Relix Top 50 Concerts of All-Time

[NoVa_NoLa]

I don't subscribe to Relix, but have seen this listed posted here and there.  I've seen some of the artists listed, but none of the shows.  Thought this was worth posting purely for #42.   :)

50. Arcade Fire - Coachella 5/1/05
49. Pantera - Santa Monica Civic Center 5/2/94
48. Phil Ochs - Carnegie Hall 3/27/70
47. B.B. King - Regal Theater, Chicago 11/21/64
46. H.O.R.D.E. Festival - Cumberland, ME 7/9/92
45. Janis Joplin - Monterey Pop Festival 6/17/67
44. Radiohead - Santa Barbara Bowl 6/30/01
43. RATM - DNC Staples Center LA 8/14/00
[highlight]42. MMJ - Bonnaroo 6/12/04[/highlight]
41. The Clash - Bonds Int'l Casino NYC 6/1/81
40. Muddy Waters - Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 11/22/81
39. Metallica - Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas 1/4/92
38. Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable w/The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Trip, LA 5/3/66
37. Dylan - Boston Music Hall 11/21/75 (late show)
36. Pearl Jam - Soldier Field, Chicago 7/11/95
35. Nirvana - Unplugged Sony Music Studios NYC 11/18/93
34. Concert for Bangladesh - MSG 8/1/71
33. Miles - Plugged Nickel, Chicago 12/22/65 (set 2)
32. MC5 - Grande Ballroom, Detroit 12/30/68
31. Roosevelt Sykes, B.B. King, Bukka White, Zigaboo Modeliste, George Porter & Professor Longhair - New Orleans Jazzfest 4/14/73
30. James Brown - Boston Garden 4/5/68
29. Cream - MSG 11/2/68
28. Michael Jackson - MoTown 25, Pasadena Civic Auditorium 3/25/83
27. Minor Threat - 9:30 Club, W'ton DC 9/23/83
26. ABB - Fillmore East NYC 6/26/71
25. Bruce Springsteen - The Bottom Line NYC 8/14/75
24. U2 - Red Rocks 6/5/83
23. The Ramones - CBGB 8/16/74
22. Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 3/1/69
21. Lollapalooza '91 - Shoreline 7/26/91
20. Aretha Franklin - Fillmore West SF 3/7/71
19. The Rolling Stones - MSG 7/26/72
18. Coltrane - Village Vanguard NYC 11/3/61
17. Otis Redding w/Booker T. & The M.G.s - Monterey Pop Festival 6/17/67
16. The Who - Grande Ballroom, Detroit 5/9/69
15. Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Roxy, H'Wood 5/26/76
14. Led Zeppelin - The Forum LA 6/25/72
13. Talking Heads - Pantages Theatre LA 12/18/83
12. Pink Floyd - Nassau Coliseum 2/28/80
11. David Bowie - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 10/20/72
10. Phish - Big Cypress 12/30-31/99
9. Elvis - NBC Studios, Burbank, CA 12/3/68
8. Sex Pistols - Winterland 1/14/78
7. The Band - The Last Waltz, Winterland 11/25/76
6. The Beatles - Shea Stadium 4/15/65
5. James Brown - The Apollo 10/24/62
4. Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock 8/18/69
3. Dylan - Newport Folk Festival 7/25/65
2. The Beatles - Ed Sullivan Theatre 2/9/64
1. Various - 08/28/63, The #1 concert of all time preceded the #1 public oration of all time, "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Washington Mall. Performers included Bob Dylan, Odetta, Peter Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Josh White, Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

whoa, awesome.  they're hangin with the big dogs now.

[Soulshine]

Good for them!

That PJ show at Soldier Field was supposed to be my 1st PJ show. I had tix and everything. My parents decided at the last minute to break the news to my best friend and me that "yeah, you're 16 you're not going." I had a meltdown. They tried to do it in a public place too. They prolly thought they could prevent the imminent meltdown by pulling that stunt. THEY WERE WRONG. I didn't care I just wanted to die. Oh, I've forgiven, but I haven't forgotten.  :(

Big Cypress was otherworldly. I'm glad it got a good spot.

[ALady]

Soulshine, I swear your parents were in cahoots with my parents.   ;D  Oh how I wanted to go to that show!

SO proud of our Jacket in that distinguished company!

[Jahmazed]

What about MMJ at RCMH?  It doesn't get much better than that show!

[bold99]

What about MMJ at RCMH?  It doesn't get much better than that show!

Agreed 100%.  My favorite MMJ i've ever seen live or heard on disc.

[pawpaw]

There's a lot to criticize about the list, but I'll just say that a lot of those shows (especially the ones toward the top) are more 'iconic' than 'greatest'...whatever that means.  ;D  Relix was trying to be well rounded (instead of just jam-oriented), and I think it's an outstanding collection of concerts! And the top one, while certainly the most significant event, musically, probably shouldn't even have made the list. I'd say the same thing about the Dylan Newport show (I'd 'a put the Royal Albert Hall show on there in its place, which is amazing musically). But I guess that there's a lot besides the actual music that can create impact at the event...I suppose that's the point. I'm just there to rock, that's all I'm sayin'.

As far as I can see, James Brown and Bob Dylan are the only cats to make the list twice.  8-)  (EDIT: Oh, I see the Beatles twice too...)

If I could magically go to one of those...Dead '69. No question.

Though Stones at MSG '72, James Brown at the Garden, Coltrane at the Village Vanguard, Cream...all of those would be acceptable alternatives.  ;)

[el_chode]

What about MMJ at RCMH?  It doesn't get much better than that show!

Agreed 100%.  My favorite MMJ i've ever seen live or heard on disc.

You can all go f*ck yourselves. I sat in 7 hours of traffic to travel merely 100 miles from Philly to NYC for that and made it just in time to miss the first half of the show, and the awesomeness that was the second half just made it even worse because I could only imagine what I had missed up until that point.

Either way, I need more coffee. I read through it, didn't see the last waltz, started getting jittery, and then it was there, and now I'm coming down.

[capt. scotty]

pret-tay, pret-tay, pretty impressive  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[AMightyCaporal]

pret-tay, pret-tay, pretty impressive  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

you get in that ass larry! Fuck his whole shit up!

[capt. scotty]

pret-tay, pret-tay, pretty impressive  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

you get in that ass larry! Fuck his whole shit up!

eat yourself a candy bar, crinkle up the wrapper, and throw that shit on the ground!!  ;D

[loper]

So, MMJ have performed the greatest gig of the entire 21st century?

I can go with that!  8-)