The One Rock Concert you enjoyed above all others

[xrtoronto]

In Raptors thread about favourite bands, I notice alot of people are quite knowledgeable about music. I would like to ask what your favourite concert was ?

I'll start:

It was the summer of '76, about 100 degrees and not even a slight breeze to enjoy. I travelled about 45 minutes to Hamilton Ontario's Ivor Wynn stadium to see PINK FLOYD.



The concert started at around 8 pm with them playing the not yet released "Wish you were here" album...then they took a break....when it was dark out...they played the entire 'Dark Side of the Moon' album...took another break and did "Echoes" as an encore, finishing the show around midnight.

There was 100,000 concert fans from all over Can & US. Floyd had quad sound set-up and a huge circular screen behind the stage. They flew a model airplane the length of the stadium that crashed behind the stage in an explosion during that sequence in DSOM (which incidentally blew up a million dollar scoreboard, which cancelled all other rock concerts for almost a decade). The local beer store was sold out and the neighbourhood kids were making a killing returning shopping carts full of empties.

My fond memories of that concert are as clear as if it had been yesterday.

[Curval]

Saw David Wilcox at Ontario place, where they reported a riot afterwards, then left and went to the Phantoms CD release party.

Best night of music evar.

[unix]

along with motor head and Dio.

[storch]

That's a toughie,  but in '84 we say James Taylor at the acoustically perfect albeit small Sunrise Musical Theater.  It was the perfect venue for the great show and showman that he was/is.  A very memorable evening.

[Eagler]

if I remembered a concert from the mid 70's as well as xrtoronto does his PF one, something BIG was missing from the "tailgate" party beforehand

[Eagler]

Originally posted by storch
That's a toughie,  but in '84 we say James Taylor at the acoustically perfect albeit small Sunrise Musical Theater.  It was the perfect venue for the great show and showman that he was/is.  A very memorable evening.

he said "Rock"

[Blooz]

AC/DC Ballbreaker tour. Las Vegas 1996

Angus rules!

[FUNKED1]

Dick Dale, Belly Up Tavern circa 1993

[ygsmilo]

Dred Zepplin,  nuf said.

[ravells]

Jackson Browne... at his 'Lives in the Balance' tour does he count?

Ravs

[midnight Target]

hmmmmmmmmm?


1976
Opening act - Little Feat
followed by - Dave Mason
Closer - Allman Bros.

Stadium at UC Santa Barbara - If you tired of the music then you had wall to wall babes to ogle. Great day!

I saw Jackson Browne do a sort of show...

Some of my friends were under arrest for blocking the entrance to a nuclear power plant (I was not gonna go to jail for that).  Browne came to the Court House and serenaded the "prisoners" from the lawn. I was about 10 feet away. Very cool.

[ravells]

Come to think of it, MT ....the lyrics for 'Lives in the Balance' work pretty well for this conflict too..



I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war

And there's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs

On the radio talk shows and the T.V.
You hear one thing again and again
How the U.S.A. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends--
These governments killing their own?
Or the people who finally can't take any more
And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannon
And there is blood on the wire

There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
Where we can't even say the names

They sell us the President the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars
I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die
And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannon
And there is blood on the wire



[edit] and he got to shag Daryll Hannah, lucky Bestid [edit]

[Seraphim]

Pink Floyd at the Rose Bowl '94
Haven't seen a show that comes even close ever since

[Silat]

Just a few that made my day:)

Aug 22 1965 Portland, Oregon
THE BEATLES
WOW! I love this

Sept. 9 1968: Portland, Oregon
Jimi Hendrix ( opens for the Seeds)

Dec. 31 1968 Portland, Oregon  
Led Zeppelin

March 21 1970 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC  
Led Zeppelin

Sept 28 1972 Portland, Oregon
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Tour

March 19 and 20 1975 Vancouver, BC
Led Zeppelin

[Holden McGroin]

Can't remember it... But it sure must have been good!