Anyone else jealous of shows your parents got to see?

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  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    my parents didn't really get to see any cool bands, as they're from a super small village where nobody famous ever comes by (nearest actual concert city is munich, and that's about a 3 hour drive away)...I remember my dad saw deep purple, and my mum went to joe cocker in berlin, both sometime in the 1970s, but that's about it.
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    My parents were never big live concert goers...but my dad was 10th row for the Stones first US tour. Pretty cool. He also was on his motorcycle and almost went to Woodstock. Decided to head back to Maine though. Shame though...he probably could have made it on his bike. Most of his concert experiences have come through me. I have taken him to see U2 (Elevation 2001), Springsteen (2009), and Clapton x2 (1998 & 2006>>with Derek Trucks).

    I am sure when people look back they will see my concert resume and be pretty impressed.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    nope... cause i am the parent. ;) 8-)
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  • djklambake
    djklambake PHX, AZ Posts: 2,524
    Not really... My folks liked shit like the Moody Blues and Billy Joel
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    frazba wrote:
    In 20 or 30 years time, your kids will be jealous of the shows you saw, mine are now asking me about some I saw, Nirvana in '91, Metallica/Anthrax double bill in '86, GnR '88 (Donington), Chili Peppers '92 (Rollins Band supporting) etc, etc.
    I didn't realise the significance of most of these at the time, Nirvana being the exception, it was in Calton Studios in Edinburgh, which holds about 500, there must have been about 1000 locked out

    So true

    I was at Calton Studios for Nirvana,I thought they were shit :? threw away my ticket afterwards,man was that ever a regret

    Soundgarden at Glasgow QMU on the Louder than Love tour
    Beck at King Tuts,1000+ people trying to get in,Mellow Gold tour
    Smashing Pumpkins at Edinburgh Music Box,Gish tour
    Alice in Chains,supporting Megadeth :? at Edinburgh Playhouse,Facelift hadn't been released in Europe yet

    So many I never thought would be legendary
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  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    The one show my dad saw that I'm really jealous of is Rory Gallagher in 1974, at Bristol Colston Hall. He's seen a few other things, but all a long time ago. Our only shared concert experience was Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, which was very cool. A lot of my musical interests have come from borrowing (often without asking or knowing the ocntents) tapes (remember them)... some of my favourite albums/songs have come from that, Blood On The Tracks, although he wasn't a huge fan I found a copy of Born In The USA and loved No Surrender from the first time I heard it... that sowed the seeds of an obsession that's as bad as my PJ one. From that I've just moved on and now have way too little time to hear all that I have! It broadened my horizons greatly and I can't thank him enough for that.
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  • frazba
    frazba Posts: 601
    stargirl69 wrote:
    frazba wrote:
    In 20 or 30 years time, your kids will be jealous of the shows you saw, mine are now asking me about some I saw, Nirvana in '91, Metallica/Anthrax double bill in '86, GnR '88 (Donington), Chili Peppers '92 (Rollins Band supporting) etc, etc.
    I didn't realise the significance of most of these at the time, Nirvana being the exception, it was in Calton Studios in Edinburgh, which holds about 500, there must have been about 1000 locked out

    So true

    I was at Calton Studios for Nirvana,I thought they were shit :? threw away my ticket afterwards,man was that ever a regret

    Soundgarden at Glasgow QMU on the Louder than Love tour
    Beck at King Tuts,1000+ people trying to get in,Mellow Gold tour
    Smashing Pumpkins at Edinburgh Music Box,Gish tour
    Alice in Chains,supporting Megadeth :? at Edinburgh Playhouse,Facelift hadn't been released in Europe yet

    So many I never thought would be legendary


    It was more the amount of people locked out and the level of excitement that made me wonder about Nirvana at CS, not their performance, which I agree wasn't the best, I'd seen them earlier in the year (or the year before?) at Reading, but there were too many people there. I gave my Calton Studio ticket stub away to a friends daughter recently, it was her 21st birthday, her Dad got it framed for her.
    Was at the Soundgarden gig you mentioned, and AIC supporting Megadeth, and probably many more that you were at (virtually every 'Metal' gig at The Playhouse or in or around Edinburgh in the mid/late 80's)...we may even have met!!!!!
  • frazba
    frazba Posts: 601
    I'm sure you'd remember, you couldn't miss me, I was the lad with long hair, a leather jacket, holey jeans and DM's :lol:

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