Your Best Rock Concert Story

Juniper · 10-02-2008, 11:48 PM

Or the worst. Or the weirdest. Whatever you want to share.

I was just surfing, came across a news item saying that Led Zeppelin might tour next year...maybe not...maybe without Plant...whatever. I used to be nuts for Zeppelin; of course, that was in my Party Girl days.

I'd still like to see 'em if it wouldn't cost me half my college tuition to get in the door.

That reminded me of another experience I'd had while attempting to see Page & Plant several years ago...what was that, 1995, I think?

<insert wavy video effect, like on Wayne's World...>

January 1995 -- Juni stands outside the Boot Country shop at 6 a.m. as snow spits from the sky. It's her BIRTHDAY and by virtue of having the day off, she's been elected to stand in line for Page & Plant tickets. Got 'em!

April 1995 -- Time for the show! The hubby and me go to pick up his weird friend Phil, who is going to the concert with us. Phil informs us he hasn't eaten all day but has been at the pub all afternoon. Phil isn't in real good shape to go to a concert. We park the car (it costs $10) and hike the mile or two to the concert hall. Just up these winding concrete steps from the street to the coliseum entrance, almost there, puff-puff...Hey, where's Phil? And why did the crowd of people walking upstairs with us suddenly disappear?

Phil fell down the steps. Everyone has stopped to look at him. A drunk woman who claims to be a nurse says she can't find a pulse and he's DEAD! Another woman screams.

He's not dead, but it's a near thing. The ambulance comes to take him away, we scalp our tickets, and spend the evening pacing the hospital corridors and trying to contact Phil's next of kin.

I think Phil owes me a Zeppelin ticket, dammit.

He's still alive, but not much brighter.

And then there was that trippy trip down to see the Dead in Louisville. How many times can a Deadhead drive around the Gene Snyder Highway before he figures out what exit to take for his motel room? Let's find out. Wheeeee!

I haven't been to a concert in ages. I can't even remember the last one I saw. I think maybe it was Stone Temple Pilots before they hit the big time, and they gave a freebie show out on somebody's farm. That was a good show. Wish I could remember more of it.

Sundae · 10-03-2008, 05:29 AM

When I was 18 I went to see Guns & Roses at Wembley Stadium, leaving my brand new (1 week) boyfriend to strip the wallpaper in my bedroom. Obviously I'd bought the GnR tickets before we were together, but he wouldn't let me cancel them to get on with the bedroom (which was urgent as I was moving out), instead volunteering to do it himself. Bless.

It was a hot day, and we stopped for a couple of pints en route. Thanks to me being me, we were there ridiculously early of course, and got good seats in the stands. Slap bang up against the VIP area as it turns out.

A few more pints as we watched the support and waited for the main act. I don't remember an awful lot, just that they were showing The Evil Dead on the big screens, and I was deliberately not watching it, as I had it confused with a video nasty and was still quite squeamish in those days.

Just before GnR came on, my friend who was quite a bit more forward than me, started chatting up some of the guys in the VIP area next to us. They were really old - like in their 30s or something, but seemed to be amused by her. So after a while they passed us some champagne over. And then a couple of joints. I fell asleep about 20 minutes into the set, and was only woken up at the end.

A good time was had by all! Except of course my new bf, who botched the job and I didn't get my deposit back when I moved out.

ZenGum · 10-03-2008, 06:22 AM

SG, you really slept through G'n'R at Wembley stadium??? Are we talking THIS concert? How big were those joints?

Sundae · 10-03-2008, 06:53 AM

Well, not sure it was that one. 1989 or 1990 I think.
I was pretty thin in those days and we'd already had a skinful. It was hot, we were up early and I wasn't used to dope (even when I was used to it, it always made me sleepy).

Still, it was remarked on by my friends that I am notorious for not being able to sleep - about 5 hours last night for example - and yet I managed to sleep through a very VERY noisy concert!

