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@Guitargate2 жыл бұрын
Every intro gave me goosebumps. Well done ..
@mruncletheredge2 жыл бұрын
This is why your videos get blocked. You're using their songs to promote your products. You are making money from someone else's work.
@danielhendriksen92322 жыл бұрын
@@danielhendriksen9232 I bet you're fun at parties.
@axlcorey2 жыл бұрын
The location of that Metallica show wasn't Donnington, it was in 1991 Moscow, Russia with over 1,000,000 people in attendance.
@williamreilly47862 жыл бұрын
@James Buxton Oh wont you please welcome home....
@matthewferguson70842 жыл бұрын
Queen…Live Aid 85… opened with the best they had. no special effects. Just walked out there and did it. 30 mins of pure music and the crowd.
@plvsoundman5148 Жыл бұрын
I think queen should be in the list too. It’s an iconic concert
@bgarra Жыл бұрын
I think queen should be in the list too. It’s an iconic concert
@bgarra Жыл бұрын
A new era began in Wembley that day.
@josearraiza9784 Жыл бұрын
LOVE me some Queen!
@michaelt3308 Жыл бұрын
No question that you nailed it.
@Lynjupiter1 Жыл бұрын
Tom Sawyer - Rush in Rio was absolute perfection when the Brazilian crowd heard the first note and went into a frenzy. The energy in that stadium was incredible!
@perryb5984 Жыл бұрын
Rush Tom Sawyer with the South Park intro
@ja9999999999 Жыл бұрын
I saw a few shows on the Vapor Trails tour - and it was insane to see them open with TS.
@deebedwell580 Жыл бұрын
For 15+ years I went to the Roskilde Rock Festival during the late 1980's, '90's and 2000's. But I never went to Rock in Rio. In 1985 many of my Brazilian friends had been to Rock in Rio, I really want to experience that festival some day.
@larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын
They also open with Limelight a lot. Hail Rush. R.I.P. Neil. Yep Rush in Rio is my favorite live album of all-time. Cheers.
@greatloverofmusic1 Жыл бұрын
@@larsrons7937I was at Roskilde Fest in 1983. Simple Minds, Marilion, Mek Pek Party Band . Don't remember the first song of Simple Minds. ...I think New Gold Dream. 😁
@geoffoakland Жыл бұрын
Rock concerts in the 80’s never needed anything fancy….just incredibly amazing music!
@donna_715 ай бұрын
I remember going to Day on the Green in Oakland, CA open air.
@georgegarvey73383 ай бұрын
Same in the 70s with the exception of Kiss of course LOL
@terryfox15752 ай бұрын
@@georgegarvey7338 I would like to have seen the Skynyrd show show on the Green
@terryfox15752 ай бұрын
@@terryfox1575❤
@debrahigh5039Ай бұрын
The 80's also had some of the most elaborate stage productions to date. Priest Fuel for Life Tour, their biggest production yet. Maiden World Slavery tour, arguably one of the most incredible live metal productions they've even done. The second half of the 80's was all about massive live productions and huge stadium tours. I worked with a lot of touring bands at the time, in the 90's they started to cut it all back again.
@oz_mediasКүн бұрын
Iron Maiden fear of the dark,en vivo. People singing guitar lines, bass lines...... every single Word. Breathtaking
@eliascc6 ай бұрын
Van Halen used to start concerts with "Running With the Devil" really set the mood.
@MrManMuff2 жыл бұрын
1st song 1st album 1st song live. Live it. The times ive seen VH (not since 81) they opened once with Light up the Sky (only had 2 albums out then) and On Fire. Never opened with RWTD when i saw them. 5×. Rock on dude!
@scottyb35112 жыл бұрын
Until they wrote unchained which blows rwtd out of the water
@jonathanlund67082 жыл бұрын
Van Halen was excellent in the stadium!
@Katherine-L7892 жыл бұрын
Romeo Delight was the opening song first time I saw them.
@kudukilla2 жыл бұрын
I saw them on their maiden tour in 78 and they pretty much played their entire first album and was completely blown away by EVH and his unbelievable skills on a guitar..
@Tom-ok2rh Жыл бұрын
Saw Led Zeppelin in May of 1973 and they opened “Rock and Roll”. That one has been hard to beat for 49 years.
@davidbowser55342 жыл бұрын
You must have did that one wrong, I saw them in 78 and can only remember Stairway to Heaven and a 45 minute drum solo with Robert Plant switching out with John Bonham at some point in the concert and that's all I can remember other than getting lost after it was over.
@floydholder5972 жыл бұрын
That must have been sooo good!
@rosemaryedwards72392 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best opening song ever. Not even close! Bonzo saying "all right, let's go!" just before the first note. Classic.
@craigwilliamson13312 жыл бұрын
Rock n roll Madison Square Garden yes this is the ultimate best opening ever!! 1973. Check it out the song remains the same full concert
@patmenard49282 жыл бұрын
Saw them at Kezar Stadium in 73. Best. Concert. Ever.
@ginobambino85962 жыл бұрын
Queen mid 70's opening with Now I'm Here, great starting riff, Freddie running from one side of the stage to hot the spotlight and suddenly an explosion with Roger's screams. Got the blood pumping.
@satybАй бұрын
Iron Maiden starting off their 2013 Download festival set by buzzing the crowd with a Spitfire, whilst the Churchill "we will fight" speech starts up, launching into Aces High on the "we will never surrender" was a hell of an opening
@garybewick47743 ай бұрын
That was excellent. I've seen Maiden play almost every year since 1983...every opening is pretty epic
@docrob53202 ай бұрын
Awesome! But they opened with Moonchild on the 2013 tour.
@weff14Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂. Are you for real. Pure garbage
@johnshevlin8032Ай бұрын
When you say buzzed with a spitfire, do you mean a Spitfire warbird went over the crowd?
@caseyynelmssАй бұрын
@@caseyynelmss Yes, at a reasonably low altitude. Given the proximity to East Midlands Airport, I'm surprised they were allowed to do it
@garybewick4774Ай бұрын
That Metallica footage is from Monsters of Rock, Moscow 1991. Epic attendance of 1.6 million people with only 56 injuries and 0 deaths! Absolutely their biggest crowd ever!! So awesome!
@matzki82 Жыл бұрын
Shut the. hell up play the music
@paulreyes4626 Жыл бұрын
Mettallicka , literally took soviet era communist ideology and showed the door to the boushivic revolution!!! , they need to go back there & finish the job !!!
@larrocovarry9027 Жыл бұрын
Not the biggest crowd ever though impressive
@paranoidandroid6711 Жыл бұрын
more like 600,000
@Deke1 Жыл бұрын
while it is in the top five or ten crowd sizes (I think Rod Stewart holds the biggest record), still amazing!
@cferguson37 Жыл бұрын
Always loved the Churchill Speech + Aces High opening from Iron Maiden. That shit makes you go for a ride real fast
@psytron939 Жыл бұрын
100% Marco - To me after 500 plus concerts - that is the #1 concert opener. And I've seen all the top metal acts and have enjoyed them all. But Maiden - and specifically Dr Dr, then Chruchills Speech, then Aces High just cannot be beat. If that doesn't make your hairs stand up then too bad for you!!!
@charlestelk6526 Жыл бұрын
The whicker man opening at rocking rio which heralded the return of adrian smith
@bigstevej0460 Жыл бұрын
@@bigstevej0460 I wasn;t at that show but was at the Irvine Meadows and also Universal Ampitheater show on the BNW tour and that was a pretty damn good opener I agree. But for me not quite to the level of Aces High.
@charlestelk6526 Жыл бұрын
@@bigstevej0460 I was debating which one to use for the comment lol
@psytron939 Жыл бұрын
@@charlestelk6526 Churchill speech was killer . To me every intro is great 👍. Starting listening to them in 1980 when I was 10 and seen every tour since 1984 up until this June at download Festival in the uk 🇬🇧
@bigstevej0460 Жыл бұрын
I have to admit, I just discovered your channel today, and I'm absolutely loving it. I myself am not a musician, but a big lover of music and really love being educated on all of the intricacies that make a song great. You really broke this video down in terms I, again being a non-musician, was able to clearly understand, and now have a deeper appreciation for artists I already loved.
@shaunhumphrey13625 ай бұрын
Dude this is awesome!! Thank you for posting this Michael 👍🙏❤️ I love your videos! Keep them coming buddy!!!😊❤
@briankimzey65196 ай бұрын
Michael, I am a HUGE fan of your enthusiasm, your love for music. I'm no musician myself but I am a music lover and I LOVE your joy of sharing music with us. Thank you - just thank you.
@Easyslush2 жыл бұрын
Iron Maiden with Churchill’s speech then they come in with Aces High is just absolutely kills it with a Supermarine Spitfire out over the stage and audience
@jasonturbeville22412 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I've seen them quite some times, but The Legacy of the Beast tour opening.... It's in a different league, soooo good!! Gonna see them again in June and i can't wait haha
@wp-fxpyrodesign2 жыл бұрын
The Spitfire is my absolute favorite WWII aircraft. That flying overhead and Iron Maiden?!?! 🤘🙃 Oh Hell Yes!
@GCMadej2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a kick ass opening song.
@robertmetzjr23352 жыл бұрын
Yes got to include Iron Maiden. Also Richie Blackmore with or without Deep Purple. Give him a few guitars, amps, petrol, gun powder, & a cameraman, & he will put on an unforgettable show.
@gavinkitchen14722 жыл бұрын
@@wp-fxpyrodesign snap, roll on june
@andrewphillips39732 жыл бұрын
Another great opener is hearing Axl’s scream “ You know where you are?!… You’re in the jungle baby!!” while the music around Slashes lead builds up. Then boom, the epic riff melody that sends crowd crazy
@GB-zy6nk3 ай бұрын
I love how he followed it with, _”Wake up! Time to diiiiiiiiiiiiie!!”_ a line from the film _Blade Runner…_
@HailAnts2 ай бұрын
But Guns opens with Its So Easy
@AdamRankNFL2 ай бұрын
Axl Rose is absolutely the most overrated rock vocalist of all-time. He is absolutely the best worm-dancer, however. 🤘🏼
@crusheverything444912 күн бұрын
I saw GnR at the Hubert H Humphrey metrodome when they toured with Fairh No More and Metallica, and their first song was Welcome to the Jungle, and Axl screamed, "Minneapolis, do you know where the fuck you are?" Staduim went wild.
@marybrunner10584 күн бұрын
Man, I see in your face just what I feel in my soul when I watch these moments. Do you find it hard to explain to people in your life just how much this affects us? My God just great moments. Thanks for sharing
@Jeflazb5 ай бұрын
YESSSSSSSSS! WOOOOOOOOOOO!
@WoodRanger1385 ай бұрын
Rush. "The Spirit of Radio." The house lits dim, the audience roars, the "Three Stooges" theme plays, Alex sends those sixteenth notes sailing out into the still-dark auditorium, then the stage lights blaze on with the first big downbeat. Perfection.
@tomh.2405 Жыл бұрын
Agree completely... I seen that opening a couple of times and no other word describes it but... Perfect.
