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The best and worst concert you've ever attended?

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tripredacus:
This is impossible for me to answer. I've been to and worked so many concerts that any "worst" is going to be something I can't remember. If we're strictly talking about music quality well... I used to run open mics so there were a lot of "bad" shows in there.

As far as best concerts... it used to be about the quality of the music or presentation. Over the past 8 months or so I've actually been trying to keep a 10 top for the year. When I did it for last year, I had shifted my ranking to be based on meaningful interactions rather than anything the bands usually did. Whether that mean meeting or seeing certain people, conversations or an amount of interesting occurances, those particular shows get a higher rank even over shows where the music and presentation was top tier. So I guess I now am looking at the little things regarding the experience. If I were to think back to the olden times where my "best" list was based on the shows themselves, everything would end up being re-arranged significantly.

Like for last year, my top show was not actually my most favorite, but was one in which I had the most meaningful interactions with other people. Limiting my top list to 5 based on that criteria really makes for a difficult time when I have to weigh what is and isn't as important and sometimes it is only revealed later that a particular interaction or memory had a greater impact that initially thought.

To put this into perspective, I only went to 2 shows between 2011 and 2024 that I can remember. One was a local cover band and the other was Iron Maiden. Starting in June 2025, I got back into the scene and in 2025 I had seen 56 shows. So far in 2026 I've been to 35 shows not counting the one I got to after the first band stopped and left before the second band set up. I'm told that one shouldn't count xD

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