My first ever concert was back when I was in elementary school and had no idea what music was.
But whatever. Onto real business.
My first concert since then was B.B. King at a place called the Lowell Auditorium. It was absolutely brilliant. The dude, 80 years old at the time, could still play and sing like an absolute beast.
Next up, a great concert by Roger Waters. He played Dark Side of the Moon all the way through after intermission, and played a lot of great tunes I rarely heard (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun comes to mind) and the popular ones obviously. But that concert was fun for a few other reasons. First off, there were these two potheads about 3 seats down from me who left at the intermission (to presumably get some nachos) but never came back. I know they probably thought the concert was over, but it entertains me to think that they got lost on their way back. Also, Roger got booed. He spoke out very strongly against Bush and claimed that he basically fucked up everything. Then I think he put up on the giant screen behind him something having to to with 9/11, coupled with the insults against Bush and the current American government. Of course he got booed.
Then, if I remember correctly, I saw Van Halen at their reunion with David Lee Roth at the Garden. Absolutely brilliant. Lazors, smoke, lights, crazy costumes and props, and all of the stuff that made the 70's and early 80's hilarious was present. Especially with Wolfgang on bass, putting on a great show there. Kid's a little bit older than me I think.
Then I saw B.B. again. At a little circular theater on Cape Cod. Dude was absolutely beastly at the blues again.
Next up, a nice combo concert between EWF and Chicago. Some arena in Boston. They played each others' songs. The singer for EWF could reach notes higher than my mom (who sings soprano) and they belted out some seriously funky grooves. Chicago came out and their trombone player melted my face. Unfortunately, the sound system wasn't rigged up as well as it could have been, and the horns weren't as loud as they should have been.
Much later, on Christmas Eve two years ago, I saw a concert by the Canadian Brass. Funny that they were arranged by age. The tuba player looked about 70, the piccolo trumpet guy looked about 21, the french horn player about late thirties, and everything in between. Surprisingly, they were absolutely hilarious. Great humor in their music and show. Awesome.
Last, but not least, this year, before Christmas, I saw the Boston Pops at the Lowell Auditorium. Certainly played some great tunes. I thought that Kieth was a bit to showman-y to be conducting an orchestra, but there you go.
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But whatever. Onto real business.
My first concert since then was B.B. King at a place called the Lowell Auditorium. It was absolutely brilliant. The dude, 80 years old at the time, could still play and sing like an absolute beast.
Next up, a great concert by Roger Waters. He played Dark Side of the Moon all the way through after intermission, and played a lot of great tunes I rarely heard (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun comes to mind) and the popular ones obviously. But that concert was fun for a few other reasons. First off, there were these two potheads about 3 seats down from me who left at the intermission (to presumably get some nachos) but never came back. I know they probably thought the concert was over, but it entertains me to think that they got lost on their way back. Also, Roger got booed. He spoke out very strongly against Bush and claimed that he basically fucked up everything. Then I think he put up on the giant screen behind him something having to to with 9/11, coupled with the insults against Bush and the current American government. Of course he got booed.
Then, if I remember correctly, I saw Van Halen at their reunion with David Lee Roth at the Garden. Absolutely brilliant. Lazors, smoke, lights, crazy costumes and props, and all of the stuff that made the 70's and early 80's hilarious was present. Especially with Wolfgang on bass, putting on a great show there. Kid's a little bit older than me I think.
Then I saw B.B. again. At a little circular theater on Cape Cod. Dude was absolutely beastly at the blues again.
Next up, a nice combo concert between EWF and Chicago. Some arena in Boston. They played each others' songs. The singer for EWF could reach notes higher than my mom (who sings soprano) and they belted out some seriously funky grooves. Chicago came out and their trombone player melted my face. Unfortunately, the sound system wasn't rigged up as well as it could have been, and the horns weren't as loud as they should have been.
Much later, on Christmas Eve two years ago, I saw a concert by the Canadian Brass. Funny that they were arranged by age. The tuba player looked about 70, the piccolo trumpet guy looked about 21, the french horn player about late thirties, and everything in between. Surprisingly, they were absolutely hilarious. Great humor in their music and show. Awesome.
Last, but not least, this year, before Christmas, I saw the Boston Pops at the Lowell Auditorium. Certainly played some great tunes. I thought that Kieth was a bit to showman-y to be conducting an orchestra, but there you go.