Your most memorable live show

[GregC]

Right?
She wants the younger fans there, but doesn't like their 'phone culture'?

I'm with Lambert on this. She didn't make a broad condemnation of phone culture, that I could see. The young ladies in question clearly, IMO, chose a bad time for their selfies--right in the middle of a quiet, sad song. Why not take the pics during a loud, uptempo number when it would be far less obvious?

I also wonder to what extent they were blocking the views of the people behind them, as they were all standing up.

 

[Jeff Scott]

...I hate all that has to do with smartphones....as a motorcycle rider in a large college town, it seems no one pays attention to driving anymore....causes big hate from me...
Wish those dang phones would shock the **** out of users when driving...

I wish for even more dastardly things to happen to them (except for the ones we know that do use smrtphns responsibly), especially as I was rear-ended by one of them, yesterday.

 

[5StringBlues]

It's ok these women were taking selfies.



I mean, one of these ladies is an INFLUENCER!!!

 

[Johnny Crab]

OK, I'm in.
First and most impressive one(on me directly). The Wishbone Ash / Captain Beyond show on this ticket at The Warehouse in New Orleans. IIRC, an unknown "little band from Texas that drove all the way over here in a van"(quoting their announcer)....ZZ Top....supporting their soon-to-be released 1st album.

Second one? Led Zepplin at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium May 1973.
Future wife #1 had graduated High School there a few days prior.
Led Zeppelin Municipal Auditorium (LA) - May 14, 1973

Third?
Wishbone Ash and Camel(original band with the original bassist and drummer). Wishbone Ash's "There's The Rub" tour with a young Laurie Wisefield(?) new on guitar. Had never seen or heard Camel, became a fan for life, especially for that particular lineup.

 

[sleddogn]

Why? So we condone, thereby perpetuating, selfish behavior, just because it’s going on? That it then becomes the norm, where it wasn’t before? How does that make the world a better place? Why is a lowered maturity level in adults to be tolerated?

You're asking alot from one set of audience members. Someone has to be bigger in a situation, the star on stage should take the higher road. Maybe say something between songs, but she just looks bad imo....all good here, i'm def not defending the girls....
In todays society, some people don't see there can be 2 things that are true amongst any situation. I see 2 wrongs here, and of those 2, only one party has anything to lose, and the one on stage is that person....

 

[DJ Bebop]

I'm a dinosaur, OK, but I'm still of a mind with Mingus, who flat-out told people to be quiet and not clink their glasses, or with Kirk who, after a number, would repeat the inane things people were chattering about while he was playing 2 or 3 instruments! Our society could use more people calling out impolite behavior.

I think I read or my dad told me, that Art Tatum would sit at the piano, quite with his head looking down, until the audience would come to a quite state, as long as it would take.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Attending both concerts of Metallica's S&M II

 

[E2942]

probably the first, because I was a teenger who hadn't learned about alcohol yet
I've been to many great shows, but like a dummy I was trashed most of those times!

The best venues still remain:

Whisky a Go-Go
The Palace on Vine Street, now called Avalon
Coconut Teaszer, long gone, about the time of Tower Records, I believe

 

[wysiwyg248]

TOP Queens in Buenos Aires with Larry Braggs singing in 2014. I have been to better shows, but this one and Joe Jackson in Ann Arbor (2017 I think) are the most memorable to me.
There are some songs from the show in You Tube.

 

[mongo2]

Most memorable one I played on or attended?

I'll go with both...

Played...Outdoor benefit at a local riverside town for their victims of hurricane Sandy.

Attended...Roy Buchanan at a local bar in Asbury Park in the early '80s. I saw him twice. The other time was at a larger venue but the small bar gig was more memorable for it's intimacy.

Another I remember vividly was John Mayall a a local college...being right up front was fantastic.

 

[SoonerBill]

Beyond a doubt. James Taylor at the OKC Zoo Amphitheater in '85ish. It had rained all day and was still drizzling at show time. There weren't more than a few hundred people that showed up because everyone assumed it would be cancelled. The road crew didn't even set up the stage. But JT had the sound guys hook up enough for him to have a mic and a guitar input. He sat on a stool and played/told stories for 3 hours. It was like having JT in your back yard.

 

[LBS-bass]

TLA was a cool spot and so was Grendel’s. I also liked J C Dobbs.
Fun days on South St.

I miss it more than I can express.

 

[LBS-bass]

Why? So we condone, thereby perpetuating, selfish behavior, just because it’s going on?

Yep. It's a matter of whose selfishness is more important. Is it more important for me to be selfish enough to interrupt a show because not everyone is LOOOOOOKING AT MEEEEEE or is it more important to just graciously accept that some people are always going to be distracted?

 

[ThudThudThud]

Wishbone Ash and Camel(original band with the original bassist and drummer). Wishbone Ash's "There's The Rub" tour with a young Laurie Wisefield(?) new on guitar. Had never seen or heard Camel, became a fan for life, especially for that particular lineup.

I saw Camel during their "Stationary Traveller" era (Paul Burgess, David Paton). The musicianship never faltered from the early albums. Andy Latimer is a beast.

 

[_Obra_]

The Prince - Vienna 2010

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

I think I read or my dad told me, that Art Tatum would sit at the piano, quite with his head looking down, until the audience would come to a quite state, as long as it would take.

Umm...

 

[Tom Kinter]

I think I read or my dad told me, that Art Tatum would sit at the piano, quite with his head looking down, until the audience would come to a quite state, as long as it would take.

That's a great anecdote... I could picture it happening. Reminds me of the old farmer who was our bus driver when I moved to the country for jr. high: when the rowdies started with the spit-wads and worse, he would just pull over, light up a chesterfield and wait until they ceased AND cleaned up the bus... never said a word!

 

[DJ Bebop]

Umm...

Thank you.
My spell checker thinks it knows the words I want, not what I need.
By the time I caught it, it was too late to change it or delete it.

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

Thank you.
My spell checker thinks it knows the words I want, not what I need.
By the time I caught it, it was too late to change it or delete it.

Been there, mistyped that!
Most unfortunate that we cannot go back and edit to correct such errors later on.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Been there, mistyped that!
Most unfortunate that we cannot go back and edit to correct such errors later on.

I guess there is a way around that...

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