@Jreb1865 Жыл бұрын
I only missed one tour since Hold Your Fire 88
@edwardlassiter1479 Жыл бұрын
Saw Rush 70 times but my most memorable show - and a Top 10 moment in my life - was my first show when they played Radio City in ‘83 . Your comment was how they opened the show and it was 2 hours of ecstasy for me followed by another 4+ decades of them as my Favorite band
@nickhoagland6568 Жыл бұрын
@@nickhoagland6568 Seventy?! Dang, man! That's Deadhead-level dedication. Good for you. (Just three for me. I feel like a piker now.)
@tomh.2405 Жыл бұрын
Perfect...
@JasonSmithPsychedelicTherapist Жыл бұрын
I just took my niece out to a nice restaurant for her 15th birthday and on the 1.5 hour drive back to her home she wanted to listen to songs that she liked and it blew my mind that they still love 70s, 80s, music. I asked her why and she said it’s just better! I see this a lot with young people now and I’m so happy for it.
@1mattbutch Жыл бұрын
Yea most if the new music does not have IT. i work with a couple you g guys & they are in to the Classic Rock era. Bad Company Rush all the stuff I grew up on. It us true they knew how to write with a lil magic Triumph was a great band with opener
@leeherring470 Жыл бұрын
My daughter, now 23, Said to me on a couple of occasions while growing up "dad it just isn't fair, you grew up with all of the best music!" And she is right.
@Ron-tp5gr Жыл бұрын
I’m seeing a lot of this myself these days. It’s really cool.
@duzzitmatter867910 ай бұрын
Wow most of my grandchildren like the old rock and roll to.
@user-qo5gz2tc7gАй бұрын
I'd include Rush's Tom Sawyer performance from their Rio concert. The energy is insane and the mic drop factor of opening with Tom Sawyer....
@swordmonkey66355 ай бұрын
That Rio crowd - WOW! Wish I'd been in amongst that lot. They even sing along to the instrumentals. Those deep keyboard tones in the intro have such weight to them, just awesome.
@raelmozo61183 ай бұрын
Came here to say this. Opening chord and 6 seconds later 40,000 Brazilians are singing along. kzhead.info/sun/lpajcrB_rIiukqc/bejne.htmlsi=pgWhcKwkffyQzw8M
@stephenhoeckley81313 ай бұрын
Rush - 'Best intro ever' into 'Spirit of Radio' is my all time favorite intro.
@ginpok66402 ай бұрын
Love Bastille Day on Rush... All the world's a stage
@frankvolpe496516 күн бұрын
Highway Star - Deep Purple... The adeline rush and build up is second to none...
@robertritchie28602 жыл бұрын
"Burn" is a VERY close second.......
@jaysantos5362 жыл бұрын
Both my favorite openers of all time. Spotlight kid and kill the king is next .
@jerrywoods40662 жыл бұрын
I can definitely agree with that ✊🏼
@scottkinsey43922 жыл бұрын
Blackmore: four epic openers - Burn, Highway Star, Kill the King, and Spotlight Kid. Name another guitarist who has equalled that?
@robertritchie28602 жыл бұрын
@@robertritchie2860 none
@jerrywoods40662 жыл бұрын
As a 56 year old rocker I look back and realise we all took for granted the great music and amazing concerts back then. It just seems so lacking today, the youth today really missed out. That's why all these great intros are from a bygone era, but never forgotten. I guess you always have America's got Talent...😄
@stevetarrant3898 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Original and raw art.
@thomaslee1982 Жыл бұрын
@steve tarrant I whole hearty agree with you. Today's young people don't understand what real must is.They think listening to techofunck and synthetic sounds is music. They couldn't be more wrong.It takes original thoughts,patients,and most importantly "SKILLS ". Not like OZZY who had to buy his songs from LEMME. K.from MOORHEAD.Now a days they write one or two lines repeat them over and over and they.WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSER. So yeah I'm with you, am happy with my old music on vinyl. LONG LIVE RO
@vincevarano1187 Жыл бұрын
59 & proud of all the concerts I saw starting in 1978!! It was a golden era for live music, REAL music!! Im still going strong. Pearl Jam at MSG on 9/11/22. Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!!! 🤘🎶🤘
@nancyannschroeck Жыл бұрын
Agree still rockin 57 years young
@liveforbass Жыл бұрын
@steve tarrant I blame the Millennium AND GEN-Z.
@vincevarano1187 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you mentioned “In the Flesh” but I have to add one more thing. I saw Roger Waters in 2000 at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington. They kicked off the show by flying a plane down the Columbia River and over the stage from the back, then directly over the audience as they kicked it off! Absolutely Epic!!
@pdxwarrior6 ай бұрын
I was there as well.
@Nite374 ай бұрын
Saw him in Winnipeg Canada and the show started with that
@Willard50jv4 ай бұрын
Too bad Waters is a closeted Nazi with humongous “daddy issues” . Am Israel 🇮🇱 Chai !!!
@classygary4 ай бұрын
I actually thought "Pink Floyd" before the list started, but I said..."nah ,Pink won't make it" . But I did think of "Thin Ice" before the bands started playing . I used to walk thru the warehouse where I worked as a cabinetmaker for many years sing the lyrics to "Thin Ice" and people would have a brain spasm when they realized what I was quietly singly. I'm very impressed Guitargate used Pink Floyd, as I am with Black Sabbath. My first Black Sabbath was on an 8 -track tape. They came outta the gate in 1968 playing some of the heaviest metal .
@jussitikkuri69913 ай бұрын
So you thought youd might like to go to the show*
@DrSuess-ot9vj2 ай бұрын
Great video Michael. I love the energy and focus you put into describing the events. It's clear that you're an artist with a keen aesthetic and musical sensibility.
@utingabernardo8205Ай бұрын
Took my partner who didn’t know or like Pink Floyd to Roger Waters the Wall concert. She was blown away with the start, middle and end of this concert ( all of it ) and wanted to go again. Was the most amazing spectacle we have ever seen.
@walterpadovani17772 жыл бұрын
Even though they aren’t my favorite band, hands down, the first time I saw PINK FLOYD on The Momentary Lapse of Reason tour was easily the best concert I’ve ever seen to this day. And I’ve seen A LOT! All the big bands, numerous times each. It’s impossible to describe what that live show is like. That’s the power of a good concert. It hits you point blank right between the eyes and ears! PINK FLOYD is next level live performance. What A SHOW! Saw them 3 times.
@philstone38592 жыл бұрын
saw waters 3 maybe 4 years ago in Madrid,watched the best and waters absolutely blew my mind ,for 50 euro so good lol Mr waters I salute you
@ickleman282 жыл бұрын
How do you not know them and also don’t like them?? That’s impossible. Not know of Pink Floyd. Is he or she Amish?? Never mind rumspringa even they know Pink Floyd.
@fuzzybutkus89702 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzybutkus8970 she likes Bay City Rollers, Paper Lace, Abba, Dolly Parton, Dr Hook etc Although she did know Another Brick in the Wall
@walterpadovani17772 жыл бұрын
@@philstone3859 Same...Opened with "Welcome to the Machine"...
@Jreb18652 жыл бұрын
Whatever song AC/DC starts with is automatically top five.
@ththejackjumper2 жыл бұрын
as usual, Tom is correct
@vandyman99572 жыл бұрын
AC/DC could start off with Mary had a little lamb and it would be epic.
@nickcampbell71982 жыл бұрын
When I saw AC⚡️DC live, I don’t even remember what song they opened with, but I had goosebumps for 90 minutes straight!
@BJMauck2 жыл бұрын
@@BJMauck Hells Bells Seattle Wa Feb 11 82’ Angus on top of 12x12” stacks ( 3 4x12”) playing opening riff, jumps down on stage right when Malc & Co. kick in.
@dennisperin29892 жыл бұрын
Same with KISS.
@robphifer91122 жыл бұрын
This list is approved. Everyone of them. Thank you for this, it go me so amped up!
@RoisinT25 ай бұрын
Great choices! Very insightful video about composition of great rock anthems. I’m not a musician but I enjoyed your video as I am a big Rock fan. I also understood your analysis of the songs. Cheers to your love and passion for Rock music.
@Eden6395 ай бұрын
I grew up in the 70s, I had the pleasure of listening to some of the most amazing rock and Roll bands of the era. Amazing
@albertosbaza3865 Жыл бұрын
Me, too, and we didn't go broke doing it.
@wendybutler16818 ай бұрын
@@wendybutler1681 and all seats were the same price. It was first come first serve and a lot of times we camped out at the venue to get tickets
@user-bd5iw7sx2w7 ай бұрын
The 70s were ok but they started off trying too hard to recapture what we lost in the 60s. I can’t stand this know it all hosting calling out chords
@r.d.sandman64745 ай бұрын
Same here
@charlescollins65105 ай бұрын
Stumbled across this video - the best part is not the 5 songs... its your enthusiasm .... we all get that feeling when we go to see a band we love. Thanks for posting this.
@grahamhill21302 жыл бұрын
Agree! This is one of the great parts of social media. The love.
@jameslimewater9398 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the exact same for me, came by it on accident and WOW!! What band were u talking about that u can’t say
@jasonBrown-ol2lz Жыл бұрын
.....until Sabbath
@louf7178 Жыл бұрын
Making me appreciate my favourite songs a whole lot more. Love your work
@revz95313 ай бұрын
Loved them all. Love your enthusiasm. We had the best music and musicians back in 80s. It was an amazing experience growing up in America back then. Cheers.
@TheMichaelBeck5 ай бұрын
Wow! This guy is able to put into words what millions have felt at these shows
@trekkintexan5160 Жыл бұрын
unfortunately using the wrong prepositions ;)
@ptboland Жыл бұрын
Enter Sandman performance was at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow 91. You can see all the Russian soldiers in the 1,6 million crowd. But hey great video as always.
@jonasdienstrup15582 жыл бұрын
Harvester of sorrow in that live in Moscow was absolutely insane
@nicolamurtas43442 жыл бұрын
ac/dc opened that concert with thunderstruck, so good.
@Aussieknuckleheads2 жыл бұрын
Damnnnn
@np99662 жыл бұрын
Damn right..🔥🤘🔥
@putrametallicagen79962 жыл бұрын
I think he may have replaced it with Moscow for copyright after. His timing is off.
@danielmoses42052 жыл бұрын
I love how much it’s obvious that you love these songs and what you are doing so much.
@PetewardtvАй бұрын
Great selection. Nothing beats an open air Rock concert.
@louislochner78066 ай бұрын
1) Rush, following their film intro with cartoon figures arriving at a concert while the Three Stooges theme music plays, followed by the band launching into "The Big Money." 2) Emerson Lake and Powell running down the first four numbers of their new self-titled album, starting with "The Score." What's so cool about that song is that it starts off with a series of drones announced with cymbal hits, and then Emerson starts up a kind of keyboard retrospective from his side of the stage: a sequenced FM-synth throb (1980s - i.e., the present), a fanfare from the all-analog Yamaha GX1 (1970s), and an open octave on the Hammond with Leslie spin-up/spin-down (1960s). To me at least, it was incredibly exciting.
@hubbsllc Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Big Money was a great opener.
@coldshot17239 ай бұрын
As soon as I saw the video title I thought of Rush. When I saw them after the Three Stooges theme they launched into Spirit of Radio. Great, great opening for a show!
@thomasturner80648 ай бұрын
The Southpark open to Tom Sawyer was the best intermission comeback I've ever seen.
