2008-06-13
Concerts
Labels: lists 6 commentsWhen Kami and I went to the Kanye concert, some of my coworkers were surprised that I was going. Some didn't know I liked his music and one 30-year-old woman said "I've only been to 3 concerts my whole life." Three concerts...really? I didn't know how many I'd been to and started thinking through the list. Here's the ones I can remember. 
Debbie Gibson
Michael Jackson
Poison
Warrant
Tesla
Celine Dion
Garth Brooks
Gwen Stefani
Black Eyed Peas
Tom Petty
Kanye West
Justin Timberlake
Pink
Jewel (many times)
Def Leppard
Joe Cocker
Elton John
Ratt
Rolling Stones
Bowling for Soup
N.E.R.D.
Rihanna
Alanis Morissette
Jason Mraz
And a million hair bands that I can't remember because they all performed at Rockfest-type things and they all run together in my brain now.
Favorite concert of all time? Michael Jackson. Second favorite - Justin Timberlake.
What concerts have you been to and what was your favorite?
11:44 PM
Oh, my, our lists are quiet different.
In no particular order:
NKOTB
George Michael
Bad Company
Beach Boys - first concert
Grateful Dead (2 shows)
Widespread Panic (more shows than I can count)
Phish (more show than I can remember)
Dave Matthews - a couple dozen
John Mayer
Counting Crows
Big Head Todd
Nine Inch Nails
Flaming Lips
Marshall Tucker Band
James Taylor
Al Green
Many of the greats that frequented the Jazz Festival in New Orleans....Neville Brothers, The Meters, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, etc
311 - many, many times
B 52's - hated them
George Strait - first date
Lynard Skynard
Quiet Riot
Jimmy Buffett
String Cheese Incident
Beanland
Better Than Ezra
Elton John - pure loveliness
Little Sister
Allman Brothers - many, many times
Guess I should stop there. I was a total groupy in college. All we did was travel to see live music!
8:42 AM
Yes, I knew my list wouldn't be close to anybody's. I didn't do concerts for a while there and my tastes swung from hair bands to pop during that time. What was your favorite of all of those?
3:50 PM
I'm a psuedo college hippie at heart....definite favorites were:
Grateful Dead (second to last show ever due to Jerry Garcia's death) in St. Louis
Widespread Panic - seeing them in a month at Red Rocks and then at the Aspen Jazz Festival in August
Phish - always unusual and way out there
1:51 PM
Wow--there's no way I can remember all of them, as we go to several a year since we love music, but here's a shot:
first one - Neil Diamond in fifth grade
Peter, Paul and Mary
Erasure
Def Leppard
Journey
Thompson Twins
Amy Grant (three times)
Michael W Smith
Billy Joel (twice)
Elton John
Phil Collins
Melissa Etheridge (twice)
Bon Jovi (twice)
Daughtry
Depeche Mode
Sting
Prince
Collective Soul
B52s
The Go Gos
Blue October
Van Halen
No Doubt
Pink
Stevie Nicks
U2 every concert since 1987 (I think seven)
best concert was tie between U2's Joshua Tree in 1987 in Fort Worth (the concert I was at is actually on the movie Rattle and Hum with BB King), and U2's concert in fall 2001 right after 9/11 - AWESOME!!!!
--Suzanne
9:21 PM
Whoa, Suzanne is a concert freak! You'll probably think of 10 more to add to your list. :)
11:10 PM
Also in no particular order:
Michael Jackson Thriller Tour
Cindy Lauper True Colors Tour
Erasure
U2
Nine Inch Nails
Big Head Todd
Hagfish
Tripping Daisy
New Order
808 State
Queens of the Stone Age
Stone Temple Pilots
The Toadies
The Butthole Surfers
The Chemical Brothers
The Reverend Horton Heat (several times)
Lords of Acid
Everclear
311
Tori Amos
and more I can't think of at the moment!