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Ssabat Thraxx
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.09.30 20:56:00 -
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Let's talk about some of the show's we've seen.
My first concert was The Ramones when I was 15. That was 23 yrs ago (ugh) and I still have the shirt I got there, and the ticket stub. They came on stage about 45 minutes late, you could tell Joey was strung out on something, he steadied himself with the mic stand, and never moved throughout the whole show, lol. It was a small venue so we got up very close. It was a good first show
Last concert I saw was GWAR. I took my little brother along as a birthday gift. Im glad I got to see them before Oderus died, and I still can't belive that. The mosh pit was insane, and for a long time once I was too tired to continue I'd try to get out and the ppl at the border would bounce me back in lol.
Best part of the show? Slymenstra Hymen took off her outer shirt, threw it to the crowd, and I got it! Still have it, and it's stained a pinkish color from all the fake blood we all got soaked with. GWAR was definitelty a unique experience
BEST concert experience ever was Lollapalooza in 93 or 94 (cant remember, lol.) The lineup had Rage Against the Machine, Front 242 (sadly they suck live,) Babes in Toyland, Alice in Chains, Primus, and Tool. Tool was on the small 2nd stage, so like the Ramones show, I got really close. Like I almost could untie Maynard's shoes, lol.
Ive seen lots of local shows with local bands. Ilive near theUniversity of TN campus, and actually used to live on campus. Lots of good talent that'll never makeit big vov
Tell us about your concert experiences!!
\m/ O.o \m/
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RoAnnon
Eternity INC. Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.30 21:52:00 -
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First concert was day 2 of the US Festival in 1982. Standing out in the 110 degree heat in San Bernardino, we rocked out to Dave Edmunds, the Cars, Eddie Money, Pat Benatar, Tom Petty...
My last concert was Bad Company and Ican'tremember, several years ago here in Houston.
Best concert is a tie: Queen and Billy Squier at the Oakland Colliseum back in the early 80s, Sammy Hagar and Krokus at the Summit in Houston a few years later, and Cheap Trick opening for REO Speedwagon (Cheap Trick rocked it, REO died on stage) at Southern Star Amphitheater at Astroworld a few years after that... So, you're a bounty hunter. No, that ain't it at all. Then what are you? I'm a bounty hunter. |
Malaclypse Muscaria
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.09.30 23:03:00 -
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First concert I went to was Monsters of Rock festival, back in the '80s when I was around 15 : Iron Maiden, Metallica, Anthrax Helloween and some other local band I didn't care about. Awesome experience, not just because it was my first concert or because of the bands involved, but also because back then, without interwebs, MTV (not in my country at the time) or other private TV stations for that matter, you knew very little about the bands you liked and cared about: all you had were those LP covers and insets to look at (I fondly remember studying every bit of the material included in the fantastic original LP edition of Maiden's "Live After Death", as I listened to the records).
So all you had to go with was some random interview in some magazine once in a while, hearsay, and random photos you came across, which gave all those bands a sense of mystery and wonder. And then, after listening to all those records so many times, trying to visualize and imagine what they were like IRL live on a stage, it was quite the experience seeing them performing that music you knew so well right in front of you at last.
Last one I went to was Acid Mothers Temple & The Space Paranoid (a bunch of weirdo Japanese psychedelic lords) playing a concert consisting solely of Black Sabbath covers, done in their own Psilocybe-drenched ways.
As to favorite concerts, perhaps seeing the Butthole Surfers back in 1993, playing a special 4th of July outdoor show in Berkeley. I reckon they were at their peak at that time, and the whole thing was decidedly wild, strange and intense. Gibby setting his arm on fire, manically twisting knobs on his "Gibbytronics" voice-effects box, while highly graphic and disturbing movies were being played on a large screen behind them, only to be followed by scenes of dogs running in slow motion through flower fields. And as a bonus, I also got to meet and talk a bit with the Dead Kennedy's East Bay Ray, who happened to be skulking around in some corner, sitting on the grass.
I saw the Butthole Surfers some years later again, and it was a very different experience, they seemed quite burned out, almost as if they were a completely different band altogether.
I also watched GWAR at a tiny club sometime in the mid '90s, very memorable experience as well, and more recently Watain, whose concerts are more of a Satanic Mass than simply a music show, and you can tell they put a lot of effort and heart into it, unlike other shows were the band seems to come on stage to basically punch the clock and collect the check. Actually, many other memorable concerts along the years, but probably the Butthole Surfers one comes out on top.
