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I saw Heart tonight at a company event -- I've never really had a strong opinion on them either way but I had a blast at the show, and was blown away by how strong Ann Wilson's voice is at 65. Her voice is truly a thing to behold; I honestly don't know that I've ever heard a better rock singer live. They stuck to '70's stuff for the most part (none of their '80's schlock ballads), and closed with a hat trick of Zeppelin tunes ("Immigrant Song," "No Quarter," and "Misty Mountain Hop"). Consider me converted.

Total Control, last friday 31 July

Just noticed Madonna rescheduled Atlanta from next month to January. I was kind of starting to look forward to it. Not necessarily a big fan but have never seen her before. There's only a few big name never seens that I would like to & she's one of them.

Kevin Davis wrote:I saw Heart tonight at a company event -- I've never really had a strong opinion on them either way but I had a blast at the show, and was blown away by how strong Ann Wilson's voice is at 65. Her voice is truly a thing to behold; I honestly don't know that I've ever heard a better rock singer live. They stuck to '70's stuff for the most part (none of their '80's schlock ballads), and closed with a hat trick of Zeppelin tunes ("Immigrant Song," "No Quarter," and "Misty Mountain Hop"). Consider me converted.

heart opened for def leppard here at the state fair a few years ago and they easily owned the night. they opened with zep's 'rock and roll', then encored with 'battle of evermore' and 'love reign o'er me', with all their hits in between. they were a blast.

A Winged Victory for the Sullen was shear beauty. Stoked SOT(mutha f'n)L is coming up (with a quick stop to see MMJ @ Red Rocks next week)

Local H T the Triple Rock. A+

Mötley Crüe at the Xcel. I'm not a fan, but I wanted to see them once in my life. Vince can't sing, but it was a good show. Mick has to be one of the most underrated guitar players ever. And Tommy, for all the bullshit, fucking whales. The Crüe is that odd band who have ten songs I only know the chorus to. Luckily, that seems to be the part Vince doesn't, so I filled in the gaps.

daft twat wrote:fucking whales.

That had to be uncomfortable to watch.

Kevin Davis wrote:

daft twat wrote:fucking whales.

That had to be uncomfortable to watch.

Not really. His dick is proportionate. It was like watching planes refuel mid-flight.

daft twat wrote:Local H T the Triple Rock. A+

Mötley Crüe at the Xcel. I'm not a fan, but I wanted to see them once in my life. Vince can't sing, but it was a good show. Mick has to be one of the most underrated guitar players ever. And Tommy, for all the bullshit, fucking whales. The Crüe is that odd band who have ten songs I only know the chorus to. Luckily, that seems to be the part Vince doesn't, so I filled in the gaps.

I was at hershey park on Tues n the crue was playing in hershey that night.. I'm so pissed at myself for not going.. but the thing is fucking park cost 64$ for the day.. then after 80$ crue seats I'd be in the poor house being there was 2 of us..

Having to sell my tickets to Modest Mouse tonight because wife can't make it. No big deal, still going to see them tomorrow night, and seen them like 20 times in the past. Always a good time.

Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Seattle's fuckin' dead. The tech crowd has killed it.

Went to a Modest Mouse show last night. Had front row seats in the balcony. The entire fucking balcony stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show. We wanted to get up, but figured we'd be the only people who did, so decided to be polite to the people behind us. At one point, we tried to go down to the general admission floor and lose our view just so we could stand and dance, but they wouldn't let us in. Go back to our seats, the encore hits and we decide to stand when the band comes back on stage. The row behind us was seated, then a group behind them were standing too. Little pockets of people were standing around the balcony. About halfway through the first song of the encore, I hear the guy behind us go, "Hey down front sit down!" Ignored it, then he and his girlfriend come around to the walkway in front of us... He's wearing an Amazon shirt, both are about in their upper 20s / young 30s, completely capable of standing (which is why i say "tech crowd'), and ask us to sit bc they couldn't see. I said, "Well, stand up". He throws his arms up in despair, and they walk off. They come back with an usher... the 30 year old POS went and tattled on us about standing. Usher asks us to sit, and we and the standing group two rows back start giving him shit. Usher and the two bozos walk off.

