I've always wanted to see Steely Dan...

Jul 1, 2015
12:44:43pm

ToonArmyCoug

I was too young in their prime (and didn't listen to them until post mission '85) and never connected up with them in the later years. How were they in 2009? Do they still tour?

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ToonArmyCoug

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Best concert(s) you've ever been to? What you got CB?

pt crasher

7/1/15 11:52am

Zac Brown Band

Byu4life

7/1/15 11:53am

+1 Great musicianship in that show. They are a tight, tight band!

fulano

7/1/15 12:16pm

Aerosmith.

Revolution

7/1/15 11:54am

U2 and Muse

PharmD

7/1/15 11:55am

Would like to see both of them. Love to run/exercise to Muse.

pt crasher

7/1/15 11:59am

I would love to see them in a huge stadium that seats 100k.

PharmD

7/1/15 12:01pm

I got free tix when in ATL and took my wife to Back Street Boys, Nelly opened

pt crasher

7/1/15 12:06pm

Muse concerts are mind-blowing

boorad

7/1/15 12:39pm

U2, but I gave them 8 tries. Rush was OK. Yes also OK. Smiths were fun!

byujdmba

7/1/15 1:58pm

Motab

cvilleYfan

7/1/15 11:55am

Wynton Marsalis

Lance71

7/1/15 11:56am

I actually saw Wynton and his homemade trumpet at BYU. Sweet talent!

pt crasher

7/1/15 11:58am

I saw him at Abravanel Hall. I was in college at the time. I was with a bunch of

Lance71

7/1/15 12:03pm

MODS!

PharmD

7/1/15 12:08pm

Homemade? When I saw him in the 90's he was playing a Monette Trumpet

DrTeeth

7/1/15 12:05pm

I don't know if it's a monette. The frame is basically a single piece of metal.

Lance71

7/1/15 12:08pm

Ugh, the guy destroyed jazz by turning it into a museum

mpfunk

7/1/15 12:05pm

black eyed peas were good. she can actually sing.

johnnycarson

7/1/15 11:58am

The Eagles

GSwarriorcoug

7/1/15 11:58am

^^^Solid response. Saw them once: consummate musical professionals.

byujdmba

7/1/15 2:00pm

Agree, I have been to a lot of concerts. They played a really long time,

GSwarriorcoug

7/1/15 5:31pm

311

Stay Puft

7/1/15 11:58am

Rage Against the Machine opening for U2. Epic.

Blueto

7/1/15 12:01pm

Rush- R30, Monsters of Rock- Metallica/Scorpions/Van Halen

pegushin

7/1/15 12:02pm

I got to meet Mexican band Camila in a private showing.

RSLCoug

7/1/15 12:02pm

Medeski Martin and Wood.

mpfunk

7/1/15 12:03pm

Haha, of course.

messi

7/1/15 12:32pm

Led Zeppelin...

So it goes...

7/1/15 12:04pm

What year? Where? Was it epic?

pt crasher

7/1/15 12:06pm

I think it was 1974, the Houses of the Holy tour. They had no opening band, just

So it goes...

7/1/15 2:18pm

Very impressive list! You've experience what most people will never be able to.

pt crasher

7/1/15 3:26pm

I left off the Doors...

So it goes...

7/1/15 4:20pm

Paul McCartney Aug '14 slc

Mr Bassman

7/1/15 12:04pm

Woodstock, of course.

kimdaddy35

7/1/15 12:07pm

Cool. But I call BS.

pt crasher

7/1/15 12:21pm

I went to the Garth Brooks concert in SLC as well. I'm not a big Garth Brooks

Texas Hammer

7/1/15 12:09pm

Weezer.

WhyKnot

7/1/15 12:13pm

Pearl Jam, Indio 1993

basc-coug

7/1/15 12:14pm

MC Hammer/Boyz II Men '92 - Hammer was still popular and BIIM just starting

BYUBandfan

7/1/15 12:15pm

I was at that one too. That was the loudest concert I've ever been to.

byujag

7/1/15 12:18pm

I believe it was supposed to be Salt N' Pepa, not TLC. Yeah, I was there...

