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Deep Purple Knebworth 1985
Neil Young Edinburgh 2008.
I used to go out with Paul King's cousin during the period they were famous for 5 minutes. 'Best' is hard to say, seeing Thin Lizzy when I was 15 was amazing but if I could watch it all back now would the playing stand up, how naff were the lighting effects? I think like @axisus I'll go for something smaller and were there was a definite buzz ( although these were from periods of heavy drinking so it may have only been me buzzing). The Bhundu Boys, just lifted you up. Wow. Have had a look on YouTube before and couldn't find a clip to do them justice. And The Larks. Quite a bit of them on YouTube on kids tv shows, promo videos and the like but the bundle of energy I saw four ( I think) times got translated into a rather polite sub Madness . Anyway, here's one they didn't neutre too badly
I saw Motorhead/In Flames/Girlschool a few years ago. I really enjoyed Girlschool, as they were loud, but not so loud you couldn't hear the music/playing.
In Flames were aweful, I could see the guitarists going hell-for-leather with riffing/soloing, same with Motorhead, but there was no definition to the sounds. And my ears were ringing for a couple of days after, which is one reason I always take ear plugs to gigs now.
Best were Alice Cooper (Every time he's excellent live), Queensryche (Mindcrime1+2 tour), Thin Lizzy with the Stone Gods, Iron Maiden (Again each time), Skid Row at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, Metallica at Milton Keynes (1999), Judas Priest at Sheffield, Megadeth at Norwich.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
The Who
Free
Led Zep
Pink Floyd.
The Faces (with Rod Stewart, when he was still cool)
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Weather Report.
Larks' Tongues era King Crimson.
All superb from memory.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Rage Against the Machine - Liverpool Royal Court 1993
Smashing Pumpkins - Liverpool Royal Court 1993
Pink Floyd - Earls Court 1994
David Bowie - Glastonbury 2000
Wilco - Barrowlands (Can't remember year)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - SECC 2013
Silversun Pickups in some tiny place in Soho a few years back.
New Order in an old church in West London not too long after Joy Division ended.
And in each of those it wasn't necessarily the performance it was the atmosphere. MSG at Reading was so cool because of the surprise return of the band's original singer that night. We were already set to have a great night but when Gary Barden appeared with a "Surprise, surprise!" it just lifted to another level.
The New Order was cool because there was a feeling that we were all there at the start of something.
And the Silversun Pickups gig was weird... it was like everyone was on the one wavelength.
Lyle Lovett at Festival Hall was close.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band at the Rainbow -fabulously weirdly oddly brilliant.
Virtually any Roy Harper gig over the last 40 years.
Juicy Lucy, Quintessence and Johnny Winter at the Roundhouse.
Joe Ely at The Forum.
Ten Years After at the Collosseum, not long after Woodstock - amazing.
Joni Mitchell at the Royal Festival Hall.