@bigpawrescuetrapping53316 ай бұрын
Nobody…and I mean NOBODY, had a more incredible opening to a concert than the Mighty Van Halen did, in their prime! The lights go down, giant white lights circling about to the intro guitar squeal from the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Edward Van Halen. Then Alex Van Halen joins in along with Michael Anthony as the rhythm section symphony gets the crowd going. THEN up top on the drum riser a spotlight on Dave, as Roth holds his one hand up to greet the fans, leaps 20 feet off the riser in to the splits lands perfectly on the stage and UNCHAINED begins!!! It didn’t get better than that and I’ve witnessed thousands of concerts! Long live the Mighty Van Halen🎸🦁🎤🥁
@albertdimatteo5312 жыл бұрын
Can you link it pls?
@necrom44542 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I saw Van Halen at their touring peak on the 1982 Diver Down tour. I haven't been the same since.
@davehenry72622 жыл бұрын
Brown m&m pueblo colo. Oh. My. They were changing the laws and adding up the fines hours after that show!
@thomaskauser89782 жыл бұрын
@@necrom4454 Check out this link. This was from the 1984 tour in Montreal - kzhead.info/sun/YJ1pg7SwbYqcqqc/bejne.html - I must add that Van Halen had the best MC to introduce the band before they hit the stage. I believe I read in one of Van Halen’s documentaries, Dave recruited one their roadies with the best voice, to introduce the band in each city as “Hellllooo (insert city name) are you ready to get down, I give you the Mighty Vannnn Halennn” That was enough to give you goosebumps,😀🎸!!!
@albertdimatteo5312 жыл бұрын
I have tried and tried to make myself like EVH. I can always admit when someone is a supreme talent, and Eddie sure as hell was! ...but there's just an element of 80's pop in their sound that I just can't make myself like. It would be like trying to make myself like 'Take on Me.' - I can admit it's a catchy song, I clearly see why so many people add it to summer/party mixes... but I hate that sound. That goddamned 80's pop sound. I think, had I had the opportunity to see him live, it would have done the trick... but, alas, I wasn't ever able to catch a show before he passed (and I really made an effort!). So I think Eddie will always be the guy I have the utmost respect for and greatly admire the technicality and innovation of his playing but can't stand to listen too. I really love how passionate EVH fans are about his music. I really want to share in that, but I've always felt Van Halen was the missing link in my playing. I have never learned an EVH lick. Either way, that intro sounds incredible, Friend!
@kevinhill60792 жыл бұрын
Great list! Loved it all! Definitely got me fitted up to start my day
@waltergreen777 ай бұрын
Man…LOVE your passion for this!
@constantinepapas63337 ай бұрын
Queen, One Vision at Wembley Stadium in 1986 - I still get goose bumps every time I watch it. Just the best opening to a gig ever!
@jonparton11152 жыл бұрын
Exactly lol And Freddie Fucking Mercury bruh Best frontman ever-
@Rumit.A2 жыл бұрын
Detroit Rock City from Kiss is such a great opener so energetic and such a great song
@viking_2112 Жыл бұрын
In life, we are blessed if we love what we do, I found this video to be more informative with more passion than entire live concerts I have attended. You have demonstrated that we are far from the conclusion of the pantheon of iconic and stirring music that has, been, or will be written and performed.. Thank you! Let me repeat that-THANK YOU!
@Dallin4564 ай бұрын
My favorite opening song was at my first RUSH concert --- Moving Pictures in the spring of 1981. The arena was dark (stage not lit with lights) and they opened with 2112 Part I - Overture. FANTASTIC!!
@TheBlondeOak2 жыл бұрын
I sure wish I could've been there for that
@nutt16742 жыл бұрын
Or the compilation from the R30 tour that is doing the rounds on KZhead leading into Spirit of Radio. Here's some tunes we may or may not play tonight. We're only on stage for 3 hours and we may well miss some out. Saw Rush on that tour in Manchester.
@loafersheffield2 жыл бұрын
just as my ass hit the seat the lights went out :)
@nobrainsnoheadache24342 жыл бұрын
I saw that tour - such a great concert.
@JedWunderli2 жыл бұрын
@@loafersheffield There's a reason you can look that up as the "Best Intro Ever!"
@ceilingunlimited24302 жыл бұрын
Dude, just discovered you today. You're a lot like Rick Beato in terms of your value to the world. To a non-musicians (but trying now in mid life) I find your content compelling. Keep up the good work.
@jmcmike1 Жыл бұрын
I was 8 rows back, center stage, in the folding chairs on the floor at the Omni in Atlanta in summer of '82 at the AC/DC concert. They opened with Hells Bells. They brought down a 30-foot diameter brass bell from the ceiling, and the "BONG" noises for the opening notes were made by Angus beating on that bell with his GUITAR! That's number 1. And yes, Thunderstruck is brilliant. If it weren't for Hell's Bells, that would get my vote for number 1.
@antonnym2146 ай бұрын
yip, you cant beat hells bells as an opener, I was lucky enough to have seen them 4 times at the Edinburgh playhouse in the 80s. when they still had the real bell. can still remember the build up to the bell coming down, then the intro, then Brian hitting the bell (no like the current cheap fibreglass one) 3,500 crammed in for a night that you would never forget.
@potkettle81856 ай бұрын
@@potkettle8185 Very cool! We're like brothers in arms! All good wishes, my friend! 🤘
@antonnym2146 ай бұрын
Just stumbled on this vid and besides music being a very passionate love of my life,i was also absolutely magetised to Michael's soothing,well descriptive,passionately put across summarising! I hit the subscribe button straight away!!!💯❤👌
@GlenDiG19704 ай бұрын
Firebird Suite that goes right into Siberian Kahtru was a standard at every Yes show in their prime years. Hard to beat that one.
@bellodrade8 ай бұрын
That's my favorite as well.
@paulleduc936 ай бұрын
First concert I attended back in the 70s, and this intro is the best ever
@johnthomas81825 ай бұрын
Yes!!! Firebird Suite going into Siberian Khatru was the greatest!!
@kimdemetrios14345 ай бұрын
My #1 desert island album will always be Close to the Edge. Hearing Firebird Suite live always gave me goosebumps. RIP Chris and Alan.
@ultimatebasses5 ай бұрын
Still gives me chills. Saw it 4 times
@29577gman3 ай бұрын
Queen...Tie Your Mother Down. Power rock at it's best! Great selection Mike.
@timb3502 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable and educational. Thanks for putting this together. Also thanks for tossing in War Pigs- one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands from my high school days.
@davidstout60513 ай бұрын
Saw lots of stadium concerts back in the day. I’m psyched at almost 70. Love the picks. Really glad your channel just popped up!!
@davidl6757Ай бұрын
Man, I never commented on any video ever but this one is top of the charts, never knew nor payed attention to these details, and yes these are all crowd killers, goose bumps all the way, great job man!
@lauroboska2302 жыл бұрын
THX!
@Guitargate2 жыл бұрын
Great list. My additions: Iron Maiden - Aces High Rush - Tom Sawyer
@jmartinez23672 жыл бұрын
Loved this. Very insightful and I’m going to find some of the openers I hadn’t heard before 👍
@davidroberts1503 ай бұрын
Rush.... Best intro ever, on KZhead, great opening, first saw Rush in 1978, 14 years old, simply blew me away
@shugd36 ай бұрын
You're probably not listening to Rush these days..music for 12 year old boys...never any girls at their concerts.
@blackened4me3 ай бұрын
@@blackened4meI listen to Rush often. WTF wouldn't anyone that appreciates musicianship? 🤔
@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar3 ай бұрын
lol dumb dumb!!
@CarlosBaoZ3 ай бұрын
@@blackened4mebeg to differ….we loved Rush.
@jlynnc9559Ай бұрын
@@jlynnc9559 I'm not questioning your affinity for Rush, I'm saying that their music is aimed at 12 year old boys and that they have so many live and greatest " hits " records..You rarely ever saw girls at their concerts..their album sales in the end were pathetic and that's just Canada where they get get plenty of air play. Nobody buys their music.
@blackened4me29 күн бұрын
For me, Queen at the NEC in Birmingham (UK) in the 80's with an explosive version of We Will Rock You
@glennwhitlock12722 жыл бұрын
What a cool topic to cover. It’s just so fun to watch you explain the musicality but also your passion when describing things is infectious. Keep doing what you’re doing. Love it.
@chrisbonney10932 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video,, it helps us a lot to select the song for our Rock Mime
@diasthottan6 ай бұрын
For me it was the incredible opening of "Aces High" complete with a 3/4 size "working" British Spitfire "flying" over the crowd in Houston on the Legacy of the Beast show in Houston in 2019. 🤘I'm seeing them in Fort Worth next year in November for my third Maiden show since 2017. Took me three decades to see Maiden and omfg. Beyond epic. I'm 56. Bruce is the "baby" in Maiden and he's pushing 65 or older I believe. Maiden is the antithesis to bands that "lived the rock and roll lifestyle" who are now pathetic "money grabs." I'm looking at you Crue. Y'all sucked back in the 80s show I saw so...
@dsmith96265 ай бұрын
What a band and what a way to start a show! How can this guy put In top 5 Born in the usa and not Aces High??? Up the Irons! 🤘
@VF1sRoyFokker14 ай бұрын
When Churchill roars out -And we shall never surrender! and Adrian starts that epic guitar riff is absolute magic 🤘🤘
@danielheden35644 ай бұрын
First time viewer here. I love your passion for these openers, and I'm glad you gave a nod to Rush with Spirit of Radio. IMO this was their best opening during the Grace Under Pressure tour 1984. So energetic!!
@DNR55862 жыл бұрын
Limelight from there “Snakes and Arrows” Tour was always my fave, but I’ve seen them over 20 times, so it’s really hard to pin it down...
@tommysaulter91712 жыл бұрын
Tom Sawyer in Rio is pretty epic!
@Fiona22542 жыл бұрын
Rush concerts were always amazing. When we took our kids it was pretty amazing. My 11 yr old daughter earned the respect of those around us because she also knew every song Long Live Rush!!!
@Fiona22542 жыл бұрын
Best opener has to be “best intro ever” on KZhead….absolutely immense
@Steveoqotsa2 жыл бұрын
Epic list. I truly enjoyed the way you arranged this along with your musical knowledge. I came to be entertained, but got an education as well.
@flyfish1995 Жыл бұрын
This video is very educational. You gave me a new perspective on how music is written to perform. I did subscribe. Thank you.
@user-yz8gg3bs8i4 ай бұрын
Im all in man this is fabulous.this is how i live everyday with music.u got the heart an soul.❤
@user-oz8xb9wq1v5 ай бұрын
Saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the old Cleveland Colosseum in '79. Lights went out, Introduction was made. They started playing Fanfare For The Common Man as the stage floor opened up and they came up through the floor. The entire band was wearing white and all of the instruments were white as well. Totally blown away. I still vividly remember that 40 years later.
@ks8452 Жыл бұрын
Lucky bastard!!!!
@SabrSuave23 Жыл бұрын
Saw ELP in Milwaukee. 'Works' tour. Unbelievable show. They started out with Karn Evil 9 and the system was shorting every time Greg Lake hit a note. The lights went out for about 10 minutes and then they started over - wow! Carl Palmer's solo in Tank was pretty danged awesome, too.
@danielpape1431 Жыл бұрын
I also saw EL&P 3 times. Boston Garden was the first time. The crowd went so crazy for 5 minutes you couldn't even hardly hear them play. They were also using the cutting edge quad system that night. Sooo very special.
