concert meme
Belatedly, I'm getting at a concert meme that I was tagged with by my blog-child Clare at The House.
1) What is the first rock concert you ever went to?
I remember this pretty vividly...in a way. My first two concerts were on two consecutive nights, and I can't recall which was first. Anyway, the two were Rod Stewart and Boston, both at Detroit's best concert venue, Cobo Hall. It was Stewart's "Blondes Have More Fun" tour, 1978, so I was 16. That means I was with my first real boyfriend, Ted. And I am pretty sure there were two other friends with us, probably a guy I later dated, Rob, and someone else. (Rob -- do you remember?)
2) What is the best rock concert you've seen?
Oh, crap, this is tough. I had a couple favorite bands that I saw more than once, like Boston and Cheap Trick. The J. Geils Band was really popular in Detroit, and I saw them a number of times; I think the best show of theirs that I saw was their "Sanctuary" tour (also 1978) at our regional outdoor music theatre, which at the time was called Pine Knob (it now goes by the unimaginative, corporate DTE Energy Music Theatre). I saw the Rolling Stones in one of their last U.S. tours, in 1981, at the now defunct Pontiac Silverdome. I don't remember how I scored front row seats for Kansas, but that was pretty cool. Then there was the last concert (until recently) that Detroit's own Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band played at Cobo; I think I got 6th row seats. That was tremendous.
Sorry I can't narrow it down -- it was one of those. I know the crappiest concert I saw was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, when he came out late, not too sober, and played a short set. Disappointing. And the greatest concert that I didn't see: Prince's Purple Rain tour. For some lame reason I passed up going to the show he played at Cobo for his birthday that year, 1986. What a dope.
And the last concert I went to was Sade, in 1992. It was sometime after that when I sort of had to stop listening to music on a regular basis, due to my worsening ear worm affliction. Due to that little problem, the bands play on, and on, and on...
1) What is the first rock concert you ever went to?
I remember this pretty vividly...in a way. My first two concerts were on two consecutive nights, and I can't recall which was first. Anyway, the two were Rod Stewart and Boston, both at Detroit's best concert venue, Cobo Hall. It was Stewart's "Blondes Have More Fun" tour, 1978, so I was 16. That means I was with my first real boyfriend, Ted. And I am pretty sure there were two other friends with us, probably a guy I later dated, Rob, and someone else. (Rob -- do you remember?)
2) What is the best rock concert you've seen?
Oh, crap, this is tough. I had a couple favorite bands that I saw more than once, like Boston and Cheap Trick. The J. Geils Band was really popular in Detroit, and I saw them a number of times; I think the best show of theirs that I saw was their "Sanctuary" tour (also 1978) at our regional outdoor music theatre, which at the time was called Pine Knob (it now goes by the unimaginative, corporate DTE Energy Music Theatre). I saw the Rolling Stones in one of their last U.S. tours, in 1981, at the now defunct Pontiac Silverdome. I don't remember how I scored front row seats for Kansas, but that was pretty cool. Then there was the last concert (until recently) that Detroit's own Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band played at Cobo; I think I got 6th row seats. That was tremendous.
Sorry I can't narrow it down -- it was one of those. I know the crappiest concert I saw was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, when he came out late, not too sober, and played a short set. Disappointing. And the greatest concert that I didn't see: Prince's Purple Rain tour. For some lame reason I passed up going to the show he played at Cobo for his birthday that year, 1986. What a dope.
And the last concert I went to was Sade, in 1992. It was sometime after that when I sort of had to stop listening to music on a regular basis, due to my worsening ear worm affliction. Due to that little problem, the bands play on, and on, and on...
And here I always had wanted to see Tom Petty, and thought that he'd have a great concert. I guess good music doesn't always translate to good entertainment.
Posted by: Clare | 11 April 2008 at 11:12 PM