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I don’t think it’s the music. Probably more the extreme increases in price for the experience. Back in the day an artist expected to lose money on most big tours, but media sales would increase after the tour; now an artist can’t make money from media, so gigs become huge money making ventures.
When I was younger it was nothing to pay to see a hugely popular artist, but now I think twice about spending that much money (despite having a lot more money).
A music critic, you say?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Thanks for the list! Never heard of any of them (apart from the obvious two). Got some listening to do now!
@michael_m That's a really good point. It does indeed cost an arm and a leg to see a big act these days.
Jesus Lizard at a local club back in 1996/97. The energy before the show was electric unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. A few minutes before the show, a guy came and grabbed a friends wrist and used the cigarette she was holding to light a firecracker. When the band came out singer David Yow looked like a wasted maniac and quickly threw himself into the crowd. The bass player was wearing a pink bunny costume, & their guitarist had a look that reminded me of a serial killer. The band was the most intense & ferocious I’ve ever seen! Amazing show put on and at the end the singer got his cock & balls out...
Pink Floyd - 1994. Won’t go into much detail. It was Canada Day (July 1st) and a beautiful summer day. Half a hit of acid was involved. One of the best nights of my life.
Yo La Tengo at local club around 1995-6. I don’t think there was much more than 100 people in attendance. Great show,very intimate, and I was upfront super close to the band.
Pearl Jam at Sunfest 1994 in northern Manitoba (Canada). Usually it was just mediocre Canadian bands playing this festival - but they somehow managed to book Pearl Jam just as the band was getting huge. This was a small festival with 3000-4000 people maybe. Their 2nd album was a few weeks away from release. I think they played a couple new songs, a couple covers (Neil young) & their hits. It was my first outdoor festival, and someone shared a joint with me right before PJ. I got fairly close to the stage. I remember vividly to this day Eddie yelping “these mosquitoes are driving me CRAZY!” at one point.
Radiohead/Spiritualized in the late 90s. Have seen Radiohead twice - both great!! But this show was memorable because I was also a big Spiritualized fan so couldn’t believe I got to see both bands on same bill.
I was at Knebworth 90 too… still one of my most memorable concerts. Pink Floyd in the rain… yep, remember that and the the sunburn I had the following day! Hey Jude definitely one of the all time great moments… got goosebumps myself just thinking about that. 👍🏼
Hi everyone… I’ve been a lurker on and off for years but can’t resist a Top 5 thread…
Danko Jones - Enigma Bar in Adelaide about 20 years ago. My band at the time supported them and embarrassingly it was pretty much just the bands who turned up. But they played like they were in a stadium and the 10 or so people watching responded like we were too.
Fat Freddy’s Drop - every gig I’ve seen them be it in London, Melbourne, Adelaide and almost in Hawaii. I think they are in Europe atm so worth checking out.
The Mark Of Cain - Battlesick 30th anniversary tour in Melbourne. Just cos it’s a fave album.
Mampi Swift - Black Cat in Adelaide. Best gig I never saw cos we were stupidly hanging out in the car park but I listen to the recording and pretend I was there.
Billy Cobham with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra playing Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Any time the Necks play, Blach Sabbath when I genuinely thought Ozzy was gonna expire on stage, Dirty Three opening for Body Count… the crowd was like WTF…
Tried to sneak into a Tea Party gig either cos we underage or didn’t have tickets. Ended up in the alleyway behind the place and actually sounded pretty good.
the only one i clearly remember was tool in zürich 2019.
maybe the only one i was "almost " sober. 😀
Naked City’s first live gig, ‘89 maybe. Zorn, Frisell, Frith, Horowitz, Baron. In the restaurant under the original Knitting Factory on Houston St, NYC.
It was packed and hot and airless and deliriously fun.
Well, the thread is about memorable gigs, and most of mine were when I was younger. I don’t go to gigs that often these days, partly due to health issues, and big names are just stupidly expensive now. I understand why (gigs no longer being loss leaders for record sales), but it does limit things. I’ve really got to want to see something for me to pay north of £100 for a ticket. Frankly, I think twice at more than £50.
However, there have been more recent gigs that are memorable, but didn’t quite make the cut for my initial list. Here are a couple:
Public Service Broadcasting at Pontio in Bangor, on the Every Valley tour. Those songs in front of a Welsh audience was something else. For those who don’t know, Every Valley is about the Miners’ Strike in the 80s, and the band recorded it in Ebbw Vale (South Wales former mining town) with a lot of input from local people about the strike and the aftermath.
Hainbach in Manchester, 2022. Turned out it was actually a live stream (Art School Live), so it was in a studio and only about 20 or 30 in the audience. And the tickets were free. The first gig I went to when things loosened up after the pandemic. The other act was an ondes martenot player called Josh Semans, and both performances were amazing. The whole thing is on YouTube, though, on the Art School Live channel.
The Mycelium Frequency at Modulate (Colwyn Bay) last December. It was freezing cold, and the gallery it was in wasn’t really open, but the whole gig (4 artists) was great. The Mycelium Frequency was just outstanding, though. The performance is on YouTube (Modulate TV channel), but audio only - no idea why!
Oh man, that's a lineup to behold. That first record is just dynamite. Must've been fantastic.
