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which concert are you most embarrased to admit you attended?

juan lesterjuan lester Posts: 321
edited November 2010 in Other Music
i saw the post about artists folks have seen more than three times. i didn't submit, but billy joel was on my list (we all make questionable decisions in high school) - and that's not even my most embarrassing! i saw Journey at the worcester centrum ('84?") at the request of my girl hoping to "get some". i got none. instead, i forever have the memory of steve perry in spandex and a white tux jacket with tails. i also sat through a kenny rogers concert with my parents as a kid. there, i said it. thanks. that was very cathartic.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    No one really...I wouldn't go to a concert that I didn't want to be present at.

    But, just so i can participate in the list I'll say this one: ZZ Top

    Don't care for them what so ever. The tickets were free, and I only went to see the Nuge before. My friend however wanted to see ZZ Top so I proceeded to sleep on the blanket that was laid out on the lawn.

    I couldn't believe I actually fell asleep at a rock concert...
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  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    my chemical romance
    him
    :?
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I think Nickleback is the only one I can't stand to admit that I've seen :oops:

    To the OP, Billy Joel is not embarrasing at all. I think I would go see him just to hear Piano Man. I love that song.
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I think Nickleback is the only one I can't stand to admit that I've seen :oops:

    To the OP, Billy Joel is not embarrasing at all. I think I would go see him just to hear Piano Man. I love that song.
    +1 to the billy joel comment; i dont really have one that I'm embarassed by but for the sake of the post I'll say OAR cuz it seems not a lot of peeps like them on these boards
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  • LucanLucan Posts: 104
    "Guns 'n' Roses", 2007.

    Wasn't a fan of the original Gunners, let alone Axl and the Imposters. Wife scored us complimentary tickets for a corporate box. :lol:
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    I attended a radio show in LA, must have been the late 80's. Eddie Money was the headliner. Not a show that I'm proud of attending.

    Seeing the 80's version of Chicago with Peter Cetera was really bad (and embarrassing) too.

    I've seen Neil Diamond a few times, not embarrassed by that at all, although I woudn't be suprised if his name came up on someones list.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,936
    Lit
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  • LucanLucan Posts: 104
    merkinball wrote:
    I've seen Neil Diamond a few times, not embarrassed by that at all, although I woudn't be suprised if his name came up on someones list.

    No embarassement there, 'cept when he turns into a "rappin' granny" during Red, Red Wine ;)
  • juan lesterjuan lester Posts: 321
    eddie money?! - now we're cookin'. neil diamond would be a hiliariously fantastic show, and i would probably know most of the songs, certainly fenway has embedded sweet caroline (bah bah bah) into the brain. those super sparkly shirts. he's like the jewish Elvis.
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    creed, front row.
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    creed, front row.

    You are a brave man...
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    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
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  • hinxhinx Posts: 416
    New Kids :oops:
  • BeeGirl86BeeGirl86 Pittsburgh Posts: 172
    Umm...Kotton Mouth Kings annnd the opener??? Yes...it was Bone Thugs n Harmony hahahahahaa yesss
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    BeeGirl86 wrote:
    Umm...Kotton Mouth Kings annnd the opener??? Yes...it was Bone Thugs n Harmony hahahahahaa yesss

    Kottonmouth Kings, maybe....but Bone Thugs.....I'm sorry, but I kinda like 'em as far as hip hop goes. :oops:
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,936
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    creed, front row.

    I hope you realize that Stapp thinks he's Jesus and considers you front rowers to be his disciples. Oh what a sad day this is. You spend years studying the Unified Pearl Theory of Jamming, ya post 5000 times on the message board, ya rock out at some shows in September of 2004 and June 2008....and after all that...you come to find out that you're one of Scott's children that he's been sent to bring everlasting salvation to. I almost want to give you credit for admitting it...but I just can't give credit to anything Creed related. May God have mercy on your soul man!!!
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    creed, front row.

    I hope you realize that Stapp thinks he's Jesus and considers you front rowers to be his disciples. Oh what a sad day this is. You spend years studying the Unified Pearl Theory of Jamming, ya post 5000 times on the message board, ya rock out at some shows in September of 2004 and June 2008....and after all that...you come to find out that you're one of Scott's children that he's been sent to bring everlasting salvation to. I almost want to give you credit for admitting it...but I just can't give credit to anything Creed related. May God have mercy on your soul man!!!

    I will pray to my Ed shrine for you. ;)
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,936
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    creed, front row.

    I hope you realize that Stapp thinks he's Jesus and considers you front rowers to be his disciples. Oh what a sad day this is. You spend years studying the Unified Pearl Theory of Jamming, ya post 5000 times on the message board, ya rock out at some shows in September of 2004 and June 2008....and after all that...you come to find out that you're one of Scott's children that he's been sent to bring everlasting salvation to. I almost want to give you credit for admitting it...but I just can't give credit to anything Creed related. May God have mercy on your soul man!!!

    I will pray to my Ed shrine for you. ;)

    It's not an Ed thing. It's Scott thing. I'd hate that band if I never heard a Pearl Jam record.

