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I had the Flash and the Pan first album on record and the first two albums together on a double CD on Renaissance Records. For some reason, I liked their style, which was a little like Laurie Anderson.
I was referring to Laurie Anderson as a lower case flash in the pan. I vaguely remember the band with that name and I guess they were also a flash in the pan.
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First concert: Kingston Trio at Melodyland (circle theater) in Anaheim, CA early 60's. My older sister was a big fan of folk music so the whole family went. I was between 8 & 10.

Best concert: So many! Sammy Hagar & the Waboritos sat on stage as part of Cabo Wabo Cantina set up at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA Pre concert meet & greet and got a big "yard" glass of a Cabo Wabo margarita with refills onstage. Also took the first annual Sammy Hagar cruise to Cabo San Lucas. The band, minus Sammy (he didn't like cruising) plus lead singer for Montrose, played every day and the ship was stocked with Cabo Wabo tequila by Sammy. Sammy met us at the dock in Cabo and we all walked to his club. Played private concert for almost 3 hours.

Another best: Elton John at Dodger Stadium in mid 70's. This was the concert he debuted his Donald Duck and Dodger costumes.
Garth Brooks - Honda Center in Anaheim CA. Sat in 10th row. He is such an entertainer. Have seen him many times and also his residence in Vegas when he announced he was going on tour again after he had been retired. Eagles/Linda Rondstat/Jackson Browne Anaheim stadium with festival seating about 1975. Was within a few feet of stage. This was with Don Felder back in the day. Moody Blues with full orchestra playing Days of Future Passed album in San Diego at Cal State San Diego amphitheater. Bruce Springsteen during his Born in USA tour. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band at the Forum Los Angeles on his retirement tour 2019---this was a bucket list item.

Every summer we go to the Happy Together Tour at the Orange County Fairgrounds/Pacific Amphitheatre led by the Turtles with various acts. Gary Puckett, Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night, Grass Roots (they were the best!), Association, Cowsills, Herman & the Hermits, Mark Lindsey from Paul Revere & the Raiders, Buckinghams, The Vogues, Classics IV, Boxtops, the Archies, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Lead singer from Grand Funk Railroad.
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I still can't sing Southern Cross without choking up when I get to "she is all that I have left and Music is her name" and I've been singing it since it came out in late 1982.

Being hearing impaired means I don't always know the words to the songs (or what anyone is saying when they talk to me). But my impairment is such that I can isolate every instrument from a performance and hone in on just that one instrument. With CSN(and Y), I don't try. It's the harmony that is the instrument. It takes me to another place.

Yes does the same thing to me as well but in a totally different way. Cover your ears with a headset, give the bass just a TINY bump in volume and crisp up the midrange, and then jack the volume of that combo up a few notches. Then listen to Rick Wakeman's intro to Parallels and the fade-in of Steve Howe, Alan White, and Chris Squire on the Going for the One album. You might get a sense of how I "feel" when I listen to them. It just shoots a love-bullet right through my heart.
Is this perhaps the cause of our hearing loss..... I spent my life with Music, it is my reason for living... and I remember everyone telling me I was going to be deaf when I got "older".... and they were right. I don't care if it was Pavarotti or Pink Floyd, Aerosmith to Uriah Heep, opera, classic to heavy metal, punk rock, country, the list goes on. But whatever it was, it was at max decibels. Would never be able to name a favorite. Can say my first was Gene Vincent in a little town in Pa in the 50s and thousands thru the years. Most memorable was probably Uriah Heep at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, (the dome on that arena opened) and when they led into Wonderworld, the dome opened and revealed a gorgeous starry night.... awesome. I might add, what you could see of it through the cloud of smoke that escaped, lol.) Can't imagine what my life would have been without music and dance and theatre.... boring. If I were to mention most wished for in person, it would be Aerosmith and Pink Floyd. This has been a great post, has brought back a flood of memories for all of us.
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Guess how I got turned on to Uriah Heep? They opened for Three Dog Night when I saw them at the Boston Garden in 1970 or 1971. Even then I thought it was a strange pairing. Turned out I liked Uriah Heep more than the headliner!

My favorite club show right off the bat without giving it a lot of thought would probably be Echo and the Bunnymen when they were still mysterious, semi-psychedelic and definitely post-punk. Way before they went commercial. That was at the Channel in NYC in 1981. Or the Clash at the Aragon in Chicago in 1979 with Bo Diddley opening.

We haven't talked about punk/post-punk/alternative yet, but as time goes on and more people whose decade was the '80s move into the Villages, I bet we will. For those people who say there was no good music in the '80s, they just weren't listening. Or they were listening to mainstream radio.
As a music lover, I used to take my teenage daughter to all the concerts I could... music was my life. My most memorable concert was Uriah Heep, Pittsburgh Civic Area. The dome on that arena was retractable. When the band led into Wonderworld, the dome opened to reveal a gorgeous starry night. It was awesome..... that is, what you could see of it through the cloud of smoke that blew out of the arena, lol. I will never forget it. Thank you for this OP... it has brought a flood of beautiful memories, what a trip thru the past.
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1981 - Chuck Berry and Rick Nelson, at Hartford Civic Center
1988 - Dion and Del Shannon at Wallingford, CT
1967 - The Turtles, Gary Puckett & Union Gap and Jay & the Americans at W. Conn. State Univ.
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Hearing loss: born with it, the damage is degenerative and progressive. I can still hear, just can't always differentiate words when people are talking and sometimes I don't notice that my cat is yapping at me beside the desk (she yaps, she doesn't meow like normal cats).

Laurie Anderson: For years, back when we had actual answering machines, my message was: "Hi. I'm-not-home-right-now. But if you want-to-leave-a-mes-sage, Just. Start. Talk-ing. At. The. Sound. Of. The. Tone (a-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaa-ah-ah-ah."

I was raised on classical music; we had a bust of Beethoven on the baby grand in the living room, dad was a concert pianist, mom had an excellent ear. I played viola for 4 years and substituted on the sousaphone when they were shorthanded in the marching band. We had box seats at the Met, so technically La Boheme would've probably been my first "concert."

And yes I was at the Spit. And at 33 Landsdowne. I think that was the place that had a roller rink on the second floor?
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And yes I was at the Spit. And at 33 Landsdowne. I think that was the place that had a roller rink on the second floor?
One of the best punk clubs evah. I don't recall a roller rink though.
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1st was Van Halen my sr year in high school in 1984

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