Favorite BJ concert of all time
Mk bowl 93. Band were on fire.
And. Because it was my first ever BJ gig - Wembley arena Jan 1990. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
Oslo, Norway 2011
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I think mines potentially the same as Dominik in regards to Tampa 95. Lie To Me is absolutely insane. Genuinely get goosebumps every single time I hear that version. Some shows I just love watching for different reasons, though. Sent from my VOG-L29 using Tapatalk |
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I think what Seb was more or less trying to do is to encourage fans to look past the two or three Soundboard recordings of a tour. Of course, they're always the first to go to because of the sound quality (was the same for me in the beginning), but there's simply a lot of great moments from this band to find once you get past them. And luckily, many of those are available in decent sound quality as well :) Wembley was fantastic - but Night 2 was. It knocked night 3 out of the park left, right and center. The band had been playing these shows on three consecutive days and halfway through the Sunday concert, they were exhausted. That's mostly the reason why the official release contains mostly of songs up until Bad Medicine and rarely of anything afterwards. Even Hey God and TAALS had to have major overdubs. The crowd was probably insanely good on all three occasions. |
Hammersmith 1990
-im dying for the official release which is more than likely not going to happen Rotterdam 1989 -audience participation is once-in-a-lifetime Cincinnati 1987 -my first Jovi bootleg ever, Jon's voice wasnt too shot at this and they were firing on all cylinders |
Best one I've attended was Giants Stadium 7/19/2006.
I'm younger so am not as familiar with the band's prime years, but from 2001-present I think the band peaked in 2010/2011. The shows in Sydney 2010 looked insanely good, as did Argentia and many shows on the European 2011 leg. If I could go into a time machine though I'd be fine with going to any concert from the KTF tour. I'd want to see a show with Alec and all footage/audio from that era is awesome. |
I'll never forget the first time I saw them at the Birmingham NEC in 1993 - the image of Richie stepping out on to the stage into a blue light and kicking into the I Believe intro is etched into my brain forever. And when Jon performed Fields Of Fire for the first time a couple of years before it was eventually released.
Milton Keynes 93 was also incredible as was Don Valley 95 with Van Halen and Thunder. There were many shows in between, but seeing them in a small Theatre at the Nokia Theatre in NYC 2005 was something special, just because it was so intimate and I was so close to the front. Jon was really giving it some that night too. the last time that I saw them was the last night of the O2 run in 2010. Whatever happens now, that will be the last time I saw the band that I remember, still somewhat at their peak. Highlight was hearing a couple of These Days tunes in the encore, especially '(It's Hard) Letting You Go'. Great way to end it for me really. I started to become disillusioned with the band and the album when What About Now was released, so didn't see any shows on that tour or anything that has followed. I just haven't had the heart to see Jon in his current vocal state. I'm sure I would enjoy parts of it, but I want to remember the band as one of the greatest live bands on the planet, not a shadow of their former glories...but that's just me. |
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Although, people going on about Jon's vocals or other marks of quality in a show as if that is a defining factor. I know people who had their first gig at less than respected shows who name them as their favourites even after multiple more shows. You cannot account for experience and meaning, which will always win over any other criteria. For example, if you were at Wembley 2000, which were just ok shows, it is hard to beat the experience of the band opening with Prayer (I think it was actually the second song). I know people who were teenagers becoming fans in 1997, didn't get a show for the following three years and then had It's My Live, Crush, and then Wembley all happen within four months. That was huge and considering some of those kids didn't even know if Bon Jovi would ever return, that was the summer of Bon Jovi. Hindsight has changed a lot about that period but 2000 was a cool year to be a fan. Also, question wasn't best Bon Jovi show so it is interesting that some people's favourites are shows they have seen on YouTube over ones they attended. |
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