Best Live Performance

jon1 · 10-29-2009, 07:25 PM

Post the best live performance you can think of. It doesn't matter what genre. I'm not sure if there has been a thread on this before, but oh well.

zeppelin101 · 10-29-2009, 07:31 PM

Led Zeppelin at madison square garden

benjammin420 · 10-29-2009, 07:45 PM

its hard to post some of the shows ive been to. Red Hot Chili Peppers in 07 is one of the greatest performances ive seen, live or media

tin dirigible · 10-29-2009, 11:11 PM

My favorite band to hear live is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, and this is my favorite live recording I've heard! Amazing Peter Green tone and every note seems perfect!

YouTube - I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living/ All Over Again

I like this one too, Rory Gallagher live in France '71.

YouTube - Rory Gallagher - For the Last Time (1971)

LPLeo · 11-02-2009, 08:37 PM

Sad to say I've only seen one concert, and I refuse to say it is the best, I'll opt for videos I've seen, and it would be Korn, 2001, I think it was lalapalooza. When there was a mosh pit miles in diameter when jonathan davis said "go."

nikitatolstoy · 11-03-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jon1

Post the best live performance you can think of. It doesn't matter what genre. I'm not sure if there has been a thread on this before, but oh well.

Best ever? Probably not. Freakin’ awesome? Definitely yes.

FirstTrain · 11-03-2009, 12:02 PM

Best Live show(s) I've seen in person: Tie: Son Seals B.L.U.E.S. on Halstead Spring 1991... Son and band kicked that shit... Son on a Gibby Dot through Fender Twin. Son's guitar was two feet in front of my face. Albert King at B.L.U.E.S. etc on Belmont 1989 or 90... Albert on Dan E Flying V. and Acoustic Amp. A stunned Dion Payton standing next to us in the crowd. Less than Ten feet away from Albert all night. Damn, I miss those early 90's days in Chicago.

Best Live Show on disc. Peter Green Fleetwood Mac live at Boston Tea Party Feb 1970. Jumping at Shadows, a 10 min If you Let me Love You, Epic Green Manalishi (with Greeny six string bass solo), Like it This way. Even more epic Rattlesnake shake with Greeny and Kirwan on Fire. This show is impossibly great.

geochem1st · 11-03-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by zeppelin101

Led Zeppelin at madison square garden

Which year?

Saw them at MSG when the stage collapsed, a better show was at Nassau Collesium, Uniondale NY, the next summer. 3 1/2 hour set, freakin rocked, super tight.... people up dancing on the stage that night as well... but it didn't fall that time.

The Song Remains the Same MSG show sucked in comparison to these two.

Frails · 11-03-2009, 05:40 PM

WOW great thread and very hard to pick one since I've been to quite a few. I guess I have to go with Pink Floyd in 93' at Foxboro for obvious reasons. Having said that, seeing David Gilmour on his solo tour in 06', in LA's Gibson Amphitheater made a huge impression on me. I can only imagine what it must have been like to see Floyd back in the early days. The lights, lasers and props are all really great, but he just fn' jammed live. It was something you just had to see in that intimate setting. I saw Floyd weeks after the Foxboro show at Yankee Stadium and sat right up front. I didn't walk away from that show with the same impression as I did in 06'. The venue made all the difference.

bigdaddy · 11-03-2009, 05:45 PM

the good ol' Grateful Dead, let's say 5/8/77, Ithaca, New York just for the heck of it...

Internet Archive: Free Download: Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall - Cornell University on 1977-05-08

leftyguitarman · 11-03-2009, 05:45 PM

Frails, I'm jealous you got to see Gilmour the "On An Island" tour. If he ever comes to the valley or anywhere nearby, I have to go see him.

As for the best performance I have ever seen, that would have to go with Coldplay. On stage they have a lot of energy and the whole combination of playing their music flawlessly, plus the lights and props and the energy made it the best performance I have ever seen. Mark Knopfler comes a close second.

bigdaddy · 11-03-2009, 05:53 PM

This LIVEDOWNLOADS | Download The Radiators 1/16/99, Waikoloan Hotel, Kona, HI MP3 and FLAC is probably the best live performance, where I've been present. On the beach, with an amazing sunset as a backdrop for some serious guitar playing. Plus it was my honeymoon!

InfiniteeZ · 11-03-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by geochem1st

Which year?

Saw them at MSG when the stage collapsed, a better show was at Nassau Collesium, Uniondale NY, the next summer. 3 1/2 hour set, freakin rocked, super tight.... people up dancing on the stage that night as well... but it didn't fall that time.

The Song Remains the Same MSG show sucked in comparison to these two.

+1, from what I've heard and read, TSRTS MSG shows were nowhere near what the Led Zeppelin was really about.

Frails · 11-03-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by leftyguitarman

Frails, I'm jealous you got to see Gilmour the "On An Island" tour. If he ever comes to the valley or anywhere nearby, I have to go see him.

