best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?

[markie]

Suede at the 200 person capacity Venue in Edinburgh just as they were starting to get big is probably the highlight of my concert going.
 
 I hadnt got a ticket and I stood outside in the cold for five hours. Eventually the bouncer took pity on me 60 seconds before the band took to the stage. I could have kissed him.
 
 The crowd in the place was wild.

[ratioci nation]

Def Leppard, St. Louis Arena 1989
 
 I was 12 or 13, and very impressed

[mankie]

Hmmmmmmm.......
 
 Two 14 year  old girls, Singapore...oh, wait, you mean music right?
 
 The Clash..Castaways nightclub, Plymouth, UK.
 Bowie.....Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
 Ian Dury & The Blockheads....The Lido, Cornwall, UK.

[brennser]

dammit markie, you beat me to posting this topic
 
 I have a couple of favorites
 
 Therapy? at McGonagles in Dublin in the early 90s - don't know how I made it out alive - craaazy crowd
 
 Throwing Muses - 2001 - Boston - a reunion gig for a band I thought I'd never get to see live (even though I ended up seeing them again this year)
 
 Afghan Whigs - 1994/1995 - Stuttgart - they played in an old tunnel/bomb shelter that had been converted to a venue - Dulli was in fine form and abusing a crowd of hapless Germans
 
 Fatima Mansions - early 90s Feile festival - seeing them go nuts in front of a largely indifferent crowd with Cathal Coughlan screaming "She's wearing an Irish dancing costume....and you know, I LIKE that in a woman" - one of those had to be there moments
 
 Nirvana/Sonic Youth - Top Hat ballroom - Dublin - the week before Nevermind was released - both bands were excellent
 
 The The - Fletchers Bar - Baltimore - 2001 - really only a warm up gig but to see one of my all time faves in such a tiny space was special
 
 Lloyd Cole and the Negatives - Metro Cafe - 2001 - great gig

[Bags]

R.E.M. in 1984 (USF soccer field)
 Buzzcocks @ old 9:30
 Foo Fighters at old Black Cat
 Echo & the Bunnymen in New Haven, CT

[kosmo vinyl]

a quick off the top of my head
 
 marti jones and don dixon @ the birchmere
 
 ben folds five @ the shelter in detroit.  if only because the shelter was in the basement of st. andrews and an another band was finishing up their set upstairs and you could hear the bass coming through the floor.  at one point ben jumped up on his piano and knocked on the ceiling why said something along the lines of "be quiet"
 
 ash @ the shelter, detroit  when they were still a very young  trio of lads
 
 posies and cosmic rough riders @ dingwalls in camden
 
 blur @ st andrews
 
 the alarm @ todds in detoit
 
 the first myracle brah show @ the tatttoo

[Venerable Bede]

hmmm, there's quite a few. . .
 
 sepultura/helmet/ministry 1992 bill graham civic center in san francisco
 
 dambuilders/weezer/lush 1995 fillmore in san francisco
 
 wire train/live 1992 the edge in palo alto, ca
 
 wally pleasant/idaho/the cranes 1995 deep ellum live in dallas (got passes from the drummer, so no one checked out id and got to drink all night)
 
 failure/flaming lips/tool 1994 the terrace in austin
 
 american analog set/low 1995(6?) electric lounge in austin (also, spiritualized at electric lounge in austin- my friends made a dat recording of the show, which i bet many people on here have)

[brennser]

I forgot one
 
 Alejandro Escovedo played a gig earlier this year or late last year at the Barns of Wolf Trap - very different to most gigs I go to but it was just incredible - him, two violinists, a classical guitarist, and a cellist (who was getting REALLY into it) - unbelievable sound, just unbelievable

[markie]

Originally posted by brennser:
  dammit markie, you beat me to posting this topic
 
 
 Throwing Muses - 2001 - Boston - a reunion gig for a band I thought I'd never get to see live (even though I ended up seeing them again this year)
 
 The The - Fletchers Bar - Baltimore - 2001 - really only a warm up gig but to see one of my all time faves in such a tiny space was special
 
 Lloyd Cole and the Negatives - Metro Cafe - 2001 - great gig

Good.....
 
 I was at that The the show..... Was it really better than the 930 show? His acoustic version of the beat(en) generation was great at fletchers. I also saw them about 9 years ago when they did a warm up show in cambridge before one of the UK festival (glastonbury I think).
 
 I saw the Muses 13 years ago. They didnt play Dizzy and got pissed off at the crowd for requesting it. I am still bitter.
 
 Isnt Lloyd Cole sad and pathetic now? I used to love him....

[markie]

Originally posted by who am i, why am i here:
  Def Leppard, St. Louis Arena 1989
 
 I was 12 or 13, and very impressed

How many arms did the drummer have? Has there been a week since where you have not worn a union jack T-shirt?
 
 I thought of another special show......
 
 three guys from the levellers played a little bar in Dundee with just acoustic guitars. It was an amazing sing along.

[mankie]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Hmmmmmmm.......
 
 Two 14 year  old girls, Singapore...oh, wait, you mean music right?
 
 The Clash..Castaways nightclub, Plymouth, UK.
 Bowie.....Bingley Hall, Stafford, UK
 Ian Dury & The Blockheads....The Lido, Cornwall, UK.

Shame on me
 
 Waterboys...DAR, Washington DC.

[bearman🐻]

most memorable shows to me:
 
 Pixies w/Pere Ubu @ Citadel Center, DC, Nov. 2001
 Red House Painter @ Birchmere, October 1993
 Aphex Twin w/Death in Vegas & Sneaker Pimps @ 9:30, September 1997
 Morrissey @ San Carlos Institute, Key West, November 1997
 The Damned @ House Of Blues, Chicago, March 1998
 Social Distortion @ 9:30, Nov. 2001
 Sonic Youth @ Valle Giulia, Rome, Italy, July 2002
 Queens of the Stone Age w/the Distillers @ the Warfield, SF, October 2003
 
 Almost any Echo & the Bunnymen/Electrafixion show would be in there, so would My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult on my 18th birthday @ the Metro in Chicago. Sugar @ the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago...Good God, too many to list. But those are some of the best ones.

[bearman🐻]

sorry, that Pixies show should be 1991, not 2001

[Sir HC]

No particular order:
 
 A. Stone Roses WUST musical hall.  1 1/2 hours of great music.  Left sated.
 B. The Jesus and Marychain College Park circa 1986.  9353 opened and were brilliant too.
 C. Butthole Surfers, College Park 1988 (hairway tour with 2 drummers, GIs opened up).
 D. My Bloody Valentine, Hammerjacks.  Loveless tour, 1992 (Mercury Rev opened and were great too).
 E. Sigur Ros, 930 Club, 2003.
 F. Chemical Brothers, 930 Club, 1999.
 G. Fugazi, last year at Ft. Reno.  When they got to the 2 hour + sets, I would lose ability to watch.
 H. Husker Du, Warehouse tour, old 930.

[allmy$to930]

Ryan Adams at King Tuts in Glasgow in 2000 (Heartbreaker/pre-rock star era). Just Ryan and a guitar.