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I think we may have done this before but here goes again:
Neil Young 1982 or so in MSG.
Before the show he was interviewed by WNEW and Scott Muni asked Neil why he never plays any fan favorites at his shows. His answer was to hell with what the fans want. I play my new material because I want people to listen to it.
If I didnt already purchase the tickets I would not have gone. True to his word he played nothing but his new album release and not one hit which is what the fans come to see right?
He can pee off.
The other bad one was Jethro Tull but the fact that it was bad was not Ians fault.....well maybe it was. Livingston Taylor, James Taylors brother came out to open. He is sitting on a stool playing stupid Beatles songs. No one going to a rock concert wants to hear that crap. So the fans got restless and started throwing every thing they had at him including glass bottles. Yes there was a time when glass bottles was the norm at a concert. Well ol Livingston got hit in the head with a glass bottle and ran for his life off stage.
Ian Anderson came out and was peed off. He told us that Livingston Taylor was his good friend and we hurt his feelings. He said we would not be happy. Well Tull finally came out and played just 25 minutes with no oncor and was done. I think it came out to 3 songs if I remember right. That was about 1980. I never seen Tull since. My brother never misses him. He was not as offended as I was.
Ace... ("how long...has this been going on") One of Paul Carrack's bands from the mid 70s. they were opening for Yes, came on late, had technical problems during the set, and only played about five songs.
We just said screw it, we came to see Yes, anyway. And they were great, so I guess it added up okay
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A vendor at the newspaper I was working at gave me tickets to see Michael Bolton. We went anyway, sat on the lawn and got trashed. And wouldn't you know I ran into people I knew there ... I was mortified! LOL
New Order in 1983. Like watching a cluster of depressed zombies imitate a techno band.
I saw REM at the Felt Forum back in 1986. Great show until a girl got pushed too hard by the general admission audience and broke a rib. Michael Stipe helped pull her out to safety. They then sneered at the audience and left. Now, I sympathise completely with the girl and with their anger. However, two years earlier at Princeton, it was me who got pushed and thrown up onto the stage into Michael Stipe's shins. I was unscathed. I would think two years would be sufficient for REM to ascend the learning curve with regards to human nature, crowd dynamics and general admission seating.
New Order in 1983. Like watching a cluster of depressed zombies imitate a techno band.
I saw REM at the Felt Forum back in 1986. Great show until a girl got pushed too hard by the general admission audience and broke a rib. Michael Stipe helped pull her out to safety. They then sneered at the audience and left. Now, I sympathise completely with the girl and with their anger. However, two years earlier at Princeton, it was me who got pushed and thrown up onto the stage into Michael Stipe's shins. I was unscathed. I would think two years would be sufficient for REM to ascend the learning curve with regards to human nature, crowd dynamics and general admission seating.
REM has toured numerous times since and Im certain they have shied away from General Admission seating. Im not aware of any being held in recent times.
Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. Up in the nosebleeds where they left the lights on the whole concert, and the sound was the worst.
Plus Dylan, my fave, was so drunk it was really difficult to listen to.
Another was Leonard Cohen, whom I like, but he stood still with his eyes closed, in his suit clutching a rosesary or something, throughout the whole concert .. got so the rest of our eyes were closing also.
Cant really think of a bad concert but i hate it when theres 4 opening bands..
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They were just four guys on stage playing instruments and singing. One big yawn.