As for the best performance I have ever seen, that would have to go with Coldplay. On stage they have a lot of energy and the whole combination of playing their music flawlessly, plus the lights and props and the energy made it the best performance I have ever seen. Mark Knopfler comes a close second.

Lefty, my wife and I flew out to Cali for the show. We had a great time and while she's heard Floyd on the stereo plenty in our house since we met, it wasn't until that show that she really became a fan. Such a vibe and the sweet cali bud was in the air.

Incidentally, I've seen Coldplay twice. Once in Dodge Theater and once at Cricket. Both shows were fantastic so I agree with that one.

leftyguitarman · 11-04-2009, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Frails

Such a vibe and the sweet cali bud was in the air.

Incidentally, I've seen Coldplay twice. Once in Dodge Theater and once at Cricket. Both shows were fantastic so I agree with that one.

Mmmmmm, sweet Cali bud and concerts go hand in hand for me.

And yeah, Coldplay put on a hell of a show. I've seen them three times in Washington. The best show I ever saw was the last one in July at the Gorge in George, Washington.

djburchfield · 11-05-2009, 09:44 PM

Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - Something
George Harrison Tribute Video by M S - MySpace Video

2 of the greatest performer of all time

LongBeach · 11-06-2009, 04:10 PM

A.I.C. & Tool, Fairplex in Pomona Ca. August 09

I'd never seen either band live.
Tool was jaw-dropping, abosutely amazing, stage presence & sound.

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zeppelin101 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cleveland OH Posts: 1,055 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Best Live Performance Led Zeppelin at madison square garden __________________ My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. Jimmy Page

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benjammin420 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Vancouver. BC Posts: 2,031 Thanks: 41 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Best Live Performance its hard to post some of the shows ive been to. Red Hot Chili Peppers in 07 is one of the greatest performances ive seen, live or media __________________ "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs that everybody liked. they left that to the Bee Gees" http://www.myspace.com/benjamminsbadassrocknroll

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LPLeo Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Live Performance Sad to say I've only seen one concert, and I refuse to say it is the best, I'll opt for videos I've seen, and it would be Korn, 2001, I think it was lalapalooza. When there was a mosh pit miles in diameter when jonathan davis said "go." __________________ -Rock and Motha ^#!&^% Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FirstTrain Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Best Live Performance Best Live show(s) I've seen in person: Tie: Son Seals B.L.U.E.S. on Halstead Spring 1991... Son and band kicked that shit... Son on a Gibby Dot through Fender Twin. Son's guitar was two feet in front of my face. Albert King at B.L.U.E.S. etc on Belmont 1989 or 90... Albert on Dan E Flying V. and Acoustic Amp. A stunned Dion Payton standing next to us in the crowd. Less than Ten feet away from Albert all night. Damn, I miss those early 90's days in Chicago. Best Live Show on disc. Peter Green Fleetwood Mac live at Boston Tea Party Feb 1970. Jumping at Shadows, a 10 min If you Let me Love You, Epic Green Manalishi (with Greeny six string bass solo), Like it This way. Even more epic Rattlesnake shake with Greeny and Kirwan on Fire. This show is impossibly great.

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Frails Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 546 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Live Performance WOW great thread and very hard to pick one since I've been to quite a few. I guess I have to go with Pink Floyd in 93' at Foxboro for obvious reasons. Having said that, seeing David Gilmour on his solo tour in 06', in LA's Gibson Amphitheater made a huge impression on me. I can only imagine what it must have been like to see Floyd back in the early days. The lights, lasers and props are all really great, but he just fn' jammed live. It was something you just had to see in that intimate setting. I saw Floyd weeks after the Foxboro show at Yankee Stadium and sat right up front. I didn't walk away from that show with the same impression as I did in 06'. The venue made all the difference. __________________ Orville by Gibson Black Custom Les Paul Greco Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Tokai LS-105F/L VF Les Paul Custom "Gilmour" Black Fender Stratocaster Custom "1962 Model" Sonic Blue Fender Stratocaster Custom "1965 Model" Dakota Red Fender Stratocaster MIJ "1957 Reissue" Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

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leftyguitarman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 1,283 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Best Live Performance Frails, I'm jealous you got to see Gilmour the "On An Island" tour. If he ever comes to the valley or anywhere nearby, I have to go see him. As for the best performance I have ever seen, that would have to go with Coldplay. On stage they have a lot of energy and the whole combination of playing their music flawlessly, plus the lights and props and the energy made it the best performance I have ever seen. Mark Knopfler comes a close second. __________________

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djburchfield Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 115 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Best Live Performance Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton - Something George Harrison Tribute Video by M S - MySpace Video 2 of the greatest performer of all time __________________ --------------------------------------------------- SELLING 1987 Gibson Invader $400 !!!!!!! 09' Gibson Les Paul Junior 87' Gibson Invader 04' Squire Bullet (Mod)

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LongBeach Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Beach Ca. Posts: 7,059 Thanks: 7 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Best Live Performance A.I.C. & Tool, Fairplex in Pomona Ca. August 09 I'd never seen either band live. Tool was jaw-dropping, abosutely amazing, stage presence & sound.

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