Early Memories... Replies!

So, we asked you THIS QUESTION and you gave us these answers... These are our favorites!

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My earliest memory of a song is "Touch of Grey" by the Grateful Dead. I was about three when my deadhead dad and I were watching the music video. I remember thinking that the skeletons were really cool. Thanks,
-Aileen

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Forget what you heard about Edgar Allen Poe, Rod Temperton is "da man" when it comes to scaring a three year old shitless. My earliest memory of music was the soliloquy read by Vincent Price at the end of "Thriller." Nothing would make me run faster out of my brother's room as he laid the needle down on that part of the record. It took me a few more years to actually watch the music video all the way through. I must admit, that even to this day, I still find myself looking around my shoulder as this song is being blasted on every radio station during the month of October.
-Veronica

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The earliest memory I have of a particular song is of Tom Petty's "Breakdown". When I was a child, my parents used to turn up the stereo in our living room really loud and we would all dance around and sing with the songs. I fondly remember "playing drums" to this song, meaning I banged wooden spoons on the collector tins my family had. These living room concerts are what really started my love for classic rock, such as AC/DC, Van Halen, Queen, etc.

This memory is very fond to me still, as "Breakdown" is now my favorite song of all time and I have a real drum set that I like to play. Plus, my family still rocks :)
-Aly

Early Memories...

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Singer?

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Worst Concert - Replies

We've received a few replies - here's our top favorites to the Participation Question below!

LOYD WROTE:

Let's go back to the dark ages, shall we?

I was in a band that was hired to play dance music for a big homecoming party at the University of Cincinnati, about 3,500 people in attendance. The "headliner" was Tommy James and the Shondells ("Mony, Mony" "Crimson and Clover" "Draggin' the Line" etc). We finished our set, which the crowd seemed to like, and the Shondells took the stage. As I passed Tommy James, who was decked out with massive rock star hair, a "Fat Vegas Elvis" powder-blue sequined jumpsuit open to the waist, and fifty pounds of pancake makeup, he patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Hang around boys, and listen to some real music."

Well, we certainly wanted to hear some "real music," so we hung around the crowd as the Shondells began the galloping riff that opens "Draggin' the Line." The intro seemed to be going on a very long time, and the band members were all looking at each other in that frantic "what the?" way. After what seemed like five solid minutes of redundant Clavinet intro, the bandstopped and left the stage.

It turns out that everything on stage was rented equipment from a local music store, the Shondells being very specific about their choice of instruments. Everything came right out of the box, had never been fired up even once, and the Shondells had blown every speaker, monitor and amp all to hell with the first ten percent of one song.

We had to get to another gig later that night, and the last thing we saw backstage, amidst the pandemonium that was brewing in the audience, was the Shondell's manager, face glowing red, trying to bribe our guitarist to rent the band some equipment. He declined, and just as the elevator doors shut tight, said to Tommy and his manager, "Hang around boys, and maybe you'll hear some real equipment."

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ERIC SAID:

I went to the Cal Jam 2 at Ontario Motor Speedway on March 18, 1978 (ironically 30 years ago today). At 3 AM the crowd broke down the chain link fence and by force we all entered the concert. It was hot and the facilities were deplorable. The sound system was bad and the seating was on the ground and far away from the speakers. The upside was Santana and Aerosmith were very good from what I could hear.

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DAN SAID:

My worst concert going experience ever was Phish's last show, Coventry. The weather was terrible, causing most the gravel roads in the concert grounds to get washed away. Vehicles were getting stuck in the mud constantly. Finally, the Vermont state police, wanting to cancel the event, urged Phish to close the gates. Thousands of ticket holders got turned away after sitting in traffic for up to 18 hours.

On a positive note this prompted many fans to abandon their vehicles on the highway and hike into the concert grounds. Some, not wanting to miss the final Phish show, walked as far as twenty miles. Not many bands have experienced that kind of devotion from their fans.

The show itself was very rough. The emotional climate created by the imminent break-up was detrimental to the bands performance. It was probably the worst performance of their careers. The traffic, the mud, the rain, the turned away fans, the band members' tears. I really wish I hadn't made the trek.

Worst Concert?

WHAT'S THE WORST CONCERT YOU'VE EVER SEEN AND WHY?

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