Richard Marx
DG and I were talking this morning about the musical tastes of our parents and even though they were separated by a thousand or more miles, their musical tastes overlapped quite a bit. Except for the Abba - I don't think my Dad would be caught dead listening to Abba.
That got me to thinking about the first concert I ever attended. I use the word concert loosely here because it was really a live performance at a Six Flags theme park and I don't know if you can qualify that as a real, live concert. And yes, it was Richard Marx. I'm so proud.
The first "real" concert I went to was REM on the Green album tour. I was really more excited about one of the opening bands, Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians. This would turn out to be the first time I identified the smell of the devil weed.
DG's first concert was War. Which, I think is pretty damn cool. He was like 8 and his parents took him. My Dad hadn't EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT until two years ago and that was because I basically guilted him into it. Simon & Garfunkel reunion tour - how could he even THINK of missing it? My uncle and my Dad used to get together and play/sing S&G songs in the family room and those weekend nights are some of my fondest memories of childhood.
Now the part I'm looking forward to. If you're so inclined, please leave a comment with the concert you're most embarassed to admit to and the concert you enjoyed the most.
Here's mine:
Most Embarassing Concert: Richard Marx (or Modern English, it's a toss up)
Concert I Enjoyed the Most: Burning Spear free show at Union Station (or Primus when they did the entire Sailing the Seas of Cheese album for the second set, again, toss up)
That got me to thinking about the first concert I ever attended. I use the word concert loosely here because it was really a live performance at a Six Flags theme park and I don't know if you can qualify that as a real, live concert. And yes, it was Richard Marx. I'm so proud.
The first "real" concert I went to was REM on the Green album tour. I was really more excited about one of the opening bands, Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians. This would turn out to be the first time I identified the smell of the devil weed.
DG's first concert was War. Which, I think is pretty damn cool. He was like 8 and his parents took him. My Dad hadn't EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT until two years ago and that was because I basically guilted him into it. Simon & Garfunkel reunion tour - how could he even THINK of missing it? My uncle and my Dad used to get together and play/sing S&G songs in the family room and those weekend nights are some of my fondest memories of childhood.
Now the part I'm looking forward to. If you're so inclined, please leave a comment with the concert you're most embarassed to admit to and the concert you enjoyed the most.
Here's mine:
Most Embarassing Concert: Richard Marx (or Modern English, it's a toss up)
Concert I Enjoyed the Most: Burning Spear free show at Union Station (or Primus when they did the entire Sailing the Seas of Cheese album for the second set, again, toss up)
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Concert I Enjoyed the Most: My 1st Grateful Dead show from the 2nd row. Damn. Parliment at some club on Washington whose name escapes me. Janes Addiction. Porno for Pyros at Mississippi Nights. Fugazi at Mississippi Nights. Primus. That Lollapalooza with Beastie Boys and Ministry. Paul Simon/Bob Dylan. Widespread Panic in Kansas City a long time ago. There are probably more. I've been to a hell of a lot of shows. My parents used to give me so much shit about it but I'm so happy I went now because I have only been to 1 concert in 2 years (Primus where I got to meet Les Claypool).