Best concert you've ever been to?

[citizenkane]

My Bloody Valentine in Dallas at the Palladium Ballroom (2009).

[andrew3077]

Vampire Weekend at the Brady in Tulsa
Portugal. The Man at Norman Music Festival
OneRepublic at Center of the Universe Festival in Tulsa

[BrettM2]

Page & Plant in '98 was my first concert but I'd have to say Rush (saw them twice) was by far the best. I used to go to a dozen or so a year, but marriage and kids have slowed that down significantly.

[Bigrayok]

Anytime I have seen Kansas.(60 times) Other than that, Bruce Springsteen at the Cotton Bowl in September of 1985 and at the BOK Center in Tulsa a few years ago.

Bigray in Ok

[mugofbeer]

I will second Kansas. Saw them in Denver a few years ago with Styx and that was awesome. Both bands still sound good.

Overall, I will say my favorite concert was waaaaaaaay back at the Oklahoma Jam (the 1st and only) with Van Halen, Sammy Hagar (not with VH at the time), The Doobie Brothers and Pat Benatar. I remember it being godawful hot.

[Achilleslastand]

I will second Kansas. Saw them in Denver a few years ago with Styx and that was awesome. Both bands still sound good.

Overall, I will say my favorite concert was waaaaaaaay back at the Oklahoma Jam (the 1st and only) with Van Halen, Sammy Hagar (not with VH at the time), The Doobie Brothers and Pat Benatar. I remember it being godawful hot.

Cool!
I was there as well. Sept 1980
It was called Rocklahoma if i remember correctly.
I do recall it was hot for a Sept day and after VH played all bets were off. People left in droves because they knew that there was no way the Doobies could top VH.
I used to have a website marked with some photos from the show......will look for it and put up link.

[ThomPaine]

Musical enjoyment - Santana at the Zoo Amphitheater
Interesting pairing - Billy Squier and Queen at the Myriad (might have been Lloyd Noble)
Proof that tastes can change - Pink Martini at the Civic Center

[shawnw]

Not sure about best, probably need to think longer, but U2 360 on Owen Field was a pretty amazing show...

[SouthsideSooner]

I've been a fan of live music forever and have seen just about all the great bands of the last half of the past century...

...but one of my fondest memories...

Got talked into going to see a band downtown in a place called the peoples workshop (a place where the handicapped learned job skills and did concerts to raise money)... I was in Jr. High and downtown was pretty seedy... They had a pretty small makeshift stage and there were maybe 100-150 of us sitting on the floor to see an English band called Yes... They'd had a hit off their first album called "I've seen all good people" that had gotten us there but played all the songs off their soon to be released album "Fragile"... We all sat there with our jaws on the floor... None of us saw it coming... I saw them 2 years later when the album had propelled them in to being one of the hottest bands on the planet in front of a standing room only concert at the fairgrounds arena where they just killed it... Unbelievable concert band...

[ljbab728]

There was a very similar thread here about 5 months ago.

http://www.okctalk.com/current-event...-concerts.html

Here were my responses there:

C. T., I also saw a great "Oldies" show a little after that. It was a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars show at the Municipal Auditorium. Headliners were Paul and Paula, Brian Hyland, The Dixie Cups, and Bobbie Vee. My most memorable show was the Moody Blues at the State Fair Arena which also included one of my all time favorite rock songs.

[BlackmoreRulz]

Interesting pairing - Billy Squier and Queen at the Myriad (might have been Lloyd Noble)

It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)

[foodiefan]

to cast a vote for the "other side". . . toss up between Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma at the Civic Center a few years back. . .cant' wait for the return of the Great Ma in April!!

[OkieHornet]

It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)

now i'm jealous... had 2 chances to see black sabbath (78, 80/81), but the folks thought they were too satanic, even though they'd taken me to kiss a few years before. missed out on a blackmore's rainbow show at lloyd noble late 70s/early 80s. missed out on deep purple twice in the 80s. did see jethro tull in 79, yes in 79 - both great shows.

different people have brought up the page & plant show in 98 at the myriad, and for someone who grew up on zeppelin, that was pretty much a dream come true type of show.