ETA it was 1991, and Nine Inch Nails were the support. I had forgotten that - I thought they were amazing. I was up and dancing for their whole set. I went to see a number of bands in the same vein so it's not like I forgot who I saw so much as at which event.

glatt · 10-03-2008, 07:29 AM

That's easy. It was when I saw Pink Floyd in Germany. I posted about it here.

ZenGum · 10-03-2008, 07:32 AM

Well, one time in high school I went to a Doors cover band concert, and man, I was so out of control that night, I actually got a parking ticket. Yeah, right on, smash the state. Man.

Trilby · 10-03-2008, 08:14 AM

Um. I dropped acid and went to a couple Grateful Dead shows in Atlanta. I don't remember much but we danced a lot. Twirling and twirling and twirling around...like Stevie Nicks!

Shawnee123 · 10-03-2008, 08:32 AM

No contest: my 6th grade teacher took all the girls in class to see the Bay City Rollers!

Cloud · 10-03-2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Um. I dropped acid and went to a couple Grateful Dead shows in Atlanta. I don't remember much but we danced a lot. Twirling and twirling and twirling around...like Stevie Nicks!

I've done that, too. Lots of naked people dancing. (not me, though). Was on acid at an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer concert. Now that was trippy. Been to lots of concerts, but no friends falling down semi-dead in them, lol!

I remember my very first concert eva. Age 13? 14? Sly and the Family Stone at an outdoor ampitheater at Stanford. (I want to take you HIGHER!). Wore a skirt (dumb). Sat in a banana (ick). Got offered my first joint (a precursor of things to come . . . )

classicman · 10-03-2008, 08:56 AM

I'll have to try and remember one. The best ones .... those brain cells are long gone.

Trilby · 10-03-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

No contest: my 6th grade teacher took all the girls in class to see the Bay City Rollers!

SWOON! I was in LOVE with Leslie McKeown! God, how embarrassing.

Shawnee123 · 10-03-2008, 09:11 AM

Isn't it hilarious? Yeah, he was my favorite too! Boy did my brother give me a rash of shit over that!

Trilby · 10-03-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Isn't it hilarious? Yeah, he was my favorite too! Boy did my brother give me a rash of shit over that!

Did you make your own Rollermania gear? I spent hours making those flood pants with "tartan" at the bottom. Just stupidly embarrassing. I also ran up onstage and kissed Woody. What a groupie.

Shawnee123 · 10-03-2008, 09:51 AM

Ahhh...I made some impromptu pants, and had the striped socks...wish I could find a picture.

Was this at Hara Arena? I think that's where I saw them...we must have been there at the same time, if so!

You kissed Woody? No. Freaking. Way! Awesome!

Trilby · 10-03-2008, 10:16 AM

YES! Hara Arena! WE WERE BOTH THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

omg! That is pretty cool!

Do you know someone who knows someone who's related to Kevin Bacon?

10-02-2008, 11:48 PM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Your Best Rock Concert Story Or the worst. Or the weirdest. Whatever you want to share. I was just surfing, came across a news item saying that Led Zeppelin might tour next year...maybe not...maybe without Plant...whatever. I used to be nuts for Zeppelin; of course, that was in my Party Girl days. I'd still like to see 'em if it wouldn't cost me half my college tuition to get in the door. That reminded me of another experience I'd had while attempting to see Page & Plant several years ago...what was that, 1995, I think? <insert wavy video effect, like on Wayne's World...> January 1995 -- Juni stands outside the Boot Country shop at 6 a.m. as snow spits from the sky. It's her BIRTHDAY and by virtue of having the day off, she's been elected to stand in line for Page & Plant tickets. Got 'em! April 1995 -- Time for the show! The hubby and me go to pick up his weird friend Phil, who is going to the concert with us. Phil informs us he hasn't eaten all day but has been at the pub all afternoon. Phil isn't in real good shape to go to a concert. We park the car (it costs $10) and hike the mile or two to the concert hall. Just up these winding concrete steps from the street to the coliseum entrance, almost there, puff-puff...Hey, where's Phil? And why did the crowd of people walking upstairs with us suddenly disappear? Phil fell down the steps. Everyone has stopped to look at him. A drunk woman who claims to be a nurse says she can't find a pulse and he's DEAD! Another woman screams. He's not dead, but it's a near thing. The ambulance comes to take him away, we scalp our tickets, and spend the evening pacing the hospital corridors and trying to contact Phil's next of kin. I think Phil owes me a Zeppelin ticket, dammit. He's still alive, but not much brighter. And then there was that trippy trip down to see the Dead in Louisville. How many times can a Deadhead drive around the Gene Snyder Highway before he figures out what exit to take for his motel room? Let's find out. Wheeeee! I haven't been to a concert in ages. I can't even remember the last one I saw. I think maybe it was Stone Temple Pilots before they hit the big time, and they gave a freebie show out on somebody's farm. That was a good show. Wish I could remember more of it.

