Songs Performed in Concert Which Left You In Awe!

[cairnterrier]

Have you every been to any given concert and seen the artist(s) perform one of their songs....and that particular performance of it stood out as the "definitive" version of that song? In short....the performance simply blew you away to the point that hearing the studio or other live version would never do it justice?

I can think of a few

*Trans Siberian Orchestra, November 11, 2007 at Mohegan Sun CT: ....at the show I was at, they performed a tremendous guitar driven instrumental version of O'Come All Yee Faithful/O Holy Night medley to which during the "FAAAALLL On Your Knees" part of the song...the crowd was ROARING!!! The guitar player and violinist were on FIRE! The whole song was one mind blowing, ear burning guitar solo.....and it was great!!! To this day, that concert was the best I have ever been to, and that performance of the mentioned song simply cannot be topped even by the band itself.

*Billy Joel....March 27, 2005 at the Hartford Civic Center: His performance of "An Innocent Man" was on!!! Not only was he kicking out the high notes of the song, but the crowd was singing along as well...perfectly. Indeed a high point of the show.

*Van Halen....Aug 27th 1995 at the Dodge Center In Hartford:
The band did one of the most over the top rock version of "Dreams". Hagar was belting the lyrics and the rest of the band was on fire! Again the crowd singing the "That's What Dreams Are Made Of" parts helped. There is a clip of the same song on YOUTUBE from the Toronto show which was a few nights before the Hartford show. Watch and you will get the idea.

*Elton John....1994 tour with Billy Joel at Foxboro Stadium: He did a medley of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting/drum, precussion solo/Pinball Wizard that left the crowd in a frenzy. The precussion solo was wild...very wild.

Any thing you can add?

[gremashlo]

Aug 26, 2010 21:54:31 GMT -5 cairnterrier said:

Have you every been to any given concert and seen the artist(s) perform one of their songs....and that particular performance of it stood out as the "definitive" version of that song? In short....the performance simply blew you away to the point that hearing the studio or other live version would never do it justice?

I can think of a few

*Trans Siberian Orchestra, November 11, 2007 at Mohegan Sun CT: ....at the show I was at, they performed a tremendous guitar driven instrumental version of O'Come All Yee Faithful/O Holy Night medley to which during the "FAAAALLL On Your Knees" part of the song...the crowd was ROARING!!! The guitar player and violinist were on FIRE! The whole song was one mind blowing, ear burning guitar solo.....and it was great!!! To this day, that concert was the best I have ever been to, and that performance of the mentioned song simply cannot be topped even by the band itself.

*Billy Joel....March 27, 2005 at the Hartford Civic Center: His performance of "An Innocent Man" was on!!! Not only was he kicking out the high notes of the song, but the crowd was singing along as well...perfectly. Indeed a high point of the show.

*Van Halen....Aug 27th 1995 at the Dodge Center In Hartford:
The band did one of the most over the top rock version of "Dreams". Hagar was belting the lyrics and the rest of the band was on fire! Again the crowd singing the "That's What Dreams Are Made Of" parts helped. There is a clip of the same song on YOUTUBE from the Toronto show which was a few nights before the Hartford show. Watch and you will get the idea.

*Elton John....1994 tour with Billy Joel at Foxboro Stadium: He did a medley of "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting/drum, precussion solo/Pinball Wizard that left the crowd in a frenzy. The precussion solo was wild...very wild.

Any thing you can add?

Sam Kinison, 1989--a totally insane appearance at Omaha's Civic Auditorium--sold out, totally filled with a "variety" of smoke (I was surprised at the high level of "stoner" fans Kinison had)--he romped through his routine, then came back with two songs--his "Love Song" ("You lying hoar! You used me! You NEVER loved meeee!") and his incredibly profane version of "Wild Thing" with Sam screaming at full glory...a seminal moment. Had he handed out weapons and said, "Tonight, we take Iowa!" it would have been a done deal in about ten hours.

[H2IZCOOL]

Ray Charles (late '61 or early '62) at Tufts University. A 10 or 15 minute version of "Georgia on My Mind" that was phenomenal. It just kept going and growing.

Beach Boys ('64) at the "Surf" Nantasket Beach, MA. They announced they had just cut a new record called "Wendy." It was the first time I ever heard it.

The Brooklyn Bridge with Johnny Maestro ('70) at University of Maine. Dynamic renderings of "The Worst That Could Happen" and "Blessed is the Rain"

The Eagles ('08) Verizon Center, Washington, DC. ~ 3 hour show. The whole show was awesome. Top performance may have been Henley's "Waiting in the Weeds" from Long Road Out of Eden.

[cairnterrier]

Feb 24, 2011 15:11:39 GMT -5 H2IZCOOL said:

Ray Charles (late '61 or early '62) at Tufts University. A 10 or 15 minute version of "Georgia on My Mind" that was phenomenal. It just kept going and growing.

Beach Boys ('64) at the "Surf" Nantasket Beach, MA. They announced they had just cut a new record called "Wendy." It was the first time I ever heard it.

The Brooklyn Bridge with Johnny Maestro ('70) at University of Maine. Dynamic renderings of "The Worst That Could Happen" and "Blessed is the Rain"

The Eagles ('08) Verizon Center, Washington, DC. ~ 3 hour show. The whole show was awesome. Top performance may have been Henley's "Waiting in the Weeds" from Long Road Out of Eden.

I can honestly say that seeing any song performed by Ray Charles live would have left me in awe! You're a lucky man to have experienced his performance!

[H2IZCOOL]

Mar 3, 2011 17:42:53 GMT -5 cairnterrier said:

Feb 24, 2011 15:11:39 GMT -5 H2IZCOOL said:

Ray Charles (late '61 or early '62) at Tufts University. A 10 or 15 minute version of "Georgia on My Mind" that was phenomenal. It just kept going and growing.

Beach Boys ('64) at the "Surf" Nantasket Beach, MA. They announced they had just cut a new record called "Wendy." It was the first time I ever heard it.

The Brooklyn Bridge with Johnny Maestro ('70) at University of Maine. Dynamic renderings of "The Worst That Could Happen" and "Blessed is the Rain"

The Eagles ('08) Verizon Center, Washington, DC. ~ 3 hour show. The whole show was awesome. Top performance may have been Henley's "Waiting in the Weeds" from Long Road Out of Eden.

I can honestly say that seeing any song performed by Ray Charles live would have left me in awe! You're a lucky man to have experienced his performance!

I am indeed, Matt!