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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 15 2006, 10:31 AM (376 Views) | |
| Optimistic | Jun 15 2006, 10:31 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I've heard a few people here casually mention that they saw Pink Floyd, or The Beatles. Um, WOW! What are some of the most enjoyable acts you've seen throughout your life? (not limited to rock shows, of course- though my uncultured ass will be )My favorite concerts so far would be: Wilco Beck My Morning Jacket Neko Case Cake Carbon Leaf |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| The 89th Key | Jun 15 2006, 10:36 AM Post #2 |
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311 Lifehouse Ben Folds Rach III (basically the only concerts I go to anyway! :P) |
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| George K | Jun 15 2006, 10:38 AM Post #3 |
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Best Concert I ever went to: Oct 31, 1969. Don't remember the opening act. But the next band was The Kinks. They played for an hour and a half, warming up for the headliners that night: The Who. They played for 2 hours. My ears were bleeding after that concert. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Optimistic | Jun 15 2006, 10:39 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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(an aside: my new roommate told me 311 are her favorite band b/c she grew up with the members!) |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| The 89th Key | Jun 15 2006, 10:52 AM Post #5 |
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Does she still know any of the members? Nick, Tim, Chad, etc.? |
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| Optimistic | Jun 15 2006, 10:53 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Not sure. . . I'll get the details and letcha know
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| The 89th Key | Jun 15 2006, 10:54 AM Post #7 |
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| The 89th Key | Jun 15 2006, 10:55 AM Post #8 |
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Speaking of which...I'm going to Ben Folds on June 28th and going to 311 on August 25th. I also just went to a Rach III concert a couple weeks ago. Also...random...I'm going to a symphony concert about movie themes next week!
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| John D'Oh | Jun 15 2006, 11:20 AM Post #9 |
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MAMIL
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Sonny Rollins Oscar Peterson Buddy Guy Yehudi Menuhin I guess I must like virtuosi. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| ***musical princess*** | Jun 15 2006, 11:33 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Coldplay Haydn's Nelson Mass Britten's War Requiem x |
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| plays88keys | Jun 15 2006, 12:06 PM Post #11 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Several come to mind: October 1969 on the campus of Randolph Macon College: warmup act: unknown Jersey band called Steel Mill. They had a scrawny longhaired guitarist named Bruce Springsteen and they stole the night. second act: at-the-time-unknown brass band called Chicago Transit Authority, later shortened their name to Chicago final act: Iron Butterfly July 1972 Norfolk Scope opening act: Stevie Wonder headliner: The Rolling Stones Winter's End Rock Festival, Bithlo, Florida March 1970: Johnny Winter The Allman Brothers Band Mountain and some others I don't remember also seen: Jefferson Airplane Janis Joplin Traffic Yes Ten Years After Santana Doobie Brothers Billy Joel Elton John It's A Beautiful Day Deep Purple lots more but CRS prevents me from naming them at the moment. |
| You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. | |
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| DivaDeb | Jun 15 2006, 12:06 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Best of Show in their various categories: Tristan und Isolde-Seattle (Eaglen/Heppner) Peter Grimes-Chicago (w/Vickers) Der Rosenkavalier-Met (Fleming/Graham) Otello-Koln (Kalt/Martinpelto) Fidelio-Chicago (Moser/Meier/Pape) Voice Recitals: Pavarotti Leontyne Price Beverly Sills Bryn Terfel Juan Diego Florez Nicolai Gedda Marilyn Horne Jose Carreras (before) and Katia Ricciarelli Sherril Milnes (before) Other instruments: The Romeros Lazaar Berman Bands: Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Eagles (took my kids, that was fun, their first concert) some great jazz along the way too, but can't really call that "concert" |
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| plays88keys | Jun 15 2006, 12:12 PM Post #13 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Oh, okay you want all genres?! Um, lessseee: Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy conducting pianist: Rudolf Serkin - Beethoven's 3rd Concerto Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy conducting an all-Russian program including Pictures At An Exhibition and Peter and the Wolf National Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin conducting Pianist: Leon Fleischer - Beethoven's 5th Concerto "Emperor" Ivan Moravec (my favorite living pianist) Victor Borge Olga Kern Evgeny Kissin Jon Nakamatsu Van Cliburn |
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| DivaDeb | Jun 15 2006, 12:34 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Oh yeah! I saw Kern last year, she was wonderful. |
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| jazzyd | Jun 15 2006, 02:57 PM Post #15 |
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Junior Carp
