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Jyqm · #**211** 05-09-2006, 10:49 AM

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My question is for David & Jyqm: what was the first concert you ever went to and can you remember much about it?

I never went to any concerts when I was really young, so I think my first concert was actually Stevie in south Florida on the Enchanted tour. (I missed out on the Dance tour, unfortunately.) She played what at the time was known as the Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. Isn't that a pretty name for an outdoor concert venue in south Florida? Of course, since then, it's had any number of idiotic corporate names slapped on it. I think now it's the Sound Advice Amphitheatre. Blecch.

Anyway, I think I went with both of my parents, and we had pretty good seats in the pavilion, within the first twenty rows. I didn't own any of Stevie's individual albums yet, having just gotten into Fleetwood Mac the previous year, but I knew all of the songs since I had bought Enchanted the week it came out. (I remember I watched her appearances on Letterman and Leno that week, and then on Saturday afternoon my mom and I biked down to the mall to buy it. It was the weekend of the Ft. Lauderdale Air & Sea Show, so we biked along the beach and gaped at the monstrous crowds and cool planes going by.)

The show was fantastic, pretty much everything I imagined it would be, and Stevie was in great voice. Of course I loved hearing all the warhorses (especially "Outside the Rain"/"Dreams," "Stand Back" and "Edge Of Seventeen") since it was my first time, but even then, my absolute favorite part of the show was the acoustic set ("After The Glitter Fades" - "Garbo" - "Rose Garden" - "Sleeping Angel"), because it felt so intimate, and Stevie told her little stories before each song (and unlike Lindsey, even when Stevie gives the same spiel at every show, she makes it sound like she's talking just to you and telling you this for the very first time), and she seemed so excited to be playing these long-lost gems, and the crowd just fed off that excitement and was so appreciative to be hearing these songs, and of course I nearly fell over when she launched into "Sleeping Angel," which was one of my favorites, since she had said that the acoustic set would just be three songs. Beyond that, my other favorites of the night were "Gold & Braid" and "Twisted" (which was really awesome, as I'd only heard the demo at that point).

So that's my problem with Stevie now, I suppose. I got good and spoiled at my first show, with that amazing acoustic set where Stevie seemed to be so happy and excited to be singing these obscure songs and telling her little stories, and they all sounded so beautiful and intimate with the stripped-down acoustic arrangements. And now all those songs are gone, while the warhorses have remained and are more tired than ever, and everything is all chugging guitars or syrupy-synthy keyboards and lord how I wish she would do something like this again.

cliffdweller · #**212** 05-09-2006, 11:03 AM

First album: I think it was Whitney friggin' Houston

it was the album that had "The Greatest Love of All" on it and I just thought that song was sooooo beautiful

. Hey, I was 9, so give me a break!

David · #**213** 05-09-2006, 11:29 AM

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My question is for David & Jyqm: what was the first concert you ever went to and can you remember much about it?

It was probably a symphony or a piano recital & I was probably a well-behaved 7 or 8. Aside from concerts at the schools & that kind of thing, the first true concert hall I ever attended was probably a place out here in Pasadena called Ambassador Auditorium. I basically grew up at the Ambassador Auditorium, seeing the world's great pianists, violinists, vocalists & orchestras.

my first rock concert was in St. Louis out at some big park--Three Dog Night or something. I was a pre-teen. It was probably some sort of "free concert in the park" sort of thing where you picnic.

The most recent rock concert I saw was Fleetwood Mac at the sports arena in Anaheim back ... in ... uhhh .... '03?

strandinthewind · #**214** 05-09-2006, 01:35 PM

Olivia Newton John - Physical

cliffdweller · #**215** 05-09-2006, 01:36 PM

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Olivia Newton John - Physical

I love ONJ, just not that song. The video makes me gag

strandinthewind · #**216** 05-09-2006, 01:37 PM

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I love ONJ, just not that song. The video makes me gag

I can see you in a headband

estranged4life · #**217** 05-09-2006, 01:51 PM

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Olivia Newton John - Physical

isnt Olivia Newton ELTON-John's "Physical"

estranged4life · #**218** 05-09-2006, 01:54 PM

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Which leads me to my next question for everyone: what's the most embarrassing album you own?

but I did inherit my Mom's music collection which has the following discs:

The Best of the Village People
The Best of the Osmonds
The Best of the 5th Dimension
The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band

Only embarrassing aspect is that though Mom was a rocker, she liked disco...BIGTIME!!!

Oh, I am embarrassed that she also owned "Fleetwood Mac-Greatest Hits"

skcin · #**219** 05-09-2006, 01:55 PM

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I believe that children are the future, teach them well and let them lead the way.

Which leads me to my next question for everyone: what's the most embarrassing album you own?

Ashlee Simpson or Destiny's Child, take your pick.

I haven't listened to either in months. Come to think of it, I don't recall listening to either the whole way through more than once.

cliffdweller · #**220** 05-09-2006, 01:58 PM

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Destiny's Child

Hmmm, could it have been for Bootylicious? I still kinda like that song

but it's for the Edge riff I swear!

strandinthewind · #**221** 05-09-2006, 02:03 PM

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isnt Olivia Newton ELTON-John's "Physical"

BBWWWAAAAHHHHHHH

Elton wishes

JazmenFlowers · #**222** 05-09-2006, 02:49 PM

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Ashlee Simpson or Destiny's Child, take your pick.

I haven't listened to either in months. Come to think of it, I don't recall listening to either the whole way through more than once.

I love DC, but their albums are very hit or miss. And...Ashlee's first cd is really, really good. there isn't a song I don't love. now, her second is a little ****ty.

Livia · #**223** 05-09-2006, 02:56 PM

I think my first album was the Partridge Family - Magazine.

JazmenFlowers · #**224** 05-09-2006, 02:58 PM

my first one was Barbra Streisand - Greatest Hits...and More. it was released in like 89, but I didn't get it until like 94. it was the first one I ever bought. I remember it like it was yesterday.

skcin · #**225** 05-09-2006, 03:25 PM

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I love DC, but their albums are very hit or miss. And...Ashlee's first cd is really, really good. there isn't a song I don't love. now, her second is a little ****ty.

Eh, I don't know. I attempted to listen to Ashlee's first one the other day for the first time in a long time (I figured it would be good workout music.) I remembered it being pretty good, but this time I hated it.

Couldn't even get through the whole disc. I won't be buying her second one.

Now Kelly Clarkson's second CD - I am NOT embarrassed to own that. Girl can rock.