Tom Sawyer - Rush in Rio was absolute perfection when the Brazilian crowd heard the first note and went into a frenzy. The energy in that stadium was incredible!
For 15+ years I went to the Roskilde Rock Festival during the late 1980's, '90's and 2000's. But I never went to Rock in Rio. In 1985 many of my Brazilian friends had been to Rock in Rio, I really want to experience that festival some day.
@@larsrons7937I was at Roskilde Fest in 1983. Simple Minds, Marilion, Mek Pek Party Band . Don't remember the first song of Simple Minds. ...I think New Gold Dream. 😁
Iron Maiden with Churchill’s speech then they come in with Aces High is just absolutely kills it with a Supermarine Spitfire out over the stage and audience
Exactly! I've seen them quite some times, but The Legacy of the Beast tour opening.... It's in a different league, soooo good!! Gonna see them again in June and i can't wait haha
Yes got to include Iron Maiden. Also Richie Blackmore with or without Deep Purple. Give him a few guitars, amps, petrol, gun powder, & a cameraman, & he will put on an unforgettable show.
That Metallica footage is from Monsters of Rock, Moscow 1991. Epic attendance of 1.6 million people with only 56 injuries and 0 deaths! Absolutely their biggest crowd ever!! So awesome!
Mettallicka , literally took soviet era communist ideology and showed the door to the boushivic revolution!!! , they need to go back there & finish the job !!!
Iron Maiden starting off their 2013 Download festival set by buzzing the crowd with a Spitfire, whilst the Churchill "we will fight" speech starts up, launching into Aces High on the "we will never surrender" was a hell of an opening
Another great opener is hearing Axl’s scream “ You know where you are?!… You’re in the jungle baby!!” while the music around Slashes lead builds up. Then boom, the epic riff melody that sends crowd crazy
You must have did that one wrong, I saw them in 78 and can only remember Stairway to Heaven and a 45 minute drum solo with Robert Plant switching out with John Bonham at some point in the concert and that's all I can remember other than getting lost after it was over.
1st song 1st album 1st song live. Live it. The times ive seen VH (not since 81) they opened once with Light up the Sky (only had 2 albums out then) and On Fire. Never opened with RWTD when i saw them. 5×. Rock on dude!
I saw them on their maiden tour in 78 and they pretty much played their entire first album and was completely blown away by EVH and his unbelievable skills on a guitar..
Queen mid 70's opening with Now I'm Here, great starting riff, Freddie running from one side of the stage to hot the spotlight and suddenly an explosion with Roger's screams. Got the blood pumping.
100% Marco - To me after 500 plus concerts - that is the #1 concert opener. And I've seen all the top metal acts and have enjoyed them all. But Maiden - and specifically Dr Dr, then Chruchills Speech, then Aces High just cannot be beat. If that doesn't make your hairs stand up then too bad for you!!!
@@bigstevej0460 I wasn;t at that show but was at the Irvine Meadows and also Universal Ampitheater show on the BNW tour and that was a pretty damn good opener I agree. But for me not quite to the level of Aces High.
@@charlestelk6526 Churchill speech was killer . To me every intro is great 👍. Starting listening to them in 1980 when I was 10 and seen every tour since 1984 up until this June at download Festival in the uk 🇬🇧
As a 56 year old rocker I look back and realise we all took for granted the great music and amazing concerts back then. It just seems so lacking today, the youth today really missed out. That's why all these great intros are from a bygone era, but never forgotten. I guess you always have America's got Talent...😄
@steve tarrant I whole hearty agree with you. Today's young people don't understand what real must is.They think listening to techofunck and synthetic sounds is music. They couldn't be more wrong.It takes original thoughts,patients,and most importantly "SKILLS ". Not like OZZY who had to buy his songs from LEMME. K.from MOORHEAD.Now a days they write one or two lines repeat them over and over and they.WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSER. So yeah I'm with you, am happy with my old music on vinyl. LONG LIVE RO
59 & proud of all the concerts I saw starting in 1978!! It was a golden era for live music, REAL music!! Im still going strong. Pearl Jam at MSG on 9/11/22. Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!!! 🤘🎶🤘
That Rio crowd - WOW! Wish I'd been in amongst that lot. They even sing along to the instrumentals. Those deep keyboard tones in the intro have such weight to them, just awesome.