@johnloupis2347 Жыл бұрын
Refer to Rics reply below!☺
@dominicseanmccann6300 Жыл бұрын
Man always wanted to see EL&P doing Brain Salad Surgery. I always thought they were every bit as good as Pink Floyd.
@billpowley5882 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video! And likewise so great to see the submissions/stories from other commenters. Let there be songs to fill the air = yeah yeah yes of course, but the song that comes FIRST? Such a magical thing. Thank you Michael.
@songnotes2 жыл бұрын
True!
@georgefotopoulos12002 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother!!
@Guitargate2 жыл бұрын
David Pots rocks!
@boomerdell2 жыл бұрын
Queen absolutely wipe the floor with any other band live. They were the best live band in history and every opening song was an absolute event 🤘😎🤘🇬🇧
@SuperWayneyb6 ай бұрын
I have seen Queen live three times. Believing their concert at Bucharest being their best. But nothing comes even close to the magic of AC/DC performing live. As soon as Angus appears on stage it is showtime. No band comes even close to projecting that kind of energy. Oh, they try by using more volume or distortion or going or a rant using the "F" word a million times per minute but that really does not make you look cool at all.
@adriantencate49846 ай бұрын
The Clash were unbelievable too
@user-kx6vk3nj9u6 ай бұрын
dam straight
@user-xl7hx7tb3t6 ай бұрын
Agreed, saw Queen may 1976 Santa Monica Civic, Ca. all my hard rocker fans were teasing me because back then freedie was openly gay, and it wasnt too kool with certain crowds . i dont care about thaT SHIT BACK THEN NOR NOW. MUSIC IS god!!
@yurmom-io9pc5 ай бұрын
Queen was a good live band, saw them once early on, News of the World tour and The Game tour. The News of the World show I saw was by far the best. They were on at Live Aid, but I thought Bowie was the best act that day. I'll take Zeppelin in '75 over anyone.
@davidwheeler98105 ай бұрын
I saw ACDC with both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson...fantastic. And I saw Black Sabbath in the 70's. I've still got that ticket stub. Wonderful. 😁. I even went to Woodstock when I was 14 and saw Jimi Hendrix at the end. Glad I stayed on the next day after it supposedly ended. 😍
@SusanBishop5555 ай бұрын
That's fucking superb.
@user-vc4yp9um7o5 ай бұрын
KISS _ Detroit Rock City they only opened with it on one tour and a few others appearances. Just the way they hit the stage and the bombastic opening is as iconic as Rock and Roll All Night's finale.
@Rocky-N-Angel2 жыл бұрын
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@rickbailey13392 жыл бұрын
Actually I've seen KISS open with Detroit Rock City on several tours. Sometimes the opening song is changed during different legs of a tour. A lot riding on location at the time.
@robphifer91122 жыл бұрын
They've opened with drc on loads of tours
@steelcityowl12 жыл бұрын
I remember in 96 when they had the semi transparent curtain where you could read KISS. The guitars started, the drum roll. A flash and a bang and it fell down, revealing the band. That is an opening!
@olachristianbardsen31712 жыл бұрын
I took my two (barely) teenage sons to see Kiss on their (latest) farewell tour. They opened with DRC and they shot more fireworks during that one song than most 4th of July celebrations. It was my boys first ever concert and they had their jaws literally dropped. I’ve see Kiss in their prime but I wanted my kids to see them while they still could. It was awesome for them but more awesome for me.
@KCCheez2 жыл бұрын
Van Halen opening with Unchained on the 1984 tour. Ed starts with a pick slide that goes into the intro riff, Alex comes in on the snare, and then Michael comes in with both of them when the lights hit and Dave has done the splits off the stage. And the tempo is kicked up a notch from the studio version. So it just adds to the epicness.
@dplunk132 жыл бұрын
Yup. Unchained... it just kicks you in the ass.
@scottbabb44852 жыл бұрын
Coliseum Cleveland The one woman bawled when it ended. We all wanted more.
@np99662 жыл бұрын
YES.
@Guitargate2 жыл бұрын
In Vancouver Canada, they opened with Unchained as well. Just imagine it. Dave did 10 flips across the entire stage in succession as Edward played that most epic riff. I thought it was a dream. It was so surreal. It was so crazy noise wise from the crowd before the show and even louder during.. Never heard anything like it. Louder than the band!
@CanuckQuest2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I was going to say the same thing. I was at the 1984 show at The Forum in Inglewood, probably the best entrance of any show I have been to! Dave jumping off the drum riser to kick off the show was as good as it gets!
@Eric_K_Sr2 жыл бұрын
Simplicity, stage presence, audience participation, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE- QUEEN, Freddy Mercury, We Will Rock You. Light years ahead!
@1969utubeАй бұрын
🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
@TexMexGenX17 күн бұрын
I had to come back to say again how much I enjoyed that video, some goose bumps, fist pumps and high jumps! 😂 rock n roll will never die!
@waltergreen777 ай бұрын
#1 had a smile on my face! I was in the Army 1971-73 and spent 1 year in Vietnam. Paranoid was a cassette I always had playing with War Pigs, Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots as my favorites. Brought back some great memories!
@bassfishinglakenorman5662 Жыл бұрын
AC/DC legendary rockers add up to your formulas , hells Bells among many others
@julianshalders6047 Жыл бұрын
Good list… but I miss Queen at Wembley with one man, one goal. It chills me up every time I see it… love it ❤️
@TripleRevolution Жыл бұрын
First time I saw Queen they opened with Tie Your Mother Down. Full quad sound pyro and you were blown away immediately. Then it kept going. Boom! Day at the Races tour.
@mrvlsmrv Жыл бұрын
I saw Queen in 78, opened with Tie your mother down.
@derekcole5593 Жыл бұрын
One Vision the songs called.
@asm1 Жыл бұрын
"Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends", Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
@MaxWray1116 ай бұрын
Gave me chills hearing these songs from days gone by..!!!. Great reaction video. I forget how huge the crowds were for some of these concerts..
@lancemiller46472 ай бұрын
For me, it will always be the opening to the 1996 KISS reunion tour. Rock and roll by Led Zeppelin ends. Lights dim, spotlights bath the arena. Amplifiers hit, then you hear “Alright (whatever city they’re in). You wanted the best, you got the best. The hottest band in the world, KISS!!!!!!!!!!” Opening chords of Deuce hits the kabuki curtain drops to explosions and there are the original 4 members in makeup
@jeffpotts2466 Жыл бұрын
so talkative, i thought its a rock concert. but it becomes a talk show
@jhuncaballa8393 Жыл бұрын
Agree. Deuce will always be my Number one Opening. Close second Priest with The Hellion! Electric Eye.
@chelseafn104 Жыл бұрын
I love this guy's enthusiasm and pure joy when discussing music.
@Talen19762 жыл бұрын
seriously 💥💥💥
@valerieb31952 жыл бұрын
Bonus: he's a damn good guitar instructor too.
@barefootbillymusic2 жыл бұрын
I saw Pink Floyd on Animals in Tampa in 1977, twice on MLOR, (1987-88) Tampa and Orlando, and once on the Division Bell tour in Tampa in 1994. They were and always will be the definitive live music experiance. Sight and sound. 👍😳👍
@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar3 ай бұрын
I was at Tampa twice, Division Bell, and The Wall
@deborahthomas13133 ай бұрын
Saw it at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Starts off with their jet taking off from Burke Lakefront Airport and buzzing the stadium, then all of the sudden they are playing. WOW!
@s7centnickel9153 ай бұрын
I've watched this several times, and I'll watch it several times more. WHO wouldnt
@karizma81752 ай бұрын
Times Like These by Foo Fighters is a huge opener. The build up, the explosion. Just magnificent.
@lolociarlotti Жыл бұрын
My wife got us tickets to RUSH in 2005 for my 40th birthday, I had seen them in '86 but don't recall what they opened with then but in '05 they opened with "Spirit of Radio". When a band opens with one of their biggest hits, one that is on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" list, you just know the rest of the show is going to be awesome. It was.
@j.landismartin5397 Жыл бұрын
I think in 1980 I saw them open with 2112.
@ruds2600 Жыл бұрын
That must have been incredible. Spirit of the Radio is the greatest rock song IMHO.
@leonelfederico2459 ай бұрын
@@ruds2600 seen them two or three times in the 70s and they always opened with
@user-bd5iw7sx2w5 ай бұрын
@@leonelfederico245 2112
@user-bd5iw7sx2w5 ай бұрын
Rush in Rio opened with Tom Sawyer blew me away. Seen them 10 times over the years and each time they left me speechless.
@lemm245 ай бұрын
I so enjoyed your video. Brilliant! 😉
@PaulHere19536 ай бұрын
Hell yea, great break down! Love your passion
@JackVGallivan2 ай бұрын
War Pigs and Ozzy, who really does love his job ♥️ Rush… always an experience to see them live and then we took our kids. 💕 they are sorely missed RIP Professor 💔
@Fiona22542 жыл бұрын
Taurus pedals on A Show of Hands🔥👍
@matthewferguson70842 жыл бұрын
Rush’s Spirit of the Radio was always my favorite opener. Speaks so well to the majesty and mystery and magic of music.
@jamesfetherston1190 Жыл бұрын
Good call, Rush had a lot of iconic openers: Bastille Day, 2112 Overture, Spirit, Limelight, Tom Sawyer
@michaelcottle6270 Жыл бұрын
Definitely agree with that.
@annettereynolds7457 Жыл бұрын
Rush 🇨🇦!
@johnnyrocker5161 Жыл бұрын
I don't know mang. I have been to three Rush concerts in the highest prime of their career and the best thing I can say about Rush live is Mediocre in concert and this almost applies to most true 3 piece bands I've seen live it's because the layers used in recording studio doesn't carry over to playing live
@jimmy7144 Жыл бұрын
@@jimmy7144 OK…
@jamesfetherston1190 Жыл бұрын
#1 spot on!!! Goosebumps all over again from when I was 13 years old going to see Sabbath by myself
@ericrabago2745 ай бұрын
You were underage no way they allowed you into the concert you're not even drinking age yet!
@v4v8194 ай бұрын
Great list and can’t argue with the choices. But my personal fave for over the top build and crowd intensity was U2 ‘87 Joshua Tree Tour in Vancouver opening with Where the Streets Have no Name, at a time when the band was at the apex of their career. For a concert opening, nothing has ever matched that moment in time for me. 36 years and 2 months later and it still gives me chills to think about it.
@nicks27163 ай бұрын
Totally agree!
@largil203 ай бұрын
I was at that show; best opening I’ve ever seen too!
@jasonhickman58693 ай бұрын
Agreed. It was the same opening in '87 at the LA Coliseum. Every time I watch it again on Rattle & Hum it gives me flashbacks.
@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk21 күн бұрын
Holy smokes, Michael. I once saw The Flaming Lips at a festival years ago. They came out on stage an hour early and told us if anyone asked, this was their sound check. Then they ripped one of the best covers of War Pigs I’ve ever heard. Melted my face. I’ll never forget it.
@timothymaguire27242 жыл бұрын
thanks, I'll have to chec✓k that out, the bass intro on that song has haunted me for years
@mindsigh42 жыл бұрын
Oh cmon! The Flamers Lips??? The whiny ass hippie she don’t use butter….she don’t use cheese…guys? Must have an extremely low melting temp. Those guys shouldn’t even be allowed to play a Sabbath song.
