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The best concert I've ever been to was Iggy and the Stooges last year. It was an outdoor concert, and during the third song, (Search and Destroy, no less) he told us that he hated boring fucking rock shows. So, about forty of us jumped over the rail, knocked the security guards to shit, and climbed up on stage and sang and fucked around with Iggy Pop. He high-fived me twice. It was the best day ever.


Honorable mention:
Peter Bjorn and John, Van Halen (Once David Lee Roth was reinstated. I saw them with Sammy Hagar as well and it was BAAAAD.), weezer avec the Foo Fighters, and Nine Inch Nails.

Also, Rush put on one of the best shows I've seen, but this retarded couple that wanted to make-out behind us wouldn't let us stand up for the first half of the show without bitching constantly.

EDIT: Also, Broken Social Scene.

SlappyMcGee wrote:The best concert I've ever been to was Iggy and the Stooges last year. It was an outdoor concert, and during the third song, (Search and Destroy, no less) he told us that he hated boring fucking rock shows. So, about forty of us jumped over the rail, knocked the security guards to shit, and climbed up on stage and sang and fucked around with Iggy Pop. He high-fived me twice. It was the best day ever.

You forget to mention that he was opening for The Killers. God, that fills me with rage.

The best concert I've ever been to would have to be Final Fantasy and Do Make Say Think at The Harbourfront Festival performing Arctic Circle together. Friggin' ridiculously amazing.

Rise Against playing at Metro City on Tuesday the 24th March, '09.

Hasn't actually happened yet, but it's the best gig i've ever been to. :D

Opeth playing at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival on Friday the 6th March, '09.

Hasn't actually happened yet, but it's the best gig i've ever been to. :D

Sigur Rós in Boston on September 20th, 2008. It was rather incredible.

Jack Johnson in Hyde Park, Damien Rice in Hexagon and Muse at Wembley come in extremely close.

Death Cab for Cutie, Mesa Ampitheatre. June 19, 08. they were amazing.

Alice Cooper at the Grand Opening to Cooperstown here in Denver. Nizz and I went on the day we graduated, and Alice's Encore was "School's Out." Greatest concert imaginable.

Skyline wrote:Sigur Rós in Boston on September 20th, 2008. It was rather incredible.

Ooooh wow, I can imagine. Lucky you!

Sunn O))) at the Borealis Festival in a cathedral in Norway. Stars of the Lid in a little village church in Southern England. Judas Priest, Megadeth and Testament in 1991.

Crystal Castles last summer. FUCKING AMAZING.
Dancing coupled with electronic sounds that fluttered through the crowd in harmony with the strobe lights.

Ohh, im hopefully seeing Crystal Castles in afew weeks.

Limer wrote:Ohh, im hopefully seeing Crystal Castles in afew weeks.

haha, now /YOU/ can be a part of their never-ending tour.

Kablizzy wrote:Alice Cooper at the Grand Opening to Cooperstown here in Denver. Nizz and I went on the day we graduated, and Alice's Encore was "School's Out." Greatest concert imaginable.

Awesome.

My fave? ACL fest in Austin, every year. Dylan last year, everyone said he sucked, that his voice was shot, etc, but I just stood there, thinking 'I'm seeing one of the greatest, most imaginative musicians ever. This is something to tell my grandkids about'. Great feeling.

Also, Springsteen is coming soon. Best live concert around, supposedly. :)

flagmyidol wrote:

Kablizzy wrote:Alice Cooper at the Grand Opening to Cooperstown here in Denver. Nizz and I went on the day we graduated, and Alice's Encore was "School's Out." Greatest concert imaginable.

Awesome.

My fave? ACL fest in Austin, every year. Dylan last year, everyone said he sucked, that his voice was shot, etc, but I just stood there, thinking 'I'm seeing one of the greatest, most imaginative musicians ever. This is something to tell my grandkids about'. Great feeling.

Also, Springsteen is coming soon. Best live concert around, supposedly. :)

Bob Dylan was awful live when I saw him at the Montreal Blues Fest. My roommate saw him another time and said he was equally awful. He did these weird things with songs, like taking out the parts that the audience wanted to hear, and his voice was real bad.

But I hear the Springsteen is good.

Well, Springsteen is supposed to be one of the great live performances, just hearsay.

As for Dylan, that's opinion. I happen to love him, and I love how he changes his songs every time he sings them. His voice... well, it was never great, and he's like 78. But he's still Dylan. Besides, I didn't have to pay to get in. :)

flagmyidol wrote: As for Dylan, that's opinion. I happen to love him, and I love how he changes his songs every time he sings them. His voice... well, it was never great, and he's like 78. But he's still Dylan. Besides, I didn't have to pay to get in. :)

I'm convinced that he doesn't change his songs so much as forget them. I don't even mind that too much; he's just boring. He doesn't let them turn the camera on him, so at outdoor shows you can't even see him unless you're really lucky, and he doesn't say a word to the audience the entire time. It's just a shitty experience. I'd say Van Morrison is about the only guy I've seen who's worse.

Maybe it's just because I saw Dylan the day after I saw George Thorogood, and GT was awesome.