10-03-2008, 05:29 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	When I was 18 I went to see Guns & Roses at Wembley Stadium, leaving my brand new (1 week) boyfriend to strip the wallpaper in my bedroom. Obviously I'd bought the GnR tickets before we were together, but he wouldn't let me cancel them to get on with the bedroom (which was urgent as I was moving out), instead volunteering to do it himself. Bless. It was a hot day, and we stopped for a couple of pints en route. Thanks to me being me, we were there ridiculously early of course, and got good seats in the stands. Slap bang up against the VIP area as it turns out. A few more pints as we watched the support and waited for the main act. I don't remember an awful lot, just that they were showing The Evil Dead on the big screens, and I was deliberately not watching it, as I had it confused with a video nasty and was still quite squeamish in those days. Just before GnR came on, my friend who was quite a bit more forward than me, started chatting up some of the guys in the VIP area next to us. They were really old - like in their 30s or something, but seemed to be amused by her. So after a while they passed us some champagne over. And then a couple of joints. I fell asleep about 20 minutes into the set, and was only woken up at the end. A good time was had by all! Except of course my new bf, who botched the job and I didn't get my deposit back when I moved out. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-03-2008, 06:22 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	SG, you really slept through G'n'R at Wembley stadium??? Are we talking THIS concert? How big were those joints? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-03-2008, 06:53 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Well, not sure it was that one. 1989 or 1990 I think. I was pretty thin in those days and we'd already had a skinful. It was hot, we were up early and I wasn't used to dope (even when I was used to it, it always made me sleepy). Still, it was remarked on by my friends that I am notorious for not being able to sleep - about 5 hours last night for example - and yet I managed to sleep through a very VERY noisy concert! ETA it was 1991, and Nine Inch Nails were the support. I had forgotten that - I thought they were amazing. I was up and dancing for their whole set. I went to see a number of bands in the same vein so it's not like I forgot who I saw so much as at which event. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 10-03-2008 at 07:00 AM. Reason: Checked my facts

10-03-2008, 07:32 AM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, one time in high school I went to a Doors cover band concert, and man, I was so out of control that night, I actually got a parking ticket. Yeah, right on, smash the state. Man. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-03-2008, 07:29 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's easy. It was when I saw Pink Floyd in Germany. I posted about it here.

10-03-2008, 08:14 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Um. I dropped acid and went to a couple Grateful Dead shows in Atlanta. I don't remember much but we danced a lot. Twirling and twirling and twirling around...like Stevie Nicks! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-03-2008, 08:32 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	No contest: my 6th grade teacher took all the girls in class to see the Bay City Rollers! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-03-2008, 08:56 AM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'll have to try and remember one. The best ones .... those brain cells are long gone. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-03-2008, 09:11 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Isn't it hilarious? Yeah, he was my favorite too! Boy did my brother give me a rash of shit over that! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-03-2008, 09:51 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ahhh...I made some impromptu pants, and had the striped socks...wish I could find a picture. Was this at Hara Arena? I think that's where I saw them...we must have been there at the same time, if so! You kissed Woody? No. Freaking. Way! Awesome! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-03-2008, 10:16 AM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	YES! Hara Arena! WE WERE BOTH THERE!!!!!!!!!!! omg! That is pretty cool! Do you know someone who knows someone who's related to Kevin Bacon? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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