@invictusbp1prop1432 жыл бұрын
I can totally see them doing this, and that's awesome.
@Kenzabukuro2 жыл бұрын
Saw the Tragically Hip open with Grace,Too once and it was a killer way to start. All that tension builds until the beat drops halfway thru the first verse, and the crowd just explodes.
@bobeagle73832 жыл бұрын
Love that. Thanks for sharing. Gord could wrangle a crowd with the best of them
@andreww60262 жыл бұрын
My favorite Hip song, never got a chance to see them live.
@5yearsout2 жыл бұрын
The Hip!🔥💯❤️
@joegislason2 жыл бұрын
Great tune! Am partial to 50 mission cap opening, but I can roll.
@kidglove142 жыл бұрын
Ok AWESOME that the first comment is saying the very first song that popped into my head with what I'm guessing is the first one Thunderstruck
@NamathCB2 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are right, this are the best, highrest Level of Rock.. Thanks for that Videos
@bertholdbeil60583 ай бұрын
Kiss in 1980. Amazing start. The stage and stadium lights were all turned off and suddenly Kiss 'appeared' on the stage. Was very clever how it was done. I think they came up through the stage floor and a spotlight on each of them slowly got brighter and brighter
@smokingun39724 күн бұрын
I agree with AC/DC but in 1981 at the Old Boston Garden they opened with “HELLS BELLS 🔔 THEY ROCKED THE PLACE! That should be Your #1 for sure! I Can Still Hear Those Bells Ringing! Hell Yeah!
@jamesfoley54072 жыл бұрын
I am surprised that I had to scroll that far to find Hells Bells mentioned. Personally, I think that Thunderstruck is a bit overrated, has been overused and can in fact be a bit boring. To me Live Wire and Hell Bellsare the ones. Hells Bells was their opener on the BiB Tour in 1980. It was the very first concert I ever attended (went with a friend, we were both 14). We got to enjoy the bluesy 1980 incarnation of Whitesnake as support - and enjoyed that a lot. Then came on the bell and that spine tingling lick, the crowd just went mad with "I'm roaring thunder, pouring rain ..." and my life was never gonna be the same. That concert - of similar intensity as 1979 Let there be rock in Paris - has stayed with me until this very day. The insane performance of Angus in his early to mid-twenties is something you may love and appreciate from a film recording but in truth ... you'll really have no idea what it was like to be there. That sound, that drive and that level of complete and utter madness on stage just could never be bettered.
@ralfhenke8148 Жыл бұрын
I saw the San Francisco show at the Cow Palace. Greatest opening I ever witnessed! Bon recently passing I really didn't know how this new guy would measure up in a live show. Angus playing the picking riff in the dark while the bell slowly descends bathed in a golden light, here comes Brian Johnson running around on stage carrying a sledgehammer. He hit that bell so hard you could feel it in your chest. I still get goosebumps remembering that moment.
@c6chili Жыл бұрын
I feel privileged to seen 3 out of the 5 openers you have show cased here . For me from 1978 to 1985 I personally believe I saw and lived through the golden age of live rock music . There are just so many bands you could mention and luckily for me I saw them all live . Great content 👍
@daxhausentraveller8488 Жыл бұрын
wich 3 did you saw?
@blacktna8164 Жыл бұрын
@@blacktna8164 Ac/Dc , Sabbath and Pink Floyd
@daxhausentraveller8488 Жыл бұрын
@@daxhausentraveller8488 I'm jealous!
@williamwolseley-charles20459 ай бұрын
Queen opened 79- 81 with" We will rock you"( fast version) nothings better to power up an audience
@andreaskaleve3299Ай бұрын
Excellent. Cannot but agree. Would give anything to have experienced all or any of these top five.
@jonathanlaw688816 күн бұрын
I saw Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium June 1977. Still the most remembered concert experience, 2 1/2 songs, rain and a riot! I was a junior in high school, my parents freaked, it took 4 hours to get out of the parking lot, Any way, they began with "Song Remains The Same".
@spiritualimmunesystem836 Жыл бұрын
I think Jimmy really wanted to kick off each show going full blast to get people going.They did it with Immigrant Song in the early `70s then used RocknRoll then Song Remains the Same. All powerhouse songs to start with.
@leechild4655 Жыл бұрын
I was a sound roadie for Showco on that tour .That gig is in the top 10 gigs I did .As you can imagine the load out was fucked ! Also I dodged many whiskey bottles and other flying debris as I pulled all the mics after it was announced the show was over . IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL!!
@o-n-o837 Жыл бұрын
@@leechild4655 No matter how short and crazy it was, it was worth every minute of those 2 1/2 songs...
@spiritualimmunesystem836 Жыл бұрын
@@spiritualimmunesystem836 I know having see the band maybe at the lowest point healthwise in Feb.`75 Nonetheless we all looked past Robert`s horse voice and Jimmy`s busted finger and were all just happy as clams just to see them right in front of us.
@leechild4655 Жыл бұрын
"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside !"
@Emerson278 Жыл бұрын
Soooo, sooo GOOD!!!
@johnloupis2347 Жыл бұрын
@@johnloupis2347 Yeah, and Carl Palmer has stated that a movie studio ( Radar Pictures ) has secured the rights to the lyrics from "Karn Evil 9" and is in the process of making a feature length movie based on those lyrics ,which hopefully should be in theatres sometime in the future.
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Top five opening songs I’ve seen 1. Stones - start me up 1989 … stones been my favorite band since I was a kid and never saw them live . Then they opened with this and an explosion before Keith’s opening cord was surreal 2. Springsteen - born in the USA 1984 Was in Los Angeles visiting my friends and went to see him on the last day of the tour and sat way back at the LA colosseum infront of 90.000 people . At the height of his career 3. U2 - where the streets have no name 1987 4. Def Leppard - rock rock till you drop 1983 … young , hungry and at their peak popularity . Never seen a band on fire like this in my life 5. Judas Priest - hellion / electric eye … just watch the video on you tube from screaming for vengeance tour and you’ll see why
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Gyat Dammmm I loved every second of this. I love all of these songs. Thanks for the insight.
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Every intro gave me goosebumps. Well done ..
This is why your videos get blocked. You're using their songs to promote your products. You are making money from someone else's work.
@@danielhendriksen9232 I bet you're fun at parties.
The location of that Metallica show wasn't Donnington, it was in 1991 Moscow, Russia with over 1,000,000 people in attendance.
@James Buxton Oh wont you please welcome home....
Queen…Live Aid 85… opened with the best they had. no special effects. Just walked out there and did it. 30 mins of pure music and the crowd.
I think queen should be in the list too. It’s an iconic concert
I think queen should be in the list too. It’s an iconic concert
A new era began in Wembley that day.
LOVE me some Queen!
No question that you nailed it.
Tom Sawyer - Rush in Rio was absolute perfection when the Brazilian crowd heard the first note and went into a frenzy. The energy in that stadium was incredible!
Rush Tom Sawyer with the South Park intro
I saw a few shows on the Vapor Trails tour - and it was insane to see them open with TS.
For 15+ years I went to the Roskilde Rock Festival during the late 1980's, '90's and 2000's. But I never went to Rock in Rio. In 1985 many of my Brazilian friends had been to Rock in Rio, I really want to experience that festival some day.
They also open with Limelight a lot. Hail Rush. R.I.P. Neil. Yep Rush in Rio is my favorite live album of all-time. Cheers.
@@larsrons7937I was at Roskilde Fest in 1983. Simple Minds, Marilion, Mek Pek Party Band . Don't remember the first song of Simple Minds. ...I think New Gold Dream. 😁
Rock concerts in the 80’s never needed anything fancy….just incredibly amazing music!
I remember going to Day on the Green in Oakland, CA open air.
Same in the 70s with the exception of Kiss of course LOL
@@georgegarvey7338 I would like to have seen the Skynyrd show show on the Green
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The 80's also had some of the most elaborate stage productions to date. Priest Fuel for Life Tour, their biggest production yet. Maiden World Slavery tour, arguably one of the most incredible live metal productions they've even done. The second half of the 80's was all about massive live productions and huge stadium tours. I worked with a lot of touring bands at the time, in the 90's they started to cut it all back again.
Iron Maiden fear of the dark,en vivo. People singing guitar lines, bass lines...... every single Word. Breathtaking
Van Halen used to start concerts with "Running With the Devil" really set the mood.
1st song 1st album 1st song live. Live it. The times ive seen VH (not since 81) they opened once with Light up the Sky (only had 2 albums out then) and On Fire. Never opened with RWTD when i saw them. 5×. Rock on dude!
Until they wrote unchained which blows rwtd out of the water
Van Halen was excellent in the stadium!
Romeo Delight was the opening song first time I saw them.
I saw them on their maiden tour in 78 and they pretty much played their entire first album and was completely blown away by EVH and his unbelievable skills on a guitar..
Saw Led Zeppelin in May of 1973 and they opened “Rock and Roll”. That one has been hard to beat for 49 years.
You must have did that one wrong, I saw them in 78 and can only remember Stairway to Heaven and a 45 minute drum solo with Robert Plant switching out with John Bonham at some point in the concert and that's all I can remember other than getting lost after it was over.
That must have been sooo good!
Absolutely the best opening song ever. Not even close! Bonzo saying "all right, let's go!" just before the first note. Classic.
Rock n roll Madison Square Garden yes this is the ultimate best opening ever!! 1973. Check it out the song remains the same full concert
Saw them at Kezar Stadium in 73. Best. Concert. Ever.
Queen mid 70's opening with Now I'm Here, great starting riff, Freddie running from one side of the stage to hot the spotlight and suddenly an explosion with Roger's screams. Got the blood pumping.
Iron Maiden starting off their 2013 Download festival set by buzzing the crowd with a Spitfire, whilst the Churchill "we will fight" speech starts up, launching into Aces High on the "we will never surrender" was a hell of an opening
That was excellent. I've seen Maiden play almost every year since 1983...every opening is pretty epic
Awesome! But they opened with Moonchild on the 2013 tour.
😂😂😂😂😂😂. Are you for real. Pure garbage
When you say buzzed with a spitfire, do you mean a Spitfire warbird went over the crowd?
@@caseyynelmss Yes, at a reasonably low altitude. Given the proximity to East Midlands Airport, I'm surprised they were allowed to do it
That Metallica footage is from Monsters of Rock, Moscow 1991. Epic attendance of 1.6 million people with only 56 injuries and 0 deaths! Absolutely their biggest crowd ever!! So awesome!
Shut the. hell up play the music
Mettallicka , literally took soviet era communist ideology and showed the door to the boushivic revolution!!! , they need to go back there & finish the job !!!
Not the biggest crowd ever though impressive
more like 600,000
while it is in the top five or ten crowd sizes (I think Rod Stewart holds the biggest record), still amazing!
Always loved the Churchill Speech + Aces High opening from Iron Maiden. That shit makes you go for a ride real fast
100% Marco - To me after 500 plus concerts - that is the #1 concert opener. And I've seen all the top metal acts and have enjoyed them all. But Maiden - and specifically Dr Dr, then Chruchills Speech, then Aces High just cannot be beat. If that doesn't make your hairs stand up then too bad for you!!!