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Astenion
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.09.30 23:03:00 -
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First concert was Foreigner in 1984. I was 6 and my mom took me for my birthday because they were my favorite band.
Last concert was Fleshgod Apocalypse the other night. They are great live.
Most memorable concert was probably Tool in 1996 on their Aenema tour. I have seen just about every heavy band in existence and still that concert was the loudest I have ever heard.
My favorite concert was probably Alice in Chains in 2010 for the first time (they're my favorite band). It was just special after waiting nearly 20 years to see them live. |
DaReaper
Net 7 The Last Brigade
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Posted - 2014.09.30 23:18:00 -
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First was Aerosmith in 99, I was 18 at it was at the Hollywood bowl. Went with my dad, sister, best friend and his dad, was pretty cool.
Last one I went to...Was Goo Goo Dolls in Reno. Was fun
My fav was Collective Soul at this small dive in San Diego that no longer exist. This was basicly the start of there comeback tour with the launch of the Youth Album. It was intimate, and awesome. The opener was a great band that has not done much called low millions, but they totally rocked the place. OMG Comet Mining idea!!! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=331766 |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters Disturbed Acquaintance
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Posted - 2014.09.30 23:56:00 -
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my first "concert" was singing in choir lol.
my first "real" concert was avril lavigne in like 2003. followed closely by evanescence. i'd see numerous local shows before hand but i really do not count those.
the best is hard to pinpoint. i've been to so many great ones. tool was magnificent each time i've seen them.
the last show i was at was nine inch nails and soundgarden in chicago some weeks ago. that was a great show and tons of fun. totally shitfaced and singing my ass off to every song lol |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.09.30 23:57:00 -
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First was Heart around 1978 in Austin, Texas. Good technical performance, but somehow, it just had no charisma, inspiration, or whatever it is that makes a concert more than just people performing their songs.
Last was Hugh Cornwell, formerly of the Stranglers, in a regular fairly seedy club in Manhattan. That was great. Hugh played the hell out of that black Telecaster, with the drummer from Blondie and a bass player named Fish.
Best was Talking Heads, again in Austin, on their Speaking in Tongues tour. Those guys and all of their backup musicians and singers just enjoyed the hell out of playing. It was like a party that the audience got to enjoy too. The Cure on their The Caterpillar tour around the same time was a close second. Dark, almost uncomfortably expressionist and emotional, driving, trippy. It really had that excellent post-punk understated extreme vibe of those old times. "Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006) |
Ssabat Thraxx
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.10.01 00:03:00 -
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Man, these are some great stories!! Music is literally a huge passion for me. I've greatly enjoyed the stories sofar, and thanks folks for that!
Now keep em coming, folks!
\m/ O.o \m/
"You're a freak ..." - Solecist Project
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Weasel Ugs
Ravenusque
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Posted - 2014.10.01 02:56:00 -
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Strangely enough my very first concert and the last one I saw were the same band but different years. Trans Siberian Orchestra(TSO) go on tour every Christmas and put on an awesome show!
The first time I saw them I didnt like the first half but loved the second half, the last show I loved the whole thing. We got 11th row almost middle! Awesome set design, fire explosions and an awesome laser show. Being up front def makes a difference!
At the end of the show they had 2 guitarists on 2 different cranes, as they were coming down one started dipping toward the audience before it got back over the stage, I thought I was going to have to hold it up to keep from getting hit. The guy just kept on playing until it got close enough for him to jump off, he jumped off then kissed the floor! lol. |
Hannibal Crusoe
New Order Logistics CODE.
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Posted - 2014.10.01 04:48:00 -
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First concert was Tesla in the mid 80's. Best was Plant and Page No Quarter.
So Ssabat Thraxx during 92-96 I could have been found hanging out on 2nd street in Nashville, playing guitar, looking like a street person, and thinking I could pick up chicks.
The talent in that town is amazing.
