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Old 08-03-2014, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MinnieM View Post
Grew up going to the Fillmore East in NY. Was there almost every weekend. Tickets were 3.50-5.50. Every headliner from 1968-1971 played there.

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[i envy you. i was just about to paste this in another thread. you made my point exactly]

Forget about how much we have in the bank or our bucket list. When we were young we could take a girl to a great concert and buy “beer” for $20. Young people do not have that opportunity now. Were they undercharging or are they price gouging now?

I understand that artists can’t rely on album or cd sales for their income anymore. I didn’t buy music then and I don’t buy it now. Now with sites like Pandora I listen for free like many others. But I consider myself lucky that concerts were affordable when I was young.

Now that a concert costs the same as a cruise, I’m cruising. I guess I got lucky again.