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Title: Your first concert
Post by: marco23 on December 19, 2006, 11:37:12 pm: Just out of curiosity, what was your first concert and what concert just blew your mind?
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Post by: Teresa on December 19, 2006, 11:45:26 pm: My first concert I saw Elvis. It was probally in 1973. I was in Jr. high (middle school). It was before he got fat so he still looked good!

I saw the Rolling Stones Oct.1 this year and they were fantastic! Best concert I have been too!

Teresa
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Post by: allopathicholistic on December 20, 2006, 12:02:57 am: Quote from: Teresa on December 19, 2006, 11:45:26 pm
My first concert I saw Elvis. It was probally in 1973. I was in Jr. high (middle school). It was before he got fat so he still looked good!

Teresa: LOL! Glad you got to see the low-fat Elvis!! ;D I remember when the USPS polled America on the Elvis postage stamp ---Skinny young Elvis beat out Fat Elvis by a landslide :D :D

Marco: First large-scale concert for me was Sheryl Crow a few years ago, free concert in NYC's Central Park. Would sometimes see alternative bands during the 80's and 90's but those were small-scale
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Post by: Jean-Yves on December 20, 2006, 12:14:57 am: Is it showing my age to say...The Beatles It was somewhere around '65 or '66.

Jean-Yves
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Post by: thunter34 on December 20, 2006, 12:19:09 am: The first concert I ever remember going to was....(drum roll, please)

Shaun Cassidy in Concert - 1978 !!

This was at the Atlanta Omni (now known as Phillips Arena, I believe), at the height of Hardy Boys hysteria!

Went with my father and middle sister, Cindy. This was mainly her deal- with her best friend, Janet.

My dad was there to chaperone, I guess. Don't remember how or why I came to be in the mix.

I just remember the shrieking of an arena full of teenage girls...and that one of the highlights was right after the intermission, when Shaun burst through this giant, white paper circle at the rockin' start of 'Dah-Doo-Run-Run'!

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Post by: thunter34 on December 20, 2006, 12:55:52 am: Hands down...the one concert that absolutely blew my wig off was:

Roger Waters - 1985

This was for his first solo album post Pink Floyd, and I had no idea what it really was to see a Floyd show. Never seen anything like it before or since. The concept of the album follows a man's dreams, with the songs of each part of the dream happening in real time. The stage was made to look as though you were laying in the bed, with a TV playing in the corner of the room at the foot of the bed. It was totally 3-D. One super cool thing was how the landscape thru the bedroom windows gradually eased from stars to sunrise as the story progressed. I've put a little pic below that I found that shows you kind of what I am talking about. It was amazing...

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Post by: joyluckclub on December 20, 2006, 01:09:59 am: I was a sheltered child......

I did not see my first concert until I was 21 in 1996. It was at the Smirnoff Pavillion in Dallas....Junior Walker and the All Stars.

My favorite concert occurred in July at Nokia Live in Grand Prairie Texas-Charlie Wilson and Patti LaBelle...........
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Post by: joemutt on December 20, 2006, 03:04:08 am: first : Sparks, Brussels 1975, I was so young, my mother went with me.
most impressed : Bette Midler 1978, World Tour, Antwerp, price app 20 $.
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Post by: RapidRod on December 20, 2006, 05:40:10 am: Prince concert, "Purple Rain." That was the last one too. I have pay per view and can watch them at home.
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Post by: Iggy on December 20, 2006, 08:34:06 am: .
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Post by: Dachshund on December 20, 2006, 08:49:02 am: In 1967 at the ripe ol' age of 15 I hitchhiked high on mescaline to the Monterey Pop Festival to see Big Brother and the Holding Company...fronted at the time by a funky little hippy chick from Texas...Ms. Janis Joplin. I am still seeing trails.....
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Post by: Darkfiber on December 20, 2006, 09:01:21 am: Highlights

1984 Miles Davis in Montreux, Switzerland! Just perfect!

1991 Guns n´roses In Basel, Switzerland! Loud! and very, very good

1998: Nick cave and the bad seeds, Zürich, Switzerland!

2005 Prince in Zürich
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Post by: Iggy on December 20, 2006, 09:01:28 am: .
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Post by: Lwood on December 20, 2006, 09:05:18 am: My first concert was Willie Nelsons New Years Eve concert in Houston at what was then called the Summit, along with my Mom And Aunt... we had very good seats... alas he didnt sing 'Cowboys are frequently Secretly Fond of each other'

my favorites have included Red Hot Chili Peppers ( with some lame assed opening act called 'Pearl Jam')

and a sweet double bill with Social Distortion and the Ramones in a concert hall that was once a grocery store ( anybody in Hou. remember The Unicorn ?)