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Douglas Fur
Tijuana Fur and Die
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Posted - 2014.10.01 09:54:00 -
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my first was sonic youth/pavement in '92 (i didnt know who pavement was at the time tho). i was 15 and my parents wouldnt let me go so i made up some story about staying at my friend's house... we couldnt find anyone with a car that wanted to go so we rode our bikes over 40 miles to get there! it was pretty fun but on the way home we got picked up by the cops (this was like 3 AM we were riding our bikes down the highway). they drove us home (we were about halfway back when they stopped us) and woke up our parents... that part wasnt much fun
(i also happened to see tool at lolla. i think it was '94. i didnt know who they were at the time either. most people that saw it seemed to agree that the had the best set tho. the main thing i remember about seeing alice in chains was layne staley sitting down through the whole thing. he was barely even there)
i cant really choose a favorite show but maybe my favorite single song ive seen live was frank black around the turn of the century (before the pixies reunion etc) playing "jumping beans". i hadnt ever really paid much attention to that song (the record version is fairly weak) but he got really into it. it was a stripped down semi-acoustic set but by the end he was just screaming about jumping beans. i was about 3 feet in front of him. it was intense
another good one for me was a few years ago das racist/miho hatori/kool keith. i talked to kool keith for a while. he had a sweater wrapped around his face the whole time
unfortunately ive developed some health problems that have greatly limited my concert goings. i havent seen much the last couple years... the last one i remember being cool was a yo la tengo hanukkah show where their guest was kurt wagner from lambchop. the show wasnt that great but i enjoyed seeing them play together. also sonny rollins a while ago. that was cool |
Arline Kley
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2014.10.01 10:38:00 -
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the first (and only) live musical performance I have been too was a orchestra playing Night on Bald Mountain (as well as a couple of others I cannot remember) but with the lead violin playing a 200 year old Stradivarius.
A friend of mine, who is a big music lover, was annoyed I didn't invite her along... Blessed are those that carry the Empress' Light; with it they destroy the shadows |
Random McNally
Isogen 5
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Posted - 2014.10.01 11:17:00 -
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Wow...this will dredge back some memories...
First concert was with my parents when I was young. Tom T. Hall. Thats the sort of stuff my parents listened to and what I grew up on. My first concert with friends was Devo. That was fun.
Add Foghat, Molly Hatchet at a big outdoor event but I was pretty wasted that day...
I saw Prince when he toured with Sheila E. Was a fun concert but now I'm a bit ashamed of admitting that one. Seen a few concerts at biker events like .38 special in Sturgis and Quiet Riot in Iowa. To this day, .38 Special is still one of my favorite bands.
Pink Floyd. That is probably my all time favorite. When they did their dome tours for Delicate Sound of Thunder. Incredible show.
The last one, which still ranks up as a favorite of mine, was Blue Oyster Cult at the state fair. The reason this one rates is because my son is a huge BOC fan and how excited he got when he got to see his favorite band. Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com In Game Channel HighDragChat |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.10.01 14:15:00 -
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Wow Random, actually Tom T. Hall might have been the first concert I saw too. My dad's Sunday school class were ushers at the local auditorium one year, and I got to go along. I also saw Charlie Pride, Jeanne C. Riley, and Johnny Rodriguez that year. Tom T. was so drunk during his show that somebody had to hold him up to the mic. "Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006) |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters Disturbed Acquaintance
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Posted - 2014.10.01 16:43:00 -
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Jeez. Old people.
Pink Floyd in concert? Wow. Dinosaur McNally! <3
I would love to see them though. Guess that's impossible now. Always liked their music. |
Random McNally
Isogen 5
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Posted - 2014.10.01 16:48:00 -
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Eurydia Vespasian wrote:Jeez. Old people. Pink Floyd in concert? Wow. Dinosaur McNally! <3 I would love to see them though. Guess that's impossible now. Always liked their music. You missed out. And I didn't even have to bring in substances. There was plenty and more to share....
If you are into that sort of thing. Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com In Game Channel HighDragChat |
Random McNally
Isogen 5
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Posted - 2014.10.01 16:49:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Wow Random, actually Tom T. Hall might have been the first concert I saw too. My dad's Sunday school class were ushers at the local auditorium one year, and I got to go along. I also saw Charlie Pride, Jeanne C. Riley, and Johnny Rodriguez that year. Tom T. was so drunk during his show that somebody had to hold him up to the mic. This. Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com In Game Channel HighDragChat |
Black Panpher
Ganja Inc
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Posted - 2014.10.01 17:01:00 -
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First: Michael Jackson Dangerous.
