your top 3 concert experiences EVER

[zuke583]

by ANY band

GO!

(inspired by an impromptu TABO conversation)

p.s. i\'m still thinking of mine

[bdfreetuna]

1. Two-Way Tie:

Phish "IT" Festival --- Breakfest Music Fastival 2

2. Five-Way Tie:

Up North Festival 2008 --- GOTV 2007 --- The Big Up 2010 --- Breakfast / Phish Fenway Party Bus 2009 --- Strange Creek 2009

3. Four-Way Tie:

Breakfast Sully\'s 2009-11-25 --- Phish Albany 2 night run winter 2009 --- Breakfast Utica, NY 2011-02-26 --- Early PB shows in upstate NY 2002 thru 2005 RAGED!!



edit edit edit... holy shit

[simpletwistupdon]

In no particular order

- Parliament Funkadelic @ The Univeristy of Hartford around 1995-96... this was my first real concert experience which opened my eyes up to the world of live music

- Phish 10/23/1996 @ The Hartford Civic Center... the first chapter in an on going saga of my life...

- Phish 8/16-17/1997 @ The Great Went... my first campout experience...

[galenas]

1 - Jane\'s Addiction, Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, Halloween run 96

2 - Bfam party bus > Phish > Breakfast > Party bus

3 - Phish @ The Greek 2010

[SkyePrizm]

Hammerstein Ballroom NYC

I feel like i\'ve seen so many great shows at that venue by various artists.

See this is tough.  Because its not the best concert musically... its the best experience which is a complete other matter.  That could be because of the environment or the people you were with, etc.

I actually pondered this for a bit.  



#1   Wilco - Tanglewood - Lenox, Ma - August 12, 2008.  
 
(i will be an old woman still going on about how I felt, and how the whole experience moved me.)


#2     Phish -  July 3 & 4, 2000 - Camden, NJ


#3    Beastie Boys - Hammerstein Ballroom, Oct. 29, 2001.  
        September 11th Fundraiser, New Yorker\'s Against Violence.  

tied with

#3   Foo Fighters - MSG - February 19, 2008

[jking]

not sure, but quickly off the top of my head

in no order

srv/jeff beck - was my first arena show (i\'d been seeing plenty of punk/hardcore bands in little clubs, but this was, in all ways, completely opposite of those!)

big cypress - the whole thing, from the drive down, the 45 minute wait in traffic, the shows, the people, all of it

and about a million others that all vie for position - late night ancient harmony set at harvest fest 01 in atl, breakfast puppethouse night two (sgt pepper\'s night), breakfast 6/10/05, jamming with rem & the dead milkmen at a friend\'s house, leftover salmon in 97 and 98, darrell scott at the ashland coffee house, john butler trio at starr hill (his second ever show in the us, and a showcase for coren capshaw and red light)... i mean, i could really go on and on. i\'ve been very lucky to have some truly amazing musical experiences...

[zuke583]

tough enough to pick a top 3...so i\'m not even going to try to do them in order

so, chronologically:

8/26/05 Camp Bisco - Disco Biscuits
my first camp bisco experience. absolutely unforgettable group of people and music. the biscuits came out set I and destroyed it. sam altman (their original drummer) was playing his last two shows with the band and they hit on all cylinders in their first set. the best musical set by a jamband i\'ve ever seen hands down

5/08 - Cervantes Ballroom - Electron
this one isn\'t based on music as much as the personal experience. though the music was great, i was going through a lot personally and was able to experience this show on a cross country trip with some good friends. i suppose the awesome tab i ate helped too.  definitely something in the air up in denver. their version of pink floyd\'s \'fearless\' that night was something i\'ll never forget

5/09 - b\'fam party bus/fenway/breakfast
what more can you say about a trip? 25 good friend making the trek to see phish\'s first NE show of the 3.0 era. breakfast playing the afterparty. 3 hours each way to get ridiculous. gonna be tough to top that road trip

[Igziabeher]

http://igziabeher.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/the-3-best-concerts-ive-seen/

that was easy enough.