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Pianist Grigory Sokolov tops everyone I've seen, from any genre. |
| One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards. | |
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| George K | Jun 15 2006, 03:04 PM Post #16 |
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It was watching his live DVD that inspired me to start learning the Beethoven Op. 14 #1 sonata. I'll learn the Prokovief next week. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| LWpianistin | Jun 15 2006, 05:47 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Best concert by far: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar at Strathmore. It was amazing. Others that were pretty darn good: Bob Dylan (twice), and several at my school have been very good. I haven't been to any rock concerts, but there aren't many groups I really want to see. I'd much rather go to a good opera or piano recital. |
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| iainhp | Jun 15 2006, 06:33 PM Post #18 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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First concert I ever went to was in 1975 and it was Lynyrd Skynrd at the Glasgow Apollo, and they were awesome. Other good concerts: Boston - Royal Highland Showgrounds, Edinburgh (late 70'S) Carpenters - Edinburgh Playhouse (late 70'S) Supertramp - Hammersmith, London (early 80's) Human League - Oslo (early 80's) Madness, Oingo Boingo, Police - San Diego State Aztec Field 1983 Grover Washington Jr - SDSU Amphitheatre 1985 Dire Straits - SDSU Amphitheatre 1986 Free July 4th concert on the Mall (Washington) 1988 Hootie and The Blowfish - SDSU Amphitheatre mid 90's Spice Girls - Coors Amphitheatre late 90's (yes it was a fun show!) Christina Aguilera - Coors Amphitheatre 2000'ish Eagles - Coors Amphitheatre 2003'ish Maroon 5 - USD gym 2004'ish Elton John - SDSU Cox arena 2005 Bare Naked Ladies - Hard Rock Cafe, Orlando 2005 (this was part of a technical conference!). Have seen some real dogs too. Most disappointing was David Bowie at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1983. Otherse were UB40, Reo SpeedWagon, Madonna, Britney Spears..... |
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| DivaDeb | Jun 15 2006, 06:50 PM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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ooooooooohhhhhhhhh...that makes me SOOOOOO envious! |
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| ivorythumper | Jun 15 2006, 06:52 PM Post #20 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Best concerts? I've seen Springsteen 5 times (from 75 to last month), U2 3 times, Billy Joel twice, Elton John once, Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Bonnie Rait, Joe Jackson, Bread (!) and Three Dog Night. I always got my money's worth. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Optimistic | Jun 15 2006, 07:00 PM Post #21 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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IT, i see you really like those underground artists |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| Optimistic | Jun 15 2006, 08:20 PM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hey, I missed this group at first glance! My dad loved that one song of theirs, "White Bird." Did they have any other hits back in the day? |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| sue | Jun 16 2006, 07:36 AM Post #23 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Good thread, Opt! Stand out concert was Lyle Lovett at the Commodore in Vancouver (mid 80's) Other good ones from that era; John Hiatt Little Feat Bruce Hornsby Ladysmith Black Mombazo earlier 70's stuff; Bob Marley (although it was a little hard to see )Bob Seeger Rod Stewart Elton John there were lots of stinkers too, but mercifully, I can't think of any names right now. I mostly go to small, local concerts now, although I just bought tickets to see Arturo Sandoval in August. I'm really looking forward to that! |
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| AlbertaCrude | Jun 16 2006, 08:21 AM Post #24 |
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Bull-Carp
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Rock & Pop: Deep Purple Mark II (2X) Rainbow The Band Ten Years After Santana Emerson Lake & Palmer David Bowie & the Spiders from Mars Roxy Music Rory Gallagher The Clash Peter Tosh Country & Bluegrass: Ian Tyson (5X) Alison Krauss and Union Station Jerry Douglas (5+) Peter Rowan (2X) Bill Monroe Earl Scruggs Revue Jimmy Martin Blue Highway (2X) Seldom Scene (5X) Del McCoury (3X) Clare Lynch Rhonda Vincent & The Rage (2X) Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show Ray Condo and the Ricochets Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen The original Pink Floyd Folk, Blues and Jazz: Son Seals Band BB King The Chieftans Bard La Volee des Castors Johnny Littlejohn Dave Hole Magic Slim and the Teardrops Etta James John Hammond Jr teh Duke Robaillard Band Martin Simpson John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers Bill Frisell Bela Fleck and the Flecktones David Lindley (5X) Ry Cooder Pat Metheney Classical: Too many to recall but the most memorable were: The Moscow Philharmonic performing Shostakovich's 7th and 10th Symphonies under the baton of Gennady Rozhdestvenskii. A complete peformance of Messiaen's Vingt Regards at the French Embassy (Moscow) auditorium Easter Sunday 1982. Can't rmeber the name of the pianist. Shura Cherkassky performing Rachmaninov's 3rd. Regrets for never seeing: The Grateful Dead Frank Zappa Danny Gatton Martha Argerich |
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