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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPost a gif of who your first concert was. (fun Twitter thread). add your own.
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Mine: Cat Stevens
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)My stepmom, who took me cause my dad, who was SUPPOSED to ... had to work.
Afterwards she told me her favorite part was Gene Simmons' tongue. I don't think I got her joke at that time ...
with openers
hlthe2b
(102,119 posts)Yes, I did attend a few low-key musical events prior to this or smaller concerts with a family member, but this was the first big one--on my own.
blm
(113,010 posts)msongs
(67,360 posts)Headliners The Beach Boys in their striped shirts...
July 3, 1965 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (supported by The Righteous Brothers, Dino, Desi, & Billy, The Byrds, Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs, Sonny & Cher, The Sir Douglas Quintet, The Kinks, Ian Whitcomb, Donna Loren, and The Liverpool Five)
IcyPeas
(21,841 posts)that sounds like some helluva concert. all fantastic acts.
tblue37
(65,227 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)IcyPeas
(21,841 posts)I promise I'm not a hacker. 😉
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)This week, one of the most popular Facebook memes had people asking friends to figure out which of 10 concerts they didnt really attend, and theyve often been accompanied by a note about the first concert they ever saw.
This is a common security question, along with the name of the street you grew up on and your first job and its the sort of information that hackers can use to break into your online ID.
I typically advise people not to answer those questions. Its not worth it, says Tom Gorup, director of security operations for Rook Security in Indianapolis.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/04/29/careful-before-posting-your-10-concerts/101078214/
tblue37
(65,227 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)we can do it
(12,169 posts)Not very first show.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)IcyPeas
(21,841 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)were at the Indiana State Fair. Good times
revmclaren
(2,500 posts)musette_sf
(10,198 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)DBoon
(22,340 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)Actually, not with this conductor -- this photo is from the first concert in 1955 w/Dr. Arthur Fraser conducting. I would have seen Russel Gerhardt or Marx Pales with the baton.
hurl
(935 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)London Fog with The Continentals.
miyazaki
(2,239 posts)catbyte
(34,333 posts)It was awesome.
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)I still have my original 1969 poster, in pristine condition.
What year?
catbyte
(34,333 posts)And then I worked stage security at Grand Valley State Colleges (now a university) in April 1974 when I was a student there. That was a trip. He was way cool.
Coventina
(27,057 posts)OK, I give up on trying to make the gif work....
Duran Duran, 7 and the Ragged Tiger.
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I believe there were around 53,000 people there. Tickets were $5.50 (I still have my stub) and I heard the Beatles take from that show was $93,000. I don't know if that was in Canadian or U.S. dollars.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Later came Earth Wind and Fire, Rick Wakeman, Jethro Tull, and Gallager with his watermelons, though I'm not sure that's considered a "concert".
csziggy
(34,131 posts)And here is who did the only other concert I attended:
I enjoyed that last one much better than the first - no screaming idiots. I couldn't hear a single song by Herman & the Hermits.