I saw the second Lolapalooza ( put THAT in the Spellchecker, Peter) which was a real diddywhacker.
one memorable act was 'The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow' which was just that.

One night a friend and I decided to diversify the concert experience and start the evening with a concert by a charming hardcore group called 'Dead Horse' and scoot down the street and catch Warren Zevon. ( warren was much better )

More recently, Ive seen U2 a couple of times which probablly would have been a spectacular concert if we hadnt been in the second to the back row in the top level of a sports arena.. really made me long for the Mosh Pit Days....but thats another story.
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Post by: Dachshund on December 20, 2006, 09:06:26 am: Quote from: Iggy on December 20, 2006, 09:01:28 am
DAMN! I am fucking jealous as all hell.

BTW, did I ever mention that I do a mean rendition of Piece of my heart when I'm drunk in a bar and it';s on the jukebox...I say mean because my singing is a bit cruel to hear, but hey I can really do sloppy drunk spectacle of myself like nobodies business!

I have no doubt about that my angel. ;D
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Post by: AlanBama on December 20, 2006, 10:08:58 am: OK, I'm telling my age here....

Joe RuMore's "Shower of the Stars" at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, with Paul Revere and the Raiders and Frigid Pink....

:D
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Post by: allopathicholistic on December 20, 2006, 10:15:13 am: Quote from: Iggy on December 20, 2006, 09:01:28 am
did I ever mention that I do a mean rendition of Piece of my heart when I'm drunk in a bar and it';s on the jukebox...

Oh goodness - Your "signature song" Iggy? By all means, correct me if I'm wrong. You are quite a character, "Ignatius (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Ignatius)"! :D LOL!! :D :D
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Post by: ACinKC on December 20, 2006, 10:21:39 am: Pink Floyd... Division Bell/Pulse Tour 1994!!! 33rd Row of the floor. High as a kite and trippin on shrooms! It was TRULY a religious experience for me!!!

I saw God that night and he said he is comfortably numb!
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Post by: Miss Philicia on December 20, 2006, 10:21:52 am: My first concert was (SO GAY!) the Go-Go's "Vacation" tour and the opening band was (*gasp!*) Flock of Seagulls. The year was 1982 and it was beyond fab!
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Post by: jack on December 20, 2006, 10:37:08 am: Oh man. I am so old.
1970-the guess who-the first
1971-the Byrds- the most psychedelic. great concert till the bass player tried to pick up my girlfriend. I guess it did get us back stage.
1973- Lou Reed - the strangest
1973-Led Zeppelin- the highest I have ever been at a concert
1978-David Allan Coe-the second strangest
2002-John Fogerty- The best concert of all times. He rocks at 60
the worst of all times is any concert with Black Sabbath on the ticket. I think I have seen them 5 times.
Oh, I forgot about the time we gave three members of the group Sha-na-na qualudes at the start of concert. The lead did two. He was slobbering allover us.
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Post by: ademas on December 20, 2006, 11:12:01 am: First concert? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iUNWu94fAM

Best concert? Ella Fitzgerald in Portland, OR - '85 or '86.
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Post by: ademas on December 20, 2006, 11:14:28 am: jack,
I would give my left nut to see the The Guess Who.
okay, maybe not, but damn...I'll bet that was a concert to remember.
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Post by: Miss Philicia on December 20, 2006, 11:31:27 am: Oh, and I cried my freshman year in college when I couldn't use my tickets to the Thompson Twins concert because I had the flu, and my friend who went ended up backstage doing cocaine with the band members after the show! Devastating!
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Post by: jack on December 20, 2006, 11:56:10 am: ademus, lead singer Burton Cummings was absolutely a Rock Star. He was chain smoking and I was front row. They were much more rocking in concert than on albums.
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Post by: marco23 on December 20, 2006, 12:06:48 pm: Wow, these sound like some great concerts. My first concert was Prince & the Revolution -The Purple Rain tour. The one I most enjoyed though was Dave Koz & Friends, that was such a fun concert. The one I recently went to was Blue Oyster Cult and FogHat. Talk about a smoke (pot) filled stadium! I had a blast! Don't remember much of the concert but I know I enjoyed it!
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Post by: BooBoo on December 20, 2006, 12:20:19 pm: My firt concert was KISS in 1978.

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Post by: gemini20 on December 20, 2006, 02:00:53 pm: I can't remember my first gig - was probably Duran Duran at Birmingham NEC in the early 1980s i think.

Of course the one that blew me away I will never forget - Friday 23rd June 2000 - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band at Madison Square Gardens in New York.

The reason it blew me away - I got kissed by Bruce during 'Out in the Street'!

Even writing it down brings a smile to my face!