Came here to say this. Opening chord and 6 seconds later 40,000 Brazilians are singing along. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c2jBLGuVx_o.htmlsi=pgWhcKwkffyQzw8M
I have to admit, I just discovered your channel today, and I'm absolutely loving it. I myself am not a musician, but a big lover of music and really love being educated on all of the intricacies that make a song great. You really broke this video down in terms I, again being a non-musician, was able to clearly understand, and now have a deeper appreciation for artists I already loved.
Took my partner who didn’t know or like Pink Floyd to Roger Waters the Wall concert. She was blown away with the start, middle and end of this concert ( all of it ) and wanted to go again. Was the most amazing spectacle we have ever seen.
Even though they aren’t my favorite band, hands down, the first time I saw PINK FLOYD on The Momentary Lapse of Reason tour was easily the best concert I’ve ever seen to this day. And I’ve seen A LOT! All the big bands, numerous times each. It’s impossible to describe what that live show is like. That’s the power of a good concert. It hits you point blank right between the eyes and ears! PINK FLOYD is next level live performance. What A SHOW! Saw them 3 times.
How do you not know them and also don’t like them?? That’s impossible. Not know of Pink Floyd. Is he or she Amish?? Never mind rumspringa even they know Pink Floyd.
Rush. "The Spirit of Radio." The house lits dim, the audience roars, the "Three Stooges" theme plays, Alex sends those sixteenth notes sailing out into the still-dark auditorium, then the stage lights blaze on with the first big downbeat. Perfection.
Saw Rush 70 times but my most memorable show - and a Top 10 moment in my life - was my first show when they played Radio City in ‘83 . Your comment was how they opened the show and it was 2 hours of ecstasy for me followed by another 4+ decades of them as my Favorite band
Glad to see you mentioned “In the Flesh” but I have to add one more thing. I saw Roger Waters in 2000 at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington. They kicked off the show by flying a plane down the Columbia River and over the stage from the back, then directly over the audience as they kicked it off! Absolutely Epic!!
I actually thought "Pink Floyd" before the list started, but I said..."nah ,Pink won't make it" . But I did think of "Thin Ice" before the bands started playing . I used to walk thru the warehouse where I worked as a cabinetmaker for many years sing the lyrics to "Thin Ice" and people would have a brain spasm when they realized what I was quietly singly. I'm very impressed Guitargate used Pink Floyd, as I am with Black Sabbath. My first Black Sabbath was on an 8 -track tape. They came outta the gate in 1968 playing some of the heaviest metal .
Man, I see in your face just what I feel in my soul when I watch these moments. Do you find it hard to explain to people in your life just how much this affects us? My God just great moments. Thanks for sharing
@@BJMauck Hells Bells Seattle Wa Feb 11 82’ Angus on top of 12x12” stacks ( 3 4x12”) playing opening riff, jumps down on stage right when Malc & Co. kick in.
My favorite opening song was at my first RUSH concert --- Moving Pictures in the spring of 1981. The arena was dark (stage not lit with lights) and they opened with 2112 Part I - Overture. FANTASTIC!!
Or the compilation from the R30 tour that is doing the rounds on RU-vid leading into Spirit of Radio. Here's some tunes we may or may not play tonight. We're only on stage for 3 hours and we may well miss some out. Saw Rush on that tour in Manchester.
Nobody…and I mean NOBODY, had a more incredible opening to a concert than the Mighty Van Halen did, in their prime! The lights go down, giant white lights circling about to the intro guitar squeal from the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Edward Van Halen. Then Alex Van Halen joins in along with Michael Anthony as the rhythm section symphony gets the crowd going. THEN up top on the drum riser a spotlight on Dave, as Roth holds his one hand up to greet the fans, leaps 20 feet off the riser in to the splits lands perfectly on the stage and UNCHAINED begins!!! It didn’t get better than that and I’ve witnessed thousands of concerts! Long live the Mighty Van Halen🎸🦁🎤🥁
@@necrom4454 Check out this link. This was from the 1984 tour in Montreal - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--90SPx6Xfwo.html - I must add that Van Halen had the best MC to introduce the band before they hit the stage. I believe I read in one of Van Halen’s documentaries, Dave recruited one their roadies with the best voice, to introduce the band in each city as “Hellllooo (insert city name) are you ready to get down, I give you the Mighty Vannnn Halennn” That was enough to give you goosebumps,😀🎸!!!
