I was talking with some non-dead friends (yeah, they exist!) and we were talking about live music. Now, I've seen the boys a lot, but I've also been to countless other shows, everything from Classic rock (Stones, Who, Clapton, Floyd, Springsteen, etc.) to Punk (X, Pixies, Dead Kennedy's, etc.) to jam bands (Allman's, Phish, Mathews, Panic, etc.) to Blues (BB, Buddy, Albert Collins, etc.) to jazz (Miles, Branford, Sonny Rollins, etc) to folk (Dylan, Joni, Joan, Tracy, etc.) to rap (Tribe called Quest, Ice-T, Public Enemy, etc) to Metal (Van Halen, Megadeth, COC, etc.)
The others were talking about "great" concerts and when I asked them, they all mentioned different things (tight band, length of playing, cost, showmanship, venue, etc.) that they used for criteria. I remember that some dead shows that I loved others didn't like and vice versa. So, I ask of you: What criteria would you use to judge a "great" show (Dead or not) and what were some of them?
The others were talking about "great" concerts and when I asked them, they all mentioned different things (tight band, length of playing, cost, showmanship, venue, etc.) that they used for criteria. I remember that some dead shows that I loved others didn't like and vice versa. So, I ask of you: What criteria would you use to judge a "great" show (Dead or not) and what were some of them?
"The only funeral you should ever try to interrupt is your own, and that should be a full-time job." -Kinky Friedman
