front row seats? am i the only one?

Originally posted by sweetcell:
VARIATION ON THE THEME:

bnyce - you're the second person i know for whom prince's purple rain tour was their first show… he too used the exact same phrase: "it's been downhill ever since."

bastards :)

Correction, first FRONT ROW show, my FIRST show was Led Zepplin and Judas Priest, Kingdome Seattle July 17th, 1977, again Mom hooked me up big time.

Judas Priest was my favorite band after that for years, had Rob Halford plastered all over my walls, wasn't really clued into the gay thing back then, though in hindsight it's sooooo freekin obvious, heh?!

how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

Originally posted by le sonick:
dude!!! That was like the most announced thread-jacking in the history of thread-jacking. in fact, this is more like thread-raping.

at least i'm up-front!

should this thread-jacking be successful it couldn't be a "thread-rape": i can't do it alone, others must participate, and through their participation others will have given their consent (except for mr. pee, of course, since he would be drunk and thus his posting could not be taken as a sign of consent :p ).

so quit being such a little bitch ("you touched my thread! whaaaa!") and answer the question already :p

in addition to the two shows i had front row tickets (eits in nyc back in feb and coldplay in louisville in 03), i HAD front row tickets to a king crimson show outside of pittsburgh in 01, but my friend flaked out on me for goign to the show and i was unable to find anyone to go last-minute and ended up not being able to go to the show at all..

And here they will accuse you of being me.

Totally agree with you, Pollard. I haven't been to a show that WASN'T general admission in nearly 20 years. Check that, there was one Wolftrap show I had seats for, one Lisner show, and one DAR show, but that's it.

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

I'm with you. I can think of a handful of shows I've been to at larger-then-9:30 sized venues, and I really didn't enjoy any of them. The Pixies at DAR was the except, but I was also in the 6th row. If I can score GA tix to Merriweather, I'll take them, otherwise, I don't bother.

For me, it's less about the size of the venue and more about where I've seen the band before. The White Stripes at Merriweather stood up well against their Recher Theatre show, but then again, I had GA seats. The Shins at DAR was a stinker, especially after seeing them at the Black Cat.

Large seated venues are for soccer moms.

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

Large venues aren't so large when you're up front. I was closer for Bloc Party/Arcade Fire at DAR than I was at their 9:30 shows. And I wasn't crammed in with people shoving me, stepping on my feet, trying to squeeze past me, etc. like I was at those club shows. Well…not until the end of the Arcade Fire show anyway.

It's all about how badly I want to hear the music. Do I want to go hear the band, or do I want to sit at home and think about the good-old-days? I've been known to do both.

My only issue with the bigger shows is the bigger cost that generally goes along with it. That keeps me away more than anything else.

Oh - except stadiums. I hate stadiums. And Nissan.

Originally posted by sweetcell:

so quit being such a little bitch ("you touched my thread! whaaaa!") and answer the question already :p

why dont you quit being an unoriginal bastard and make your own thread you fuckin piece of repeatin' shit!

("i cant stay on topic, whaaa, i must be the center of attention, whaa")

Originally posted by bnyced0:

Originally posted by sweetcell:
VARIATION ON THE THEME:

bnyce - you're the second person i know for whom prince's purple rain tour was their first show… he too used the exact same phrase: "it's been downhill ever since."

bastards :)

Correction, first FRONT ROW show, my FIRST show was Led Zepplin and Judas Priest, Kingdome Seattle July 17th, 1977, again Mom hooked me up big time.

Judas Priest was my favorite band after that for years, had Rob Halford plastered all over my walls, wasn't really clued into the gay thing back then, though in hindsight it's sooooo freekin obvious, heh?!

It's all good, fam. George Michael fooled me as a young lad as well. In hindsight . . . :eek:

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

festivals, as big as they can get, i like. places like Verizon, Nissan, Merriweather, Patriot Center, i cant do, really ever. unless its someone like Radiohead or Prince or Pearl Jam, i mean then its, you either see them or you dont. and most of the time, you just go to say you saw them.

that said, shows with less than 50 people at them are equally lame.

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

No killer seats i.e. 1st 20 (at worst, prefer 5 - 15 rows back) rows = No Director

I find it hard to believe every group you like/would pay to see live only performs in theater-sized venues.

And to answer your question, what you get out of it, is a priceless night you remember for the rest of your life where one can let loose, party, sing, dance (if you wish), & kinda make time stop for an hour and a half. Two+ with encores. That's all. Nothing special.
:roll:

I'm sorry, but I am a seat WHORE.

With seated shows for someone I really like, I will guarantee myself in the front 5 rows. Aside from that, I usually have good Ticketmaster karma.

I don't find it hard to believe, knowing Pollard's tastes. Some people, like Pollard, actually discover and see bands multiple times before they ever get to the theater-sized venues. ;)

Originally posted by TheDirector217:

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
how the hell do you people enjoy going to shows at big venues, I will never understand what people get from that

I find it hard to believe every group you like/would pay to see live only performs in theater-sized venues.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I find it hard to believe every group you like/would pay to see live only performs in theater-sized venues.

on the occasions bands I like start playing big venues, I stop attending, thats why I make sure to see them when they are at smaller venues

the biggest venue I have been in the last 10 years is DAR, and only for the Pixies and Wilco/Sonic Youth, Pixies was a letdown for me, and that was the last wilco show I will ever attend, the best wilco show for me was the 9:30 show in september of 2001 before yankee hotel foxtrot came out, not a snobbish thing, just the best experience I had at one of their shows

well i dont think ive had first row seats (aside from broadway shows - which is entirely different) to any concerts ive been to.

but the last time i saw morrissey at the apollo theater - i had the very top row/last row in the entire theater. we were so far back it was pretty funny. the only good news is this time its at hammerstein. no worries on that.

cant wait to see where my cure seats are at MSG. unless i get pit tix for most these shows - i figure ill be way back. i had awful seats at oakland coliseum for the cure and DM last time they were around. cant be any worse.

oh i did have 5th row seats for tori in concord. best friend is a die-hard fan, which is how we ended up with those.

Wow, how old again are you?? I was 1 year old in 1977!

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Correction, first FRONT ROW show, my FIRST show was Led Zepplin and Judas Priest, Kingdome Seattle July 17th, 1977, again Mom hooked me up big time.

The only front row seats I can think of was R.E.M. at Merriweather in 89. That was cool. During the encore Mike Mills jumped off the stage and played right in front of us for a bit.

Ive been going to shows since the 70s so…

The shows that I can REMEBER having front row setas for were:

Aerosmith
B52s
John Prine
Arlo Guthrie/Pete Seeger
Steve Vai/Zappa Plays Zappa
Rolling Stones
Kid Rock
Joe Jackson

Well thats all I can recall right now anyway…

Well, older than you….I was a sprite 9 years old at this show…

Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
Wow, how old again are you?? I was 1 year old in 1977!

Originally posted by bnyced0:
Correction, first FRONT ROW show, my FIRST show was Led Zepplin and Judas Priest, Kingdome Seattle July 17th, 1977, again Mom hooked me up big time.

i had front row seats for Adam and the Ants and Wall of Voodoo at DAR about 22 years ago.

Think that's the only time for a seated show.