I love to listen to Def Leppard when I party
And, Rick Allen - to come back as a drummer after losing an arm, should be impossible. But he did it. I have a lot of respect for that.Favorite Band/artist
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And, Rick Allen - to come back as a drummer after losing an arm, should be impossible. But he did it. I have a lot of respect for that.
This thread brought back some nostalgia. I tried to remember all the groups I saw in concert – 65 as far as I can recall so far. And I realized I haven’t listened to much (if any) of their music in quite some time, like 10CC, Billy Preston, Nazareth, Climax Blues Band, Doobie Brothers, Edgar Winter, Foghat, Weather Report, Kansas, Joe Jackson, Johnny Maestro, The Turtles, Jethro Tull, The Hooters, J. Giles Band, Humble Pie, Yes, and Crosby-Stills-Nash&Young.
What also struck me was the difference in concert tickets between the golden years and today. I figure I spent more on my youngest’s 3 - One Direction tickets than I spent on ally my concerts combined. (And I’ve seen some of the monsters of Rock’n’Roll, like Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, AC/DC and the Rolling Stones.)
What also struck me was the difference in concert tickets between the golden years and today. I figure I spent more on my youngest’s 3 - One Direction tickets than I spent on ally my concerts combined. (And I’ve seen some of the monsters of Rock’n’Roll, like Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, AC/DC and the Rolling Stones.)
LOL! Could have been. But no. I love my Lepps.And I thought it was for Leppelin
Rick Allen has a foundation that assists the wounded warrior project, too. He's doing some great work despite (because of?) his own personal injuries. Definite respect for the guy, yup.I love to listen to Def Leppard when I party
I am a very angry person...over some things.
Not at any of you!
When I listen to him, I release my anger...
Neesy
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Very true.
A friend and I also talked about how different ticket purchases are now, compared to when we started going to concerts. I never had any problems getting the tickets I wanted then. Now, you have to be online the moment the tickets are released, the good shows sell out in minutes!
Also for Stephen King in Hamburg, I had a hard time securing a ticket. And I was logged on and ready for action 10 min. before they released the tickets.
Luckily, many fan clubs have pre-sales for their members, which means a little less stress.
Agreed. And his work with Zappa on "Bongo Fury" holds special memories for me. The track "200 Year Old" has some history with me. The year before the album came out, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention played at Ag Hall in Allentown, PA, and I was there. Before the concert started, Zappa came out for a sound check and took the time to talk a bit directly to the audience. He was complaining about the lousy day he was having and all the commercial nonsense over the upcoming bicentennial. The day only got worse for him. He stopped the concert several times because of the horrid sound feedback the concert was experiencing. Then about half way through the concert the police rushed the crowd and forcibly hauled off some concertgoers for lighting up their wacky weed. They were sitting directly behind me on the cold concrete floor. I was involved in the melee, and ended up with some bruises inflicted by the police and their batons. Luckily I was not one of the ones hauled off to the hoosgow. Zappa, well know for his anti-authoritarianism, complained about the police actions after the ruckus subsided, and tried to continue the concert, but obviously the day was too much for him and he ended the concert early.
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Zappa’s death. One of my alma maters radio station was playing tribute to him all day, and even his testimony before the US Congress. Good stuff!
If anyone is interested in what was considered "head music" back in the day, here is that local university radio station that plays fantastic music most will no longer hear anywhere (streamed). 91.3 FM WLVR (Lehigh University Radio Station)
WLVR-FM - 91.3 FM Bethlehem, PA - Listen Online
Also give Stephen King’s Radio Station 100.3 FM, WKIT a listen to. It plays some great classic Rock’n’Roll streamed.
Maine's Greatest Rock N' Roll Station
I saw AC/DC in 1978 (Bon Scott was singer) in Denver for $5.00. It was in a 1500 seat place.
I have several ticket stubs from shows in the late 70s and early 80s and most of the tickets were $10.00 or less.
We used to have to stand outside the record store that sold tickets (on a fancy machine called a computer) and wait for it to open at 10:00 am to buy tickets. That really sucked.
I saw Yes in 1976 at Roosevelt Stadium in NJ. I think the ticket set me back a whopping $7.50..LOL
I saw Yes sometime in the late 70s and they were on a stage that revolved. It was set up in the center of the arena and I guess the idea was that no one would have a bad seat but in reality, about 75 percent of the time, you were looking at the back or side of them.
I have lost all my tickets and merch from the 80's and 90's, I have moved around too much. But in Norway the tickets were between 15€-25€ in those days.
We bought our tickets in the post office, and I never missed any of the shows I wanted to go to. I don't even know how we knew about the shows/ticket release dates before the internet. Did they announce in the papers? *confused*
Finally someone who agrees with meI saw Yes sometime in the late 70s and they were on a stage that revolved. It was set up in the center of the arena and I guess the idea was that no one would have a bad seat but in reality, about 75 percent of the time, you were looking at the back or side of them.
People keep telling me how great Metallica's revolving stage is, but I never wanted to see it. At least with a normal stage in front, you can fight your way to a decent place. I don't mean fight for real, but it is always possible to get quite close to the stage, if you can endure a little pressure.
I saw Yes sometime in the late 70s and they were on a stage that revolved. It was set up in the center of the arena and I guess the idea was that no one would have a bad seat but in reality, about 75 percent of the time, you were looking at the back or side of them.
That was the In the Round Tour in 1978. Saw it at Madison Square Garden. And Yes it was very weird......
Wakeman is a hell of a keyboard player isn't he?
I saw Yes sometime in the late 70s and they were on a stage that revolved. It was set up in the center of the arena and I guess the idea was that no one would have a bad seat but in reality, about 75 percent of the time, you were looking at the back or side of them.
Were the band members also playing under very colorful mushroom like canopies? If so, I saw Yes play the same tour. Was yours in Philadelphia at the Spectrum? I can still picture in my mind that poor guy passed out near the stairs the entire concert, and people kept checking on him to see if he was breathing.
I've a pretty large music collection ranging from 1960's until now, and although it took a lot of time I converted all of my, and my wife's, old 45 rpm & LP Records, Cassettes and CD's from analogue to digital.
Then I imported them into I-Tunes, so on my I-Pod I have every piece of music we've ever bought which is around 17,000 tracks so far.
At meal times, or when just chilling, we put the I-Pod on shuffle play and we're off down "memory lane".
It's great what pops out, I recommend it!
I'm fuzzy but I think it was the colorful mushroom tour.
The show I saw was in Denver at McNichols Arena
That sounds like either the Solo Albums tour in '76 or the Relayer tour of '75. They played under these huge lighted somethingorothers.......that lowered over them and shot lasers out into the crowd.........
A pic and notice that Moraz is the keyboard player so this would be in '75 or '76..........
Two years ago I bought my father-in-law one of those machines that converts vinyl albums to CD’s, for Christmas. After he was finished converting his collection, I used it. Unfortunately I only have a small percentage of my old vinyl albums left, as floods, moves, abuse, and the unknown have taken it’s toll on my collection. Luckily, Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride, a few Spirit albums, and Jesus Christ Superstar survived. Sadly the Beatles' White Album and Jimi Hendrix’s Cry of Love (signed by an old fieind who played with Hendrix on the album, and had a wonderful storry about his court battle with the Turtles) didn’t survive.
That sounds like either the Solo Albums tour in '76 or the Relayer tour of '75. They played under these huge lighted somethingorothers.......that lowered over them and shot lasers out into the crowd.........
A pic and notice that Moraz is the keyboard player so this would be in '75 or '76..........
Here is a list of Yes tours. I saw them on May 29,1979 in Denver.
List of Yes concert tours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia