ferry
10,000 Maniacs
Mighty Lemon Drops
Yo La Tengo
Dire Straits
Chris Isaak (three times, once before big fame; brilliant)
fellow central PA homies Innocence Mission (like 15 times) and The Ocean Blue
China Crisis
NRBQ
General Public
Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egpytians)

i'm sure i have forgotten other important times

classicman · 11-12-2016, 11:53 AM

I'm amazed that you guys remember... I've been to 100's of concerts, but couldn't begin to list them. I do have a lot of old tickets lying around somewhere. Maybe that would be a good start.

glatt · 11-12-2016, 12:19 PM

Not many bands came to Maine. I've seen maybe a dozen concerts? Maybe 20? How can you remember them all?

Undertoad · 11-12-2016, 05:15 PM

Jazz bassist Gerald Veasely
Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads fame)
Chris deBurgh ("Don't Pay the Ferryman")
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

captainhook455 · 11-13-2016, 02:44 AM

Frank Zappa
Ringo Starr
Willie Nelson
John Lennon
The Who
Kiss
Elvis
Merv Griffin
Johnny Carson
James Brown
Dan Blocker
Bill Clinton
Stevie Wonder
Clint Eastwood
Yul Bryner
Michael Landon
Paul Newman ( filming the Sting)
Mike MacIntyre
Reagan
Big E
The Isley Brothers
Bernie Mac
Phyllis Diller
Glen Fagen
The last name is only famous to me.

tarheel

Undertoad · 11-13-2016, 09:12 AM

If we're including comedy, only larger rooms (400+ seats):

Dave Chappelle
Jeff Foxworthy
B*ll C*sby
Emo Philips
Jim Gaffigan
Kathleen Madigan

I'm 100% sure there are others I've forgotten.

~ also ~

Philip Glass
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Paul Winter Consort

Gravdigr · 11-14-2016, 01:15 PM

1st - Ratt w/The Outlaws, & The Mama's Boys (in Bowling Green, KY)

No particular order:

Ozzy, w/Metallica (w/Cliff Burton on bass, in an arm cast), Nashville

Queensrÿche w/Suicidal Tendencies (ST damn near tore the roof off the Municipal Auditorium) Nashville

Dio w/I don't remember (although rocktourdatabase.com says it was Rough Cutt) Nashville

Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws (and some other Southern Rock band, Black Oak Arkansas maybe) If ya brought a Pepsi can ya got in for $5 a carload, late 80's - Nashville, in the early years of Starwood Amphitheater

AC/DC, Fly On The Wall tour, w/Yngwie Malmsteen

Saw Randy Travis, then he was Randy Ray, The Singing Waiter at (I think it was) The Nashville Palace (I was pretty young)

Gravdigr · 11-15-2016, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Saw Randy Travis, then he was Randy Ray, The Singing Waiter at (I think it was) The Nashville Palace (I was pretty young)

I think I'm gonna have to retract that statement. That might not have been me. I mean that that might not be my memory, maybe someone's story got misfiled under "My Memories". Or something. Maybe. FIDK.

At any rate, I almost had to be with Mom & Popdigr (I remember it as some event in a dinner club type situation) and they don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

And I'm not sure I do either.

lumberjim · 11-14-2016, 08:50 PM

I know my first was Kiss Dynasty tour at the Spectrum. Judah Priest opened for them.

Aerosmith with Ted Nugent was the first one I drove myself to. Had to be 86 or 87.

Saw The Firm, Robert Plant with that Black Velvet chick opening.

And again with Stevie Ray Vaughn

The Stones, Pink Floyd in 88?

Then about 35 Dead Shows. Crosby Stills Nash....

I've seen Dave Matthews 10+ times...

My 30s are a blur...

Jane's Addiction twice recently.

I've come to prefer small venue shows immensely.

glatt · 11-14-2016, 09:05 PM

Small venue for the win

xoxoxoBruce · 11-14-2016, 09:10 PM

Tower Theater is great!

classicman · 11-15-2016, 09:42 AM

yes, yes & yes. I am LOVING the smaller venues.

lumberjim · 11-15-2016, 10:13 PM

Maybe you dreamed it.

Snakeadelic · 11-18-2016, 07:18 AM

Undertoad, you might be the only person I've met since Y2K who knows Jerry Harrison was EVER a solo act!

My roomie at the time was trying to reconstruct her favorite driving mix tape. She was 3 songs short, and having trouble remembering some of the details.
Song #1 was easy--"Fly Me Courageous" by Drivin 'N' Cryin.
Song #2: "Umm, it's not about driving. It's this South American girl with the most amazing voice and she was like fifteen at the time." Me: "Oh, you mean "Twist In My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram?" Her: "Holy crap, you know that one?" Me: "Lemme go get the cassette single."
Song #3: "Well, it was by one of the dudes in Talking Heads, but not the singer and it's not a Talking Heads song." Me: "Would that be "Rev It Up" by Jerry Harrison?" Her: "Did you make a deal with Satan when I wasn't looking?" Me: "I have the album, 'Casual Gods.' Lemme go get that for you."

Snakeadelic · 11-18-2016, 07:20 AM

Gravedigr, one of the great disappointments of my earlier concert days was that huge multi-band tour that had Cinderella, Ratt, LA Guns, and a bunch of other hair metal bands, including a splinter group called Arcade (biggest hit was "Cry No More") composed of members of the main groups. I had tickets and TWO STOPS before my town the whole rabble melted down and cancelled the rest of the tour.

I blame Stephen Pearcy. He's a jerk and thus an excellent blame target.

11-14-2016, 01:15 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	1st - Ratt w/The Outlaws, & The Mama's Boys (in Bowling Green, KY) No particular order: Ozzy, w/Metallica (w/Cliff Burton on bass, in an arm cast), Nashville Queensrÿche w/Suicidal Tendencies (ST damn near tore the roof off the Municipal Auditorium) Nashville Dio w/I don't remember (although rocktourdatabase.com says it was Rough Cutt) Nashville Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws (and some other Southern Rock band, Black Oak Arkansas maybe) If ya brought a Pepsi can ya got in for $5 a carload, late 80's - Nashville, in the early years of Starwood Amphitheater AC/DC, Fly On The Wall tour, w/Yngwie Malmsteen Saw Randy Travis, then he was Randy Ray, The Singing Waiter at (I think it was) The Nashville Palace (I was pretty young) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-14-2016, 08:50 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I know my first was Kiss Dynasty tour at the Spectrum. Judah Priest opened for them. Aerosmith with Ted Nugent was the first one I drove myself to. Had to be 86 or 87. Saw The Firm, Robert Plant with that Black Velvet chick opening. And again with Stevie Ray Vaughn The Stones, Pink Floyd in 88? Then about 35 Dead Shows. Crosby Stills Nash.... I've seen Dave Matthews 10+ times... My 30s are a blur... Jane's Addiction twice recently. I've come to prefer small venue shows immensely. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-14-2016, 09:10 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Tower Theater is great! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-15-2016, 09:42 AM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	yes, yes & yes. I am LOVING the smaller venues. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-15-2016, 10:13 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Maybe you dreamed it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-12-2016, 09:17 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	aw hell, what can i even remember any more? The Bodeans. Twice. Second time, Mike Mills from REM was there next to us. Oh yeah REM Fables of the Reconstruction. and REM producer Mitch Easter's band, Let's Active and REM producer Don Dixon, along with his wife Marti Jones and REM "5th member" Peter Holsapple's band, the dBs Julian Cope, at the height of his game from the second row. Goosebumps The The, with Johnny Marr DEVO ~ so goddamn brilliant The Church, four times Modern English Shriekback Book of Love wow, right in the student center! that never happens! The Bears, and also, their little-known guitarist Adrian Belew, solo. But yeah The Bears Yes of course I've seen Yes. 90ICU812 tour blew me away ...but I was even more blown away by Bill Bruford's Earthworks ...and horrified by Asia (ugh) who were okay on the first tour, but degraded to bad on the second. I think Mr Howe did not want to be there any more Cars - sadly the worst live band I have ever seen Thomas Dolby They Might Be Giants (early on, as a two-piece) Simple Minds The Smithereens ~ ha and I shopped at guitarist Jim Babjak's record store. And I met the parents of the original bass player once at the Trump Marina casino. Mr and Mrs Mesaros were very nice. Rush Blue Oyster Cult. positively did not have enough cowbell! Lloyd Cole a few times, once with Jill Sobule Amos Lee David Gray Ben Folds Poco Three Dog Night (first concert ever) Squeeze Bryan Ferry 10,000 Maniacs Mighty Lemon Drops Yo La Tengo Dire Straits Chris Isaak (three times, once before big fame; brilliant) fellow central PA homies Innocence Mission (like 15 times) and The Ocean Blue China Crisis NRBQ General Public Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egpytians) i'm sure i have forgotten other important times

