Quote:It wasn't with Led Zeppelin, but Robert Plant was pretty disappointing the last time I saw him in concert. 

 

This reminded me of a pretty funny concert story.  Journey was doing a world tour when I was in high school, and they came to town.  Their opening act was a band called Glass Tiger.  They were a one hit wonder in the 80's, and their song wasn't very good to begin with.  It's rare to see a band actually booed off the stage, but after 1 1/2 songs, the band was so bad that they ended their set early.

 

When Journey came out, Steve Perry actually apologized and explained they were a late addition to the tour after their original opening act had to bail due to illness. 

 

The next time Journey came to town, Cheap Trick opened up for them.  Much improved.  Both bands put on great shows. 

 

A few bands I've seen live who put on great shows include U2 (seen them several times), REM, the Eagles, and the Smithereens.

 

The first time I saw U2 was at the old Civic Auditorium during the Boy tour.  They were still a rising band at the time.  We went down the day of the concert to pick up a couple of extra tickets for friends.  Bono was sitting on a wall outside.  Nobody paid him any mind.  My friend saw him and pointed it out to the group.  We walked over and he autographed anything we put in front of him.  Nice guy.  One of my best friends growing up is a huge U2 fan.  He still has his autographed algebra book.  In that particular concert, the Alarm opened up for U2.  When we were leaving the show, the entire band (The Alarm) was in back selling t shirts and cassettes. 

 

I remember Glass Tiger, their one hit was Dont Forget me when I'm Gone, it had Bryan Adams do some backing vocals. Surprised a crowd that was there to see Journey would somehow be so down on a band like Glass Tiger, they were making similar poppy music at the time. Do you remember if there was something specific that made the people boo Glass Tiger off stage? Of all the concerts I've seen, I've never seen an opening act booed off stage. I mean sometimes it was to the point that no one really cared about the opening act and what they were playing so there wasn't much applause for some of those acts, but to actually be booed off stage?....

 

U2 were really good back in the day. I actually wish I'd have seen the Alarm, though. I think they were an underrated band. 

 

Oh, and regarding Led Zep....don't be shy, they do (did) suck live. At least usually. Remember Live Aid?? Horrible. 

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