Insomnia city tonight, so I am a tad bored. Curious what other concert experiences, besides the Chemical Brothers, are on the top of peoples lists.



For Me a couple favorites would be: Remember, asking about concert experiences, not necessarily my favorite music.



Radiohead

Stereolab

Beta Band

Dandy Warhols

Lamb

Morcheeba

Tricky

Massive Attack

Moby

Thievery Corporation

Orbital

Leftfield

Groove Armada

David Gray



All memorable concerts.

In a roughly orderly order.....



Chems

Tool

Pearl Jam

Prodigy

Josh Wink

Sloan

Franz Ferdinand + Death Cab For Cutie

Novillero





Although there are others that deserve to be on this list, my memory is deserting me at the moment

When and where did you see that show??? 8O

I've seen a fair amount of shows, but not nearly so many in recent years. The Chems of course are on my special pedestal and will always be tops but other favorite shows I've witnessed are:



Pink Floyd

U2

David Bowie & NIN

Underworld

You've seen Pink Floyd, whirly??

Did they rock as expected?

Pink Floyd was absolutely AMAZING! Jaw droppingly stunning, it was damn near perfect as damn near perfect can be. The tightness of the band and how crisp and clear and together they had it up there on stage, the lazers and visuals, the incredible sound, the tripped out crowd, the giant disco ball that unfolded into a glittering flower near the show's close... I feel blessed to have witnessed such a gig. The whole thing was - from getting my ticket at the last minute right up to the very very end - an incredible experience and one that I will never forget.

whirlygirl Escribi�:

Pink Floyd was absolutely AMAZING! Jaw droppingly stunning, it was damn near perfect as damn near perfect can be. The tightness of the band and how crisp and clear and together they had it up there on stage, the lazers and visuals, the incredible sound, the tripped out crowd, the giant disco ball that unfolded into a glittering flower near the show's close... I feel blessed to have witnessed such a gig. The whole thing was - from getting my ticket at the last minute right up to the very very end - an incredible experience and one that I will never forget.

year?

April 16 1994. I saw the show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California when they were supporting Division Bell.

Wasnt that when you guys got trampled over in the hall, I think I remember you talking about it and how sqaushed you guys were.



Best concerts other than the chems ive been to are

The Prodigy

Faithless



really good, the prodigy are mind blowing.. Faithless are just scary and wild (crowd are anyway)

Yeah, I got stuck within a mass of growingly frantic concert goers in a relatively narrow stadium hallway at Pink Floyd. I went to grab some water for a friend (who was having a bad trip on mushrooms) and nearly go squished in the process trying get back to my seat. It's all in the experience!!



Another great show I went to was the farewell gig for Oingo Boingo. There was so much going on up there on stage, there were so many people all playing an assortment of eclectic instruments. The crowd was fun! The show was on Halloween, so everyone was dressed up - a good portion of the crowd were dressed like the characters of Nightmare Before Christmas which was impressive because you could tell a lot of these people put so much effort into it. Good times!

Prodigy - Brighton Nov 2005

Lemon Jelly - Brighton March 2005

Muse - London Dec 2004

Basement Jaxx - London March 2004

Fatboyslim - Brighton July 2002

The Chemical Brothers - Portsmouth March 2002

Hexstatic - Probably the best live I've ever seen.

Coldcut - Definitely a great live act

Amon Tobin (Live Set) - This live set was really surnatural... It gives me thrills each time I re-listen to this :

http://www.youtube.c...ch=amon%20tobin

http://www.youtube.c...ch=amon%20tobin

http://www.youtube.c...ch=amon%20tobin

Amon Tobin (DJ Set) - Amon does very good Hip Hop/D'n'Bass sets.

U2 - fucking mindblowing but maybe a little "too much"

Space - York September 1998ish

Chems - Manchester March, May 2005, NYE 2005/06

Infadels - Manchester May 2005

Royksopp - Sheffield October 2005

Ben_j Escribi�:

U2 - fucking mindblowing but maybe a little "too much"

Hey Ben_j, I've been meaning to chat with you about the U2 show you went to. It's good to see it on your list. I have a question (and by no means is this meant to be criticism toward you, but more toward the band) but I'm interested to know what parts of the show you thought were a little "too much".

whirly, u surprise me.

but what u saw was fink floyd.

not the real pink.

orbital - eclipse festival 1999 - middle of nowhere tour, massive stage and only 150 people in the audience, dancing out under the stars with one of natures greatest shows the next day (the total eclipse) - crazy night, crazy people, string drugs, and a fuckin eclipse at the end of it all in the middle of plymouth hoe. awesome 8)



screaming trees - reading alleycat - 1997 - dust tour, they were playing 10,000 people arenas in the states at the time, and they come to the uk and the last date on their tour was this pokey little 200 capacity club ib reading. was squashed right on the barrier at the front, mark lanegan literally 3 feet away (the 'stage' is only 2 foot high) was fucking incredible, the passion and the musicianship and the vibe was reeeeeally fucking intense. 2 weeks later they split up, so this was one of their last ever shows. great gig.



the earlies- queen elizabeth hall 2005 - strange gig at a proper sit down theatre. was a lush way to enjoy their music, very emotional and uplifting. i nearly cried when we left! me and my housemate charlie were a bit speechless hahaha



theres chems ones too, but if i bore anyone else with the 'glasto 2000 gig changed my life' story i might have to find a new forum ;)

JacksRevenge Escribi�:

whirly, u surprise me.

but what u saw was fink floyd.

not the real pink.

Aw come on, you make it sound like I saw some crap tribute band. :P For me to have actually seen the full on Pink Floyd... unless there's a resurrection as well as reunion of sorts, I was just a decade (and then some) too late... I'm not *that* old!!

mippio Escribi�:

theres chems ones too, but if i bore anyone else with the 'glasto 2000 gig changed my life' story i might have to find a new forum ;)

Indulge us, mippio!



Reading about mind blowing/life altering Chems gigs is *never* boring.