Favorite Live Moment

[DaFunkyPrecedent]

Now that it is all over I was just currious what everyone's favorite moment was during their last tour.  MMJ brings happiness to all people here, and i love hearing all the stories from shows in FL, Boston, SF and Athens.  

So: Favorite Moment/Story.  It's time for OUR REFLECTION!

My Favorite Moment - Watching my friend at NYE while everyone around him was dancing and he just stood there.  When the song was over he looked at me and said "im just to stunned to rock out"  

[The DARK]

When I first saw the NYE setlist. I was floored.

[ycartrob]

-there was a moment during the ending of DonDante (in Knoxville) where Jim was playing a creepy long bit and Brian turned around and smiled right as I was reaching to tap him on the shoulder (then we had sex)

-Jim talking about the steps in the Ryman having Louisville, Kentucky stamped on them

-Jim acknowledging our "Save the Sun Sphere" sign at the Ryman.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

At Bonnaroo '06 I lost my friends, so I made new ones in the form of this lovely Guy&Gal (Thanks Joy and Brandon!). Anyways I forget what song was playing but they were jamming the fuck out, and I was dancing around not even really looking at the stage when Joy grabs me, turns me around and says to me "LOOK AT THEM!!!". So I did and they were just ROCKING OUT.... The world suddenly made sense to me, right then and there.

[ycartrob]

Now that it is all over I was just currious [size=36]what everyone's favorite moment was during their last tour.[/size]  MMJ brings happiness to all people here, and i love hearing all the stories from shows in FL, Boston, SF and Athens.  

So: Favorite Moment/Story.  It's time for OUR REFLECTION!

My Favorite Moment - Watching my friend at NYE while everyone around him was dancing and he just stood there.  When the song was over he looked at me and said "im just to stunned to rock out"  

I still enjoyed your stories aMd (especially the first one, I got goose bumps), but try to stay on topic.

[aMD]

Now that it is all over I was just currious [size=36]what everyone's favorite moment was during their last tour.[/size]  MMJ brings happiness to all people here, and i love hearing all the stories from shows in FL, Boston, SF and Athens.  

So: Favorite Moment/Story.  It's time for OUR REFLECTION!

My Favorite Moment - Watching my friend at NYE while everyone around him was dancing and he just stood there.  When the song was over he looked at me and said "im just to stunned to rock out"  

I still enjoyed your stories aMd (especially the first one, I got goos bumps), but try to stay on topic.

Sorry, Tracy. Post deleted.  Maybe you should change this title too DFP

[MMJ_fanatic]

The Boston Pops shows in their entirety.

[colleen]

The Lionel Richie story Jim told at the Roseland show was a gem.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

The Lionel Richie story Jim told at the Roseland show was a gem.

Yeah that was great. Muahfuckin Lionel Ritchie... ;D

[red]

11/09/2006 Charleston, SC.  I would say the show in it's entirety, but this one moment stands out.

There was this really cute girl beside me the whole night and during the intro to One Big Holiday I swear on my life I've never made eye-contact like that before.  It was like we were melting into one with the boys scoring our every breath.  I never saw her again.

I'll never get that moment out of my head.  I get a ridiculous smile just thinking about it.

[Don Dante]

Man this is quite the tough decision!  Went to the Athens shows and have dozens of good memories, but this one stands out...

After the second night was over, nobody wanted to leave, so me and a few friends went back inside (probably around 2am) and danced to 4 or 5 prom-style songs.  We did it just like in the high school days too, formed a circle and took turns jumping in.  A couple other folks I've never met jumped in, and I just thought that was the coolest.

[ellisintransit]

The entire Bonnaroo show (6/16/06) was a highlight of all MMJ shows I've seen, but the Loving Cup>Easy Morning Rebel Jam was stunning.

Also, Nashville to Kentucky at the Ryman (11/13/06), OBH opener at Lousiville Gardens (11/22/06), and seeing Okonokos on the big screen with the sound cranked at the Belcourt (10/30/06).

Also, I will never again hear You Look Wonderful Tonight without thinking of Jim James putting on make-up...and when he began petting the toy lobster during Cobra at the first night of the prom....hilarious.  

Man, I didn't realize just how hard it can be to narrow down your favorite live moment.
It's been a great one or two years.....

[sweatboard]

Knoxville-

-The one Tracy mentioned for sure
-Rollin Back was played and it was as beautiful as you would imagine.
-The Light Show (this was the first time I got to see the new lights and I'm still floored)
-Jim jumping around during They Ran and doing the Whoo's at the end
-Seeing the TN Theater packed and completely rocking out.  
-The band and the bear had on suites.
-After the show we were outside the Theater and Tracy had this kind of far away look in his eyes, my wife asked him what he was thinking and he said...."I'm just trying to figure out if there is a way I could quit my job and follow this band around on the entire tour." :)


The Tabernacle-

-Wow, what a venue, that was my first time there and I was in complete awe.  This was a crazy crowd.  Both Wax Fang and The Jacket were in top form on this night and really appreciative of the crowd.  It was all out rock bliss.  
-AB and I danced to Steam Engine and it was really magical and something that I'll never forget.
-They played Easy Morning Rebel and jammed the end of it out like it was the end of the world.
-By My Car....I about shit in my pants.
-It was insane how many people at this show had on Pearl Jam shirts it made me feel good.

