Concerts: Williams Brice vs Memorial Stadium

[spareparts]

Primus at WB would be insane

Who Opened for Paul McCartney?

[Cocky Doodle]

I was at the McCartney concert. In fact, he gave a lot of free tickets to the USC graduating class. Had to go to the Harbison Mall and show student ID and picked them up. So me and a bud went for free in fact. I'll always appreciate him doing that for us poor students. To my memory no one opened up, just him. Great show.

[NotSoFast]

I was at the Elvis show at the Coliseum (showing my age here). February 16, 1977. He was dead 6 months later. He was overweight, and had trouble moving around. He sang "My Way" from sheet music to remember the words. Sad. The voice, however, never failed him. Coach McGuire presented him with a basketball warmup jacket with "Presley" stiched over the Gamecock on the breast. We sat behind the stage but had a great view of everything.

He also played the Township in early 1956 (before the Ed Sullivan appearance).

[Cocky Doodle]

Originally Posted by sc455

i never understood the love affair with grateful dead. i wanted to like them since they had a diehard following. i still wonder what i missed in their music that everyone else seemed to get..they look like a bunch of dudes who basically goofed on everyone and made serious bank..i can picture jerry getting high and saying yo his mates " can you believe they like this shit".

Like a lot of bands it is a matter of taste. Personally the Dead, Garcia specifically, in my opinion were great, made a huge contribution to music, and had a lasting impact on many people. They could play any type of music from country, blues, rock, etc. The best concert I have ever been to is the Rolling Stones, but the Dead show is by far my greatest concert experience - if that makes any sense. Garcia was a gifted guitar player and a kind person. Unfortunately he couldnt get the drug monkey off of his back, but that doesnt take away from his talent and accomplishments. Recommend you you tube Jerry Garcia Band - more mainstream music - lot of mo town - and you would definitely get a feel for the appeal.

As for this thread I cannot vote as I have never seen a concert at DV. Still kicking myself in the ass for not skipping work and going to the Floyd show, even though Floyd then was minus Waters. But I did see Roger Waters this past summer do the Wall - so I did scratch that itch.

For any big Floyd fans out there - there is an elaborate Floyd show (Brit Floyd think it is called) playing 2 dates in NC in April. They showed a concert of them last night on the Public TV station doing one of those fund raising campaigns - I was pretty impressed and would recommend as a good show to see if it is anything like the concert they put on TV.

Happy Hump Day!

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by NotSoFast

I was at the Elvis show at the Coliseum (showing my age here). February 16, 1977. He was dead 6 months later. He was overweight, and had trouble moving around. He sang "My Way" from sheet music to remember the words. Sad. The voice, however, never failed him. Coach McGuire presented him with a basketball warmup jacket with "Presley" stiched over the Gamecock on the breast. We sat behind the stage but had a great view of everything.

He also played the Township in early 1956 (before the Ed Sullivan appearance).

That is pretty sad. He was in bad shape the last years no doubt. But at least you saw him... Amazing

[USCBatgirl21]

Originally Posted by CockinAthens

Saw U2 at the Brice, Public Enemy opened for them and at the end of their set, they hung a klansman in effigy. I will say that the bass from that shook the crap outa the stadium. Also saw the Stones there with I think Blind Melon opening, who sucked by the way because the lead singer was plastered. I remember going to an all-day concert in I think 95 at Bomber stadium to see Hootie and various other local/regional bands.

Hmmm....I vaguely remember that day at Bomber Stadium LOL.

[USCBatgirl21]

Originally Posted by CockinAthens

That was my soph year and my roomates had tix, but I didnt, which sucked. I did get to see Metallica the following Feb in Charleston.

We hung out in a friend's room on the Lambda Chi hall in the Quad and listened to it. You could hear Metallica perfectly!

[Spur's Addiction]

Originally Posted by CockinAthens

I think they had different bands opening for them along the tour.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour

Man, would have liked to have seen Primus open for them as well.

Saw Primus open for Rush at the Carolina Colosseum in like '91. There was so much bass it shook your chest and it made it hard to breath.

[gamecockphan]

Clemson wins this one. Pink Floyd trumps everything on that list.

[GamecockMomSC]

Originally Posted by NotSoFast

I was at the Elvis show at the Coliseum (showing my age here). February 16, 1977. He was dead 6 months later. He was overweight, and had trouble moving around. He sang "My Way" from sheet music to remember the words. Sad. The voice, however, never failed him. Coach McGuire presented him with a basketball warmup jacket with "Presley" stiched over the Gamecock on the breast. We sat behind the stage but had a great view of everything.

He also played the Township in early 1956 (before the Ed Sullivan appearance).

Thanks for sharing. I'm a huge Elvis fan. I would have loved to have seen him in concert.

[Spur's Addiction]

Originally Posted by USCBatgirl21

Hmmm....I vaguely remember that day at Bomber Stadium LOL.

I was there. Hootie played and Cowboy Mouth did as well. Maybe Edwin McCain? I vaguely remember Alanis Morrisett but that doesn't seem right for some reason.

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by gamecockphan

Clemson wins this one. Pink Floyd trumps everything on that list.

My thoughts exactly... There are very few bands that can beat Pink Floyd live even without Roger Waters... Unless Spurticus shows up with information about a ridiculous lineup at Williams Brice Stadium we don't know about featuring Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and the Allman Brothers we can forget this one...

[SirBigSpur]

This is CLA and not our stadium, but I'm going to see Taylor Swift on Saturday! I'm super excited, I found really cheap tickets

[markymark550]

I abstain from voting since I've never seen a concert in either. Will say that for the bands I enjoy the most, Memorial Stadium gets the edge (because of Rage Against the Machine and Alice in Chains).

FWIW, in my book the CLA blows both of them away simply for having hosted a Pearl Jam show.

[Cock Kool-Aid]

Guys, the poll is regarding "concert history"... that means which venue do you believe has had the best acts perform there... not which venue you prefer.

Secondly, these poll results are a joke. Death Valley has all of the same big time acts as WB (except McCartney) and then some... the only thing that WB's list has is one additional large modern country music concert.

[usc90grad]

Originally Posted by Cocky Doodle

I was at the McCartney concert. In fact, he gave a lot of free tickets to the USC graduating class. Had to go to the Harbison Mall and show student ID and picked them up. So me and a bud went for free in fact. I'll always appreciate him doing that for us poor students. To my memory no one opened up, just him. Great show.

I was there too....courtesy of the same free tickets. There were nose bleed, but fine since McCartney had huge screens on both sides of the stage. And yeah, he had no opening act and put on a hell of a show.

[usc90grad]

And Carter-Finley/NC State's field in Raleigh has put on some awesome shows. I saw the Stones and The Who there. And I'm pretty sure Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and some other big names played there too.

[spareparts]

Re: The Dead

"We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice." -- Jerry Garcia, 1979

[Bennet]

The Ozzy/ Alice in Chains was at little john, not memorial. If your gonna include any concerts on campus, this wont even be close.

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by Bennet

The Ozzy/ Alice in Chains was at little john, not memorial. If your gonna include any concerts on campus, this wont even be close.

Oh? The site I looked at last night showed it was at Death Valley....