    I'm just ragging on Drop The Leash 10. But I do need to hear how he ended up first row at Creed. Was he trying to hook up with a girl who likes Creed? Was it an experiment of sorts....to have an opportunity to see the worst rock n roll that's ever been made close up? Or is he really just that big of a hardcore Creed fan?
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • pearljamfan28pearljamfan28 Posts: 31
    Robbie Williams
    My friend dragged me along, biggest waste of a couple of hours in my life..Drank alot of beer that night just to get through it haha..
    Oh dear dad Can you see me now I am myself
    Like you somehow
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    edited December 2009
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:

    It's not an Ed thing. It's Scott thing. I'd hate that band if I never heard a Pearl Jam record.

    I'm just ragging on Drop The Leash 10. But I do need to hear how he ended up first row at Creed. Was he trying to hook up with a girl who likes Creed? Was it an experiment of sorts....to have an opportunity to see the worst rock n roll that's ever been made close up? Or is he really just that big of a hardcore Creed fan?

    I couldn't agree more, even before I became a Pearl Jam fan and understood the hatred for Creed, I couldn't stand them...when I first heard "With Arms Wide Open" , it just defined it for me.
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    I don't have any regrets, but here is a list of some 'questionable' shows I've attended.

    Bon Jovi - with a girl on a first date in 1993 or 1994. I got free tickets cause my aunt was dating a producer for KISS 108 in Boston. We both looked at each other and left half way through.

    Mariah Carey - A friend of a friend had two comp tickets in 93/94. When he brought it up, no one wanted to go with him. I reluctantly agreed. It was interesting. It was actually just a warm up show before some world tour. It was at the UMass Mullins center, and Mariah was pretty cute and funny and what a voice. I liked it well enough, but I think we left that show before it ended.

    Creed - So this wasn't a Creed show, it was Woodstock 99, and me and two buddies drove up in my car. They wanted to get a jump on the crowd and leave early and I wanted to stay for the Chili Peppers and possible special guest. Rumors had been flying around all weekend of course. They took my car home and I ended up hitch hiking home with some strange dude who drove wreckless all over the freeway with the heat pumping on full blast.

    Anyway I actually enjoyed the set in a pretty passive way, but was pyched when Robbie Krieger came out and along with Creed played a few DOORS tunes.

    My full hatred for what Creed is hadn't developed quite yet at that time. :oops:
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    i've been to a lot of shows with my parents

    dad could not put the binoculars down for 1 song of shania twain's show

    and um mum and i dig rod stewart

    and im also not "embarrassed", cause art is personal, and there's also no time for hate, flamers.
  • bigballsbillybigballsbilly Posts: 67
    I don't think most of those admissions are too bad, except the Mariah Carey.

    I think I have ALL of you beat. In 1987 or 88 I was a 17 or 18 year old teenager and a buddy called to tell me his brother had 2 extra tickets to see Heart at the Spectrum. Of course being a nerd I had nothing to do that evening and I went. I don't remember much of the night, but it was my first "concert". My name is Bill ... and I'm not afraid to admit I am a dork. LOL ...
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    bigballsbilly wrote:
    I don't think most of those admissions are too bad, except the Mariah Carey.

    I think I have ALL of you beat. In 1987 or 88 I was a 17 or 18 year old teenager and a buddy called to tell me his brother had 2 extra tickets to see Heart at the Spectrum. Of course being a nerd I had nothing to do that evening and I went. I don't remember much of the night, but it was my first "concert". My name is Bill ... and I'm not afraid to admit I am a dork. LOL ...

    dude heart aint bad, especially as a teenager.

    how about celine dion? sonny and cher? frank sinatra?
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    shiningstar wrote:
    how about celine dion? sonny and cher? frank sinatra?

    Sinatra was incredible! Amazing singer.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,390
    Creed also :oops: (when they first came out in '00?) at the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ. Main reason I went was cuz I had pit seats, but it was far from moshing, concert sucked. Although I did enjoy one of the opening acts, American Pearl (they were on the Scream 3 soundtrack w/ Creed)
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  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    Panic at the disco 2006, ugggh and it was my first concert, but jacks mannequin played n theyre cool
    I was 13, but i saw death cab for cutie the following week so i pretend death cab was my first concert lol
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  • GiventoFallGiventoFall Posts: 217
    Saw Creed during the Weathered tour. My brother really wanted to see them plus I was in the 7th grade if I can use those as excuses.

    Linkin Park with Taproot and Alien Ant Farm- Once again I was like 12.

    Sugar Ray twice- My brother makes me see alot of shitty 90s pop acts.
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  • mrveddersonmrvedderson Posts: 784
    saw foreigner in 2006, but i do love them. and i even attended at post only by the night kings of leon.
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I always find with threads like this that what one person considers lame, usually somebody else is down with. So if I tell you that I think it's embarrassing that I saw the Moody Blues a couple of times when I was in high school in the 70s, there will be somebody out there who thinks that's way cool. ;)

    But I'm embarrassed to say that my first concert in 1969 was Three Dog Night and that I also saw Grand Funk Railroad in 71, although it was on a blind date. :oops: :shh: :shifty:
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Never seen a bad show headliner.

    The closest thing was Sugar Ray when they opened for 311 about 10 years ago.
    NERDS!
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