Escape from boredom

Since I went to the Blue Rodeo concert last night and had a great time (as I did at their concert four years ago) and I need an injection of excitement to get me through the day, I had a great idea to share some concert memories.

The best concert I have ever gone to was Megadeth at the old Maple Leaf Gardens, I believe it was after the release of Youthanasia. The light show and power of the music was simply amazing. Something that just can't be replicated in the more common outdoor venues used today. This is the concert I base all others on. A close second was the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert I went to two years ago. Wow!

My worst concert has to be Pearl Jam. It has nothing to do with the performance because that was pretty entertaining but it was all to do with the weather. It was an extremely hot day in August, I had no money for food or drink, and it was a day long outdoor event in Barrie. I just don't do well in hot weather.

My first concert was Aerosmith at Exhibition Stadium. I didn't really know too many of their songs but it didn't take me long to get into the music. I can't recall the song they did for the encore but that place was rockin'.

The dullest concert was Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusions tour at Copps Coliseum. Brian May opened and that was fun but Axel Rose spent most of his time on stage sitting on a couch drinking beer. We ended up leaving early and missed Axel walk off the stage prematurely.

The biggest surprise was the Tragically Hip in Belleville a couple years ago. I am not into the Hip that much but I took my sister as her birthday gift. Man can those guys put on a show. I was in awe at how fun that concert ended up being.

The biggest disappointment was Great Big Sea. Again this has nothing to do with the performance because they are a fun band but I found out that I really didn't know too many GBS songs and therefore couldn't get into it as much. More drink and I don't think that would have mattered.

There are two that I remember fairly well. The first being Soundgarden and Metallica at Lollapalooza. I fell asleep during Soundgarden (again another long, hot, day long outdoor concert) and Metallica came out guitars blazing. That was after the release of Load so we were afraid they'd play a lot of crap off that album but they came on with some old heavy stuff. What an entrance! The second memorable concert was Megadeth at the Guvernment. My friend and I started the chant to bring them back for their encore and were fairly close to the stage just off to the left.

The only concert I wanted to be spit on, the Headstones at the pub at Brock University. What can I say I was pretty wasted and had a blast at this one.

I was going to put the funnest concert I was at but there are several that would fall into this category for different reasons so I have left it off. Well, if you read this I know you are just as bored as I am so feel free to comment on your favourite concert or maybe some band that puts on a great show.