The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote:That was Seven Nations. Celtic rock band featuring fiddle and bagpipes.

Other than play stuff from their newest album to promote it, they were basically taking requests from the audience. Eloh got them to play her favorite song of theirs.

How could I forget about them? I remember you mentioning them years ago. Awesome stuff.

That's so awesome!! Sounds like a real good time.

Dude, looking good!

Epignosis wrote:I'm going to a concert tonight.

Which concert?

Last night I saw The Cure in Austin with Wilgy, and it was just mindblowingly awesome. And getting to spend time with Wilgy again was a definite treat.

The setlist was really everything I could have asked for. They played for over 3 hours, including 4 freaking encores at that, plus plenty of great songs, and Disintegration got the most attention!

For those of you who are interested:

Magma was awesome!!!!!!!

Saw Kraftwerk with our very own lovely bea last night in Austin... In 3-D!!!!

It was legendary.

Glad you liked it! I loved seeing Rush's R40 in Austin. It was so amazing.

Here was my setlist:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Rush's R40 show in Portland was amazing. I'm posting their setlist here. I'm curious to see what MovingPictures07 and thellama73 saw differently.

The Anarchist
Clockwork Angels The Wreckers
Headlong Flight
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory How It Is
Animate
Roll the Bones
Distant Early Warning Between the Wheels
Subdivisions
Intermission
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta The Camera Eye
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1, Books I & II (various parts + drum solo)
Xanadu
Closer to the Heart
2112 (various parts)
Encore
Lakeside Park
Anthem
In the Mood What You're Doing
Working Man

I saw Rush on their R40 tour in Austin, TX last night. Best concert ever? Yes.

I've seen them 6 times now (and this was my 49th concert overall) and every time they fucking delivered, with amazing setlists, but this time was just something else. I was closer (in the pit) than ever before, the setlist was definitely the best (somehow), and they just rocked it to a completely new level of awesomeness (somehow).

I've seen so many truly mindblowing concerts but WOW.

Seriously the fastest 3 hours of my life.

Regal Degal was fantastic, I agree, one of my favorite openers. I think my all-time favorite opener was Animals as Leaders though.

Nice pictures, was a truly great concert. I was once again reminded why I think Shields is definitively Grizzly Bear's best album. It'll be tough for them to top that, IMO.

Mongoose wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I don't really go to concerts much anymore, but the best one I ever saw by far was Alice Cooper. No one else even comes close. I couldn't believe how much that sixty year old man could rock. Rush was pretty awesome too.

I am super excited because one of my favorite bands ever, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum who I saw live six or seven times, have reformed (mostly) as a new project called Free Salamander Exhibit. When they tour the east coast, I will definitely be seeing them.

Seriously? This is awesome news.

Plus, Rush is still my favorite live act I've ever seen. Absolutely outstanding.

I saw Steely Dan with my dad last Friday and Swans the Tuesday before that. Both were excellent, but Swans was brutal, loudest concert I've ever been to. Was amazing.

I get to see Grizzly Bear tomorrow and Kansas the Friday after that, so I am psyched.

enjoy Grizzly Bear! Of all the bear bands, they are the best bear.

Agreed. And I did indeed, it was super awesome!

thellama73 wrote:I don't really go to concerts much anymore, but the best one I ever saw by far was Alice Cooper. No one else even comes close. I couldn't believe how much that sixty year old man could rock. Rush was pretty awesome too.

I am super excited because one of my favorite bands ever, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum who I saw live six or seven times, have reformed (mostly) as a new project called Free Salamander Exhibit. When they tour the east coast, I will definitely be seeing them.

Seriously? This is awesome news.

Plus, Rush is still my favorite live act I've ever seen. Absolutely outstanding.

I saw Steely Dan with my dad last Friday and Swans the Tuesday before that. Both were excellent, but Swans was brutal, loudest concert I've ever been to. Was amazing.

I get to see Grizzly Bear tomorrow and Kansas the Friday after that, so I am psyched.

Awesome thoughts, Danny, and well written as usual. I was very interested to hear your thoughts about Bonnaroo, especially since I definitely wanted to go. Your thoughts on Animal Collective make me even more excited to see them next month... as if that was even possible!!

I just saw Streetlight Manifesto with AATB and Russtifinko last night and it was truly an awesome time! They really put on a super great show. Very energetic, very tight playing, and over half of the crowd was singing literally every word to every song.

I am incredibly jealous of Magma, Jethro Tull, and Kansas, no doubt.

Concert highlights for me have been Rush (5), Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (2, especially the 2nd time when we got to meet them all), Dream Theater (getting to meet them as well was absolutely surreal), and Devin Townsend. I really have yet to be truly disappointed with any concert experience thus far, and have had the pleasure of many great memories for sure.

Fedora With Hat wrote:The best concert I've seen was Magma. Closest thing I've gotten to a real life religious experience.

This is almost word for word what I said about seeing Rush for the first time (also was my first concert), even though I was way out on the lawn. Ever since then, somehow, every time I see them they have absolutely topped themselves. Unbelievable.

triceratopzeuhl wrote:The first time I saw Boris, couple years ago, they played almost a 3 hour set with lots of their older drony stuff. Was a hell of a show. The second time, this last summer, they played a lot of newer material (off their three 2011 albums), but also some songs from Heavy Rocks and Pink and they played half of Feedbacker as an encore

Both of those would be fantastic, no doubt.

Boris would have been awesome, what all did they play?

I'm jealous of all of those, really, I'm sure they all were fantastic. Certainly I'd be up for seeing any of them.

This is the thread to talk about your concert experiences, good, bad, amazing, lifechanging, whatever. They can be years past or ones you have just experienced or concerts you anticipate or would love to see in the future.

I saw Morrissey this past weekend in Columbus, OH at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion with BWT and it was pretty stellar. I love The Smiths so it will certainly be the closest I'll ever get to actually seeing The Smiths live considering that will never happen at this point, and naturally Morrissey's solo material is also solid. Not sure how it ranks in my all-time list of concerts, but it was definitely a great evening. I look forward to seeing Meshuggah, Tenacious D, Yes, and Animal Collective in the coming few months, all of which should be uniquely great concerts and are my first times seeing any of them.

What are some of your concert memories? I'll share my favorites and some more thoughts after hearing from others.