Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records.

@bdp24 

  - Bob Dylan at The Pantages Theater on Hollywood Blvd. (a great Deco-style theater), early 2000’s. Really really good, unlike the last time I had seen him (outside at The Greek Theater) in the early-90’s. Terr-i-ble.

I saw that show.  Did you see Elvis Costello walking up to the front row with his hat on? - he was ecstatic, it was like he was going to school to see Dylan.  Dylan did a bunch of great shows in the early 2000's.

@plaw: Nope, didn't see EC. As you probably know, Dylan played five nights at The Pantages, every night with a different opening artist. The night I went it was Beck.

I did see EC in Amoeba Records one afternoon in 2015. The thing about L.A. is that celebrities are so common, they are left alone to shop like normal people. Woulda been interesting to see what he bought, ay?

ConcertsLed Zeppelin ,MC5, and Johnny Winter Boston Garden 69
Rod Stewart and the Faces Boston Common 70
J Geils Band Esplanade Charles River Boston 70

Lp's
Meet the Beatles where it all beganLed Zeppelin 1st force and power my friend would pull his car into a warehouse we worked so we could blast the 8 track
Faces Long Player fun and joy of music a good time for all.

bdp24 -- I helped a veritable non-stop parade of H***wood/music industry celebs when I toiled at the Tower Records Classical Annex on the Sunset Strip in the early '80's. More celebs than I ever ran into during my many years on movie lots.

I passed Steve Martin as he was coming out of the Classical Annex, musta been in the late-90’s. When our eyes met he smiled, with a "Yeah, it’s really me" look on his face. When I didn’t react, the look turned into one of embarrassment ;-) .

Has everone heard the one about Brian Wilson in the Pop store? I’m not sure what year it was, but I’m thinking the early-80’s. He asked to use the restroom, and when told there wasn’t one for customer use (c’mon man, it’s Brian!) he walked over to an end cap and whipped it out, peeing right there in the store. Kookoo!