[mkjeeves]

to cast a vote for the "other side". . . toss up between Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma at the Civic Center a few years back. . .cant' wait for the return of the Great Ma in April!!

I attended both of those. It's all music and I listen to a wide variety.

[Bellaboo]

Several, U2 at Memorial Stadium, Rolling Stones same venue. This past summer was also great - OneRepublic at Red Rocks in Denver.

[pedmond]

One of the best was when I was a student at OU and Jimi Hendrix played at the OU Field House in May of 1970. The Moody Blues concert, also at the Field House, in December of 1970 was close to the top. Another one that really stands out, wasn't a concert, but was at a small bar in Nashville when I had the opportunity to see Waylon Jennings play in the mid seventies.

[warreng88]

Another great one was Papa Roach at the TNT building at the fairgrounds. The opening acts were a band called Hed (pe) and another unknown band called Linkin Park. My friend that I went with said he thinks Hed (pe) would be bigger than Linkin Park in about five years... I guessed the opposite. Guess who was right.

[ABryant]

Got to see Frank Black with They Might Be Giants in the late 90's in Tulsa at the Cains.

[SOONER8693]

#1 Jethro Tull at Red Rocks amphitheater outside of Denver in 1971. A bizarre scene. If you've ever been to Red Rocks there, you know what I mean. #2 Chicago Transit Authority at the fieldhouse at OU in 1970. They only had 1 album at that time and were still called CTA. #3 Black Oak Arkansas, Henry Levit Arena at Wichita State University in about '71-'72. Saw Black Oak about 10 different times in different places. Always a hell of a show.

[BDK]

I'd probably say the Brian Jonestown Massacre four years or so ago at the Grenada in Dallas. It was the first time in a while that they had all the major members back. They played for like three and half hours straight through, no breaks.

Also, the Pixies in 2004 (my senior year of high school) at ACL when they got back together. I hadn't really listened to them before. That show single-handedly got me listening to alternative/indie when I had been listening to classic rock and jam bands pretty much exclusively in high school.

Finally, Sleater-Kinney in 2006 at Lollapalooza. It was their last third-to-last show. I had never heard them before and they're still probably my favorite band of all time.

[Achilleslastand]

It was the Myriad.

Kinda sheepish to admit this but two of the best shows I have seen were both headlined by REO Speedwagon, first time was at the Civic Center with Judas Priest(before leather and studs), Foreigner(first album tour), and REO(live album tour). Really a great show.

Second was when the great Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, and Cozy Powell's Rainbow backed up REO at the Myriad, the look on some of the REO fans' face when Ritchie destroyed his Strat was hilarious.

Other great shows Deep Purple(with Tommy Bolin) and Nazareth at the Fairgrounds, Black Sabbath at LNC(original Heaven and Hell tour), Jethro Tull(1974) at the Fairgrounds, the afore mentioned Queen/Squier show, Yes Oct 3, 1977(memorable date cause my daughter was born the next day)

I can only imagine lol.......The fans that came to hear "keep on loving you" were probably aghast when Blackmore destroyed his strat.

[Dave Cook]

One of the best was when I was a student at OU and Jimi Hendrix played at the OU Field House in May of 1970.

What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

[Achilleslastand]

What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

I have no clue..
Given to him by Monika Dannemann maybe?

[pedmond]

What a great 'experience' that must have been. The acoustics in that arena must have been horrible though. I can't imagine seeing Hendrix in that venue.

I kind of like this pic with the OU Wrestling schedule. Can you guess what the armband was for?

The acoustics weren't any good, but I'm not sure it mattered much since everyone so pumped to see Hendrix. The arm bands would have been for Kent State.

Here's a YouTube link to his concert at OU.... it's strictly audio, but it's shows some newspaper clippings and pictures of his concert.

Hendrix - Machine Gun 1970 Norman Oklahoma - YouTube

[bluedogok]

#1 Jethro Tull at Red Rocks amphitheater outside of Denver in 1971. A bizarre scene. If you've ever been to Red Rocks there, you know what I mean.

I'm guessing that it would be the last rock concert at Red Rocks for awhile after that.
Denver Post - Jethro Tull's '71 Red Rocks concert forged a place in rock history