I have tried and tried to make myself like EVH. I can always admit when someone is a supreme talent, and Eddie sure as hell was! ...but there's just an element of 80's pop in their sound that I just can't make myself like. It would be like trying to make myself like 'Take on Me.' - I can admit it's a catchy song, I clearly see why so many people add it to summer/party mixes... but I hate that sound. That goddamned 80's pop sound. I think, had I had the opportunity to see him live, it would have done the trick... but, alas, I wasn't ever able to catch a show before he passed (and I really made an effort!). So I think Eddie will always be the guy I have the utmost respect for and greatly admire the technicality and innovation of his playing but can't stand to listen too. I really love how passionate EVH fans are about his music. I really want to share in that, but I've always felt Van Halen was the missing link in my playing. I have never learned an EVH lick. Either way, that intro sounds incredible, Friend!
I just took my niece out to a nice restaurant for her 15th birthday and on the 1.5 hour drive back to her home she wanted to listen to songs that she liked and it blew my mind that they still love 70s, 80s, music. I asked her why and she said it’s just better! I see this a lot with young people now and I’m so happy for it.
Yea most if the new music does not have IT. i work with a couple you g guys & they are in to the Classic Rock era. Bad Company Rush all the stuff I grew up on. It us true they knew how to write with a lil magic Triumph was a great band with opener
My daughter, now 23, Said to me on a couple of occasions while growing up "dad it just isn't fair, you grew up with all of the best music!" And she is right.
Great choices! Very insightful video about composition of great rock anthems. I’m not a musician but I enjoyed your video as I am a big Rock fan. I also understood your analysis of the songs. Cheers to your love and passion for Rock music.
For me it was the incredible opening of "Aces High" complete with a 3/4 size "working" British Spitfire "flying" over the crowd in Houston on the Legacy of the Beast show in Houston in 2019. 🤘I'm seeing them in Fort Worth next year in November for my third Maiden show since 2017. Took me three decades to see Maiden and omfg. Beyond epic. I'm 56. Bruce is the "baby" in Maiden and he's pushing 65 or older I believe. Maiden is the antithesis to bands that "lived the rock and roll lifestyle" who are now pathetic "money grabs." I'm looking at you Crue. Y'all sucked back in the 80s show I saw so...
Van Halen opening with Unchained on the 1984 tour. Ed starts with a pick slide that goes into the intro riff, Alex comes in on the snare, and then Michael comes in with both of them when the lights hit and Dave has done the splits off the stage. And the tempo is kicked up a notch from the studio version. So it just adds to the epicness.
In Vancouver Canada, they opened with Unchained as well. Just imagine it. Dave did 10 flips across the entire stage in succession as Edward played that most epic riff. I thought it was a dream. It was so surreal. It was so crazy noise wise from the crowd before the show and even louder during.. Never heard anything like it. Louder than the band!
Absolutely! I was going to say the same thing. I was at the 1984 show at The Forum in Inglewood, probably the best entrance of any show I have been to! Dave jumping off the drum riser to kick off the show was as good as it gets!
I was 8 rows back, center stage, in the folding chairs on the floor at the Omni in Atlanta in summer of '82 at the AC/DC concert. They opened with Hells Bells. They brought down a 30-foot diameter brass bell from the ceiling, and the "BONG" noises for the opening notes were made by Angus beating on that bell with his GUITAR! That's number 1. And yes, Thunderstruck is brilliant. If it weren't for Hell's Bells, that would get my vote for number 1.
yip, you cant beat hells bells as an opener, I was lucky enough to have seen them 4 times at the Edinburgh playhouse in the 80s. when they still had the real bell. can still remember the build up to the bell coming down, then the intro, then Brian hitting the bell (no like the current cheap fibreglass one) 3,500 crammed in for a night that you would never forget.
