My lifelong passion is music and I’ve been to a *lot* of concerts. Best recent concert before Covid hit: Trombone Shorty, go see him!
I don’t know if it was the *best*, the concert that made the deepest impression on me was Laurie Anderson's “Home of the Brave” tour sometime in the Eighties. Wonderful music, unbelievably well-played, well-presented, gripping, emotionally wrenching. Fortunately, they made a film of it, which you can watch for free! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mua8Pr6uRso <== highly recommended. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:06 AM Geetanjali Chitnis < [email protected]> wrote: > All in Bangalore. > > The Rolling Stones - April 2003. I was 13. My first ever concert, attended > with my dad. I wore the most ridiculous shoes (some sort of platforms) and > we got into a terrible argument because he wanted me to wear ‘comfortable > sneakers’ but I stubbornly refused to change because I wanted to be > fashionable. Of course, it rained. Of course, it got slushy. Of course, he > was right. > > Sting - Jan 2005. A school friend got VIP tickets, but the regular area > looked like it was a lot more fun. Sounds ungrateful now, but I essentially > left the VIP area and joined my dad and *his* friends in the regular ticket > area. I eventually stood next to a family friend’s younger brother - the > guy who would become my husband 10 years later. I was 15 and he was 18 but > we didn’t get together until.. > > Aerosmith - June 2007. My dad is out of the country, but surprises me with > a call while I’m in a movie theatre. He’d got me a ticket to the show, and > I was going to see Aerosmith live (accompanied by a trustworthy group of > older friends, of course). The show was great (but I don’t think they > played Pink). Anyway, after the show a bunch of us go out for dinner and > there’s that guy again! Part of the same group. By now, I have a cell > phone so I got hold of his number.. > > Norah Jones - March 2013. My dad is weak from chemo, but he’s adamant he > wants to go. Norah Jones is special to us both. We love her music. She and > I share the same birthday, and her ‘Indian’ name is Geetali - so similar to > mine. So, we go. Just the two of us. Our friends are the organisers (or > knew them, can’t remember now) so they make sure he has a chair to sit on > in the sound console tent. I hang around his side nervously, but I leave > him for just a few moments so that I can go and buy a concert t-shirt. That > was one of our last times out together - three months later, he’s gone. > Strangely enough, I took out that t-shirt to wear just today. > > Thank you for this prompt. I didn’t even realise how many great memories I > have.. > > Geetanjali Chitnis > > On 11 December 2020 at 10:34:37 PM, Thaths ([email protected]) wrote: > > > Excellent thread. For me.... > > > > > > 1994: Pink Floyd Division Bell tour (San Antonio) > > > > 1999: L Shankar, Zakir Husain and Vikku Vinayakaram in concert (i.e., > > Shakthi minus John McLaughlin) in San Francisco, I suspect Shankar was in > > deep financial trouble at this point in time and did this tour to make > > some > > quick money. I suspect they will not perform together again. > > > > 2000: Santana > > > > 2003/4: Remember Shakthi in Palace Grounds, Bangalore > > > > 2015/17: Buena Vista Social Club, Toumani Diabaté (Womadelaide, Adelaide, > > Australia) > > > > 2019/20: Tinariwen, Mulatu Astatke (Berkeley) > > > > There are also several carnatic music concerts, but I cannot quite place > > them in time. > > > > Thaths > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 8:17 AM Radhika, Y. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1994 Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young > > 2005 Arturo Sandoval > > 2006 Unknown blues singer at Terra Blues, NYC > > 1986 Zakir Hussain and Birju Maharaj > > > > El jue., 10 dic. 2020 10:10 p. m., Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> > > escribió: > > > > Thinking on and off about Udhay's 'what do you splurge on' thread, I > > realised I've spent good money to get to concerts. What have been your > > memorable ones? > > > > 2009 - Paul McCartney "Good Evening London" - by far the best concert > > > > ever. > > > > Me and the missus borrowed money from her parents to pay for the tix, we > > were living in Oxford). > > 2019 - U2, Mumbai (travelled from Delhi) > > 2018 - Judas Priest, Mountain View > > 2008 - Ian Anderson, Anoushka Sharma, New Delhi > > 2002 - Deep Purple, Mumbai > > 2002 - Pandit Shiv Shankar Sharma & Ustad Zakir Hussain > > > > Regrets - haven't been to any good Carnatic concerts, missed Mark > > > > Knopfler > > > > and Iron Maiden when they came to Bangalore, gave away tickets I'd won to > > No Doubt in Bangalore 1998 in exchange for a t-shirt. Also came just > > > > short > > > > of going to a Paul Simon at Queen's concert in 2018 (apparently his last > > one). > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Get your 'vaccine' from 'fake news', lies, half-truths, manipulated > > truths, propaganda and general B.S. at my media buddhi newsletter > > <https://mediabuddhi.substack.com/>.* > > > > H R Venkatesh > > Director, Training and Research, BOOM <https://www.boomlive.in/> > > John S. Knight Journalism Fellow 2019 > > <https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2019/h-r-venkatesh/>, > > > > Stanford > > > > University > > Twitter: @hrvenkatesh > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > > Carl: Nuthin'. > > Homer: D'oh! > > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > > Homer: Woo-hoo! > > >
