Anybody gone to a concert you knew nothing about the band?

77Rumours77 · #1 03-28-2005, 09:23 PM

Has anybody gone to a concert too see someone you had noe clue about, I mean just to go with friends or something? I am going to see Motley Crue in april, some people from work are taking me. I mean I can honestly only name one song......... Girls gilrs girls. I hope its a good show...
So what about you guys.

wondergirl9847 · #2 03-28-2005, 09:33 PM

I went to see Mad at the World, a Christian rock band, with my cousins. It is my cousin, Michelle's favorite band and I had only heard their tape a couple of times and remembered one song. It was a fun (and very loud since it was in a tiny little club) show though.

ChrystalGypsey · #3 03-28-2005, 09:34 PM

That basically is the description for all those dumb day-long festivals that we went to in high school. I would want to see one band, but have to sit through a dozen others. Sometimes I'd recognize a hit single, but that's it!

**mylittledemon** · #4 03-28-2005, 10:19 PM

I saw the GoGos a few weeks back here in Orlando. I knew their hit songs. Didn't know their story or anything...they were a WILD bunch of women to say the least. I since actually bought "Vacation" and "God Bless the GoGos." Not too bad. They were punky and pop at the same time. I was surprisingly impressed.

dissention · #5 03-28-2005, 11:18 PM

I went to a Vans Warped Tour show to see Juliette and the Licks (who I adore) with a few friends, and I had to endure what seemed like days of the worst bands and music imaginable before seeing them. I was ready to gas myself to end the misery. I probably wouldn't be able to tell you a single one of the bands, either. And it was so dirty and grubby and foul, just unpleasant to an extreme degree.

CreepingDeath · #6 03-29-2005, 12:19 AM

I won Bette Midler tickets for her 'Kiss My Brass' show. I only knew a few of her songs before going, but I had a blast anyway. It was steller.

BTW- I think you'll have a good time at Motley Crue. They're definitely jackasses, but usually put on a decent show. Vince Neil will probably sound like **** though, like he always does IMO. I saw them in '98 and had a pretty good time, considering the amount of mullet sporting, Aqua Net wearing, drunkin' idiots that were in the crowd.

dissention · #7 03-29-2005, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

I won Bette Midler tickets for her 'Kiss My Brass' show. I only knew a few of her songs before going, but I had a blast anyway. It was steller.

I've taken friends who only knew of Wind Beneath My Wings kicking and screaming to her shows, and as soon as the shows were over, they were fans for life. My friend Jamie literally went out and bought tons of her albums after the show I took her to last March.

catinthedark · #8 03-29-2005, 12:33 AM

The first time I saw Sarah McLauchlan live, it was because my boyfriend at the time loved her. I went, expecting to be bored out of my mind.

You haven't heard Sarah til you've heard her live.

Mari · #9 03-29-2005, 05:36 AM

First time I went to see Beth Hart I knew nothing about her. A friend asked me to go, I never turn down a concert! Since then I've seen her two more times. I'm a fan! If you get the chance, go see her. Best rock concert I've been to in a long time.

face of glass · #10 03-29-2005, 05:53 AM

Oh, I used to have that as a habit of mine a few years ago, go see small acts at one particular local place. Most of the times I ended up unimpressed, even though I didn't have high expectations. I can't be that demanding, can I?

xxxmx · #11 03-29-2005, 07:16 AM

i formerly had a friend who worked for a record label and he always tossed tix my way. we ended up going to a show last winter with gavin degraw and maroon 5, neither of whom i'd heard (this was waaay before 'this love'). i left two songs in because i COULD NOT STAND the people there. i felt slightly bad leaving, as there were dozens of kids outside trying to get in and i couldn't pass my tix along. blech, nothing more than a boyband IMO.

on the flip, saw norah jones several years ago in a piano bar. amazing show, def. impressed. now... she's lost a little flavor IMO. oh, and dropkick murphys.

GODDESS6 · #12 03-29-2005, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by 77Rumours77

Has anybody gone to a concert too see someone you had noe clue about, I mean just to go with friends or something? I am going to see Motley Crue in april, some people from work are taking me. I mean I can honestly only name one song......... Girls gilrs girls. I hope its a good show...
So what about you guys.

love the crue, it'll b a good time~ i have seen them over the yrs (

i graduated in '86

) & haven't been dissappointed~ i did go see dio not once but twice w/out really knowing but 1 or 2 songs, but they always had the best stage show, like sphinx & mechanical dragons that went out over the crowd & blew fire~ awesome!!!~

GODDESS6 · #13 03-29-2005, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

The first time I saw Sarah McLauchlan live, it was because my boyfriend at the time loved her. I went, expecting to be bored out of my mind.

You haven't heard Sarah til you've heard her live.

f*ck, i LUV sarah, her live cd is 1 of my favs!!!

~
"building a mystery"

DrummerDeanna · #14 03-29-2005, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

First time I went to see Beth Hart I knew nothing about her. A friend asked me to go, I never turn down a concert! Since then I've seen her two more times. I'm a fan! If you get the chance, go see her. Best rock concert I've been to in a long time.

Is she still around!?! I got one of her albums a few years ago - and the L.A. Song came out...I think that was her only hit

Is she more popular outside the U.S.?

DrummerDeanna · #15 03-29-2005, 10:45 AM

A friend once invited me to see Third Eye Blind - free...so I went - I'd only heard that one song lol...um the "do do do do do dodo..." lol....I can't even think of the name....I wasn't blown away -but I really can't complain either as the concert was free and overall I did enjoy it.

I knew NOTHING about Michelle Branch when I saw her open for Sheryl Crow - but I was impressed by her and now own both her albums.

In 1998ish I bought a ticket to the Liluth Fair JUST for Sarah McLachlan and Sheryl Crow - then Sheryl canceled..

I sat through Sinead O'Connor, The Indigo Girls and Natalie Merchant knowing only radio hits from Sinead and Natalie...wasn't familiar with the Indigo Girls material...I totally enjoyed them all though....Still Sarah was the best