What Was Your First Live Concert?

Elspode · 03-22-2006, 12:42 AM

The "first R-rated movie" thread just made this pop into my head. It should be a real gender-gap bonanza, this one.

My first live *rock* concert was Bloodrock and Grand Funk Railroad, Municipal Auditorium, KCMO, 1970.

The *very* first thing that I saw that could reasonably be termed a concert was a strange thing that our venerable outdoor theater (Starlight Theater) did for a couple of years in the mid-60's. They brought in currently popular pop groups and (rather uncomfortably) insinuated them into the course of their usual musical stage productions. For example, Gary Lewis and the Playboys in "Bye Bye Birdie", with Gary Lewis (Jerry Lewis's son and the leader of the band) as Conrad Birdie. There was also a show that had the Buckinghams at the height of their popularity, but I can't remember which show that was.

The bands would come out in mid show, play three numbers (if they were lucky, they actually had that many popular tunes in their repertoire), the chickies would scream, and then the show would go on. I was young and impressionable and a great afficianado of Top 40 AM radio music at the time, so it was cool.

Kagen4o4 · 03-22-2006, 02:06 AM

AC-DC when i was about 12
then probably Big Day Out. a big festival here

ashke · 03-22-2006, 05:38 AM

I still haven't gone to one. It's generally too expensive to go... considering going to concerts are rather low on my priorities.

Griff · 03-22-2006, 05:42 AM

I think it was Ray Price with my folks when I was in short pants, outdoor venue Ghost Town in the Glen. On my own, it was probably the Charlie Daniels Band at our hockey palace in Binghamton.

lumberjim · 03-22-2006, 07:25 AM

get a load of this. Judas Priest opened for them. I was nine. My dad took me. He said it was the loudest thing he ever heard.

Undertoad · 03-22-2006, 08:06 AM

Momma took me to Three Dog Night.

First show without mom was Asia, the pathetic "supergroup" which gave us so much pain in the early 80s.

glatt · 03-22-2006, 08:20 AM

Living in Maine, we would only get one (or if we were lucky, two) rock bands coming through each year.

Just after I graduated from high school, I saw REM playing at the Cumberland County Civic Center. They had just released Fables, and were touring with The Three O'Clock, a band from LA. The Civic Center held about 5,000 people, but it wasn't full that night. It was a lot of fun.

dar512 · 03-22-2006, 08:55 AM

Moody Blues

barefoot serpent · 03-22-2006, 09:42 AM

The Beatles, 1964 Las Vegas with Jackie DiShannon and The Righteous Brothers.
Wish I had kept the stubs but I was only 11

and they were good ones -- 7th row floor, center.
That same night I went to see Liberace -- one of the few LV Club shows kids could go to.

Pie · 03-22-2006, 09:57 AM

Paul Simon, Rhythm of the Saints tour, 1990.

Spexxvet · 03-22-2006, 10:34 AM

Yes. Close to the Edge tour (1975?)

thrillhouse · 03-22-2006, 12:17 PM

Jeff Beck at The Palladium, Sunset Blvd.

grazzers · 03-22-2006, 01:04 PM

Glastonbury 2005. One of the best times of my life, can't wait to go back '07

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mrnoodle · 03-22-2006, 02:28 PM

We were supposed to play Glastonbury in '05, but band members' wives started popping out babies and no one could afford the plane fare. I've always wanted to play the side stage at a big festival and then walk around listening to bands for the rest of the day.

I can't remember the first concert I saw...I used to lie to classmates and say I had been to shows that my parents wouldn't allow me to go to. My "memories" of the fake shows are as vivid as those of the real ones (because I was wasted at the real ones).

Beestie · 03-22-2006, 03:56 PM

Small venue: 3 dog night
Large venue: Black Sabbath

03-22-2006, 12:42 AM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	What Was Your First Live Concert? The "first R-rated movie" thread just made this pop into my head. It should be a real gender-gap bonanza, this one. My first live rock concert was Bloodrock and Grand Funk Railroad, Municipal Auditorium, KCMO, 1970. The very first thing that I saw that could reasonably be termed a concert was a strange thing that our venerable outdoor theater (Starlight Theater) did for a couple of years in the mid-60's. They brought in currently popular pop groups and (rather uncomfortably) insinuated them into the course of their usual musical stage productions. For example, Gary Lewis and the Playboys in "Bye Bye Birdie", with Gary Lewis (Jerry Lewis's son and the leader of the band) as Conrad Birdie. There was also a show that had the Buckinghams at the height of their popularity, but I can't remember which show that was. The bands would come out in mid show, play three numbers (if they were lucky, they actually had that many popular tunes in their repertoire), the chickies would scream, and then the show would go on. I was young and impressionable and a great afficianado of Top 40 AM radio music at the time, so it was cool. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-22-2006, 02:06 AM	#2
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	AC-DC when i was about 12 then probably Big Day Out. a big festival here __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-22-2006, 05:42 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think it was Ray Price with my folks when I was in short pants, outdoor venue Ghost Town in the Glen. On my own, it was probably the Charlie Daniels Band at our hockey palace in Binghamton. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-22-2006, 07:25 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	get a load of this. Judas Priest opened for them. I was nine. My dad took me. He said it was the loudest thing he ever heard. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-22-2006, 08:55 AM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Moody Blues __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-22-2006, 05:38 AM	#3
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	I still haven't gone to one. It's generally too expensive to go... considering going to concerts are rather low on my priorities.

03-22-2006, 08:06 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Momma took me to Three Dog Night. First show without mom was Asia, the pathetic "supergroup" which gave us so much pain in the early 80s.

03-22-2006, 08:20 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Living in Maine, we would only get one (or if we were lucky, two) rock bands coming through each year. Just after I graduated from high school, I saw REM playing at the Cumberland County Civic Center. They had just released Fables, and were touring with The Three O'Clock, a band from LA. The Civic Center held about 5,000 people, but it wasn't full that night. It was a lot of fun.

03-22-2006, 09:42 AM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	The Beatles, 1964 Las Vegas with Jackie DiShannon and The Righteous Brothers. Wish I had kept the stubs but I was only 11 and they were good ones -- 7th row floor, center. That same night I went to see Liberace -- one of the few LV Club shows kids could go to.

03-22-2006, 09:57 AM	#10
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Paul Simon, Rhythm of the Saints tour, 1990. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-22-2006, 10:34 AM	#11
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Yes. Close to the Edge tour (1975?) __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-22-2006, 12:17 PM	#12
thrillhouse spoonful of bologna Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: salvation holdout central Posts: 333	Jeff Beck at The Palladium, Sunset Blvd. __________________ i'm drinking stars

03-22-2006, 01:04 PM	#13
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Glastonbury 2005. One of the best times of my life, can't wait to go back '07 . __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

03-22-2006, 02:28 PM	#14
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	We were supposed to play Glastonbury in '05, but band members' wives started popping out babies and no one could afford the plane fare. I've always wanted to play the side stage at a big festival and then walk around listening to bands for the rest of the day. I can't remember the first concert I saw...I used to lie to classmates and say I had been to shows that my parents wouldn't allow me to go to. My "memories" of the fake shows are as vivid as those of the real ones (because I was wasted at the real ones). __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-22-2006, 03:56 PM	#15
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Small venue: 3 dog night Large venue: Black Sabbath __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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