The show ended about 30 seconds after all of this ended, so it was a moot point by then, but as my wife put it, "RIP Seattle" (she doesn't even read strat's posts, which made me laugh)

Just the entitlement that's run rampant through people these days. The guy honestly thought that because HE was inconvenienced and – god forbid – would have to stand, thought he should get his way and have us sit down. We sat down the ENTIRE set purposely to be nice to these people behind us, but this completely unaware realization once we stood for two songs at the very end went way over their heads. Wtf is wrong with people. This is an attitude that has permeated through Seattle the past 5 years with its tech boom, and it's annoying as shit.

bodysnatcher wrote:

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Seattle's fuckin' dead. The tech crowd has killed it.

Went to a Modest Mouse show last night. Had front row seats in the balcony. The entire fucking balcony stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show. We wanted to get up, but figured we'd be the only people who did, so decided to be polite to the people behind us. At one point, we tried to go down to the general admission floor and lose our view just so we could stand and dance, but they wouldn't let us in. Go back to our seats, the encore hits and we decide to stand when the band comes back on stage. The row behind us was seated, then a group behind them were standing too. Little pockets of people were standing around the balcony. About halfway through the first song of the encore, I hear the guy behind us go, "Hey down front sit down!" Ignored it, then he and his girlfriend come around to the walkway in front of us... He's wearing an Amazon shirt, both are about in their upper 20s / young 30s, completely capable of standing (which is why i say "tech crowd'), and ask us to sit bc they couldn't see. I said, "Well, stand up". He throws his arms up in despair, and they walk off. They come back with an usher... the 30 year old POS went and tattled on us about standing. Usher asks us to sit, and we and the standing group two rows back start giving him shit. Usher and the two bozos walk off.

The show ended about 30 seconds after all of this ended, so it was a moot point by then, but as my wife put it, "RIP Seattle" (she doesn't even read strat's posts, which made me laugh)

Just the entitlement that's run rampant through people these days. The guy honestly thought that because HE was inconvenienced and – god forbid – would have to stand, thought he should get his way and have us sit down. We sat down the ENTIRE set purposely to be nice to these people behind us, but this completely unaware realization once we stood for two songs went way over their heads. Wtf is wrong with people. This is an attitude that has permeated through Seattle the past 5 years with its tech boom, and it's annoying as shit.

I agree that sitting at a concert is stupid, but in all fairness, I don't see how he was acting any more entitled than you were. You both wanted different things that conflicted with what the other wanted, and both felt you were entitled to have that thing.

bodysnatcher wrote:It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show.

Hell the last Sigur Ros show I was at people were standing up and jamming at the end of the show!

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Seattle's fuckin' dead. The tech crowd has killed it.

Went to a Modest Mouse show last night. Had front row seats in the balcony. The entire fucking balcony stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show. We wanted to get up, but figured we'd be the only people who did, so decided to be polite to the people behind us. At one point, we tried to go down to the general admission floor and lose our view just so we could stand and dance, but they wouldn't let us in. Go back to our seats, the encore hits and we decide to stand when the band comes back on stage. The row behind us was seated, then a group behind them were standing too. Little pockets of people were standing around the balcony. About halfway through the first song of the encore, I hear the guy behind us go, "Hey down front sit down!" Ignored it, then he and his girlfriend come around to the walkway in front of us... He's wearing an Amazon shirt, both are about in their upper 20s / young 30s, completely capable of standing (which is why i say "tech crowd'), and ask us to sit bc they couldn't see. I said, "Well, stand up". He throws his arms up in despair, and they walk off. They come back with an usher... the 30 year old POS went and tattled on us about standing. Usher asks us to sit, and we and the standing group two rows back start giving him shit. Usher and the two bozos walk off.

The show ended about 30 seconds after all of this ended, so it was a moot point by then, but as my wife put it, "RIP Seattle" (she doesn't even read strat's posts, which made me laugh)

Just the entitlement that's run rampant through people these days. The guy honestly thought that because HE was inconvenienced and – god forbid – would have to stand, thought he should get his way and have us sit down. We sat down the ENTIRE set purposely to be nice to these people behind us, but this completely unaware realization once we stood for two songs went way over their heads. Wtf is wrong with people. This is an attitude that has permeated through Seattle the past 5 years with its tech boom, and it's annoying as shit.

I agree that sitting at a concert is stupid, but in all fairness, I don't see how he was acting any more entitled than you were. You both wanted different things that conflicted with what the other wanted, and both felt you were entitled to have that thing.

I see your point and agree with you, but come on, it was a rock show. We both paid $100 for two seats, we should be able to stand, and they can sit, at our discretion in those two spaces.

bodysnatcher wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Seattle's fuckin' dead. The tech crowd has killed it.

