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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
So Bob Dylan? Charges $45 a seat to see him.
I understand that's not out of this world, and I've paid that much before, but it feels like a lot.
On the other hand, he's gonna quit touring SOMEDAY, and I should see him before he retires/dies/charges even more.
Opinions on this first-world problem?
t feels sheepish for paying $75 a seat to see The Divine Ms M
I saw dylan a year or two ago - he was amazing. though i've heard that in recent years his concerts tend to be of the suck.
Aimee, I paid an unconscionable amount of money to a scalper to see U2, and $75 for Bette Midler doesn't sound unreasonable.
It's not so much paying $45 for a concert as it is paying $45 (plus the service fee, so really at least $50) for someone I'm a relatively casual fan of, who seems to be an erratic live performer from what I've heard.
On the other hand ... legend. Who might die/retire at any point, and I would be sad if I *never* saw him perform.
Maybe I should just rent "Don't Look Back."
Ah yes, then that I get. But I tend to only go to concerts when I really really really love the performer.
And I have seen Bette before and she is astounding live. Like, I have never been so entertained than I have been at one of her concerts.
I paid $35 to see Dylan AND stood in line for a good 6 hours for the privilege. It was a very small and acoustically fantastic venue. And all I really got of out it was that I get to tell people that I saw Dylan. I love love love the man - but it just wasn't that great or memorable at all ( OK - I do remember that "Tangled Up in Blue" was just as great as I hoped it would be and I remember seeing one my professors smoking a j in the row in front of me.). And that was 8 or 9 years ago.
My Bowie!Freak friend offered me one of her cache of 3rd row center seats for Bowie here at a great venue. But $75? Nope. Notta gonna do it.
See, I do love Dylan. But I love him in a "have five CDs, most from the '60's" way, not an "own every CD and bootleg I can possibly get" one. I'm worried about the "songs I don't know" factor.
But, I think I have talked myself into buying the tickets anyhow. i'll see how I feel after lunch.
but [Howard Jones] played in a small club here in Salt Lake (the Zephyr)
t raising a glass to the ghost of the dear old dump Every time I drive past that corner, I look up to see who's playing.
"Dance With My Father" is making me cry.
Every time I drive past that corner, I look up to see who's playing.
I know. It's so sad, they had so many great performers there.