What were the best gigs from each era of the band?

[TheSeeker]

You're stranded on a desert island and can only keep one gig from each era.

What do you choose?

Edited August 11, 2013 by TheSeeker

[luciusfunk]

Ritz, Inglewood, HOB 01/01/01

Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was two songs.

[TheSeeker]

Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was two songs.

Eh, Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley was only 20 minutes and that's considered the best rock gig of all time

[luciusfunk]

Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was two songs.

Eh, Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley was only 20 minutes and that's considered the best rock gig of all time

It was more than two songs. It was a medley of hits.

[Powerage5]

Of what's listed:

Ritz

Oklahoma

London 2010

[WhazUp]

Felt Forum 1988

Argentina 1993

London 2010 w/ Duff

[luciusfunk]

Isn't the uncensored Ritz worse quality than the censored version?

[Gun N' Roses]

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Edited August 11, 2013 by Gun N' Roses

[TheSeeker]

Isn't the uncensored Ritz worse quality than the censored version?

Correct.

Actually I've been meaning to post these somewhere. When MTV launched their MTV Music site years ago, they briefly had a few of the Ritz songs up in digital quality. I ripped these in FLAC, and they are the best audio quality you'll find from the gig until MTV finally releases the whole show digitally or on DVD//Blu Ray:

Sweet Child O' Mine

https://mega.co.nz/#!aZ9CiA6a!OV2wSDoKVoS9LcKGaeDbRUDtfmsAlfS-lPVpXjHOaDs

Welcome to the Jungle (incomplete)

https://mega.co.nz/#!TQNi3ZiS!NVugRT9IoBlTZL0ginqClVMJ_4lDi8tsfyz_Y44eFtw

[bacardimayne]

Fox Late Show 88

Argentina 93

Off the board - LA 12/20/2006

[TheSeeker]

Off the board - LA 12/20/2006

Ooooooh good one.

I added that to the bottom of the CD-era poll

[jimb0]

Not Fair to pick only one. Damnit. Perhaps it would be easier if you broke up the dif. CD Line Ups.

[suckerpunched03]

It's a bad joke that there's no DVd from anything besides Tokyo. I wonder how that dudes shit looked from St. Louis ? Prob worse than an iPhone huh ?

[Guest NGOG]

I'm not too familiar with the bootlegs of old GNR. As far as the new age line-ups:

Madison Square Garden 2002 (see Spin's review as to why)

Rock AM Ring 2006

Canada 2010

Philly 2012

Governors Ball 2013

[Izzy_Stradlin_XX]

The Felt Forum show is just fucking flawless. I think it's safe to say that it was the best GN'R show ever. Inglewood would be a close second.

[Amir]

Roxy, Felt or Ritz, though there's a great London show from '87 or '88 too.

Indiana '91 ( <3 that extra rasp, great Estranged and November Rain). RIR II sucks. Paris '92 has my favourite Civil War. Argentina '93 has my favourite UYI-era Nightrain and my favourite YCBM.

November Rain from Argentina is pretty cool, too.

CD era: Rock Am Ring 2006 has a few highlights (WTTJ scream, KOHD, Nightrain), but the LA and Hammerstein shows from Dec 2006 are better overall. There's an amazing Better from one of the LA shows (where Axl says at the beginning "those technical delays were nothing to do with my sorry ass, not tonight), the mix is unfortunately a bit crap which is doubly a shame because Axl is clearly on fire for that song.

Hammerstein TWAT is otherworldly.

Top 2 for me: L'Arc and London '10 with Duff. Magical.

Edited August 11, 2013 by Amir

[blackrose87]

One that wasn't mentioned was middletown 88. Everytime I watch footage on Youtube Axl blows me away. Def my favourite of that era.

[Amir]

One that wasn't mentioned was middletown 88. Everytime I watch footage on Youtube Axl blows me away. Def my favourite of that era.

Wow. THAT is why Axl Rose is the greatest frontman of all time.

[jimb0]

Black Rose... Thank you for reminding me why I still follow along.

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Fuck Yeah

[TheSeeker]

I'm going back and watching Buenos Aires 1993, and holy shit Dizzy's keyboard/organ was awful:

[Amir]

I'm going back and watching Buenos Aires 1993, and holy shit Dizzy's keyboard/organ was awful:

God, that is annoying, but Slash's guitar-playing is amazing at this show.

[batman007]

Rock AM 06 was the shit! The band was on roids! The best Nightrain ever!

[Ace Nova]

1988 Ritz

1991 Philadelphia

2011 Philadelphia (Camden)

Edited August 12, 2013 by Kasanova King

[wasted]

Ritz

Rio 91

Taipei 09

[Ak1nney]

I've really been looking forward to the best quality and performance of the Use Your Illusion tour. Someone persuade me!