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Old 09-07-2004, 06:16 PM
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Thumbs up Unforgettable moments of rock/pop

Bad or good. Please list all you remember, like..

1. The day they announced Milli Vanilli guys were a fake. 1990?
2. Fleetwood Mac announcing they reunite for a taped show and tour, 1997
3. The day John Lennon died. 1980
4. The supreme Rock in Rio concerts, featuring Queen, Rod Stewart, Go-Gos, Whitesnake, Yes, James Taylor, etc. 1985 (there were other RinR shows later).
5. When Queen released their first album featuring synths, The Game - 1979
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Old 09-07-2004, 06:19 PM
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The big one for me is Geri leaving the Spice Girls in 1998/1999. I actually cried when I heard about it.
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Old 09-07-2004, 06:29 PM
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The big one for me is Geri leaving the Spice Girls in 1998/1999. I actually cried when I heard about it.

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Old 09-07-2004, 07:09 PM
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I was going to say that nothing much of musical importance has happened whilst I've been alive, but it has I just have no recollection of it. And of course I do remember Page and Plant regrouping.[/QUOTE]

i was in highschool during that & saw the concert, f*ckin' phenomenal!!!~

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Old 09-07-2004, 08:25 PM
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the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

Jim Morrison arrested for indecent exposure

Otis Redding dies

Janis Joplin dies

Dennis Wilson dies-I cried all day. Somehow that really hit me. I guess it's because he's about my age

John Lennon is killed

TITN-my first FM concert!!

BTM-next FM concert

The Dance-my first FM concert w/ Lindsey there-wow, what a difference

Say You Will-next 2 FM concerts!

Eagles regroup for Hell Freezes Over tour
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Old 09-07-2004, 08:42 PM
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Kurt Cobain's suicide

John Bonham's death

Jimi Hendrix's death
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Old 09-07-2004, 08:57 PM
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These are my personal unforgettable moments in music history:

1. When Eurythmics performed on the Grammy Awards in 1982(83?).

I had the album and was always playing it, and my Mom really liked "Sweet Dreams". Then, when Annie Lennox appeared on the show as some kind of drag king/pseudo-Elvis impersonator, Mom looked at me and shrieked, "I thought that was a woman singing that song!!!"

2. My Dad discovers the real Boy George.

I was more of a Duran Duran and INXS fan than Culture Club. I liked the music, but my closeted 13 year-old self just couldn't handle the image. My Dad heard "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" on the radio and walked around singing it for weeks. Imagine a VERY masculine man mowing the back yard shirtless, singing the song loudly over the drone of the mower... Anyway, I was in the local K-Mart with my family one weekend, looking to see if Stevie's "If Anyone Falls" single had come in, and my Dad walked up. Thinking he might like it, I picked up CC's "Kissing To Be Clever" album and asked if Dad wanted me to get it since he liked the song so much. He was clearly dumbfounded and shocked at the cover, and asked which song I was talking about. I sang a little bit of it, and he shrieked, "I thought a man sang that song!!!"

3. No more drag queens/kings, just good old Stevie.

I got front row tickets to the TITN show in Houston in 1987. I was halfway between Stevie and Christine, and they both watched me smile and sing and dance all night. Enuff said...
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Of course for me it was when George Harrison died. I remember Linda McCartney dying as well. So, that is included I guess.
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Old 09-08-2004, 03:28 AM
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Freddie Mercury dieing

Band Aid - 1984!
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Old 09-08-2004, 10:35 AM
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Gloria Estefan's bus accident - 1990

Milli Vannilli uncovered - 1990

Michael Jackson: "Black or White video - 1991, Molestation allegations - 1993, Marriage to Lisa Marie - 1994, Scream video with Janet - 1996

Kurt Cobain's suicide - 1994

Z-100's Jingle Ball '96 ~ Girl's Rule The Yule (my first concert/when I became a Sheryl Crow fan) - 1996

finding Fleetwood Mac on VH1 and falling in love (so to speak) - 1997

Michael Hutchence's suicide - 1997

my first Stevie Nicks concert - 1998

Woodstock '99 (aka: the one I had tickets to but my mom freaked and wouldn't let me go to) - 1999

George Harrison's death - 2001

seeing Fleetwood Mac for the first time live - 2003

(there are more, but that's all I can think of at the moment)
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Michael Jackson: "Black or White video - 1991, Molestation allegations - 1993, Marriage to Lisa Marie - 1994, Scream video with Janet - 1996
IMHO, I don't think BorW video was big deal. It was cool, but it's when MJ started to give too much ad for his videos and albums. I would mention THRILLER (the video, the selling records, the grammies) instead.
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Kurt Cobain's suicide
"suicide" is still debatable. I'm convinced he was murdered (with Courtney having a BIG hand in it)
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Ones I actually remember:

Madonna: LAV at the MTV awards, hearing about her "banned" video from MTV, Her actually winning a GG for Evita and finally gettig a Grammy for Ray of Light, and basically just for being Madonna.

George Harrison Dying

The Beatles Anthology being released.

9/11 concerts and telethons

MJ: Thriller, Child Molestation charges.

FM reuniting 1997, then a new album in 2003 and for me seeing my first large rock concert

Eagles reuniting

Gloria Estefan: Bus incident

Sure theres other stuff but this will have to do for now...
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to list, But a few that affected me as a fan:

Freddie Mercury's passing (Some rumor started that Freddie committed suicide...Never figured that one out because it just seems unrealistic!)

John Lennon's murder (I have an interview with John & Yoko taken the afternoon of Dec.8,1980 this is very sad but yet eerie to listen too...)

George Harrison's passing


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Besides the ones already mentioned, here are a few:

(1) In 1984, I remember watching Madonna performing "Like a Virgin" on the MTV Music Awards in a wedding dress and rolling around on the floor.

(2) In 1984, when many artists, including Lindsey, united to sing "We Are the World" for USA for Africa.

(3) In 1981, when MTV premiered with "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. That was very important. I think that really changed rock in a lot of ways.

(4) In 1982, when Thriller by Michael Jackson came out.

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