I have seen Queen live three times. Believing their concert at Bucharest being their best. But nothing comes even close to the magic of AC/DC performing live. As soon as Angus appears on stage it is showtime. No band comes even close to projecting that kind of energy. Oh, they try by using more volume or distortion or going or a rant using the "F" word a million times per minute but that really does not make you look cool at all.
Agreed, saw Queen may 1976 Santa Monica Civic, Ca. all my hard rocker fans were teasing me because back then freedie was openly gay, and it wasnt too kool with certain crowds . i dont care about thaT SHIT BACK THEN NOR NOW. MUSIC IS god!!
Queen was a good live band, saw them once early on, News of the World tour and The Game tour. The News of the World show I saw was by far the best. They were on at Live Aid, but I thought Bowie was the best act that day. I'll take Zeppelin in '75 over anyone.
1) Rush, following their film intro with cartoon figures arriving at a concert while the Three Stooges theme music plays, followed by the band launching into "The Big Money." 2) Emerson Lake and Powell running down the first four numbers of their new self-titled album, starting with "The Score." What's so cool about that song is that it starts off with a series of drones announced with cymbal hits, and then Emerson starts up a kind of keyboard retrospective from his side of the stage: a sequenced FM-synth throb (1980s - i.e., the present), a fanfare from the all-analog Yamaha GX1 (1970s), and an open octave on the Hammond with Leslie spin-up/spin-down (1960s). To me at least, it was incredibly exciting.
As soon as I saw the video title I thought of Rush. When I saw them after the Three Stooges theme they launched into Spirit of Radio. Great, great opening for a show!
Enter Sandman performance was at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow 91. You can see all the Russian soldiers in the 1,6 million crowd. But hey great video as always.
Top five opening songs I’ve seen 1. Stones - start me up 1989 … stones been my favorite band since I was a kid and never saw them live . Then they opened with this and an explosion before Keith’s opening cord was surreal 2. Springsteen - born in the USA 1984 Was in Los Angeles visiting my friends and went to see him on the last day of the tour and sat way back at the LA colosseum infront of 90.000 people . At the height of his career 3. U2 - where the streets have no name 1987 4. Def Leppard - rock rock till you drop 1983 … young , hungry and at their peak popularity . Never seen a band on fire like this in my life 5. Judas Priest - hellion / electric eye … just watch the video on you tube from screaming for vengeance tour and you’ll see why
Saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the old Cleveland Colosseum in '79. Lights went out, Introduction was made. They started playing Fanfare For The Common Man as the stage floor opened up and they came up through the floor. The entire band was wearing white and all of the instruments were white as well. Totally blown away. I still vividly remember that 40 years later.
Saw ELP in Milwaukee. 'Works' tour. Unbelievable show. They started out with Karn Evil 9 and the system was shorting every time Greg Lake hit a note. The lights went out for about 10 minutes and then they started over - wow! Carl Palmer's solo in Tank was pretty danged awesome, too.
I also saw EL&P 3 times. Boston Garden was the first time. The crowd went so crazy for 5 minutes you couldn't even hardly hear them play. They were also using the cutting edge quad system that night. Sooo very special.
With almost 40 years of seeing live performances under my belt and a wide array music genres, Iron Maiden's "Aces High" with Churchill's speech as the intro, is still my number show opener of all time.
I saw the Powerslave tour at Radio City Music Hall.. They must have opened with Aces High??? We were drinking tall boys and SoCo that night. I haven't drank SoCo ever since.....
Loved them all. Love your enthusiasm. We had the best music and musicians back in 80s. It was an amazing experience growing up in America back then. Cheers.
On his “Play for Change” show for Obama, Bruce opened with a guitar only “Star Spangled Banner” then segued into BITUSA. My 19 yr old son was 2 weeks away from going to Iraq. I stood in front of the tv with tears dripping off my chin, that Bruce was using his voice and platform for my son. So proud to be a 50 year Boss fan!
Michael, I am a HUGE fan of your enthusiasm, your love for music. I'm no musician myself but I am a music lover and I LOVE your joy of sharing music with us. Thank you - just thank you.
Just stumbled on this vid and besides music being a very passionate love of my life,i was also absolutely magetised to Michael's soothing,well descriptive,passionately put across summarising! I hit the subscribe button straight away!!!💯❤👌
My wife got us tickets to RUSH in 2005 for my 40th birthday, I had seen them in '86 but don't recall what they opened with then but in '05 they opened with "Spirit of Radio". When a band opens with one of their biggest hits, one that is on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" list, you just know the rest of the show is going to be awesome. It was.
Great list and can’t argue with the choices. But my personal fave for over the top build and crowd intensity was U2 ‘87 Joshua Tree Tour in Vancouver opening with Where the Streets Have no Name, at a time when the band was at the apex of their career. For a concert opening, nothing has ever matched that moment in time for me. 36 years and 2 months later and it still gives me chills to think about it.
In life, we are blessed if we love what we do, I found this video to be more informative with more passion than entire live concerts I have attended. You have demonstrated that we are far from the conclusion of the pantheon of iconic and stirring music that has, been, or will be written and performed.. Thank you! Let me repeat that-THANK YOU!
KISS _ Detroit Rock City they only opened with it on one tour and a few others appearances. Just the way they hit the stage and the bombastic opening is as iconic as Rock and Roll All Night's finale.
Actually I've seen KISS open with Detroit Rock City on several tours. Sometimes the opening song is changed during different legs of a tour. A lot riding on location at the time.
I remember in 96 when they had the semi transparent curtain where you could read KISS. The guitars started, the drum roll. A flash and a bang and it fell down, revealing the band. That is an opening!
I took my two (barely) teenage sons to see Kiss on their (latest) farewell tour. They opened with DRC and they shot more fireworks during that one song than most 4th of July celebrations. It was my boys first ever concert and they had their jaws literally dropped. I’ve see Kiss in their prime but I wanted my kids to see them while they still could. It was awesome for them but more awesome for me.
For me, it will always be the opening to the 1996 KISS reunion tour. Rock and roll by Led Zeppelin ends. Lights dim, spotlights bath the arena. Amplifiers hit, then you hear “Alright (whatever city they’re in). You wanted the best, you got the best. The hottest band in the world, KISS!!!!!!!!!!” Opening chords of Deuce hits the kabuki curtain drops to explosions and there are the original 4 members in makeup
Great video Michael. I love the energy and focus you put into describing the events. It's clear that you're an artist with a keen aesthetic and musical sensibility.
I don't know mang. I have been to three Rush concerts in the highest prime of their career and the best thing I can say about Rush live is Mediocre in concert and this almost applies to most true 3 piece bands I've seen live it's because the layers used in recording studio doesn't carry over to playing live
I saw ACDC with both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson...fantastic. And I saw Black Sabbath in the 70's. I've still got that ticket stub. Wonderful. 😁. I even went to Woodstock when I was 14 and saw Jimi Hendrix at the end. Glad I stayed on the next day after it supposedly ended. 😍
Saw the Tragically Hip open with Grace,Too once and it was a killer way to start. All that tension builds until the beat drops halfway thru the first verse, and the crowd just explodes.
Van Halen opening with Hagar's "There's Only One Way to Rock" for the 5150 tour was amazing. Blew me away sitting in the 7th row. The band giving total respect to the new singer by opening with one of his songs, and the amazing energy of the performance was incredible.
5150 Tour was just about as good as it gets!! I was at the 2nd show in Memphis and BTO opened up and took care of business and Valerie and Kari came up the aisles to see it from the mixing board and then out went the lights and The Mighty Van Hagar just fkn played the best 2 plus hours I’ve ever seen from the band!!! My favorite one of all the other ones
@@jlynnc9559 I'm not questioning your affinity for Rush, I'm saying that their music is aimed at 12 year old boys and that they have so many live and greatest " hits " records..You rarely ever saw girls at their concerts..their album sales in the end were pathetic and that's just Canada where they get get plenty of air play. Nobody buys their music.