Emma :)
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Post by: cph9680 on December 20, 2006, 02:01:15 pm: MY first concert my dad took me to see Billy Joel in 1994

I think the coolest concert I ever went to was last Saturday, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra was in town and that had to be the coolest thing I've ever seen!
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Post by: Miss Philicia on December 20, 2006, 02:37:07 pm: The "coolest" concert for me was Donna Summer with a full orchestra at Carnegie Hall... I know that's just SUPER gay but she really turned it out, plus it was a pricey AIDS benefit and I sat behind Sandra Bernhard.
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Post by: GSOgymrat on December 20, 2006, 04:02:20 pm: My first concert was "Up With People" back in 1977. The concert that blew my mind was Prince's "Lovesexy" in 1988. I've seen Tina Turner a couple of times and she is always amazing.
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Post by: marco23 on December 20, 2006, 04:19:02 pm: Tina is the only artist I regretted never seeing. When did you see her, how was the concert?
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Post by: aupointillimite on December 20, 2006, 04:23:38 pm: My first real concert was Ani Difranco in 2001... right before I started loathing her.

Best concert was Stereolab in March of this year... when I got to meet them and hang out in DC and they bought me drinks.

The show itself ruled at life, too.
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Post by: Buckmark on December 20, 2006, 04:48:56 pm: My first concert? KC and the Sunshine Band back in 1977 or 1978.
Heh... how gay is THAT?

Best concert I remember was Stevie Ray Vaughn with Double Trouble back
in 1985.

Cheers,

Henry
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Post by: thunter34 on December 20, 2006, 04:51:14 pm: I don't know, Henry....you're up against some stiff competition here, what with the Go-Go's and Donna Summer!

Still pretty gay there, though. Yep. :)
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Post by: marco23 on December 20, 2006, 05:22:00 pm: Stiff competition.....I've seen Janet, Cher (Farwell tour, think she's still touring) w/ Cyndi Lauper opening, Bette Midler and Madonna (Confessions tour)....but have also seen Bon Jovi and the Rolling Stones - you know, trying to keep it butch.
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Post by: Dachshund on December 20, 2006, 05:25:56 pm: Gay? You bitches want gay? Try Sylvester with Two Tons of Fun at the IBeam, Haight Street, San Frandisco baby!!!

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Post by: manchesteruk on December 20, 2006, 05:26:46 pm: First concert I think was Oasis. I've been to some amazing gigs in my time but the best one has to be Brian Wilson in london he did most of the pet sounds album it was unbelievably good i've never seen so many people crying as well!
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Post by: thunter34 on December 20, 2006, 05:31:30 pm: Quote from: Dachshund on December 20, 2006, 05:25:56 pm
Gay? You bitches want gay? Try Sylvester with Two Tons of Fun at the IBeam, Haight Street, San Frandisco baby!!!

Uh, oh! I think Auntie Doxie has just won the Golden Phallus and the tiara that goes with it!

Now, THAT was WAY, WAY GAY
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Post by: Buckmark on December 20, 2006, 06:05:24 pm: Hard to imagine anyone will be able to out-gay Dachsund's concert.
That is so gay it is almost beyond gay! :o

Cheers,

Henry
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Post by: josenav on December 20, 2006, 06:24:01 pm: My first concert was Korn with Static X dont remember the year but was some years ago maybe 2000, it was at Auditorio Benito Juarez, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The best concert, non beateble to this date was on 2002 G3 with joe satriani, steve vai and john petrucci. at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico DF.

The second would be Dream Theater at Auditorio Diana in Guadalajara, Mexico. (in 2006)
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Post by: Miss Philicia on December 20, 2006, 06:26:06 pm: omg... I would *SO* have killed to have seen Sylvester!!!

I should also lump in seeing Culture Club on the 2nd ever US date -- plus it was a small venue as nobody knew who they were hardly at that time.

And I would have gone to see Kajagoogoo but alas they didn't tour here! hee hee
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Post by: aupointillimite on December 20, 2006, 06:32:08 pm: One of the coolest shows I went to was to see Le Tigre and Out Hud on the Bands Against Bush tour in 2003. I didn't care so much about the politics... but seeing Le Tigre... so much fun!

But definitely the best most recent show was Ladytron. They're adorable! Helena's all bouncy and interactive... which is the polar opposite of what I'd expect... they messed up the intros to one of their songs, and she says, "What? It's live, people! It's bloody live!" She was being funny about it and they just tried again and rocked out.

Love. Ladytron. Longtime.

I still like to torture my friends... "oh yeah... 'Seventeen' is soooo much better live!"
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Post by: thunter34 on December 20, 2006, 06:38:39 pm: Beers, er...AUG: That is PRECISELY the kind of concert moment that rocks at life, ain't it?

"What? It's live, people! It's bloody live!"

