Best Concert/Worst Concert you've ever been to...........

[Motor City Sonics]

Best - Paul McCartney, Comerica Park, 2011  -    How many times do you get to see any of the Beatles.   But it wasn't just the historic thing, he was absolutely terrific.  Never left a concert in a better mood and I've seen Prince about 20 times and he always blew me away.    69 years old at the time, over 3 hour show and the energy kept building.   

 

Worst - Evan Dando (Lemonheads), Blind Pig Ann Arbor, 1995 or 96 --   Evan was a very very nice guy.  I am sure he still is.  But Evan was deep into drugs and he nodded off in mid song several times.   Its not that I was disappointed, but I was actually worried about him.    Never have seen an artist crash and burn like that live.  I've seen clips of Gene Ween destroying his rep on stage - drugs again.      Supposed to do the drugs AFTER the show.  

Edited October 29, 2024 by Motor City Sonics

[gehringer_2]

  On 10/29/2024 at 7:12 PM, Motor City Sonics said:

Best - Paul McCartney, Comerica Park, 2011  -    How many times do you get to see any of the Beatles.   But it wasn't just the historic thing, he was absolutely terrific.  Never left a concert in a better mood and I've seen Prince about 20 times and he always blew me away.    69 years old at the time, over 3 hour show and the energy kept building.   

 

Worst - Evan Dando (Lemonheads), Blind Pig Ann Arbor, 1995 or 96 --   Evan was a very very nice guy.  I am sure he still is.  But Evan was deep into drugs and he nodded off in mid song several times.   Its not that I was disappointed, but I was actually worried about him.    Never have seen an artist crash and burn like that live.  I've seen clips of Gene Ween destroying his rep on stage - drugs again.      Supposed to do the drugs AFTER the show.  

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Pop concert would probably be Joni Mitchell at Hill Auditorium late 70's. Small venue, a good part of the concert was acoustic, we we in the about the 5th row. Absolute worst was Gato Barbieri, at the Michigan Theatre. He brought sound equipment more suitable for Shea Stadium and just shattered everyone's eardrums with boring riffs that were so loud you couldn't make out the notes anyway! 

 

Edited October 29, 2024 by gehringer_2

[romad1]

Best concert:  TV Girl last September.  Saw it with my daughter and her friend and captured a lot of her energy in enjoying it.  The vibe was great, their songs are clever.  Live version of "heaven is a bedroom" was awesome. 

More mainstream band/artist:  Peter Gabriel in the late 80s/Van Halen/ aka Van Hagar during the 5150 tour (saw them three times in one weekend)

Worst:  His Name is Alive in the early 90s when i wasn't really understanding the indy vibe and made some jackassy "play Freebird" like comments during their slow numbers.   So really that was a me thing not a band thing. 

More mainstream bands/artists:  Way too many Rush shows because all my nerdy friends were on must see basis with them.  I love them but i was tired of it by the end of their run.   "Oh they are playing the Spirit of Radio, yay..."

[chasfh]

I saw Rush a few time, maybe three or four, and the bummer part about it was that they were literally all alike, down to the order of songs and the same AV before certain songs like Tom Sawyer. Talk about phoning it in …