The whicker man opening at rocking rio which heralded the return of adrian smith
@@bigstevej0460 I wasn;t at that show but was at the Irvine Meadows and also Universal Ampitheater show on the BNW tour and that was a pretty damn good opener I agree. But for me not quite to the level of Aces High.
@@bigstevej0460 I was debating which one to use for the comment lol
@@charlestelk6526 Churchill speech was killer . To me every intro is great 👍. Starting listening to them in 1980 when I was 10 and seen every tour since 1984 up until this June at download Festival in the uk 🇬🇧
I have to admit, I just discovered your channel today, and I'm absolutely loving it. I myself am not a musician, but a big lover of music and really love being educated on all of the intricacies that make a song great. You really broke this video down in terms I, again being a non-musician, was able to clearly understand, and now have a deeper appreciation for artists I already loved.
Dude this is awesome!! Thank you for posting this Michael 👍🙏❤️ I love your videos! Keep them coming buddy!!!😊❤
Michael, I am a HUGE fan of your enthusiasm, your love for music. I'm no musician myself but I am a music lover and I LOVE your joy of sharing music with us. Thank you - just thank you.
Iron Maiden with Churchill’s speech then they come in with Aces High is just absolutely kills it with a Supermarine Spitfire out over the stage and audience
Exactly! I've seen them quite some times, but The Legacy of the Beast tour opening.... It's in a different league, soooo good!! Gonna see them again in June and i can't wait haha
The Spitfire is my absolute favorite WWII aircraft. That flying overhead and Iron Maiden?!?! 🤘🙃 Oh Hell Yes!
Absolutely a kick ass opening song.
Yes got to include Iron Maiden. Also Richie Blackmore with or without Deep Purple. Give him a few guitars, amps, petrol, gun powder, & a cameraman, & he will put on an unforgettable show.
@@wp-fxpyrodesign snap, roll on june
Another great opener is hearing Axl’s scream “ You know where you are?!… You’re in the jungle baby!!” while the music around Slashes lead builds up. Then boom, the epic riff melody that sends crowd crazy
I love how he followed it with, _”Wake up! Time to diiiiiiiiiiiiie!!”_ a line from the film _Blade Runner…_
But Guns opens with Its So Easy
Axl Rose is absolutely the most overrated rock vocalist of all-time. He is absolutely the best worm-dancer, however. 🤘🏼
I saw GnR at the Hubert H Humphrey metrodome when they toured with Fairh No More and Metallica, and their first song was Welcome to the Jungle, and Axl screamed, "Minneapolis, do you know where the fuck you are?" Staduim went wild.
Man, I see in your face just what I feel in my soul when I watch these moments. Do you find it hard to explain to people in your life just how much this affects us? My God just great moments. Thanks for sharing
YESSSSSSSSS! WOOOOOOOOOOO!
Rush. "The Spirit of Radio." The house lits dim, the audience roars, the "Three Stooges" theme plays, Alex sends those sixteenth notes sailing out into the still-dark auditorium, then the stage lights blaze on with the first big downbeat. Perfection.
Agree completely... I seen that opening a couple of times and no other word describes it but... Perfect.
I only missed one tour since Hold Your Fire 88
Saw Rush 70 times but my most memorable show - and a Top 10 moment in my life - was my first show when they played Radio City in ‘83 . Your comment was how they opened the show and it was 2 hours of ecstasy for me followed by another 4+ decades of them as my Favorite band
@@nickhoagland6568 Seventy?! Dang, man! That's Deadhead-level dedication. Good for you. (Just three for me. I feel like a piker now.)
Perfect...
I just took my niece out to a nice restaurant for her 15th birthday and on the 1.5 hour drive back to her home she wanted to listen to songs that she liked and it blew my mind that they still love 70s, 80s, music. I asked her why and she said it’s just better! I see this a lot with young people now and I’m so happy for it.
Yea most if the new music does not have IT. i work with a couple you g guys & they are in to the Classic Rock era. Bad Company Rush all the stuff I grew up on. It us true they knew how to write with a lil magic Triumph was a great band with opener
My daughter, now 23, Said to me on a couple of occasions while growing up "dad it just isn't fair, you grew up with all of the best music!" And she is right.
I’m seeing a lot of this myself these days. It’s really cool.
Wow most of my grandchildren like the old rock and roll to.
I'd include Rush's Tom Sawyer performance from their Rio concert. The energy is insane and the mic drop factor of opening with Tom Sawyer....
That Rio crowd - WOW! Wish I'd been in amongst that lot. They even sing along to the instrumentals. Those deep keyboard tones in the intro have such weight to them, just awesome.
Came here to say this. Opening chord and 6 seconds later 40,000 Brazilians are singing along. kzhead.info/sun/lpajcrB_rIiukqc/bejne.htmlsi=pgWhcKwkffyQzw8M
Rush - 'Best intro ever' into 'Spirit of Radio' is my all time favorite intro.
Love Bastille Day on Rush... All the world's a stage
Highway Star - Deep Purple... The adeline rush and build up is second to none...
"Burn" is a VERY close second.......
Both my favorite openers of all time. Spotlight kid and kill the king is next .
I can definitely agree with that ✊🏼
Blackmore: four epic openers - Burn, Highway Star, Kill the King, and Spotlight Kid. Name another guitarist who has equalled that?
@@robertritchie2860 none
As a 56 year old rocker I look back and realise we all took for granted the great music and amazing concerts back then. It just seems so lacking today, the youth today really missed out. That's why all these great intros are from a bygone era, but never forgotten. I guess you always have America's got Talent...😄
Couldn't agree more. Original and raw art.
@steve tarrant I whole hearty agree with you. Today's young people don't understand what real must is.They think listening to techofunck and synthetic sounds is music. They couldn't be more wrong.It takes original thoughts,patients,and most importantly "SKILLS ". Not like OZZY who had to buy his songs from LEMME. K.from MOORHEAD.Now a days they write one or two lines repeat them over and over and they.WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSER. So yeah I'm with you, am happy with my old music on vinyl. LONG LIVE RO
59 & proud of all the concerts I saw starting in 1978!! It was a golden era for live music, REAL music!! Im still going strong. Pearl Jam at MSG on 9/11/22. Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!!! 🤘🎶🤘
Agree still rockin 57 years young
@steve tarrant I blame the Millennium AND GEN-Z.
Glad to see you mentioned “In the Flesh” but I have to add one more thing. I saw Roger Waters in 2000 at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington. They kicked off the show by flying a plane down the Columbia River and over the stage from the back, then directly over the audience as they kicked it off! Absolutely Epic!!
I was there as well.
Saw him in Winnipeg Canada and the show started with that
Too bad Waters is a closeted Nazi with humongous “daddy issues” . Am Israel 🇮🇱 Chai !!!
I actually thought "Pink Floyd" before the list started, but I said..."nah ,Pink won't make it" . But I did think of "Thin Ice" before the bands started playing . I used to walk thru the warehouse where I worked as a cabinetmaker for many years sing the lyrics to "Thin Ice" and people would have a brain spasm when they realized what I was quietly singly. I'm very impressed Guitargate used Pink Floyd, as I am with Black Sabbath. My first Black Sabbath was on an 8 -track tape. They came outta the gate in 1968 playing some of the heaviest metal .
So you thought youd might like to go to the show*
Great video Michael. I love the energy and focus you put into describing the events. It's clear that you're an artist with a keen aesthetic and musical sensibility.
Took my partner who didn’t know or like Pink Floyd to Roger Waters the Wall concert. She was blown away with the start, middle and end of this concert ( all of it ) and wanted to go again. Was the most amazing spectacle we have ever seen.
Even though they aren’t my favorite band, hands down, the first time I saw PINK FLOYD on The Momentary Lapse of Reason tour was easily the best concert I’ve ever seen to this day. And I’ve seen A LOT! All the big bands, numerous times each. It’s impossible to describe what that live show is like. That’s the power of a good concert. It hits you point blank right between the eyes and ears! PINK FLOYD is next level live performance. What A SHOW! Saw them 3 times.
saw waters 3 maybe 4 years ago in Madrid,watched the best and waters absolutely blew my mind ,for 50 euro so good lol Mr waters I salute you
How do you not know them and also don’t like them?? That’s impossible. Not know of Pink Floyd. Is he or she Amish?? Never mind rumspringa even they know Pink Floyd.
@@fuzzybutkus8970 she likes Bay City Rollers, Paper Lace, Abba, Dolly Parton, Dr Hook etc Although she did know Another Brick in the Wall
@@philstone3859 Same...Opened with "Welcome to the Machine"...
Whatever song AC/DC starts with is automatically top five.
as usual, Tom is correct
AC/DC could start off with Mary had a little lamb and it would be epic.
When I saw AC⚡️DC live, I don’t even remember what song they opened with, but I had goosebumps for 90 minutes straight!
@@BJMauck Hells Bells Seattle Wa Feb 11 82’ Angus on top of 12x12” stacks ( 3 4x12”) playing opening riff, jumps down on stage right when Malc & Co. kick in.
Same with KISS.
This list is approved. Everyone of them. Thank you for this, it go me so amped up!
Great choices! Very insightful video about composition of great rock anthems. I’m not a musician but I enjoyed your video as I am a big Rock fan. I also understood your analysis of the songs. Cheers to your love and passion for Rock music.
I grew up in the 70s, I had the pleasure of listening to some of the most amazing rock and Roll bands of the era. Amazing
Me, too, and we didn't go broke doing it.
@@wendybutler1681 and all seats were the same price. It was first come first serve and a lot of times we camped out at the venue to get tickets
The 70s were ok but they started off trying too hard to recapture what we lost in the 60s. I can’t stand this know it all hosting calling out chords
Same here
Stumbled across this video - the best part is not the 5 songs... its your enthusiasm .... we all get that feeling when we go to see a band we love. Thanks for posting this.
Agree! This is one of the great parts of social media. The love.
Absolutely the exact same for me, came by it on accident and WOW!! What band were u talking about that u can’t say
.....until Sabbath
Making me appreciate my favourite songs a whole lot more. Love your work
Loved them all. Love your enthusiasm. We had the best music and musicians back in 80s. It was an amazing experience growing up in America back then. Cheers.
Wow! This guy is able to put into words what millions have felt at these shows
unfortunately using the wrong prepositions ;)
Enter Sandman performance was at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow 91. You can see all the Russian soldiers in the 1,6 million crowd. But hey great video as always.
Harvester of sorrow in that live in Moscow was absolutely insane
ac/dc opened that concert with thunderstruck, so good.
Damnnnn
Damn right..🔥🤘🔥
I think he may have replaced it with Moscow for copyright after. His timing is off.
I love how much it’s obvious that you love these songs and what you are doing so much.
Great selection. Nothing beats an open air Rock concert.
1) Rush, following their film intro with cartoon figures arriving at a concert while the Three Stooges theme music plays, followed by the band launching into "The Big Money." 2) Emerson Lake and Powell running down the first four numbers of their new self-titled album, starting with "The Score." What's so cool about that song is that it starts off with a series of drones announced with cymbal hits, and then Emerson starts up a kind of keyboard retrospective from his side of the stage: a sequenced FM-synth throb (1980s - i.e., the present), a fanfare from the all-analog Yamaha GX1 (1970s), and an open octave on the Hammond with Leslie spin-up/spin-down (1960s). To me at least, it was incredibly exciting.
Yeah, Big Money was a great opener.
As soon as I saw the video title I thought of Rush. When I saw them after the Three Stooges theme they launched into Spirit of Radio. Great, great opening for a show!
