im watching their videos now. I have the rock in rio concert on u reco'd right now. Pretty wild! They're high energy thats for sure!
What concerts have you been to and which were your favs...
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Add to that they show up for the shows in their own branded Boeing 747-400 with all their touring gear piloted by the singer. You can't get much more rock and roll than Ed Force One.
It's not as much which bands you see, but when you see them. There's a huge difference between seeing The Rolling Stones in 1972 and seeing them in 2015.
is that like saying the rolling stones in 1972 is not the same as seeing the strolling bones in 2015?lol
Don't mock the Stones.
I saw them for the first time during their Voodoo Lounge tour in the mid 90s at the CNE. Bought tickets from a scalper on site at the CNE for 60 bucks each for floors.
Went on a lark not expecting that much because everyone was saying that the Stones were too old, blah blah blah.
They blew the lid off that place that night. Phenomenal show. I was amazed at how great they were.
I've seen them several times since and I've learned 1 thing about seeing the Stones live. You never know which Rolling Stones are going to show up. Sometimes they will blow you away just how funking good they are and other times, they just phone it in. And you have no way of knowing before hand how it's going to go.
The only reason I haven't seen them in the last 10 years is the absolutely INSANE price of their tickets. INSANE.
I saw them for the first time during their Voodoo Lounge tour in the mid 90s at the CNE. Bought tickets from a scalper on site at the CNE for 60 bucks each for floors.
Went on a lark not expecting that much because everyone was saying that the Stones were too old, blah blah blah.
They blew the lid off that place that night. Phenomenal show. I was amazed at how great they were.
I've seen them several times since and I've learned 1 thing about seeing the Stones live. You never know which Rolling Stones are going to show up. Sometimes they will blow you away just how funking good they are and other times, they just phone it in. And you have no way of knowing before hand how it's going to go.
The only reason I haven't seen them in the last 10 years is the absolutely INSANE price of their tickets. INSANE.
From wikipedia:
Their experimental third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, earned them popularity in the United States when it was released there the following month. It was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone.
I forgot to mention that at the show at O'keefe Centre (which was shortly after the release of London Calling) where I moved back they started playing a song called White Riot and the mosh pit stormed the stage, the band left the stage and the concert was over. Everybody acted like it was the normal way that a concert should end.
Final note, the fans caused so much damage to the seats and washrooms etc. that the Centre refused to book anymore rock shows. I think that ban lasted about 15 years. So that was a memorable concert. I also saw them at MLG and the CNE Grandstand.
PM me if you are serious. I love showing my collection.
just having fun. If the stones rolled into town, I would see them, I don't care how old they are. Although I didn't know that their tickets were insanely expensive, I'd still see them anyway.. wondering now tho how much it would cost to see them lol
I concur. I was lucky enough to see PF perform the Wall in Los Angeles, 1980
I saw Roger's version in Winnipeg, June 1 2012 (the second of two sold out shows, 15th row centre)
It was better. More personal, more political, more complete. We will never see another concert like it. IMHO, a masterpiece.
I was less than impressed by Pink Floyd when I saw them at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, July, 1977 on the Animals tour. 76,000 people were there, and tickets were $10, a high price for concerts back then. They started to play Pigs on the Wing, and the crowd started to cheer. Roger Waters stopped playing and said "Look, would you shut the fuck up? We're here to play the songs, then we're going to leave". I left before the end of the show, the only time I've ever done that at a live concert, but that was mainly to avoid jostling with 76,000 people to get on the Metro after the show; the Big O is quite far from downtown Montreal, and very few in the crowd would have driven there. The cartoons playing behind the band and the huge helium filled animal balloons hovering above the stage were very cool.
Haven't seen a whole lot but here is a list of the ones I remember.
Beach Boys 1963 Ottawa Auditorium
Staccatos 1964 Fisher Park High School
Gordon Lightfoot 1968 Camp Fortune, Chelsea QC
Jerry Jeff Walker 1977 Calgary
Fenton Robinson Blues Band 1980 Ottawa, Fyfe and Drum room, Beacon Arms Hotel
James Brown 1983 Barrymores, Ottawa
Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984 N.A.C. Ottawa
Simply Red 1987 N.A.C. Ottawa
Human Rights Now! 1988 Big O Montreal.
