SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Motorhead and Queen. I would be more than happy to see Queen in their current line up as I think Adam Lambert is a brilliant singer, but I wouuld have loved to have seen them with Freddie
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The stand out group being mentioned over and over is Queen with Freddie singing. I was lucky enough to see them at Knebworth Park on their It’s a Kind of Magic tour, 86/87? I can confirm they were stunning, Freddie was stunning, magnificent, wonderful. The only downside, I peaked too soon and every concert since gets compared, unfavourably, to it.
I'm not being smug here, people have seen way more bands than me, some fabulous names, I'm just confirming that having Queen as a regret is 100% valid. I feel very lucky and privileged to have been there that evening.
I'm not being smug here, people have seen way more bands than me, some fabulous names, I'm just confirming that having Queen as a regret is 100% valid. I feel very lucky and privileged to have been there that evening.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Was lucky enough to see Queen several times including Live Aid where they simply owned the day. I also saw them at the stadium for the same tour and I also saw them at Wembley Arena on the Works Tour. Brilliant band and Freddie simply had the audiences in the palm of his hand from the moment he came on stage until they left after the final encore.
@HomerJSimpson your last sentence is exactly the same as how I describe his performance to others. Amazing front man.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Saw Queen with Freddie at Wembley and, apart from Freddie holding the crowd in the palm of his hand, thought they were ok but fairly ordinary...but then I've never been a huge Queen fan...could have been an "off" night...
But Freddie was just about he best frontman in the business.
But Freddie was just about he best frontman in the business.
Rlburnside
Challenge Tour Pro
I had tickets to see John Lee Hooker but due to illness he had to cancel, shame about that as I knew that would have been the last chance I would have of seeing him.
GB72
Money List Winner
I managed to see Motorhead a few times but the peak moment was on the Sunday at Download, was walking around the stages in the afternoon to suddenly see a dream combo on Lemmy on vocals with Slash on guitar. Never going to forget that one.
GB72
Money List Winner
I was lucky enough to see the last ever Pink Floyd performance when they reformed for Live 8, had Golden Circle tickets and everthing.
Would loved to have seen AC/DC with the orginal line up (have seen them with Brian Johnson) Would like to have seen The Who as from that I can see now, they are a paper thin version of what they were. Only other act I can think of that I would like to see but have not is Simon and Garfunkel.
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
I did one of the coaches for the Who at wembley a couple of years ago, the reaction from people coming out of the gig was not favourable!
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Not a fan per se, but saw Motorhead at Crawley Leisure Centre back in 1980. Odd location, but was a major stop on tours back then, also saw Haircut 100 and Billy Connelly in there. The weirdest one was going to see Shakatak in Taverners "night club" (previously the Old Haslings hotel now nursing home - they played in one of the rooms) halfway down the A23 between Crawley & Brighton.
Piece
Tour Winner
Best gig I can remember was a Clash of the Titans tour, circa 1990, with Megadeth, Slayer, Testament and Suicidal Tendencies. Jeez my neck hurt after that.
Skytot
Well-known member
Think I must be the only person on here who didn’t like Queen .
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
almost.
I will confess to buying Seven Seas of Rhye and Sheer Heart Attack when they came out around 73, but by the time punk came along, they represented all I disliked about the "old" music scene.
GB72
Money List Winner
Nope, I am not a massive fan either.
Piece
Tour Winner
I had no idea who they were when I went with my sister in the 1980s. I don't mind them now, but I'm not a fan.
Slime
Tour Winner
I was once in Dublin at the end of a fishing holiday, only to find that Thin Lizzy were in town ...................... their town!
I loved Thin Lizzy, so we wandered along and found that tickets were available on the door, and in we went.
Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham were the guitarists at the time, but they had some special guests that night.
Halfway through the gig they introduced their special guests.
On came Eric Bell, Snowy White and Gary Moore ......................... oh, what an evening that was!
I loved Thin Lizzy, so we wandered along and found that tickets were available on the door, and in we went.
Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham were the guitarists at the time, but they had some special guests that night.
Halfway through the gig they introduced their special guests.
On came Eric Bell, Snowy White and Gary Moore ......................... oh, what an evening that was!
GG26
Challenge Tour Pro
In 1979 went to see The Who at Wembley Stadium, supported by The Stranglers & AC/DC (with Bon).
ADB
Journeyman Pro
Nirvana 100% specifically the unplugged gig in New York 1994
Aztecs27
Money List Winner
2001 would mean they were probably still touring Scenes from a Memory…and/or debuting some of the tracks from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence…
Arguably 2 of their best albums. Scenes, specifically, is probably one of my top 5 albums of all time. Absolutely perfect from start to finish. If you don’t like that, Dream Theater are probably not for you.
Prog bands, by their very definition are mostly pretentious and/or self indulgent, so I get why some people wouldn’t like them. But yes, Jordan Rudess and his keys solos in DT do come across as a bit OTT. John Petrucci’s guitar work around that time, however, was absolutely sublime.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Snap…like quite a few of their singles and remember listening to and liking much on their earliest albums (up to A Day…), but never enough to buy any. IIRC it was that to me there was something different about them, something that intrigued and interested the young teenager. Its certainly 100% true that their Live Aid turn was and remains iconic, and that Mercury was an awesome front man.
