What was your favorite concert in 1985?
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So many of these concert threads, I thought I would narrow it down to a year. 1985.
My favorite concert in 1985 was Oingo Boingo. Dead Man's Party just came out. I won tix on the radio. Me and a couple friends went. Danny Elfman, what a career he has had. I was able to see John Avila play with Banyan in the early 2000s. That dude can slappa da bass.
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I went to the Mount Hood Jazz
I went to the Mount Hood Jazz Festival in 1985, and there were several icons there; Dizzy, McCoy Tyner, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, etc... any one of those could have been a fave, but my only NYE Dead show was also in 85, and that was one helluva party! I think I played 80 gigs that year, so those would likely be the funnest, if only I could remember them, LOL
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GD 9/7/85 at the Red Rocks.
GD 9/7/85 at the Red Rocks.
GD 4/8/85 a somewhat close 2nd place.
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Prince at the Carrier Dome
Prince at the Carrier Dome
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GD---Rochester War Memorial.
GD---Rochester War Memorial. 11-7-85
Tie for runner-up: GD Saratoga and GD Tampa Sun Dome.
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Richmond 11/1 & 11/2
Richmond 11/1 & 11/2
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Sunday GD at the Greek.
Sunday GD at the Greek.
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7- 14 - 85 Ventura
7- 14 - 85 Ventura fairgrounds
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=500932
after Surfing for 7 hours day in and day out............or More that Year Channel Islands Surfboards
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This one, for the Row Jimmy
This one, for the Row Jimmy blazed into my brain for some reason...it was a very drippy night.
Berkeley Community Theatre, Saturday, March 9, 1985:
https://archive.org/details/gd1985-03-09.sbd.quinn.97331.flac16/gd1985-03-09d1t05.flac
oops , just remembered Santana at Park West August 6, 1985: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/santana/1985/park-west-park-city-ut-2bdb4...
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GD Blossom Music Center
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GD April Nassau & two
GD April Nassau & two identical Tom Petty shows
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GD 7-14-85
GD 7-14-85
https://archive.org/details/gd85-07-14.sbd.clugston.7546.sbeok.shnf/gd85...
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Maybe my favorite was 11/21
Maybe my favorite was 11/21/85 at the Kaiser out of many wonderful Bay Area shows that year. I love Big Boy Pete, the show was fun, a great show to dance to, and they played it well. This used to be one of my favorite tapes for long drives.
Set 1:
Big Boy Pete
Dire Wolf
Little Red Rooster
Brown-Eyed Women
Me And My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Ramble On Rose
Looks Like Rain
Might As Well
Set 2:
Shakedown Street
Crazy Fingers
Playin' In The Band
She Belongs To Me
Drums
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Playin' In The Band
Gimme Some Lovin'
In The Midnight Hour
Encore:
Walkin' The Dog
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That's actually one of my favorite shows. Love the Big Boy Pete opener.
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LIVE AID ~ July 12, 1985 - A
LIVE AID ~ July 12, 1985 - A 12 hour star-studded rock fest at JFK Stadium in Philly, connected by satellite big screen performances from across the pond in England. Phil Collins actually played both at venues by flying on the Concorde SST. It started around 11:00 AM with Ozzy for breakfast , and had so many high moments including the first CSNY performance in 11 years, David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks bringing it with a Temptations medley with 80,000 people doing the Temps' hand twirl in time to 'My Girl", a Led Zeppelin performance with Phil Collins on Drums, Paul McCartney on solo piano, David Bowie 'Heroes' , Jack Nicholson as MC and lots more.
This Clapton performance of 'Layla' was a thrill for me cuz I'd never seen it performed live before. The 'Audience hand wave' thing was a popular fad at the time, and we were doing it all day long, mostly in a clockwise direction as I recall. But during Layla it was twilight so the hand wave kinda got lost in the darker audience sections but then it reversed course in a counter-clockwise direction. It struck me at that moment that maybe humanity could reverse the course of global problems like the World Hunger that this benefit was ostensibly trying to end, if we focussed and persevered...
But I guess I was high.
https://youtu.be/Jjt2sKP2wpo
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Husker Du @ Maxwell's 5/9/85
Husker Du @ Maxwell's 5/9/85
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LIVE AID ~ July 12, 1985 <<<
LIVE AID ~ July 12, 1985 <<<<<
woops i just changed my Mind ! i watched It all In Shock !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWnQBW0FYg
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GD im sure lol
some GD im sure lol
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Not Boreal Ridge. I actually
Not Boreal Ridge. I actually went, drove all night. Nice spot, beautiful area. Had fun with friends The Boys did really stink it up that day. Deserves it's rep.