Best: red hot chilli peppers in Hyde park supported by James brown.
Last: probably Bob Dylan, worst show ever only played his new jazz crap.
Wish I had been to: gonna add another sub section, I wish I had got to see sublime and Elliot Smith live. RIP in pepperoni Elliot and Bradley.
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2014.10.01 17:10:00 -
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I remember concerts in tv, they were magnificent, lots of fire, great music, electronic, futuristic sounding songs, I was so small, and those people dancing in tact looked like a singers personal army from star wars. Magic moments. Now when I see the sexual explicity as a means of taking the media attention, I feel that something went horribly wrong somewhere. http://i.minus.com/ibeZ0sJewvDMBN.gif =ƒÿü |
Ssabat Thraxx
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.10.01 18:05:00 -
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It's good to know Im not the only old fart in here.
\m/ O.o \m/
"You're a freak ..." - Solecist Project
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Hiply Rustic
Aliastra Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.10.01 18:14:00 -
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First concert? I don't remember the bands, was in a more than moderately altered state at the time, at the theatre on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune shortly after I rotated back from a tour overseas in 76. I remember seeing the music coming out of the stacks...so that should give you some indication of the state I was in. :)
Best? Yeah that one I'll never forget, a concert for the ages. Kansas, the concert that created the bootleg album "Monolith in the Storm", July '79 at Alpine Valley, in a colossal thunderstorm. Out on the grass, soaked to the bone, properly buzzed with good friends; the band's music counterpointed by raging thunder and their laser show upstaged by volley after volley of lightning. There will never be another show like it.
Most recent, Blue Rodeo last year in Victoria BC, on Vancouver Island. Good solid show, tight band...as always. Ralph King-Griffin wrote: "Eve deliberately excludes the stupid and the weak willied." EvE: Only the strong-willied need apply.
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Ssabat Thraxx
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.10.01 18:18:00 -
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Hiply Rustic wrote:First concert? I don't remember the bands, was in a more than moderately altered state at the time, at the theatre on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune shortly after I rotated back from a tour overseas in 76. I remember seeing the music coming out of the stacks...so that should give you some indication of the state I was in. :)
Best? Yeah that one I'll never forget, a concert for the ages. Kansas, the concert that created the bootleg album "Monolith in the Storm", July '79 at Alpine Valley, in a colossal thunderstorm. Out on the grass, soaked to the bone, properly buzzed with good friends; the band's music counterpointed by raging thunder and their laser show upstaged by volley after volley of lightning. There will never be another show like it.
Most recent, Blue Rodeo last year in Victoria BC, on Vancouver Island. Good solid show, tight band...as always.
Wow best one so far. Lollapalooza was pretty epic for me, but that Kansas show, man I bet that was an experience.
Carry on, my wayward son
+1
\m/ O.o \m/
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jason hill
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.01 19:07:00 -
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1st major concert (well it was actualy a festival ) was back in 89 the reading festival as i had just moved to the town and the headline act was the mission ( wayne hussy) what a fkn awesome atmosphere id heard him before and sort of like the goth scene anyways but to see them live blew my mind ! been following that type of music ever since ( no ! not the fkn emo shite )
too many bands have been seen since to mention them all between then and now but my last music weekender was this one ( missus is an avid fan so I put up with it ) and my next one is this one because my wifes band is playing there ... shes the lead singer in the 1st band that's playing |
Random Nardieu
Lone Star Warriors Yulai Federation
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Posted - 2014.10.01 23:44:00 -
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First; Venus Hill ( dutch ska band, if interested click here :) )
Last: A bunch of dutch underground rappers.
Best: shiiiiit, hard question, I've seen to many concerts in many different genres. So a few notable concerts: Odd Future melkweg Stick to your guns germany Snoop Dogg plus Willie Nelson melkweg Typhoon at Appelsap festival 2014 Doe Maar 2012
And many more, perhaps I'll add some more later. |
jason hill
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.02 00:02:00 -
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**** off ..I cant stand rap I hate when people pretend to be something that their not
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Random Nardieu
Lone Star Warriors Yulai Federation
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Posted - 2014.10.02 11:16:00 -
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jason hill wrote:**** off ..I cant stand rap I hate when people pretend to be something that their not
I agree that a big part of the mainstream rap is fake, still that doesn't give you a reason to tell me to **** off... Also, there is a very big chuck of real rap with meaningful lyrics, And I don't only listen to rap.
