Best Concert  

1966 Jimmy Hendrix

I actually have two really great concerts of memories past. The first was about five years ago. We went to a cool old venue in downtown Denver for a concert with Willie Nelson. We stood for hours to see him and were only about four yards from the stage. The concert was wonderful and we were having a blast except their was this huge couple in front of us that we had a hard time seeing because they were so tall...but it was first come first served so we didn't try to ask them to go behind us.
Well this little drunk chick tried to weasel her way to the front of the stage after the concert started. I wouldn't let her pass....after all we'd been there for about 5 hours waiting. She got upset and said she was this really big fan of Willie....I just looked at her and let her have it both barrels...said we ALL were fans or we wouldn't be there...and that these people in front of us had been there for at least 8 hours and that's why they were in front of us....it wouldn't be fair to them either! She got upset and left...and the people in front of us were so impressed that they let me stand in front of them!

The second time was when we took our grown kids to the Tom Petty concert at Red Rocks...a beautiful mountain venue outside of Denver....and we all had a blast...there is something about your kids and you enjoying the same music and good times as adults that is so cool!

It was either in 2004 or 2005, I don't remember. It wasn't the best because of who was there, but because of what happened. The only bands that I remember that were playing were Slayer and Arch Enemy. The others I have never heard before and forgot their name. I didn't like any of the bands that were there anyways. We only went because we were supposed to meet Otep Shamaya from the band Otep and get backstage, but their manager made them quit touring at the last minute, which is a long story.

Anyways, it still turned out to be my favorite concert because the moshing wash great. Epic. It got out of hand and people were getting broken bones. A DJ was talking about it the next day and reported that there were many police, seven ambulances and one fire truck and that it was the most hardcore concert he's been too. I only saw two ambulances because the place was huge and packed. It was an outside arena type thing.

In the mosh pit someone punched me in the nose. And later some big guy I didn't even know threw me over his shoulder and carried me out of the crowd, set me down, pointed at my face, and said, "Stay out!" I was like, lol wtf? and went back in. But then some guy was running around slashing peoples faces with a razor, so I left the circle. He got arrested... eventually. But then a medic saw me and wanted to check my nose out since it was bleeding. It was okay, but when I was at the ambulance there a guy with broken ribs and a female with a broken ankle. It looked nasty, I saw her bone sticking out of the skin.

Someone started a fire. It wasn't to big, but big enough for me to see from the other side of the arena. The lead singer of whatever band was playing got pissed and was yelling at everybody.

My friend brought fireworks that she put in a hidden pocket in her purse, so the guards didn't find it when they checked us. Not the big in the sky kind, but the ones that make sparks. They're illegal in my state, so we kept setting them off then running. I'm surprised we didn't get caught. More happened, but this is already long. So yeah, that's why it was the best. F the bands.

I think Sting might've been the best - and it was free to boot! Styx was also a great concert and the Moody Blues. Elton John did a great show, but we were in the nose-bleed section so we could barely see him.

I saw Paul McCartney at the Astrodome, and he had screens, even with the screens it was hard to see the show