Not many classical artists represented here. I've seen many of the big-name rock, blues & jazz players/bands, but here are some of my favourite classical concerts/performances.
Yo-yo Ma, Appalachian Journey (or Bach Cello Suites).
Maxim Vengerov, I was fortunate enough to see a concert/masterclass where he explained how he used storytelling to capture emotions in his playing.
John Scott (late organist & choirmaster of St. Paul’s Cathedral), he spent a year recording Bach organ pieces, giving free performances every Sunday afternoon of which I attended as many as I could - the sound is phenomenal in St. Paul's.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker, Debussy's La Mer.
Joanna MacGregor, Bach Well-Tempered Clavier.
Oh yeah the rain, it meant Floyd couldn't use their round projection screen because it had stretched I think. It didn't detract from the performance though, I still remember the cash registers at the beginning of Money jumping around the different sound towers
Wish I'd gotten to see the Magic's properly. Saw them once at a hippy site of about 10 buses/caravans with my mate on vocals because their singer didn't turn up LOL
I managed to see Hawkwind at a bicycle powered stage somewhere in the depths of Glastonbury at around 4:00 am, cannot remember what year it was, but early 90's, Back to the Planet on the NME stage the same year I think.
Illegal raves around the M25 London Circular Motorway was my choice in the 90's
Oh yes. Those were the days. First time I ran across the original Knitting Factory, a friend and I were walking along Houston on another sweltering NYC evening and the big windows were open for all of the city to see and a riotous cacophony was blanketing the (then) grubby avenue. Stepped inside and what is this? Spy v. Spy. Double trio. Zorn, Berne, Dennis Chambers vamping his hands raw, Baron and forgot the other bass/drums. Might as well mention a few others in this tiny space (with god-awful food): Sonny Sharrock, Cobra, Christian Marclay…. Damn, those were the days.
Not like being there, but this is the show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_City_Live,_Vol._1:_The_Knitting_Factory_1989
Mahavishnu Orchestra at Felt Forum 1973, with surprise opening act Gentle Giant. Third row center.
[gongggggggggggg]
I may actually have that already, but even if so it's been ages since I gave it a spin. I've got the collection of all the studio stuff, but I'll go find that too - thanks!
Led Zeppelin, 1973, Chicago Stadium
Rolling Stones, 1975, Chicago Stadium
Genesis, 1978, Illinois State University
Weather Report, 1980, Chicago Auditorium
I saw them again the next night at Northern Illinois University, and met all of the band members
Tony Bennett, about 10 years ago at Ravinia
My favorite 21st century concert was the Gundecha Brothers at William Paterson University about six years ago. I went to their workshops for a few years in a row and they would give a concert on the last night. The best one wasn't recorded, but here's a taste of their sound:
I saw a trio with Joey Baron, Bill Frisell, and can't remember the third guy at the Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz circa '92-'94. Baron was a revelation. The universe was flowing through him that night.
Was the third guy bass? Probably Kermit Driscol. Baron always always always kills.
Speaking of…might as well mention Masada at the legendary Tonic throughout the 2000’s.
And the midnight Sexmob shows at same.
Good Christ, don’t get me started [too late!].
Any time I see Widespread Panic lol. But I guess the other four would be Paul McCartney at Busch Stadium, Bright Eyes at Cains Ballroom, Brand New at Mississippi Nights, and I guess Red Hot Chili Peppers at whatever the fuck they call the arena the Blues play at cos it changes every year. The RHCP was particularly good cos Anthony’s voice was fucked up so Flea and John were jamming most of the show to fill in time and it was a sex drenched funk fest. Honorable mention to P Funk but Clinton never changes up his set list enough so points taken off. Same with Beck
Yes, I put Masada in my top 5 as well. Joey Baron, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, John Zorn.
Incredible music and performance.
I’ve never really seen any of the big or influential artists/acts, we live out in the sticks and no one comes out this way. Getting old means we rarely get out to the ones that do!
Anyway, top 5
1) Gaye Bykers on Acid in a tiny club in Norwich on the night England played Cameroon at Italia 1990. In the midst of releasing the Rektüm, Cancer Planet, PFX trilogy playing tracks from all three. Psychedelic punk space madness
2) The Shamen at Norwich Arts Centre - just after the “In Gorbachev We Trust” album, before Mr. C and all that. Basically a 3 piece band playing a rave. Transcendental
3) Fantomäs and eX-Girl somewhere in London - the FNM/Slayer/Melvins/Dunn supergroup nearly blown away by kawaii j-punks extrodinaire
4) Pop Will Eat Itself and EMF dual headliner, St Austel, Cornwall. Seen PWEI loads of times and never disappointed, even when the tech was new and broke down. Played stella that night, amazing vibe. EMF were surprisingly good too
5) Fields of the Nephilim - 2nd night of the Fire Festival in London (turned out to be the last UK gig with the “classic” line up). New tracks sounding powerful, old favourites given new energy.
Honourable mentions to Cardiacs, Young Gods, Melt Banana
Ops, how could I forget The Cardiacs. Im changing my list
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
In that order.
I gotta add one more I had forgotten…
Father John Misty at a very small, very small, venue in Baltimore.