RollCNY

I am, after all, Only a Lad.

WhyFi

Sorry, ignore my idiot wind. I just didn't want to let things get tangled up in blue.

RollCNY

Thanks. I feel good.

WhyFi

It's the time of the season - I'm looking forward to getting out on the road again, too.

rjones28 

I got nothing. I got plenty of nothing.

RollCNY

Alienation's for the Rich.

3alarmer 

...well, at least you have my respect.

patentcad

My first pop/rock concert was David Crosby/Graham Nash, Beacon Theater, NYC, 1974. I was 16 years old. The tickets cost $9. Now you can't get tickets to any show there for less than about 10x that price.

patentcad

Speaking of first gigs, I landed my first paid gig today, May 25th. I should make at least $80. Maybe even $100.





I am keeping my day job. Not for nothing, that's more money than I ever made racing my stupid bicycle, dressed up like some pathetic velo superhero dork.

WhyFi

coasting must really love Chris Packham -

sbxx1985 

People are people, you know.

Herbie53

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

sbxx1985 

And for 3alarmer, everything counts.

RollCNY

And the House wins. (thanks to @rjones28 for getting me hooked on OK go)

Heathpack 

My brain aches from a strange day at work, where nothing turned out to be what is was supposed to be.

Including a dog with a broken penis (yes, dogs have a bone in their penis, and this dog's is broken, I have no idea why, but it's clearly something that happened years ago, not an active problem), which had nothing to do with anything but the guy wouldn't stop asking me about it. To the extent that I had to get a little short with him to get him to listen to the results of his dog's MRI & spinal tap. "Stop thinking about the penis! The penis is not the problem!"

Plus multiple other things that were complicated, weird or just plain dreadful luck.

H

Heathpack 

Mine was REM, just before their first album came out. What maybe 1983 or 84? In a rollerrink, I kid you not.

H

RollCNY

My first concert was the Fixx. My brother's first was Pink Floyd. I was robbed.

However, as a slight payback, I did see my other brother get in a fisticuff with the Dead Milkmen.

Herbie53

LAJ

Nice, Herbie.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Beach Boys opened for them.

LesterOfPuppets

Manhattan Transfer was my first, I reckon. DAR Hall, Washington DC. 79-ish.

SpeshulEd 

Seriously though, old Depeche Mode is awesome, screw you guys.

WhyFi

Pink Floyd was my first, too, but we're talking Division Bell tour, not something cooler (I was still in high school).

mvnsnd

Level 42 was my first, but then followed by The Police and Genesis ( at the carrier Dome! )

Heathpack 

You were indeed robbed.

Wish You Were Here is my tied-for favorite album. Trouble is when I play it, I expect everyone to sit around & listen to it, and at a decent volume too. Of course start to finish in its entirety. No talking or doing something else. Except driving, that's ok. Thankfully Mr. H gets it, I might not have married him if he did not.

H

RollCNY

My next concerts were at Orchard Park (Sting opening for the Dead, and Steve Miller Band for the Dead). I went to both of those for the opening, and heard a grand total of 4 Dead tunes.

Actually, those were 3 and 4. Warren Zevon was #2 , in a smallish venue. I would have preferred that as #1 . I wouldn't have felt robbed then.