Nightwish openings at Wacken 2013 "Dark Chest of Wonders" and at sold out Wembley arena 2015 "Shudder before the Beautiful" are the best openings of this Century. ⛄👍
Hi you all, i 100% agree with you! Nightwish is of a higher level for sure! Michael problaby never heard of the magnificent Finnish band.. Greetings from the Netherlands 🤘🇳🇱🤘
First time I saw Queen they opened with Tie Your Mother Down. Full quad sound pyro and you were blown away immediately. Then it kept going. Boom! Day at the Races tour.
I remember being embarrassed for Pres. Reagan when he talked about great patriots like Bruce Springsteen and his song Born in the USA. I thought, didn’t someone read the lyrics before this speech?!?!
I saw Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast tour with Aces High as the opening song with a replica SpitFire hovering over the stage it was pretty phenomenal the whole intro.
Most of these bands were before my time. But the BEST opening song I saw live was Korn’s “Blind”. The opening ride cymbal with the ride bell, the single guitar playing a simple rhythm, bass guitar kicks in with a simple riff then exits, the second guitar plays against the 1st, finally JD asks “Are you ready” before the band breaks into the song and crowd goes absolutely nuts. Good times.
I saw Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium June 1977. Still the most remembered concert experience, 2 1/2 songs, rain and a riot! I was a junior in high school, my parents freaked, it took 4 hours to get out of the parking lot, Any way, they began with "Song Remains The Same".
I think Jimmy really wanted to kick off each show going full blast to get people going.They did it with Immigrant Song in the early `70s then used RocknRoll then Song Remains the Same. All powerhouse songs to start with.
I was a sound roadie for Showco on that tour .That gig is in the top 10 gigs I did .As you can imagine the load out was fucked ! Also I dodged many whiskey bottles and other flying debris as I pulled all the mics after it was announced the show was over . IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL!!
@@spiritualimmunesystem836 I know having see the band maybe at the lowest point healthwise in Feb.`75 Nonetheless we all looked past Robert`s horse voice and Jimmy`s busted finger and were all just happy as clams just to see them right in front of us.
Stumbled across this video - the best part is not the 5 songs... its your enthusiasm .... we all get that feeling when we go to see a band we love. Thanks for posting this.
I saw Pink Floyd on Animals in Tampa in 1977, twice on MLOR, (1987-88) Tampa and Orlando, and once on the Division Bell tour in Tampa in 1994. They were and always will be the definitive live music experiance. Sight and sound. 👍😳👍
Saw it at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Starts off with their jet taking off from Burke Lakefront Airport and buzzing the stadium, then all of the sudden they are playing. WOW!
I agree with AC/DC but in 1981 at the Old Boston Garden they opened with “HELLS BELLS 🔔 THEY ROCKED THE PLACE! That should be Your #1 for sure! I Can Still Hear Those Bells Ringing! Hell Yeah!
I am surprised that I had to scroll that far to find Hells Bells mentioned. Personally, I think that Thunderstruck is a bit overrated, has been overused and can in fact be a bit boring. To me Live Wire and Hell Bellsare the ones. Hells Bells was their opener on the BiB Tour in 1980. It was the very first concert I ever attended (went with a friend, we were both 14). We got to enjoy the bluesy 1980 incarnation of Whitesnake as support - and enjoyed that a lot. Then came on the bell and that spine tingling lick, the crowd just went mad with "I'm roaring thunder, pouring rain ..." and my life was never gonna be the same. That concert - of similar intensity as 1979 Let there be rock in Paris - has stayed with me until this very day. The insane performance of Angus in his early to mid-twenties is something you may love and appreciate from a film recording but in truth ... you'll really have no idea what it was like to be there. That sound, that drive and that level of complete and utter madness on stage just could never be bettered.
I saw the San Francisco show at the Cow Palace. Greatest opening I ever witnessed! Bon recently passing I really didn't know how this new guy would measure up in a live show. Angus playing the picking riff in the dark while the bell slowly descends bathed in a golden light, here comes Brian Johnson running around on stage carrying a sledgehammer. He hit that bell so hard you could feel it in your chest. I still get goosebumps remembering that moment.
I didn't go to many concerts, but my first concert was in 1973 at madison Square garden I was heading to my seat in the dark and led zeppelin started playing "rock and roll". Thought my head would explode. May not be top five, but I liked it
There’s an old saying “You had to be there.” Everyone who’s been to more than a few concerts will have their own favorites, and if you weren’t there you won’t get it.