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Not Boreal Ridge. I actually
Not Boreal Ridge. I actually went,<<<<<<<
yeah - mebbe. My only show that year- not that great but there's no accounting for equipment problems.
I'll take 6-30-85-merri weather
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Columbia MD 6/30
Columbia MD 6/30
Richmond VA 11/1&2
Portland Maine 3/31
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I don't remember a lot of
I don't remember a lot of shows from 1985, so I probably didn't go to that many and many of the ones I did I just don't remember.
I think that was the year I saw REM at the Greek, when they were first getting known. I'd never heard of them but a friend told me that if I liked the Talking Heads I'd like REM, so a buddy & I went. The venue was half full and I remember my friend and I thinking it all started to sound the same after about 45 minutes, and that the singer was trying way too hard to be cool. And they were nothing like the Talking Heads.
I'm pretty sure I saw Pat Metheny that summer at the Greek and I enjoyed that one, and maybe Jean-Luc Ponty at the Warfield.
The two shows that do stand out from '85 are The Kinks at the Kaiser, which I remember being good but really boomy and not as good as I'd seen them in the past, and Roger Waters at the Oakland Coliseum. I'd never seen him before and that was the night I realized just how great he is, and what a great live performer he is.
As for the Grateful Dead, at the time I wasn't a big fan of '85 Dead (and still am not). They did play some good Chinese New Year shows early on that year at the Kaiser (I believe that was their first time back there in a couple of years after it was retro-fitted and the the name changed) and I enjoyed the quirkiness of the first show at the Greek that year when they played Keep on Growin' and opened the second set with Morning Dew, but otherwise it wasn't a good year with them for me.
That Boreal show was truly weak; dusty, fucking hot and windy as hell isn't a good combo. I saw one show at the Berkeley Community Theater that year that I still think is one of the worst Dead shows I've ever seen. I think there was another run at the Kaiser at some point that leaves no good impression on me, and the NYE show at the Coliseum was fun but no great shakes musically IMO. I know a lot of people love that year because of the great "energy" but the band was just too clanky for me that year.
Plus that was the year Jerry really ballooned and started looking really bad, and after seeing him up close a couple of times I began thinking that he wasn't going to last much longer, which made me sad.
I do believe that was also the year he started wearing red, and I didn't like that at all. I'm nothing if not a traditionalist.
So I guess I'll pick Roger Waters, because I do still remember loving that show.
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6/85
June ‘85
Bunnydrums at the Kennel Club
The Smiths at the Tower
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GD Hershey Park 6/28
GD Hershey Park 6/28
There Goes the Neighborhood - Jorma Kaukonen Stone Pony - The first time I saw Jorma. Great show & I was hooked on his guitar playing.
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GD Philly Spectrum 4-7-85
GD Philly Spectrum 4-7-85 Hiya, Hiya Hiya Kids > Why Don't We Do it the Road
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11-21-85 Kaiser
11-21-85 Kaiser
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At least Someone mentioned 6
At least Someone mentioned 6-14-85.
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WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
Neil Young HELPLESS Live Aid 1985
ASTOUNDING ! Blasting Now !!!
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>>At least Someone mentioned
>>At least Someone mentioned 6-14-85.
Closest I got to a birthday show
I'm going to consider that whole weekend to be one show, I'm sure you understand my reasoning. OK now that's settled..
So hard to choose otherwise, 85 was maybe my favorite year. Certainly not perfect, but I'd run that year again anytime. Almost all of the wonderfulness was related to the GD... Lots of great contenders for the show of the year.
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Dead: 11/1/85
Dead: 11/1/85 (6/30 and 4/8 are in the running)
Others: My first Richard Thompson show at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philly.
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I was age 13 and all these
I was age 13 and all these shows were at The Centrum in Worcester, MA
AC/DC Fly On The Wall tour
Aerosmith NYE Done with Mirrors tour
Iron Maiden Powerslave tour
Huey Lewis and the news Sports/Power of Love tour
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Lance, I was at both the
Lance, I was at both the Kinks show at the Kaiser and the Feb 18 GD show there... IMO the Kinks blew them away.
And how could you not have had many memorable shows in '85? There was a lot to be had...
In addition to the Kinks, my most memorable '85 shows (which were all better than that GD show) include:
Oingo Boingo at the Santa Cruz Civic
Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Santa Cruz Civic
Santana at the Concord Pavilion
Top honors go to:
Deep Purple (with Ritchie Blackmore & Ian Gillan) at the Cow Palace. It was a mashed in GA crowd, but I still got all the way to within one person of the rail right in front of Mr Blackmore... got my little 22 year old mind blown that night!
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live recording of We Are The
live recording of We Are The World
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10/31/85 - Carolina Coliseum
10/31/85 - Carolina Coliseum - Columbia, SC