The Southpark open to Tom Sawyer was the best intermission comeback I've ever seen.
Nobody…and I mean NOBODY, had a more incredible opening to a concert than the Mighty Van Halen did, in their prime! The lights go down, giant white lights circling about to the intro guitar squeal from the greatest guitarist that ever lived, Edward Van Halen. Then Alex Van Halen joins in along with Michael Anthony as the rhythm section symphony gets the crowd going. THEN up top on the drum riser a spotlight on Dave, as Roth holds his one hand up to greet the fans, leaps 20 feet off the riser in to the splits lands perfectly on the stage and UNCHAINED begins!!! It didn’t get better than that and I’ve witnessed thousands of concerts! Long live the Mighty Van Halen🎸🦁🎤🥁
Can you link it pls?
Agreed. I saw Van Halen at their touring peak on the 1982 Diver Down tour. I haven't been the same since.
Brown m&m pueblo colo. Oh. My. They were changing the laws and adding up the fines hours after that show!
@@necrom4454 Check out this link. This was from the 1984 tour in Montreal - kzhead.info/sun/YJ1pg7SwbYqcqqc/bejne.html - I must add that Van Halen had the best MC to introduce the band before they hit the stage. I believe I read in one of Van Halen’s documentaries, Dave recruited one their roadies with the best voice, to introduce the band in each city as “Hellllooo (insert city name) are you ready to get down, I give you the Mighty Vannnn Halennn” That was enough to give you goosebumps,😀🎸!!!
I have tried and tried to make myself like EVH. I can always admit when someone is a supreme talent, and Eddie sure as hell was! ...but there's just an element of 80's pop in their sound that I just can't make myself like. It would be like trying to make myself like 'Take on Me.' - I can admit it's a catchy song, I clearly see why so many people add it to summer/party mixes... but I hate that sound. That goddamned 80's pop sound. I think, had I had the opportunity to see him live, it would have done the trick... but, alas, I wasn't ever able to catch a show before he passed (and I really made an effort!). So I think Eddie will always be the guy I have the utmost respect for and greatly admire the technicality and innovation of his playing but can't stand to listen too. I really love how passionate EVH fans are about his music. I really want to share in that, but I've always felt Van Halen was the missing link in my playing. I have never learned an EVH lick. Either way, that intro sounds incredible, Friend!
Great list! Loved it all! Definitely got me fitted up to start my day
Man…LOVE your passion for this!
Queen, One Vision at Wembley Stadium in 1986 - I still get goose bumps every time I watch it. Just the best opening to a gig ever!
Exactly lol And Freddie Fucking Mercury bruh Best frontman ever-
Detroit Rock City from Kiss is such a great opener so energetic and such a great song
In life, we are blessed if we love what we do, I found this video to be more informative with more passion than entire live concerts I have attended. You have demonstrated that we are far from the conclusion of the pantheon of iconic and stirring music that has, been, or will be written and performed.. Thank you! Let me repeat that-THANK YOU!
My favorite opening song was at my first RUSH concert --- Moving Pictures in the spring of 1981. The arena was dark (stage not lit with lights) and they opened with 2112 Part I - Overture. FANTASTIC!!
I sure wish I could've been there for that
Or the compilation from the R30 tour that is doing the rounds on KZhead leading into Spirit of Radio. Here's some tunes we may or may not play tonight. We're only on stage for 3 hours and we may well miss some out. Saw Rush on that tour in Manchester.
just as my ass hit the seat the lights went out :)
I saw that tour - such a great concert.
@@loafersheffield There's a reason you can look that up as the "Best Intro Ever!"
Dude, just discovered you today. You're a lot like Rick Beato in terms of your value to the world. To a non-musicians (but trying now in mid life) I find your content compelling. Keep up the good work.
I was 8 rows back, center stage, in the folding chairs on the floor at the Omni in Atlanta in summer of '82 at the AC/DC concert. They opened with Hells Bells. They brought down a 30-foot diameter brass bell from the ceiling, and the "BONG" noises for the opening notes were made by Angus beating on that bell with his GUITAR! That's number 1. And yes, Thunderstruck is brilliant. If it weren't for Hell's Bells, that would get my vote for number 1.
yip, you cant beat hells bells as an opener, I was lucky enough to have seen them 4 times at the Edinburgh playhouse in the 80s. when they still had the real bell. can still remember the build up to the bell coming down, then the intro, then Brian hitting the bell (no like the current cheap fibreglass one) 3,500 crammed in for a night that you would never forget.
@@potkettle8185 Very cool! We're like brothers in arms! All good wishes, my friend! 🤘
Just stumbled on this vid and besides music being a very passionate love of my life,i was also absolutely magetised to Michael's soothing,well descriptive,passionately put across summarising! I hit the subscribe button straight away!!!💯❤👌
Firebird Suite that goes right into Siberian Kahtru was a standard at every Yes show in their prime years. Hard to beat that one.
That's my favorite as well.
First concert I attended back in the 70s, and this intro is the best ever
Yes!!! Firebird Suite going into Siberian Khatru was the greatest!!
My #1 desert island album will always be Close to the Edge. Hearing Firebird Suite live always gave me goosebumps. RIP Chris and Alan.
Still gives me chills. Saw it 4 times
Queen...Tie Your Mother Down. Power rock at it's best! Great selection Mike.
Very enjoyable and educational. Thanks for putting this together. Also thanks for tossing in War Pigs- one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands from my high school days.
Saw lots of stadium concerts back in the day. I’m psyched at almost 70. Love the picks. Really glad your channel just popped up!!
Man, I never commented on any video ever but this one is top of the charts, never knew nor payed attention to these details, and yes these are all crowd killers, goose bumps all the way, great job man!
THX!
Great list. My additions: Iron Maiden - Aces High Rush - Tom Sawyer
Loved this. Very insightful and I’m going to find some of the openers I hadn’t heard before 👍
Rush.... Best intro ever, on KZhead, great opening, first saw Rush in 1978, 14 years old, simply blew me away
You're probably not listening to Rush these days..music for 12 year old boys...never any girls at their concerts.
@@blackened4meI listen to Rush often. WTF wouldn't anyone that appreciates musicianship? 🤔
lol dumb dumb!!
@@blackened4mebeg to differ….we loved Rush.
@@jlynnc9559 I'm not questioning your affinity for Rush, I'm saying that their music is aimed at 12 year old boys and that they have so many live and greatest " hits " records..You rarely ever saw girls at their concerts..their album sales in the end were pathetic and that's just Canada where they get get plenty of air play. Nobody buys their music.
For me, Queen at the NEC in Birmingham (UK) in the 80's with an explosive version of We Will Rock You
What a cool topic to cover. It’s just so fun to watch you explain the musicality but also your passion when describing things is infectious. Keep doing what you’re doing. Love it.
Thank you very much for this video,, it helps us a lot to select the song for our Rock Mime
For me it was the incredible opening of "Aces High" complete with a 3/4 size "working" British Spitfire "flying" over the crowd in Houston on the Legacy of the Beast show in Houston in 2019. 🤘I'm seeing them in Fort Worth next year in November for my third Maiden show since 2017. Took me three decades to see Maiden and omfg. Beyond epic. I'm 56. Bruce is the "baby" in Maiden and he's pushing 65 or older I believe. Maiden is the antithesis to bands that "lived the rock and roll lifestyle" who are now pathetic "money grabs." I'm looking at you Crue. Y'all sucked back in the 80s show I saw so...
What a band and what a way to start a show! How can this guy put In top 5 Born in the usa and not Aces High??? Up the Irons! 🤘
When Churchill roars out -And we shall never surrender! and Adrian starts that epic guitar riff is absolute magic 🤘🤘
First time viewer here. I love your passion for these openers, and I'm glad you gave a nod to Rush with Spirit of Radio. IMO this was their best opening during the Grace Under Pressure tour 1984. So energetic!!
Limelight from there “Snakes and Arrows” Tour was always my fave, but I’ve seen them over 20 times, so it’s really hard to pin it down...
Tom Sawyer in Rio is pretty epic!
Rush concerts were always amazing. When we took our kids it was pretty amazing. My 11 yr old daughter earned the respect of those around us because she also knew every song Long Live Rush!!!
Best opener has to be “best intro ever” on KZhead….absolutely immense
Epic list. I truly enjoyed the way you arranged this along with your musical knowledge. I came to be entertained, but got an education as well.
This video is very educational. You gave me a new perspective on how music is written to perform. I did subscribe. Thank you.
Im all in man this is fabulous.this is how i live everyday with music.u got the heart an soul.❤
Saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the old Cleveland Colosseum in '79. Lights went out, Introduction was made. They started playing Fanfare For The Common Man as the stage floor opened up and they came up through the floor. The entire band was wearing white and all of the instruments were white as well. Totally blown away. I still vividly remember that 40 years later.
Lucky bastard!!!!
Saw ELP in Milwaukee. 'Works' tour. Unbelievable show. They started out with Karn Evil 9 and the system was shorting every time Greg Lake hit a note. The lights went out for about 10 minutes and then they started over - wow! Carl Palmer's solo in Tank was pretty danged awesome, too.
I also saw EL&P 3 times. Boston Garden was the first time. The crowd went so crazy for 5 minutes you couldn't even hardly hear them play. They were also using the cutting edge quad system that night. Sooo very special.
Refer to Rics reply below!☺
Man always wanted to see EL&P doing Brain Salad Surgery. I always thought they were every bit as good as Pink Floyd.
Amazing video! And likewise so great to see the submissions/stories from other commenters. Let there be songs to fill the air = yeah yeah yes of course, but the song that comes FIRST? Such a magical thing. Thank you Michael.
True!
Thanks brother!!
David Pots rocks!
Queen absolutely wipe the floor with any other band live. They were the best live band in history and every opening song was an absolute event 🤘😎🤘🇬🇧
I have seen Queen live three times. Believing their concert at Bucharest being their best. But nothing comes even close to the magic of AC/DC performing live. As soon as Angus appears on stage it is showtime. No band comes even close to projecting that kind of energy. Oh, they try by using more volume or distortion or going or a rant using the "F" word a million times per minute but that really does not make you look cool at all.
The Clash were unbelievable too
dam straight
Agreed, saw Queen may 1976 Santa Monica Civic, Ca. all my hard rocker fans were teasing me because back then freedie was openly gay, and it wasnt too kool with certain crowds . i dont care about thaT SHIT BACK THEN NOR NOW. MUSIC IS god!!
Queen was a good live band, saw them once early on, News of the World tour and The Game tour. The News of the World show I saw was by far the best. They were on at Live Aid, but I thought Bowie was the best act that day. I'll take Zeppelin in '75 over anyone.
I saw ACDC with both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson...fantastic. And I saw Black Sabbath in the 70's. I've still got that ticket stub. Wonderful. 😁. I even went to Woodstock when I was 14 and saw Jimi Hendrix at the end. Glad I stayed on the next day after it supposedly ended. 😍
That's fucking superb.
KISS _ Detroit Rock City they only opened with it on one tour and a few others appearances. Just the way they hit the stage and the bombastic opening is as iconic as Rock and Roll All Night's finale.
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Actually I've seen KISS open with Detroit Rock City on several tours. Sometimes the opening song is changed during different legs of a tour. A lot riding on location at the time.
