Your First +Live+ Concert?, Your First +Live+ Concert Song? Options

[Liveoneut]

My first concert was in Austin Texas, South Park Meadows. My GOD it was soooo freakin hot that day. Wish I could find the actual date....it was the SS tour. I even guessed what the first song was going to be....RATTLESNAKE baby.

My gf and I were having a terrible time because people 'surfing' kept getting dumped on top of us! It really started to piss me off, but then I was like 'we can either let this get to us, or we can just say fuck it and have a great time'....so that's what we did.

I heard Rattlesnake yesterday on Lithium XM and I started to think about that concert, and my first live song. I thought about how sooooo much has changed, but at the same time, there is alot that hasn't changed. Like the goosebumps I still get when Chad plays the first note of Rattlesnake....holding it just long enough for the rest of the +boys+ to thunder in or when they hit the instrumental part! It's the same feeling, every single time I hear it.

So, let's hear about some others (sorry if this is a repost, thought it would be nice to revisit).

[mghost1997]

First: 09/26/97 @ Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL Ah those were the days - they killed it (Manbreak and Luscious Jackson opening)

Most memorable: 10/05/99 @ House of Blues in Orlando, FL - Remember waiting for hours meeting some really cool Live fans, getting right in front of the stage and then defending our spot for the rest of the night. By any means necessary. :-)

Farthest traveled:
08/06/97 @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wantagh, NY
08/07/97 @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wantagh, NY
08/19/00 @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wantagh, NY

Last: 2007 Homestead, FL Ford 400 Nascar race. By this time Ed was full on rock star.

This post has been edited by mghost1997: Jun 28 2010, 5:51 pm

[brianblank]

Awesome thread Liveoneut, bringing back a lot of good memories.

First: 1992-04-05 on the MTV 120 Minutes Tour with Blind Melon, Public Image Limited and Big Audio Dynamite. Chad T or Pat had the stomach flu, I forget which, so Ed sang and played acoustic guitar and Chad G played bongos. It was amazing and I was hooked.

Most Memorable: Wow, too many amazing shows to pick just one. Probably the '98 Chameleon Club show, the crowd was electric, the band was stoked to be playing new material in their old club.

Farthest: Colorado to Lancaster to Pittsburgh to Allentown in one weekend. However, after the '98 Chameleon Club show I hopped in my car and drove all night back to Atlanta, by myself. I think that was a little crazier than the 3 shows in 3 nights in PA.

Last: 2009-03-27

First show for me was 07/12/92 @ Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA
(Soooo pissed that I missed the Variety Playhouse show earlier that month).

Billed (by one of the local radio stations I think) as "Sonic Sunday". Perfect summer afternoon sitting in the lawn watching a bunch of popular 90's bands. The guys rocked the place! Classic early Live. They looked just like the little kids pictured on the MJ cover. I dont remember the exact song list, but they played they majority of MJ (well considering they didnt have much else to play back then, I guess that's not surprising).

jclive - Dang they played Album88's Sonic Sunday and at the Variety?!?! I moved to ATL that fall, I caught all of their shows for the next 6 years there. Including the free show on the GT Student Center lawn in the Spring of '93. The guys were driving a UHaul and just sitting on the steps of the building before the set.

Yeah, I think they were a little bit known in their TC glory days, but then we forgot about them pretty quickly.

I caught 2 shows back to back in London 2 in '99, epic shows. The place was packed, it was so hot and humid (from people sweating) that Ed was writing on the mirror next to the stage fogged up. I ran into the band in the alley behind the Electric Ballroom after the show, hung out a little and then hopped the train back to Birmingham.

[jclive]

Awesome thread Liveoneut, bringing back a lot of good memories.

First: 1992-04-05 on the MTV 120 Minutes Tour with Blind Melon, Public Image Limited and Big Audio Dynamite. Chad T or Pat had the stomach flu, I forget which, so Ed sang and played acoustic guitar and Chad G played bongos. It was amazing and I was hooked.


Last: 2009-03-27
jclive - Dang they played Album88's Sonic Sunday and at the Variety?!?! I moved to ATL that fall, I caught all of their shows for the next 6 years there. Including the free show on the GT Student Center lawn in the Spring of '93. The guys were driving a UHaul and just sitting on the steps of the building before the set.

I remember them announcing at Sonic Sunday that they were going to be back pretty quick to play the Variety. Live has always spent plenty of time in and around Atlanta. I am SUPER pissed at myself for missing the show on the GT Student Center lawn! I graduated from GT. Started there in the Fall of 1993, and cant for the life of me figure out how that one slipped off my radar screen. They did come back to play Alexander Memorial sometime in 1994-1995 though. Those mid 90's shows were just simply amazing. Catch their back-to-back nights at the Roxy? Or how about Legion Feild in Athens?

Love these memories. Great thread!

[brianblank]

I remember them announcing at Sonic Sunday that they were going to be back pretty quick to play the Variety. Live has always spent plenty of time in and around Atlanta. I am SUPER pissed at myself for missing the show on the GT Student Center lawn! I graduated from GT. Started there in the Fall of 1993, and cant for the life of me figure out how that one slipped off my radar screen. They did come back to play Alexander Memorial sometime in 1994-1995 though. Those mid 90's shows were just simply amazing. Catch their back-to-back nights at the Roxy? Or how about Legion Feild in Athens?

Love these memories. Great thread!

We were at Tech at the same time! '92-'98, ME.

I still have the poster for the Student Center show hanging up.

I caught Sonic Sunday the next couple of years, discovered 311 before anyone knew who they were (and back when they were good) and Ben Harper playing solo on a stage about the size of a coffee table.

Yup, both nights at the Roxy, Legion Field (and Beale St. Festival in Nashville the next night!), WOMAD @ Lakewood, at the coliseum and a few more nights at Lakewood over the years. Picked up the STD 10" at Criminal Records for like $5, still one of my favorite Live vinyls.

I miss the ATL music scene, but not the humidity or the traffic.

[jclive]

We were at Tech at the same time! '92-'98, ME.

I still have the poster for the Student Center show hanging up.

I caught Sonic Sunday the next couple of years, discovered 311 before anyone knew who they were (and back when they were good) and Ben Harper playing solo on a stage about the size of a coffee table.

Yup, both nights at the Roxy, Legion Field (and Beale St. Festival in Nashville the next night!), WOMAD @ Lakewood, at the coliseum and a few more nights at Lakewood over the years. Picked up the STD 10" at Criminal Records for like $5, still one of my favorite Live vinyls.

I miss the ATL music scene, but not the humidity or the traffic.

Small world. Mgt, June 98.