GuitarGuy

7/1/15 12:24pm

Van Halen 1984 tour. Scorpions Love at First Sting tour

Turnpike Lane

7/1/15 12:15pm

Muse. Oct 2014. In The Venue, SLC. Nothing has come close, IMO.

TaiJuan

7/1/15 12:17pm

A few:

ToonArmyCoug

7/1/15 12:17pm

Best was Def Leppard Hysteria tour 1989

byujag

7/1/15 12:20pm

Live, Phil Collins and Earth, Wind and Fire.

Walter Bellhaven

7/1/15 12:27pm

30 Seconds to Mars opening for Linkin Park

compcoug

7/1/15 12:28pm

Prince, then The Killers and Depeche Mode. I can't get enough of live concerts.

BYU1982

7/1/15 12:35pm

Saw DM in 1988 in Mountain View, CA and 1993 in SLC. Also good concerts

BYUBandfan

7/1/15 1:09pm

Wang Chung, Grad Night at Disneyland, not as good

BYUBandfan

7/1/15 1:16pm

Those had to be great shows!

BYU1982

7/1/15 1:54pm

Cream Opening night Fillmore 1967... heard Sunshine of Your Love LIVE before

relic

7/1/15 12:35pm

The Doors at Lagoon 1967....

relic

7/1/15 12:36pm

I've always wanted to see Steely Dan...

ToonArmyCoug

7/1/15 12:44pm

No! Their PRIME is NOW! They travel with a bunch of crack "first call" players

relic

7/1/15 12:50pm

Good to know, I will check them out.

ToonArmyCoug

7/1/15 1:05pm

Going to see them at the end of this month in Detroit

BYU1982

7/1/15 1:56pm

3 days after we seem 'em in Chicago.. I expect a report...

relic

7/1/15 3:10pm

Noted

BYU1982

7/1/15 3:23pm

I have seen SD about a dozen times in past 15 years... and a couple of Donald

relic

7/1/15 12:52pm

Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley

dmatt

7/1/15 12:37pm

Lynyrd Skynrd at the old Terrace Ballroom with their preaccident lineup

Bill

7/1/15 12:37pm

The Terrace was a great place for those who liked their music loud and hard...

So it goes...

7/1/15 2:21pm

The Greek in LA, August 24, 1972....Neil Diamond

BE-WHY-YOU

7/1/15 12:42pm

Educator Jones, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood.

SoCalCoug

7/1/15 12:45pm

Santana, Peter Tosh and Eddie Money opening for the Stones.

OpusX

7/1/15 12:52pm

The Foals

spinner

7/1/15 1:10pm

Led Zeppelin. Twice. Epic both times. The Who. The Police. Blue Oyster Cult.

Monomachos

7/1/15 1:37pm

Wow! Impressive classics list! The drummer of the Who is a legend.

pt crasher

7/1/15 3:22pm

John Bonham was kind of a legend himself.

OpusX

7/1/15 6:07pm

The Who in 1980, The Rolling Stones in 1981 and The Police in 1982

wcj99

7/1/15 1:38pm

Arcade Fire on Halloween night in Hollywood. It was really fun.

Non-donor troll

7/1/15 1:44pm

Radiohead/Stephen Malkmus, Beck/Flaming Lips, Jonsi, Radiohead/Pixies

DB Cooper

7/1/15 1:59pm

1. Sigur Ros, 2. Eels, 3. Deftones 4. Spiritualized 5. Beck

8Bcougar

7/1/15 3:53pm

The Jets - 1987 Billings MetraPark

TonyStark

7/1/15 4:04pm

Cliche, I know, but the best I've seen were "before they were big" shows.

jayriggity

7/1/15 4:57pm

And, Tiffany in the quad at BYU circa 2001.

jayriggity

7/1/15 5:00pm

I almost got into a fight at that concert. And I am not a fighter...at all.

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