[ChrisF]

#1 Smashing Pumpkins - terminal 5 - 7/26/2010
Astral Planes, Ava Adore, Hummer, As Rome Burns, A Song for a Son, Today, Eye, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, United States, Bleeding the Orchid, Perfect, Cherub Rock, That\'s the Way (My Love Is), Owata, Stand Inside Your Love, Tarantula, Tonight, Tonight
E: Freak, Gossamer

#2 Smashing Pumpkins - new haven coliseum - 1/25/1997
The Aeroplane Flies High, Jellybelly, Tonight, Tonight, Rhinoceros, Zero, Fuck You (An Ode To No One), Porcelina of the Vast Oceans > Rocket (reprise), 1979, Thirty-three, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Muzzle, Disarm, Thru the Eyes of Ruby

E1: X.Y.U.
E2: Cherub Rock, Silverfuck > Space Jam

#3 Psychedelic Breakfast - Beardslee Castle 7/7/2006
I: Space City Affair > Psygn > The Vermont Song > Wake Up In A Coma > Rust > Hush, Honey Butter > Puppetry

II: Space City Affair > May Fly Disarray, jam > Dimension 5, Bugs > Karn Evil 9, What The Funk > Superfly Phaddy Fat

III: Space City Affair > See The Light > jam > Buquebus > Drum Solo, Scarlet Begonias

E: Surreal Radio

[bdfreetuna]

that\'s pretty ser Fitzy.

idk if the few SP shows i\'ve seen make the list but they were definitely up there... musically, fuck yes... but the scene kinda.. well, you know

[SkyePrizm]

#2 Smashing Pumpkins - new haven coliseum - 1/25/1997
The Aeroplane Flies High, Jellybelly, Tonight, Tonight, Rhinoceros, Zero, Fuck You (An Ode To No One), Porcelina of the Vast Oceans > Rocket (reprise), 1979, Thirty-three, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Muzzle, Disarm, Thru the Eyes of Ruby

E1: X.Y.U.
E2: Cherub Rock, Silverfuck > Space Jam

Very jealous of that show.  
I remember exactly that time period cause I was in high school and my gestapo of a mother would not let me get tix to go.

[zuke583]

gonna put an honorable mention for myself:

4/2/11 LCD soundsystem - MSG
for a finale show, a real celebratory vibe. ton of songs played. good guests. tight playing. just enough sentimentality to bring out the goosebumps

[oldnewbie]

06/19/76   capitol theater passaic nj

9/77  englishtown raceway    englishtown nj

2\\87   three night run at san fran civic center for chinese new year

the branford marsalis sit in show at msg in 90 i think.

89   the nightfall of diamonds show on bobbys bday at brenden byrne

2 nights at oxford speedway in maine in like 86

jerry band at the lunt fontain theatre on broadway



sorry....i got carried away    i feel like i\'m forgetting something :shrug:

[Stephengencs]

06/19/76   capitol theater passaic nj

9/77  englishtown raceway    englishtown nj

2\\87   three night run at san fran civic center for chinese new year

the branford marsalis sit in show at msg in 90 i think.

89   the nightfall of diamonds show on bobbys bday at brenden byrne

2 nights at oxford speedway in maine in like 86

jerry band at the lunt fontain theatre on broadway



sorry....i got carried away    i feel like i\'m forgetting something :shrug:

Ladies and Gentlemen.......OldNewbie...........who\'s got my flux capacator?

[leith]

This is completely off the top of my head and thus pretty fair to say the ones that have affected me the most.

Big Cypress the whole weekend melds into one memory of complete and utter happiness.

Grateful Dead 12/15/86 Jerry\'s comeback show. I still get goosebumps when I think of him singing the " I will Survive" line in Touch.

PB Winstons 7/1/03 Things changed.