They've opened with drc on loads of tours
I remember in 96 when they had the semi transparent curtain where you could read KISS. The guitars started, the drum roll. A flash and a bang and it fell down, revealing the band. That is an opening!
I took my two (barely) teenage sons to see Kiss on their (latest) farewell tour. They opened with DRC and they shot more fireworks during that one song than most 4th of July celebrations. It was my boys first ever concert and they had their jaws literally dropped. I’ve see Kiss in their prime but I wanted my kids to see them while they still could. It was awesome for them but more awesome for me.
Van Halen opening with Unchained on the 1984 tour. Ed starts with a pick slide that goes into the intro riff, Alex comes in on the snare, and then Michael comes in with both of them when the lights hit and Dave has done the splits off the stage. And the tempo is kicked up a notch from the studio version. So it just adds to the epicness.
Yup. Unchained... it just kicks you in the ass.
Coliseum Cleveland The one woman bawled when it ended. We all wanted more.
YES.
In Vancouver Canada, they opened with Unchained as well. Just imagine it. Dave did 10 flips across the entire stage in succession as Edward played that most epic riff. I thought it was a dream. It was so surreal. It was so crazy noise wise from the crowd before the show and even louder during.. Never heard anything like it. Louder than the band!
Absolutely! I was going to say the same thing. I was at the 1984 show at The Forum in Inglewood, probably the best entrance of any show I have been to! Dave jumping off the drum riser to kick off the show was as good as it gets!
Simplicity, stage presence, audience participation, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE- QUEEN, Freddy Mercury, We Will Rock You. Light years ahead!
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I had to come back to say again how much I enjoyed that video, some goose bumps, fist pumps and high jumps! 😂 rock n roll will never die!
#1 had a smile on my face! I was in the Army 1971-73 and spent 1 year in Vietnam. Paranoid was a cassette I always had playing with War Pigs, Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots as my favorites. Brought back some great memories!
AC/DC legendary rockers add up to your formulas , hells Bells among many others
Good list… but I miss Queen at Wembley with one man, one goal. It chills me up every time I see it… love it ❤️
First time I saw Queen they opened with Tie Your Mother Down. Full quad sound pyro and you were blown away immediately. Then it kept going. Boom! Day at the Races tour.
I saw Queen in 78, opened with Tie your mother down.
One Vision the songs called.
"Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends", Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
Gave me chills hearing these songs from days gone by..!!!. Great reaction video. I forget how huge the crowds were for some of these concerts..
For me, it will always be the opening to the 1996 KISS reunion tour. Rock and roll by Led Zeppelin ends. Lights dim, spotlights bath the arena. Amplifiers hit, then you hear “Alright (whatever city they’re in). You wanted the best, you got the best. The hottest band in the world, KISS!!!!!!!!!!” Opening chords of Deuce hits the kabuki curtain drops to explosions and there are the original 4 members in makeup
so talkative, i thought its a rock concert. but it becomes a talk show
Agree. Deuce will always be my Number one Opening. Close second Priest with The Hellion! Electric Eye.
I love this guy's enthusiasm and pure joy when discussing music.
seriously 💥💥💥
Bonus: he's a damn good guitar instructor too.
I saw Pink Floyd on Animals in Tampa in 1977, twice on MLOR, (1987-88) Tampa and Orlando, and once on the Division Bell tour in Tampa in 1994. They were and always will be the definitive live music experiance. Sight and sound. 👍😳👍
I was at Tampa twice, Division Bell, and The Wall
Saw it at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Starts off with their jet taking off from Burke Lakefront Airport and buzzing the stadium, then all of the sudden they are playing. WOW!
I've watched this several times, and I'll watch it several times more. WHO wouldnt
Times Like These by Foo Fighters is a huge opener. The build up, the explosion. Just magnificent.
My wife got us tickets to RUSH in 2005 for my 40th birthday, I had seen them in '86 but don't recall what they opened with then but in '05 they opened with "Spirit of Radio". When a band opens with one of their biggest hits, one that is on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" list, you just know the rest of the show is going to be awesome. It was.
I think in 1980 I saw them open with 2112.
That must have been incredible. Spirit of the Radio is the greatest rock song IMHO.
@@ruds2600 seen them two or three times in the 70s and they always opened with
@@leonelfederico245 2112
Rush in Rio opened with Tom Sawyer blew me away. Seen them 10 times over the years and each time they left me speechless.
I so enjoyed your video. Brilliant! 😉
Hell yea, great break down! Love your passion
War Pigs and Ozzy, who really does love his job ♥️ Rush… always an experience to see them live and then we took our kids. 💕 they are sorely missed RIP Professor 💔
Taurus pedals on A Show of Hands🔥👍
Rush’s Spirit of the Radio was always my favorite opener. Speaks so well to the majesty and mystery and magic of music.
Good call, Rush had a lot of iconic openers: Bastille Day, 2112 Overture, Spirit, Limelight, Tom Sawyer
Definitely agree with that.
Rush 🇨🇦!
I don't know mang. I have been to three Rush concerts in the highest prime of their career and the best thing I can say about Rush live is Mediocre in concert and this almost applies to most true 3 piece bands I've seen live it's because the layers used in recording studio doesn't carry over to playing live
@@jimmy7144 OK…
#1 spot on!!! Goosebumps all over again from when I was 13 years old going to see Sabbath by myself
You were underage no way they allowed you into the concert you're not even drinking age yet!
Great list and can’t argue with the choices. But my personal fave for over the top build and crowd intensity was U2 ‘87 Joshua Tree Tour in Vancouver opening with Where the Streets Have no Name, at a time when the band was at the apex of their career. For a concert opening, nothing has ever matched that moment in time for me. 36 years and 2 months later and it still gives me chills to think about it.
Totally agree!
I was at that show; best opening I’ve ever seen too!
Agreed. It was the same opening in '87 at the LA Coliseum. Every time I watch it again on Rattle & Hum it gives me flashbacks.
Holy smokes, Michael. I once saw The Flaming Lips at a festival years ago. They came out on stage an hour early and told us if anyone asked, this was their sound check. Then they ripped one of the best covers of War Pigs I’ve ever heard. Melted my face. I’ll never forget it.
thanks, I'll have to chec✓k that out, the bass intro on that song has haunted me for years
Oh cmon! The Flamers Lips??? The whiny ass hippie she don’t use butter….she don’t use cheese…guys? Must have an extremely low melting temp. Those guys shouldn’t even be allowed to play a Sabbath song.
I can totally see them doing this, and that's awesome.
Saw the Tragically Hip open with Grace,Too once and it was a killer way to start. All that tension builds until the beat drops halfway thru the first verse, and the crowd just explodes.
Love that. Thanks for sharing. Gord could wrangle a crowd with the best of them
My favorite Hip song, never got a chance to see them live.
The Hip!🔥💯❤️
Great tune! Am partial to 50 mission cap opening, but I can roll.
Ok AWESOME that the first comment is saying the very first song that popped into my head with what I'm guessing is the first one Thunderstruck
Yes, you are right, this are the best, highrest Level of Rock.. Thanks for that Videos
Kiss in 1980. Amazing start. The stage and stadium lights were all turned off and suddenly Kiss 'appeared' on the stage. Was very clever how it was done. I think they came up through the stage floor and a spotlight on each of them slowly got brighter and brighter
I agree with AC/DC but in 1981 at the Old Boston Garden they opened with “HELLS BELLS 🔔 THEY ROCKED THE PLACE! That should be Your #1 for sure! I Can Still Hear Those Bells Ringing! Hell Yeah!
I am surprised that I had to scroll that far to find Hells Bells mentioned. Personally, I think that Thunderstruck is a bit overrated, has been overused and can in fact be a bit boring. To me Live Wire and Hell Bellsare the ones. Hells Bells was their opener on the BiB Tour in 1980. It was the very first concert I ever attended (went with a friend, we were both 14). We got to enjoy the bluesy 1980 incarnation of Whitesnake as support - and enjoyed that a lot. Then came on the bell and that spine tingling lick, the crowd just went mad with "I'm roaring thunder, pouring rain ..." and my life was never gonna be the same. That concert - of similar intensity as 1979 Let there be rock in Paris - has stayed with me until this very day. The insane performance of Angus in his early to mid-twenties is something you may love and appreciate from a film recording but in truth ... you'll really have no idea what it was like to be there. That sound, that drive and that level of complete and utter madness on stage just could never be bettered.
I saw the San Francisco show at the Cow Palace. Greatest opening I ever witnessed! Bon recently passing I really didn't know how this new guy would measure up in a live show. Angus playing the picking riff in the dark while the bell slowly descends bathed in a golden light, here comes Brian Johnson running around on stage carrying a sledgehammer. He hit that bell so hard you could feel it in your chest. I still get goosebumps remembering that moment.
I feel privileged to seen 3 out of the 5 openers you have show cased here . For me from 1978 to 1985 I personally believe I saw and lived through the golden age of live rock music . There are just so many bands you could mention and luckily for me I saw them all live . Great content 👍
wich 3 did you saw?
@@blacktna8164 Ac/Dc , Sabbath and Pink Floyd
@@daxhausentraveller8488 I'm jealous!
Queen opened 79- 81 with" We will rock you"( fast version) nothings better to power up an audience
Excellent. Cannot but agree. Would give anything to have experienced all or any of these top five.
I saw Led Zeppelin in Tampa Stadium June 1977. Still the most remembered concert experience, 2 1/2 songs, rain and a riot! I was a junior in high school, my parents freaked, it took 4 hours to get out of the parking lot, Any way, they began with "Song Remains The Same".
I think Jimmy really wanted to kick off each show going full blast to get people going.They did it with Immigrant Song in the early `70s then used RocknRoll then Song Remains the Same. All powerhouse songs to start with.
I was a sound roadie for Showco on that tour .That gig is in the top 10 gigs I did .As you can imagine the load out was fucked ! Also I dodged many whiskey bottles and other flying debris as I pulled all the mics after it was announced the show was over . IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL!!
@@leechild4655 No matter how short and crazy it was, it was worth every minute of those 2 1/2 songs...
@@spiritualimmunesystem836 I know having see the band maybe at the lowest point healthwise in Feb.`75 Nonetheless we all looked past Robert`s horse voice and Jimmy`s busted finger and were all just happy as clams just to see them right in front of us.
"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside !"
Soooo, sooo GOOD!!!
@@johnloupis2347 Yeah, and Carl Palmer has stated that a movie studio ( Radar Pictures ) has secured the rights to the lyrics from "Karn Evil 9" and is in the process of making a feature length movie based on those lyrics ,which hopefully should be in theatres sometime in the future.
Top five opening songs I’ve seen 1. Stones - start me up 1989 … stones been my favorite band since I was a kid and never saw them live . Then they opened with this and an explosion before Keith’s opening cord was surreal 2. Springsteen - born in the USA 1984 Was in Los Angeles visiting my friends and went to see him on the last day of the tour and sat way back at the LA colosseum infront of 90.000 people . At the height of his career 3. U2 - where the streets have no name 1987 4. Def Leppard - rock rock till you drop 1983 … young , hungry and at their peak popularity . Never seen a band on fire like this in my life 5. Judas Priest - hellion / electric eye … just watch the video on you tube from screaming for vengeance tour and you’ll see why
Gyat Dammmm I loved every second of this. I love all of these songs. Thanks for the insight.
Oh yea and Ozzy rules!! 😅