Anyone else jealous of shows your parents got to see?

KM43590
KM43590 Posts: 298
edited January 2012 in Other Music
My parents saw Johnny Cash front row, Elvis Presley at the Spectrum and John Denver a few times! My aunt saw The Beatles on their first U.S. tour. I would trade any number of shows I've seen in the last 20 years to see even 5 minutes of anyone of these shows. I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat. I know it's just wishful thinking... but if I had a time machine, all I would do is go see epic concerts of the past!
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  • My father was jealous of me when I saw Pink Floyd
  • JTH
    JTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    My mom saw the Beatles at Comiskey Park.

    Other than that, I doubt they went to enough decent shows between the two of them to need both hands to count.
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,023
    My parents attended concerts don't make me too jealous but one of their friends (he's on this board but I don't know his username) has been to just about everything in the States. I think he saw Led Zep's first American show, was at Woodstock- so he saw just about everyone in music, has seen Dylan in the 100's, Springsteen countless times, believe he saw Hendrix at Fillmore East but I could be wrong, The Dead way too many times and the list goes on and on. He has been going to concerts from the 1960's-present. He and his wife(also at Woodstock) gave me a lift home from PJ in Newark last year.
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    KM43590 wrote:
    My parents saw Johnny Cash front row, Elvis Presley at the Spectrum and John Denver a few times! My aunt saw The Beatles on their first U.S. tour. I would trade any number of shows I've seen in the last 20 years to see even 5 minutes of anyone of these shows. I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat. I know it's just wishful thinking... but if I had a time machine, all I would do is go see epic concerts of the past!

    trading any shows you've seen in the last 20 years for 5 minutes of one of those? that's quite a statement. i'm sure at the time that your parents saw those shows, the historical significance of what they were seeing wasn't fully appreciated. how could it have been? it's easy to say stuff like that when you are looking back 50 years. i don't want to take anything away from the beatles, as i would be in agreement with the millions who consider them the greatest rock band of all time, however, they weren't known as much of a live act. personally, i wouldn't trade the my morning jacket bonnaroo 2008 show that i was lucky enough to attend for anything. and i've also been lucky enough to see bob dylan in the flesh, so my life is complete. (though i do wish i could've seen dylan in the 60's or even 70's)

    to answer your question in a simpler fasion, no i am not jealous.
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    A resounding YES!! My mom is not a big music person, but got to see 2 awesome shows in particular: Rolling Stones at Shea Stadium and Led Zeppelin at MSG.

    My dad, on the other hand, is a HUGE music person and gave me the music foundation that I am forever grateful for. He introduced me to amazing artists at a really young age- I can remember listening to The Who, Hendrix, The Beatles, and The Doors with him. He's had some RIDICULOUSLY cool music experiences, guess it was pretty awesome being intothe music scene in the late '60s and early '70s:
    -Woodstock. Was 2nd row the first day. He has some pretty amazing stories from that! And still raves about Hendrix and The Who and Santana's performances.
    -Small club shows with Ace Frehley- My dad and Ace were friends growing up, they grew up in the Bronx together and would always run into each other at gigs (my dad wasn't a musician, he just loved music), so they hung out quite frequently.
    -Fillmore East shows: When my dad was a teenager/early 20s, he worked at a clothing store across the street from The Fillmore. So he had easy access to a lot of cool shows, notably The Who, The Doors, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Edgar Winter.
    -Zeppelin at that Garden concert, which I am supremely jealous of! He has also gotten kicked out of a bar with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page before. What the hell?!
    -He skipped school to see Black Sabbath on their first US headlining tour!
    -The Ramones at CBGB's, which must've been unreal!
    -The Kinks in a really small venue
    -Run DMC at the Garden. Took some of his students too (he's a teacher)
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    The Rat Pack in all its glory! :clap:

    I would have loved to see Dino 8-) I sat inches from the TV screen mesmerized
    as a little girl ... love his voice

    Louie Armstrong and lots of big band

    Bobby Darin oh that would have been sweeeet!

    I wish I had seen Elvis ... my mama too
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    rolling stones...
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    conman wrote:
    rolling stones...

    My mom road-tripped to see them in Denver, CO in 1981. That would've been fucking awesome.

    Shows my dad has seen that I envy:

    Stevie Ray Vaughan...
    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
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,023
    dcfaithful wrote:
    conman wrote:
    rolling stones...

    My mom road-tripped to see them in Denver, CO in 1981. That would've been fucking awesome.

    Shows my dad has seen that I envy:

    Stevie Ray Vaughan...

    Don't think I'm old enough to be your dad but I saw Stevie open for Robert Plant in '89 I think. At the Brendon Byrne Arena in NJ.
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    eddiec wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    conman wrote:
    rolling stones...

    My mom road-tripped to see them in Denver, CO in 1981. That would've been fucking awesome.

    Shows my dad has seen that I envy:

    Stevie Ray Vaughan...

    Don't think I'm old enough to be your dad but I saw Stevie open for Robert Plant in '89 I think. At the Brendon Byrne Arena in NJ.

    That's cool!! Damn, that would be awesome.

    I'm actually more jealous of some shows my sister had seen.

    Soundgarden and Tool in 1996, within the same week.
    Metallica on their ...And Justice For All tour
    Pantera with Type O Negative opening.
    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
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    dcfaithful wrote:

    I'm actually more jealous of some shows my sister had seen.

    Soundgarden and Tool in 1996, within the same week.
    Metallica on their ...And Justice For All tour
    Pantera with Type O Negative opening.
    i'm more jealous of my sister too

    soundgarden
    tool
    radiohead
    rage against the machine
    and many more...
  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    My aunt Susie who turned 60 yrs old in May went to see... ( late 60's early 70's )

    Jimi Hendrix

    The Doors

    The Beatles

    Crosby, Steels, Nash and Young

    she is fantastic.... :D
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    mikalina wrote:
    My aunt Susie who turned 60 yrs old in May went to see... ( late 60's early 70's )

    Jimi Hendrix

    The Doors

    The Beatles

    Crosby, Steels, Nash and Young

    she is fantastic.... :D

    What a list!! :thumbup:
    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
  • My mom mostly listens to terrible music, but she was at the tragic Who concert in Cincinnati in 1979. Although I'm not sure that I can actually say that I'm jealous of that.
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  • kwdaley
    kwdaley Posts: 499
    Only one... back in the mid-70s my parents went to see Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash but because June was sick that night, Johnny played for well over three hours that night.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,122
    My mom saw Elton John at a small club show...
    Dad saw Zeppelin in support of Physical Graffiti and The Who in support of Who's Next
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I'm not entirely sure I would have wanted to be at a Beatles concert, except just to be able to say I was there. My favorite stuff from them came after they stopped touring for the most part. I really have no desire to hear them sing "Love Me Do" or "I Want To Hold Your Hand" while hysterical teenage girls scream in my ear to the point they bleed.

    I would have loved to have seen The Stones on the Exile On Main Street Tour, Pink Floyd during any tour or Led Zeppelin, but oh well.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,955
    My Dad saw Led Zeppelin at Chicago Stadium numerous times. I couldn't even imagine that.
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    my parents didn't go to concerts I don't think but I just talked to a guy last night who went to the last Jimi Hendrix show of the Experience tour in 1969. I was jealous.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    oh geez... I've seen most of these bands :lol: