Memorable concerts

[SKT]

@popvulture I have a bunch too and I found them not too long ago. One of the main inspirations for starting the journal. Here’s one of my favorites.

[popvulture]

@SKT nice! I saw a lot of the old school greats when I was pretty little — Ray Charles might've been one of em, but frankly there were a lot where I was juts too young to appreciate and/or even remember. I do remember seeing and appreciating James Brown, Little Richard, and BB King back then. Still wish I had a time machine though... would like to have seen those guys through a better educated musical lens.

[SKT]

@popvulture wow those are some great ones. What I would give to see Little Richard in a small venue in his prime.

[Mizmazzle]

I had the chance to see James Brown open for The Dead at Bonnaroo That was pretty incredible.

[SKT]

Damn that would’ve been awesome. I’ve got one great Dead story I’ll try to write about later.

[Mizmazzle]

I used to save all my show tix in these tape cases

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT holy shit!! Bowie as a first concert!! That’s as good as it gets! Never saw himself. Somehow only became a huge fan after he died. Boggles my mind.

Here was my first concert:

[IrishHeart]

@Mizmazzle another brilliant first gig! I bet it was hard to keep the standard up from that.

[IrishHeart]

@Nocturama now we’re talking!

[Mizmazzle]

@IrishHeart that show solidified my love of punk forever!!

Thanks for reviving this thread, Sean. Opening those tape cases took me on an awesome trip to my early show years. Pulled a few of some of my faves from back in the day.

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle damn those are some great show. Don’t you miss the physical ticket stubs!?

[popvulture]

@Mizmazzle dang that's a good first show! I saw them in 96 iirc, Lollapalooza in New Orleans. My first show was Aerosmith on the Pump tour . Joan Jett opened, which was pretty f'n rad.

[Mizmazzle]

@popvulture hell yeah that’s a badass first concert! Two iconic bands for the ages!!

@SKT totally miss the hard tickets!! I’m just glad we had them to keep when we were kids! I find I go through those tape cases about once a year and it makes me really happy to think about those shows and the friends I was with.

[mclaincausey]

Man I used to listen to Fugazi and the Melvins constantly. Still and always will love them.

[popvulture]

I still can't believe Fugazi haven't reunited, frankly when we need them most.

[Giles]

@SKT said in Memorable concerts:

@IrishHeart that’s awesome! I only got to see him that one time. Wish it had been more

One of my first gigs was Bowie on the Aladdin Sane/Ziggy Stardust tour in 1973. A mate and I caught the train into Birmingham and as we made our way to the venue, more and more Ziggy Stardust lookalikes joined the madding throng. As a couple of gauche 15-year-olds it was all a bit overwhelming and we wished we too had dressed up. Then, when Bowie came onto the stage as Alladin Sane, all the Ziggy's looked a bit outdated, and we felt a little less gauche.....

[popvulture]

My mind went straight to Christian Bale first attending the Bowie show in Velvet Goldmine

[IrishHeart]

@Giles I’m envious. I think we’re of a similar vintage but I didn’t get to see him until 78 at Bingley Hall in Stafford.
Every time I saw him there were people dressed differently according to their favourite album/era.

[popvulture]

I sadly never got to see Bowie. If I could pick an era it'd probably be 77-80ish. Scary Monsters would've been an epic tour but as far as I know, he opted out from touring it after John Lennon was killed.

[endo]

Roskilde 1993 - not my first, but one of the best festivals I‘ve been to. And guess what, the hottest gig there (IMO) was Bjørn Again.