The Mavericks 1997 Civic Centre Ottawa
Johnny Winter 2007 Bronson Centre, Ottawa
Van Morrison 2007, Bluesfest Ottawa
Buddy Guy 2014 Centre Point Theater Ottawa
Best: Stevie Ray Vaughan. Most memorable: The Beach Boys (your first, as with most things is always the most memorable.)
Beach Boys 1963 Ottawa Auditorium
Staccatos 1964 Fisher Park High School
Gordon Lightfoot 1968 Camp Fortune, Chelsea QC
Jerry Jeff Walker 1977 Calgary
Fenton Robinson Blues Band 1980 Ottawa, Fyfe and Drum room, Beacon Arms Hotel
James Brown 1983 Barrymores, Ottawa
Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984 N.A.C. Ottawa
Simply Red 1987 N.A.C. Ottawa
Human Rights Now! 1988 Big O Montreal.
The Mavericks 1997 Civic Centre Ottawa
Johnny Winter 2007 Bronson Centre, Ottawa
Van Morrison 2007, Bluesfest Ottawa
Buddy Guy 2014 Centre Point Theater Ottawa
Best: Stevie Ray Vaughan. Most memorable: The Beach Boys (your first, as with most things is always the most memorable.)
Most iconic and the show the still gives me goose bump 15 years later... DJ Champion et les G-String at Festival the Jazz in Montreal.
Anyone who have seen DJ Champion will confirm his shows were phenomenal. 80% of the crowd is dancing and singing... And not a teenager/20 year old rave crowd. No people of all ages
Fantastic!
Anyone who have seen DJ Champion will confirm his shows were phenomenal. 80% of the crowd is dancing and singing... And not a teenager/20 year old rave crowd. No people of all ages
Fantastic!
I also saw April Wine twice, once in July, 1977 at La Ronde on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal, with Andy Gibb opening, and again in May, 1980 with Johnny Winter. I missed most of April Wine's set at the 1980 show because it was a really hot day, I was really high, and I didn't eat anything. I went out into the concession area, where it was cooler, and I fainted. They brought me in a room, and wouldn't let me out until after the show was over. I could hear it OK.
Andy Gibb was the youngest brother of The Bee Gees. He was 19 years old when I saw him, and he'd already had a Billboard #1 song, but he became a cocaine addict, and was dead by age 30.
For the 1980 show, we had been driving in to Montreal from Sherbrooke, and when we drove by one car with some young people in it, one of my friends quickly made a hand drawn sign that said "April Wine", and those guys beckoned us to pull over to the shoulder, and they shared their very potent weed with us. That's what it was like in Quebec at that time.
The last time I smoked hashish at a concert was Television at The Danforth Music Hall in 1992. People around us looked at us a bit funny, but didn't say anything. In a concert at The Montreal Forum in the 70's, at least 20 lighters were lit somewhere in the crowd, at any given time. It was probably like that at Maple Leaf Gardens, too, but things were always more permissive in Quebec back then.
Andy Gibb was the youngest brother of The Bee Gees. He was 19 years old when I saw him, and he'd already had a Billboard #1 song, but he became a cocaine addict, and was dead by age 30.
For the 1980 show, we had been driving in to Montreal from Sherbrooke, and when we drove by one car with some young people in it, one of my friends quickly made a hand drawn sign that said "April Wine", and those guys beckoned us to pull over to the shoulder, and they shared their very potent weed with us. That's what it was like in Quebec at that time.
The last time I smoked hashish at a concert was Television at The Danforth Music Hall in 1992. People around us looked at us a bit funny, but didn't say anything. In a concert at The Montreal Forum in the 70's, at least 20 lighters were lit somewhere in the crowd, at any given time. It was probably like that at Maple Leaf Gardens, too, but things were always more permissive in Quebec back then.
ive been a fan of Fenton Robinson for along time.....have a couple of his albums from way back when.....Blues fans can get a taste right here
Roger had been feeling that the crowds were there for reasons other than the music for a while. That interaction, between Roger and the crowd in Montreal, was the event that inspired The Wall.
