Music Concerts --- Today vs Yesterday

[Mikey]

Weird thinking now-a-days compared to yesterday

Yesterday kinda sucked...

NO RECORDING CONCERTS --- see Doobie Bro's on What's Happen'ing

NO PICTURES !!!.... had a few local venues that would Gestapo-style search ladies' bags for camera's

No bringing in water …. You buy or you die

[J.B.]

NO RECORDING CONCERTS ---

I prefer the days when you didn't have a bunch of idiots pointing their dopey phones at a band the entire concert. But that's just me.

[TrekStar]

If you search youtube tv you can find old school concerts, not always the best quality but their out there.
The other day I was searching Black Sabbath (war pigs) and a bunch of videos popped up.
Watched a concert from 1971 looked like they were playing in a bingo hall.

If you have one of those speaker remotes, just say the band and song or a specific concert venue, like US Festival 1982.

[apes3978]

No bringing in water …. You buy or you die

The whole no water thing is pretty messed up if you ask me: I get that they want people to buy their concessions, but the prices they charge can be extraordinarily high (and I'll bet half of the time, the water bottles are probably marked as 'not for individual sale' to boot ).

Aren't restaurants required to allow people to have water for free? Then concert venues should have to at least allow people to bring in their own water. The only reason I can see for not allowing it would be if the venue's hyper worried about people sneaking in vodka.

[apes3978]

Weird thinking now-a-days compared to yesterday

Yesterday kinda sucked...

NO RECORDING CONCERTS --- see Doobie Bro's on What's Happen'ing

NO PICTURES !!!.... had a few local venues that would Gestapo-style search ladies' bags for camera's

I know the local casino's venue does *not* allow any recording equipment or photos of any kind: I remember seeing The Crickets out there, and one woman was sneaking a few pictures in every now and then: When security seen it, the shut her down really quickly.

I also went to The Rockin' 50s fest out there, and some of the acts seemed okay with it if people were taking pictures or whatever, but Little Richard's handlers came out before Richard even stepped out on the stage and told everyone that the minute anyone of his crew sees a camera or cellphone taking pictures, they'd shut the whole thing down right then and there and confiscate said camera or cellphone. They did it too...

[shaunaconda]

Ticket prices suck now! Have to spend at least a $100 for good seats. I remember seeing really good shows for less than $10 back in the day.

[Confessional]

I prefer the days when you didn't have a bunch of idiots pointing their dopey phones at a band the entire concert. But that's just me.

Not just you. It's insane to be in a crowd holding up their silly devices instead of… ehhh, attention-void, me-mentality, cloud-life.

I'd prefer a return to the venue policies and tour flexibility of the last century, but most *entertainers* and performers have raised their fees to extraordinary levels while playing fewer dates. Even C-list retro and tribute acts have been really expense since the housing crash, with the pandemic only increasing rates again. Small and mid-sized venues have to rely on underwriting, sponsorships and concessions, as taking a loss on the box office is common.

…yesteryear's policing made your mono-bootleg or ultra-rare soundboard cap all the more valuable/appreciated.

[apes3978]

The whole no water thing is pretty messed up if you ask me: I get that they want people to buy their concessions, but the prices they charge can be extraordinarily high (and I'll bet half of the time, the water bottles are probably marked as 'not for individual sale' to boot ).

Aren't restaurants required to allow people to have water for free? Then concert venues should have to at least allow people to bring in their own water. The only reason I can see for not allowing it would be if the venue's hyper worried about people sneaking in vodka.

Just for the record, I meant that at least around here, venues do *not* allow you to bring in your own bottled water, which I think is BS.

[Timothy2251]

Most of the acts I saw and followed back in the day were in night clubs and smaller venues. Only shows I saw at larger places like stadiums of the Holmdel (now PNC Bank) Arts Center were bands like Rush (my all time #1 favorite) or "fest" type of shows.

[Mikey]

Most of the acts I saw and followed back in the day were in night clubs and smaller venues. Only shows I saw at larger places like stadiums of the Holmdel (now PNC Bank) Arts Center were bands like Rush (my all time #1 favorite) or "fest" type of shows.

Saw Roger Waters first IN THE FLESH concert tour there in 1999

My eyes popped out to see him play lead guitar on Dogs

Garden State Arts Centre … Loved that place !!!

Only prob, wish the security filtered out the drunks

Paying $$$$ and sitting BEHIND dumb azz drunks was not too fun

[Nostalgiabuff]

i like being able to take photos during the show now, or video. it's an extra memento of the experience for me. saw joe walsh several years back and had really good seats so it was cool to get some photos. going to see Gordon Lightfoot next week and have great seats for that too

[Mikey]

^--- Gordon Lightfoot was scheduled to do a concert in my one-horse-town last year but cancelled because of covid

Hope he reschedules

Peeps around here really love his works

[palitoy]

^--- Gordon Lightfoot was scheduled to do a concert in my one-horse-town last year but cancelled because of covid

Hope he reschedules

Peeps around here really love his works

Saw him a couple of years ago, it was his 79th birthday. I enjoyed it, but man, he doesn't sound the same.

[Nostalgiabuff]

Saw him a couple of years ago, it was his 79th birthday. I enjoyed it, but man, he doesn't sound the same.

he's a national treasure in Canada!

yeah this tour is for his 80th but was a postponed tour because of Covid. i am just glad to still have a chance to see him live. got 4th row center stage tickets

[Nostalgiabuff]

i'm going to see Christopher Cross in early September too, at a small venue. It's a great place to see shows and you can take photos and videos. Bringing all 3 of my (adult) kids with us to this show