The Ryman-

-Tracy's outfit.  That guy has a deep understanding of what Rock N' Roll is all about.
-The Ryman, my first time there and we were in like the third row.  It was as amazing as I dreamed it would be.
-We held our "Save The Sunsphere" sign up to the tour bus window, unfortunately it was someone playing next door's tour bus and not MMJ's.  Ha.
-It was really great to see so many people from the message board that night.  Although it was a little sad that we all had to be in our assigned seats.
-This was also the show that I became a hardcore Wax Fang fan.  When Scott came out in a coonskin hat, angel wings, and giant pink sunglasses I was completely sold.  Also the first show that I realized he was singing, "long, long, live FOREVER" and not "long, long, live FLORIDA"  


Athens-

-Just being on a three day vacation with my wife, the weather being absolutely perfect, eating at all these cool places, sitting outside on patios, having drinks, shopping at record stores, trying on prom dresses and ugly shirts, finding an Explosions In The Sky poster for $1.  All the while knowing that the greatest band on the planet was going to play our prom later that night.
-My Wife and I going nuts during Mahgeeta.  We were rocking out in tandem.  
-Crimson and Clover and Oh What A Night being stuck in my head for five days solid after these shows.
-Smiles, High Fives, Kisses, Dancing, Sweating, Singing, Air Guitar, etc. etc.
-Follow The Train, very entertaining and very very good music.
-Feel Like Making Love performed by FTT complete with whip cream spraying.
-Being front row right up against the stage for night two.  I could reach out and touch Carl at any moment.  It was amazing to see him do his thing from that close.  His eyes rolled into the back of his head right before he started on the steel guitar during Golden, I still get chills.
-Jim did the "Simpson's Sushi Jam" during the end of "I Will Sing You Songs" and I swear he was making direct eye contact with me while he was doing it.  :)
-As the band walked off the stage after "Crimson and Clover" the last song on Night 2 Bo reached down and gave me a super high five.  It was a great way to end the experience.  Until Next Time!!

[harpua51]

[size=22]Favorite 2006 moment was BONNAROO!!!!!!!!!!!![size=11] I had been a fan since I wondered up on the 04 show in the pouring rain.  I fell in love when I saw them at City Hall in 05.  From there I saw them about 8 times until the Roo 06 show.  They opened so many peoples eyes with that performance.  I mean it was like they knew they were going to blow up after that show.[/size][/size]

[sweatboard]

Bonnaroo 06 is literally the kind of thing Legends are made of.  20years from now I'll be telling people about how awesome it was when they broke into "A Quick One", or when Jim came out with that Lantern, or how they built the Faris Wheel for all of us.  It was easily the most epic show I have ever seen and I've seen some shit.

[harpua51]

I have also decided that another unreal moment was in Knoxville at the TN Theater.  I was walking in as the band was taking the stage.  I had 2 drinks in my hand and I was heading to the front.  I had killer seats dead center 3rd row.  As soon as I got to my seat, I looked up and Tommy was staring at me carrying my drinks.  It was like he was thinking you lucky bastard.  Then they began playing and the rest was history.

Another killer moment was the first note in the Ryman.  As long as I can remember it has sort of been a rite of passage for a band to play the Ryman.  I was so excited about this show.  It certainly lived up to the billing.

[sweatboard]

Oh yeah, the inflatable sea creatures in Knoxville were fun to.  Trey took home a sea creature friend from that show.  It made me smile when I saw it in his car the next day.  Along with the Viking Helmet that Trey keeps in the back seat, he told me he likes to wear it when he's driving around town, or pulling up to the drive through window at the bank.

[megisnotreal]

The Ryman was amazing because it was the Ryman. It sucked that I was sitting all by myself, but I was glad to meet all the fine forum folk at that show. And, yes, Tracy's outfit was bitchin'. I got to hear "They Ran" live for the first time. Eargasms abounded.

The show in Champaign, Illinois rocked the balls. I was glad to be in such an intimate venue. I got to meet the band. Jim made jokes about the "Folger's" auditorium.

I think my favorite live moment is the same for both shows, though. I like meeting new people who have never seen the jacket live before. I love seeing them freak out and being all, "This is the sickest shit I have ever seen!" and just generally having their faces melted off.

[super j]

Asheville. This was the first and only time I've seen them, and aside from it being a fucking incredible show, Jim commenting on how loud we were, and how it felt like they were playing Wembly Arena. And how he said the louder we were, the longer and harder they wanted to play. Also, dancing my ass off to Cobra.

[The DARK]

For other bands there wouldn't even BE threads like this!