Red Mosquito

I thought LetMeSleep's post in the Leonard Cohen thread would be a good jumping off point for a new discussion.

LetMeSleep wrote:

stip wrote:the live albums really give a lot of those 80s and 90s songs new life. The live in london album really cemented that I was a fan

I was at that gig.

That's a tough one to beat -- anyone else have any good ones?

Personally I don't think I've ever attended a show that was officially released, apart from PJ official bootlegs.

I was at the Neil Young show at Massey Hall that was filmed for "Neil Young Journeys". Well, I was there for the first night. I think they used footage from both shows.

PJ Benaroya Hall

I know it's PJ but it's different than most of the other boots.

The White Stripes - Nine Miles From The White City
Local H - There Goes The Zoo DVD

I wrote about this in Worst Concert experiences. Man I was disappointed.

edit:

LetMeSleep wrote:John Fogerty at Albert Hall which was being filmed. There were dozens of people planted around the venue with signs and they started the show with what must have been scheduled as the encore. Cut to him re-starting a song and then going off stage for make-up touch up. The band played an instrumental. The house lights weren't completely turned down so it was medium lit. Then the final straw was a ballad where a spotlight came down on a couple (of obvious models) wearing cowboy hats who slow danced and finally kissed. after that song they left. It was awful and people were walking out everywhere. I wish I'd asked for a refund as it was the worst experience ever. If you do a gig, play for your audience.
And I've only just remembered that Fogerty also brought his kids out on stage and one of them played guitar on a song. It was sickly.

Amazing show but he was tired after Glastonbury.

knee tunes wrote:

Awesome! I was at this one too and also the July 4th '89 show at Rich Stadium. I was also at the PJ MSG '03, Live at the Garden show.

live at the garden. I'll differentiate it from the other bootlegs cuz of a DVD

stip wrote:live at the garden. I'll differentiate it from the other bootlegs cuz of a DVD

the only one i might get to say that about will be PJ20 if that ever gets released, otherwise just PJ shows with official boots for audio releases

In 2004 Dispatch did a "final" free show in Boston that I attended. You can see me in the crowd on the DVD.

Also I was at one of the 03 pearl jam shows that got a cd release.

Also I think one of the who shows I saw got a DVD release.

cutuphalfdead wrote:
Also I was at one of the 03 pearl jam shows that got a cd release.

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Spoiler: show

DVDs:
Roger Waters: In the Flesh (Portland, OR 2000 show)
Ben Harper Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2003)
Pearl Jam Live at the Showbox (2002)
Coachella the Movie (About half of the performances on there from 2003 & 04)

Fuzzcharger wrote:

Wow. Care to elaborate?

I was at the Radiohead show in Cuyahoga Falls where the live "piano" version of "Like Spinning Plates" was recorded. It was 110 degrees that day and everyone was tripping balls from heat exhaustion. It was the highlight of an amazing show.

LetMeSleep wrote:

Fuzzcharger wrote:

Wow. Care to elaborate?

Sure. Well I was living London at the time. I remember lots of Hare Krishna's wandering about outside the Albert Hall and also lots of incense. I think Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers did a couple of tunes first up when the western musicians started and Jeff Lynne from ELO did a solo number or two but it really started to get cool when they began wheeling out the big names. My strongest memory was when Clapton started playing the solo on "Isn't It a Pity". It was so heavy in an emotional sense. He was much louder than the other band members but his tone and the feeling gave me goosebumps and I've never felt that live before, well at least not from a guitar solo. Ringo was incredibly well received and played a fun slot. Sir Paul was also good. The crowd were kind of annoying in a trainspotter/'I know more about obscure Beatles recordings than you way' but it was a really amazing night.