t feels sheepish for paying $75 a seat to see The Divine Ms M
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Aims - Feb 19, 2004 8:02:22 am PST #1094 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
tommyrot - Feb 19, 2004 8:03:15 am PST #1095 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Lyra Jane - Feb 19, 2004 8:04:58 am PST #1096 of 10003
Up with the sun
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."
Aims - Feb 19, 2004 8:08:03 am PST #1097 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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.
tina f. - Feb 19, 2004 8:11:29 am PST #1098 of 10003
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.
Lyra Jane - Feb 19, 2004 8:11:46 am PST #1099 of 10003
Up with the sun
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.
amyparker - Feb 19, 2004 8:45:39 am PST #1100 of 10003
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
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.
Aims - Feb 19, 2004 8:52:09 am PST #1101 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Dance With My Father" is making me cry.
Gandalfe - Feb 19, 2004 10:06:14 am PST #1102 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
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.
erinaceous - Feb 19, 2004 12:35:24 pm PST #1103 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
I saw Dylan on the tour he did with Paul Simon a couple years ago. I'm 'eh' on Dylan, love Paul Simon mightily.
DH has seen Dylan several times, said that the show we saw was excellent. It seemed 'okay' to me, but again, not a big fan. Also, I was newly pregnant and everything, including but not limited to: sitting down, standing up, breathing hard, and looking sharply to the left, made me feel a bit faint.
I can say everything was tuneful and sounded like music, two things that I've been told you can't always say about Dylan shows.