11-12-2016, 11:53 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'm amazed that you guys remember... I've been to 100's of concerts, but couldn't begin to list them. I do have a lot of old tickets lying around somewhere. Maybe that would be a good start. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-12-2016, 12:19 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not many bands came to Maine. I've seen maybe a dozen concerts? Maybe 20? How can you remember them all?

11-12-2016, 05:15 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Jazz bassist Gerald Veasely Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads fame) Chris deBurgh ("Don't Pay the Ferryman") John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

11-13-2016, 02:44 AM	#5
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	Frank Zappa Ringo Starr Willie Nelson John Lennon The Who Kiss Elvis Merv Griffin Johnny Carson James Brown Dan Blocker Bill Clinton Stevie Wonder Clint Eastwood Yul Bryner Michael Landon Paul Newman ( filming the Sting) Mike MacIntyre Reagan Big E The Isley Brothers Bernie Mac Phyllis Diller Glen Fagen The last name is only famous to me. tarheel

11-13-2016, 09:12 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If we're including comedy, only larger rooms (400+ seats): Dave Chappelle Jeff Foxworthy Bll Csby Emo Philips Jim Gaffigan Kathleen Madigan I'm 100% sure there are others I've forgotten. ~ also ~ Philip Glass Dave Brubeck Quartet Paul Winter Consort

11-14-2016, 09:05 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Small venue for the win

11-18-2016, 07:18 AM	#14
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Undertoad, you might be the only person I've met since Y2K who knows Jerry Harrison was EVER a solo act! My roomie at the time was trying to reconstruct her favorite driving mix tape. She was 3 songs short, and having trouble remembering some of the details. Song #1 was easy--"Fly Me Courageous" by Drivin 'N' Cryin. Song #2: "Umm, it's not about driving. It's this South American girl with the most amazing voice and she was like fifteen at the time." Me: "Oh, you mean "Twist In My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram?" Her: "Holy crap, you know that one?" Me: "Lemme go get the cassette single." Song #3: "Well, it was by one of the dudes in Talking Heads, but not the singer and it's not a Talking Heads song." Me: "Would that be "Rev It Up" by Jerry Harrison?" Her: "Did you make a deal with Satan when I wasn't looking?" Me: "I have the album, 'Casual Gods.' Lemme go get that for you."

11-18-2016, 07:20 AM	#15
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Gravedigr, one of the great disappointments of my earlier concert days was that huge multi-band tour that had Cinderella, Ratt, LA Guns, and a bunch of other hair metal bands, including a splinter group called Arcade (biggest hit was "Cry No More") composed of members of the main groups. I had tickets and TWO STOPS before my town the whole rabble melted down and cancelled the rest of the tour. I blame Stephen Pearcy. He's a jerk and thus an excellent blame target.

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