Take that, Ashley Simpson.
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Post by: Longislander on December 20, 2006, 07:11:26 pm: Who are these people?? lol

I'm not big on music, but

1st was Charlie Daniels Band in the late 70's at the Nassau Coliseum (pot smoking going on EVERYWHERE)

Favorite was The Judds farewell tour at the Jones Beach outdoor ampitheater (or Citibank something or another as it's known these days)
Of course REBA and Wynona's are WAY up there!

p.s Tim
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Post by: AlanBama on December 20, 2006, 11:35:57 pm: LOL @ Ford seeing "Up With People". I remember them also...

I still have my ticket stub from the Village People concert, 1977; Gloria Gaynor was the opening act (that was pre "I Will Survive").....

They V.P. later came to Belle's in downtown Birmingham, and I danced with the leather man.....needless to say I really thought I was some body. :P
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Post by: skeebo1969 on December 21, 2006, 12:21:59 am: BLACK SABBATH... Mob Rules tour... it was after Ozzie was gone though :-\
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Post by: anniebc on December 21, 2006, 03:31:38 am: My first concert was the "Rolling Stones" when I was 15 in 1963...one of the concerts I really enjoyed was "Dr Hook" in 1979 in the Odeon in Edinburgh...but the best one I ever went to was a K.D. Lang concert, I saw her in Aussie in 1994...what a performer and what a voice.

Hugs
Jan :-*
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Post by: allopathicholistic on December 21, 2006, 02:29:55 pm: Quote from: Dachshund on December 20, 2006, 05:25:56 pm
San Frandisco baby!!!

LOL! San Frandisco! :D

That's très gay! :D :D
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Post by: marco23 on December 21, 2006, 02:56:44 pm: You mean there's gay people in San Francisco!? ;D
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Post by: bear60 on December 21, 2006, 02:59:59 pm: God. I have been thinking about this since you posted it. I think the first concert I went to that was not proscribed by my parents was in New York City at some dreary theater...it was a Mothers of Invention concert. I think my favorite concert was Bette Midler....Oh my God ...does she do an incredible concert.
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Post by: Longislander on December 21, 2006, 06:26:24 pm: I had "american Express" seats for Bette - great show!
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Post by: livingpositively on December 21, 2006, 06:45:33 pm: hehe...my first concert...well, um, it's a little embarrassing. ::) :-[ ok, here goes. It was Neil Diamond. Went with my mom and several other people. I was about 12 or 13-ish.

Have seen MANY since that were MUCH better. Who blew me away? hmmm....Tina was friggin awesome. Was in the 4th row. Madonna - Confession was great too. Got the little "hi five on the go" as she was walking out the catwalk. ;D

The KISS tour in 96 when they went back to make-up was cool. A fire (a real, unplanned one) was started in the scaffold, up high on the set right at the end of the last song in the main set. All the lights came on and everyone was pissed. Then some dude came on the P.A. system and informed that KISS would return, but a small fire had to be put out first. GOOD TIMES!!!
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Post by: J.R.E. on December 21, 2006, 07:07:17 pm: I think my real first concert was in 1969 or 70. Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth were playing at the Aud, in downtown Buffalo.

Missed Woodstock, but made Watkins Glen...

Ray
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Post by: fearless on December 21, 2006, 07:31:09 pm: My first concert was Midnight Oil, an Aussie rock band with a political statement to make.

The best concert I've been to, would have to be Prince. He's one funky, sexy, mutha
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Post by: aupointillimite on December 21, 2006, 07:45:46 pm: I saw Patti Smith a couple of years ago in DC.

She's kind of crap now... but she mostly sang her stuff from the 70s, and that was a lot of fun.

I remember there were some rather scary looking lesbians who kept yelling, "Do some poetry!" In between each song. Patti Smith finally got sick of it and said, "Man... shut the f*** up" really dryly. My friends and I cheered.

She did an awesome cover of "When Doves Cry," and I almost made pee pee in my pantaloons.
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Post by: Ann on December 21, 2006, 08:51:08 pm: I've been trying to remember what concert was my first and either it was too long ago, or I had too much fun, or whatever, but I can't remember. ~sigh~

I do recollect quite a few Grateful Dead concerts, a very stoned and incoherent Neil Young, Jethro Tull, The Talking Heads (I think), B.B. King with Ron Wood and Rick Danko in a small theater in upstate NY, Robert Jr. Lockwood (who recently died) in a small pub in Kent OH, Bob Dylan (with the Dead), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and quite a few even hazier memories of loud music and stoned crowds.

The most memorable would be seeing Ray Davies and Robert Plant within a few days of each other in a small venue - but only because it happened about a year and a half ago.

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. ::) At least I had fun losing it! ... er.... from what I remember!

Ann
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