Susan asks: "What's the first concert you ever saw? The most recent? And your favorite of all time? Same for albums."
The first concert I ever went to was to see Don Williams at the university in my home town. I think I was...6? Mom? I really don't remember a lot of it, though. Unfortunately, that was the last concert I went to until college. Sad... Unless you count seeing The Jets when I was in middle school, at my middle school. I totally don't.
The most recent concert I went to was The Finn Brothers in February 2005, a year before Sammy was born.
No. Wait. We went to see Paul Weller in September...was that in 2005 as well? I think so. Sammy was born the next year, so...However, we have tickets to see Depeche Mode in a couple of weeks and then Better Than Ezra in October (hopefully)!
My favorite concert of all time, though, was seeing Neil Finn for the first time in February 2001 in Portland. Hard to duplicate that high. It was also the first concert Isaac and I went to together. Awwww.
The first album I ever bought after I started really getting into music was New Order Substance. Love!
The last album I bought was...I can't remember. I buy songs here and there, but I can't think of an entire album. Oh, wait! Since I buy them all digitally on Amazon, I can just go look it up. Apparently it was Men at Work, Super Hits. Huh. I so don't want that to be the final answer!
My favorite album of all time. I never know how to answer that. I have a thought and then change my mind all the time. I don't think I could narrow it down to an all time favorite entire album. It goes with my moods and there are tons of brilliant choices that are nearly my favorite at any given moment, but... Maybe I could narrow it down to three?
1. Neil Finn, Try Whistling This - It's just so very brilliant. Better lyrics? Possibly not.
2. Paul Weller, Paul Weller - He may have better albums, but this one holds a special place in my life, even if it lacks my favorite Weller song.
3. Lloyd Cole, Love Story - I very nearly put this down as my favorite album of all time. When I reached for something in the car pre-iPod, this was the CD that came up most often. It is nearly perfect.
Grrrr. I so dislike embedding being disabled when I want to use them!
Go here and here (LOVE IT!)for some more yummy Lloyd.
Hmmm. That's three. We haven't even discussed The White Stripes or Better Than Ezra or...
I remember that Don Williams Concert! I so wanted to go see him in his fairwell concert a couple years ago, but, you know, didn't make it.
ReplyDeleteHe isn't dead yet? He was old when mom & dad took me to that concert...wow.
ReplyDeleteMy first concert was Thompson Twins and my most recent was The Killers. It's hard to say what my favorite one was, but Morrissey is a very distinct possibility. I think that was the one I was most excited about, and he didn't let me down.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could ever pick favorite albums. It's like trying to pick a favorite child! Although, one that I listened to to death in college was the Singles soundtrack. That's an awesome album.
I'm going to have to check out your faves. It's always fun to find new music (new to me anyway).
My first concert was a-ha, and my last was Alestorm/Suidakra/Tyr (all folk metal--Alestorm being the pirate metal, of course). My favorite concert was probably Lyle Lovett playing with John Hiatt, Guy Clark and Joe Ely in Austin last year. Any of Lyle Lovett's concerts could be my favorite.
ReplyDeleteOh, Singles. LOVE. Love the movie, love the soundtrack.
ReplyDeleteYeah, albums are hard. My true favorite album would be one I made with all my favorite songs on it!
I just don't even know what pirate metal is...
Awesome post. Sorry I didn't catch it until now.
ReplyDeleteMy first concert was Adam Ant in 7th grade. My last was a few days ago, Torche. But I'm seeing Jackson Browne this week. So excited.