But hey, let me tell you something, I'm not going to defense myself or the music that I love to some ignorant short sighted idiot. People like you are the reason I hate the majority of the goths and alternative music fans, showing off how progressed your music taste is and don't tolerate other genres.
In the meantime, I'll roll another spliff and blast my favorite tunes please don't bother to check it out Jason, according to your previous reactions in this thread, you're probably to ignorant to understand good poetic rhymes.
P.S I find it quite ironic, that two of the biggest misconception about hiphop, is that hiphop is disrespectful to women ( I agree there are some fake rappers talking about ho's and bitches all the time, but this is not the majority ) and it's all about criminal activities. Still you're the one talking about musicians ending up in jail or clubbing your wife to death. |
Ssabat Thraxx
Dominion Tenebrarum Reverberation Project
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Posted - 2014.10.02 18:08:00 -
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I appreciate everyone's input, even if I personally may not like their chosen genres. I'm more interested in the experience, the feelings, etc.
So, I thought of a concert that surprised me. My mother is a big Elton John fan, so when he came to Knoxville I bought a couple of tickets so I could take her. Now, I do like that old song of his "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," but thats as far as Elton and I go. That said, I actually really enjoyed the show! He is without a doubt one of the best showmen Ive seen. Man he's like a ball of lightening bouncing all over the stage, bouncing, jumping on, standing on his piano bench, etc. I was really impressed.
\m/ O.o \m/
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2014.10.02 19:08:00 -
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I always preferred music without lyrics, and you can listen to it on any concert, anywhere in the world and have fun equally as anybody. http://i.minus.com/ibeZ0sJewvDMBN.gif =ƒÿü |
Slymah
Kabala Incorporated
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Posted - 2014.10.03 08:02:00 -
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well that escalated quickly.
Anyhoo.. Sadly my first concert was Michael Jackson. My parents forced me to go with them so I hope that doesn't count. :(
The first concert I willfully went to was that first Monsters of Rock show 88'? Van Halen (Hagar), Scorpions, Metallica and Dokken. I was happy that day, 16y/o. Even though some dudes smashed into the back of my truck so hard I hit the car in front of me AND that car hit the car in front of it. Everyone in the wreck was going to the show though so nobody really cared heh. Plus they were probably a bit buzzed. Dude actually ended up paying for new bumpers for my truck so it worked out.
Last was Santana this summer. Pretty awesome.
Favorite geeze. Probably Fugazi because it was so damn hard to find one of their shows. At least up the NW. Just a random phone call from a buddy telling me to be ready in 5 minutes. Those guys never did ticketmaster or any real advertising at all. Word of mouth. |
jason hill
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.04 09:46:00 -
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Random Nardieu wrote:jason hill wrote:**** off ..I cant stand rap I hate when people pretend to be something that their not I agree that a big part of the mainstream rap is fake, still that doesn't give you a reason to tell me to **** off... Also, there is a very big chunk of real rap with meaningful lyrics, And I don't only listen to rap. But hey, let me tell you something, I'm not going to defend myself or the music that I love to some ignorant short sighted idiot. People like you are the reason I hate the majority of the goths and alternative music fans, showing off how progressed your music taste is and don't tolerate other genres. In the meantime, I'll roll another spliff and blast my favorite tunes please don't bother to check it out Jason, according to your previous reactions in this thread, you're probably to ignorant to understand good poetic rhymes. P.S I find it quite ironic, that two of the biggest misconception about hiphop, is that hiphop is disrespectful to women ( I agree there are some fake rappers talking about ho's and bitches all the time, but this is not the majority ) and it's all about criminal activities. Still you're the one talking about musicians ending up in jail or clubbing your wife to death.
ooooh techy ! ... anyone would think I was making a personal attack on YOU ! I wasn't ..I just don't fkn like rap music end of.. the fact you personaly singled me out in particular ..is quite telling though ..oh well ..haters gonna hate
ps top tip ...rap still sucks the left knacker ...but in your defence ...so does psychobilly but then again ..a lot of people prolly think goth does aswell...but hey ...lets all walk the streets being Manchester united fans what a fun world that would be if we all supported the same team
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