Went to a Modest Mouse show last night. Had front row seats in the balcony. The entire fucking balcony stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show. We wanted to get up, but figured we'd be the only people who did, so decided to be polite to the people behind us. At one point, we tried to go down to the general admission floor and lose our view just so we could stand and dance, but they wouldn't let us in. Go back to our seats, the encore hits and we decide to stand when the band comes back on stage. The row behind us was seated, then a group behind them were standing too. Little pockets of people were standing around the balcony. About halfway through the first song of the encore, I hear the guy behind us go, "Hey down front sit down!" Ignored it, then he and his girlfriend come around to the walkway in front of us... He's wearing an Amazon shirt, both are about in their upper 20s / young 30s, completely capable of standing (which is why i say "tech crowd'), and ask us to sit bc they couldn't see. I said, "Well, stand up". He throws his arms up in despair, and they walk off. They come back with an usher... the 30 year old POS went and tattled on us about standing. Usher asks us to sit, and we and the standing group two rows back start giving him shit. Usher and the two bozos walk off.

The show ended about 30 seconds after all of this ended, so it was a moot point by then, but as my wife put it, "RIP Seattle" (she doesn't even read strat's posts, which made me laugh)

Just the entitlement that's run rampant through people these days. The guy honestly thought that because HE was inconvenienced and – god forbid – would have to stand, thought he should get his way and have us sit down. We sat down the ENTIRE set purposely to be nice to these people behind us, but this completely unaware realization once we stood for two songs went way over their heads. Wtf is wrong with people. This is an attitude that has permeated through Seattle the past 5 years with its tech boom, and it's annoying as shit.

I agree that sitting at a concert is stupid, but in all fairness, I don't see how he was acting any more entitled than you were. You both wanted different things that conflicted with what the other wanted, and both felt you were entitled to have that thing.

I see your point and agree with you, but come on, it was a rock show. We both paid $100 for two seats, we should be able to stand, and they can sit, at our discretion in those two spaces.

I was told to sit down at a White Stripes show.

Yea, not happening.

Strat, let's hang out

bodysnatcher wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:Has anyone been asked to sit down at a concert before? Especially by someone younger than you? This happened to us last night. Still can't wrap my head around it.

Unless you are seeing James Taylor or John Mayer....unacceptable.

Seattle's fuckin' dead. The tech crowd has killed it.

Went to a Modest Mouse show last night. Had front row seats in the balcony. The entire fucking balcony stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. It's not like this was a Sigur Ros show. We wanted to get up, but figured we'd be the only people who did, so decided to be polite to the people behind us. At one point, we tried to go down to the general admission floor and lose our view just so we could stand and dance, but they wouldn't let us in. Go back to our seats, the encore hits and we decide to stand when the band comes back on stage. The row behind us was seated, then a group behind them were standing too. Little pockets of people were standing around the balcony. About halfway through the first song of the encore, I hear the guy behind us go, "Hey down front sit down!" Ignored it, then he and his girlfriend come around to the walkway in front of us... He's wearing an Amazon shirt, both are about in their upper 20s / young 30s, completely capable of standing (which is why i say "tech crowd'), and ask us to sit bc they couldn't see. I said, "Well, stand up". He throws his arms up in despair, and they walk off. They come back with an usher... the 30 year old POS went and tattled on us about standing. Usher asks us to sit, and we and the standing group two rows back start giving him shit. Usher and the two bozos walk off.

The show ended about 30 seconds after all of this ended, so it was a moot point by then, but as my wife put it, "RIP Seattle" (she doesn't even read strat's posts, which made me laugh)

Just the entitlement that's run rampant through people these days. The guy honestly thought that because HE was inconvenienced and – god forbid – would have to stand, thought he should get his way and have us sit down. We sat down the ENTIRE set purposely to be nice to these people behind us, but this completely unaware realization once we stood for two songs went way over their heads. Wtf is wrong with people. This is an attitude that has permeated through Seattle the past 5 years with its tech boom, and it's annoying as shit.

I agree that sitting at a concert is stupid, but in all fairness, I don't see how he was acting any more entitled than you were. You both wanted different things that conflicted with what the other wanted, and both felt you were entitled to have that thing.

I see your point and agree with you, but come on, it was a rock show. We both paid $100 for two seats, we should be able to stand, and they can sit, at our discretion in those two spaces.

Yeah, I don't get why someone would even go to a rock concert if they're just gonna sit there.