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Maui Tom wrote:Wasn't it great when we used to go to concerts and literally had NO idea what was going to be played?
I'm not knockin' how it is nowadays...progress and all...but I remember almost passing OUT sometimes when the band I was seeing would play something I had hoped they would play but wasn't counting on being performed that night....
Rick wrote:Maui Tom wrote:Wasn't it great when we used to go to concerts and literally had NO idea what was going to be played?
I'm not knockin' how it is nowadays...progress and all...but I remember almost passing OUT sometimes when the band I was seeing would play something I had hoped they would play but wasn't counting on being performed that night....
That and you were hammered.
I agree with the post though. Times are different now, for sure. There are no new bands I'm interesting in seeing at this point, so we have to settle for the dozen songs we know are going to be played and hope for something obscure.
DrFU wrote:and getting busy signals for HOURS when tickets went on sale and you were desparately trying to call ... or standing in line at some rathole ticket outlet only to get to the window and find nothing left but the nosebleed seats
and having the bands come on 2-3 hours past their scheduled time because they took their sweet time during set changes and took the stage when they felt like it ...
and when they did finally start singing, you couldn't see them from up in the rafters through the massive haze of cigaratte and pot smoke rising to the ceiling ...
and often the songs didn't sound a thing like the album you so loved because the sound equipment sucked and the singer was most likely drunk/stoned out of his/her mind ...
and the t-shirt you bought on the way out was nothing but strings (or shrunk to Barbiedoll size) after you finally washed it because it was a bootleg made in some far off place ...
yep, those days were fuckin' awesome ... sigh
DrFU wrote:and getting busy signals for HOURS when tickets went on sale and you were desparately trying to call ... or standing in line at some rathole ticket outlet only to get to the window and find nothing left but the nosebleed seats
and having the bands come on 2-3 hours past their scheduled time because they took their sweet time during set changes and took the stage when they felt like it ...
and when they did finally start singing, you couldn't see them from up in the rafters through the massive haze of cigaratte and pot smoke rising to the ceiling ...
and often the songs didn't sound a thing like the album you so loved because the sound equipment sucked and the singer was most likely drunk/stoned out of his/her mind ...
and the t-shirt you bought on the way out was nothing but strings (or shrunk to Barbiedoll size) after you finally washed it because it was a bootleg made in some far off place ...
yep, those days were fuckin' awesome ... sigh
Gunbot wrote:Chics pissing into dixie cups outside on the sidewalk. Where are you going to see that nowadays?
Jana wrote:DrFU wrote:and getting busy signals for HOURS when tickets went on sale and you were desparately trying to call ... or standing in line at some rathole ticket outlet only to get to the window and find nothing left but the nosebleed seats
and having the bands come on 2-3 hours past their scheduled time because they took their sweet time during set changes and took the stage when they felt like it ...
and when they did finally start singing, you couldn't see them from up in the rafters through the massive haze of cigaratte and pot smoke rising to the ceiling ...
and often the songs didn't sound a thing like the album you so loved because the sound equipment sucked and the singer was most likely drunk/stoned out of his/her mind ...
and the t-shirt you bought on the way out was nothing but strings (or shrunk to Barbiedoll size) after you finally washed it because it was a bootleg made in some far off place ...
yep, those days were fuckin' awesome ... sigh
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Great post, Linda. I'm crackin' up.
Maui Tom wrote:Wasn't it great when we used to go to concerts and literally had NO idea what was going to be played?
I'm not knockin' how it is nowadays...progress and all...but I remember almost passing OUT sometimes when the band I was seeing would play something I had hoped they would play but wasn't counting on being performed that night....
DrFU wrote:and getting busy signals for HOURS when tickets went on sale and you were desparately trying to call ... or standing in line at some rathole ticket outlet only to get to the window and find nothing left but the nosebleed seats
and having the bands come on 2-3 hours past their scheduled time because they took their sweet time during set changes and took the stage when they felt like it ...
and when they did finally start singing, you couldn't see them from up in the rafters through the massive haze of cigaratte and pot smoke rising to the ceiling ...
and often the songs didn't sound a thing like the album you so loved because the sound equipment sucked and the singer was most likely drunk/stoned out of his/her mind ...
and the t-shirt you bought on the way out was nothing but strings (or shrunk to Barbiedoll size) after you finally washed it because it was a bootleg made in some far off place ...
yep, those days were fuckin' awesome ... sigh
slucero wrote:ahhh the good ol' Day on the Greens..
Day On The Green #2,
July 4, 1979:
Journey, The J. Geils Band, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, The Rockets
$12.50 bucks for a ticket....
camping in the parking lot overnight to get in line... partying all damn nite long...
waiting in line for hours to get in....
Then its HOTTER than hell - 80,000 people frying in 100 degree heat....firehoses on the crowd hot...
The most awesome fireworks show after the concert....
Great memories...
NealIsGod wrote:Anyone still have their ticket stubs? I have a shitload of them from the '80's.
StocktontoMalone wrote:NKOTB
StocktontoMalone wrote:Don't stop at 1979....go back another decade....I'm sure some remember this:
http://blogcritics.org/video/article/the-rolling-stones-altamont-music-festival/
Show promotor: Bill Graham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9WcwTbErw
Babyblue wrote:StocktontoMalone wrote:Don't stop at 1979....go back another decade....I'm sure some remember this:
http://blogcritics.org/video/article/the-rolling-stones-altamont-music-festival/
Show promotor: Bill Graham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9WcwTbErw
I remember reading about it all to well.![]()
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