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ORIGINAL: NuevaVida

I just came home from the Tina Turner concert in Sacramento. For a 69 year old woman, all I can say is WOW. What an energy level! What a show! Her voice isn't quite as deep as...oh...20+ years ago, but she can still belt it out. And what was great about this show is she did all the stuff we already know - rather than promoting a new CD and playing stuff we didn't know.

Private Dancer, What's Love..., We Don't Need Another Hero, Acid Queen (that was hot), Goldeneye, I can't stand the Rain...all of it was phenomenal, but what ultimately brought the house down (no doubt) was Proud Mary. Man, does that woman have attitude! Whew!

She change outfits a handful of times - all very cool, and the set design changed a few times. She had the hottest dancers I've ever seen on stage, but then she also had these "ninja" dancers that I thought were pretty silly. All in all, it ranked up there as one of my favorite shows.

Nothing will probably ever beat the Paul McCartney and CSNY shows I saw, but this was definitely awesome.

So, I thought I'd share. [:)]

What were some of your favorite shows and what was cool about them?

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ORIGINAL: cjan

NV, a show I really enjoyed was a Don Henley concert not too long ago. I was surprised that the venue was only a little more than half full. Nevertheless, Don and the band performed their hearts out. It was clear they were enjoying themselves as much as the house was. They played a lot of encores with the same enthusiasm. I had the impression that they would have played for free because they love what they do. I love concerts , have been to a lot of them, but this one, in a half full venue, I will always remember .

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ORIGINAL: sophia37

Very inspiring. We need more woman at 70 who look think and act like that. I hope I can be one of them some day.

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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

I adore Tina and have a copy of her biography on my bookshelves.  Never had a chance to see her in concert though.
 
Two shows I highly recommend are Carlos Santana and Los Lobos.  Both have an incredible range and depth of emotion in their music and incorporate a wide variety of instruments and styles in their compositions and performances.
 
I have seen Santana at the Santa Barbara Bowl a few times and Los Lobos at the Arlington Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.
 
The local Mid State Fair gets some good acts in the summertime but the crowds are always drunk and boorish and fights break out.  That is a real bummer when you are trying to mellow out with Lenny Kravitz or Paul Simon or get into your dancing moves with Fergie!

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers give a very energetic and inspiring show and Porno for Pyros was a great concert too.  And NIN rocked the house even in the Cal Poly Rec Center.  Trent Reznor is one of the hottest men ever!

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

Well I for one- long for the days of tiny bubbles.... done up the right way.










with lawrence Welk.   oh how i wish there could be just one more time

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ORIGINAL: slaveluci

The most recent concert I saw was BB King & Willie Nelson and it was incredible.  There were no dancers or elaborate stage shows, just two master musicians/entertainers lettin' 'er rip[:)].  I was just floored to be in their presence, frankly, and they both rocked in their own respective ways.  One of the coolest parts of the show was when BB was about to finish his set so Willie could come on, they joined each other onstage briefly to talk and sing a couple of songs together.  BB told a story about years ago when he was doing a show and was getting ready to perform "Nightlife" (one of the most famous song's Willie has written).  He said he was told that Willie was in the audience and he got so nervous he almost couldn't sing it.  They met and began a friendship that has lasted years and years.  Totally cool.