I remember when AC/DC would open with Hell's Bells, and when the started with Riff Raff, they could probably start with any one of about 20 of their songs and have the same effect of the crowd, they are masters.
Agreed. ACDC is incredibly unique. There was an Aussie band a few years back that sounded a lot like them and denied having had any ACDC influence. Lost respect for them cause they were full of shit. What's wrong with wanting to be like ACDC?
Peter Frampton's lone guitar on "Do you feel like we do" will always get the crowd's attention. Rolling Stones' "Start me up" riff at the beginning is unmistakable.
Pink Floyd, Pulse/Dark Side of the Moon, '92ish, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan. Their management group said they would not be touring after the Pulse tour. HA!! Roger Waters kicked off his Us + Them tour at the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Both EXCELLENT shows!
A different genre, but if you can find a live video of Prince opening with 'Controversy' I think you would put it on the list... Great list. I was at the Springsteen 'Born in the USA' tour at the LA Colosseum, and at the Pink Floyd Pulse tour. Amazing. Great choices.
Def Leppard's Hysteria tour started with a full stage curtain up and glowing (blacklight colors) and then the speakers came out Dirty Harry asking "Do you feel lucky? Then you just Joe scream "Welcome to my show!" And into Stagefright. The curtains stayed up though, until the chorus and the whole thing dropped and the stage exploded in light. (You can see the footage in the Pour some Sugar video)
November 1987, BC Place Vancouver. Lights go out, start keyboard chords for “Where The Streets Have No Name”, then guitar, then kick, then stage lights gradually come up..chills. U2 in the day could do it unbelievably well.
Honestly my last U2 concert began with Where the Streets Have No Name. Seems like it would be no big deal but the stadium is roaring with people waiting for the show to begin when all of a sudden you hear this faint string of the chord progression of the song and as it repeats, it gets louder and louder and louder. Then the just the guitar part starts filling in, building, then the Bass and drums bring it home and the whole thing explodes! I don't know if it was the build of it but it was spectacular!!!!
Very enjoyable and educational. Thanks for putting this together. Also thanks for tossing in War Pigs- one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands from my high school days.
My favorite opening was Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin in 1973 at madison square garden from the movie The Song Remains The Same, to me it's the most memorable.
I'm guessing you know that opening very well. The next time you're watching it, look for my late friend Tex as the camera pans the audience. He and some others watched it on premier night while I was working. He called me the next morning thrilled, "Dude! Steve, me, and Donny are in the movie!!" (Tex was a light skin Black kid. Mistaken for Peurto Rican, often.) When I questioned him if it was really him, he replied, "There aren't many brothers at a Zeppelin show. It's like finding a raisin in the sugar bowl!"
@@philweeks8459 I FOUND HIM ! ! ! 1 minute and 13 seconds into Rock N Roll. He's standing behind two guys wearing white shirts and he's a head taller. I've watch that movie a thousand times..... 100 of them flipping my lid on LSD. I've often wondered about people in the audience and how many of them ever saw themselves.... Now I KNOW that at least 3 did. I'll never watch it again and NOT see Tex. Thank you ! ! ! p.s. This movie is two COMPLETELY different movies. It changes into something indescribable on acid. I've turn so many of my friends on to it.... Never a disappointment. Thanks again.
Holy smokes, Michael. I once saw The Flaming Lips at a festival years ago. They came out on stage an hour early and told us if anyone asked, this was their sound check. Then they ripped one of the best covers of War Pigs I’ve ever heard. Melted my face. I’ll never forget it.
Oh cmon! The Flamers Lips??? The whiny ass hippie she don’t use butter….she don’t use cheese…guys? Must have an extremely low melting temp. Those guys shouldn’t even be allowed to play a Sabbath song.
Rolling Stones 1989 Steel Wheels Tour opening song was Start Me Up, middle eastern sounding chanting type building up over and over then stage cannons exploding into the opening guitar licks was mighty grand.
Not an opening song, so not exactly answering the question, but every Yes concert opening was epic. Lights down and the aura of expectation grew and grew. Then Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite blared out, and then there they were. Awesome
