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What Memories Do You Have from Your First Concert?

By: Caitlin Goebel (View Profile)

Let’s take it back to the fifth grade. It’s my best friend’s birthday. The night started out with all of us going over to her house. We did each others make-up, picked out the “perfect” outfits and practiced the lyrics over and over again until we had them memorized. As we walked through the doors of the Rose Garden Arena we felt ten times older than we were. All five of us including her mom stood up a little taller than normal. We took our seats and then the music started “Ohhhhh … I’m just a girl …” the crowd went crazy. The lights, the sound, the audience, lit up and didn’t stop for two hours. We felt like we were on top of the world and all grown up.

Everyone has vivid memories about the first concert they’ve ever gone to. Whether it was Michael Jackson, Eddie Money, or Poison, chime in to tell us the first concert you went to.

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07.23.2008 Report
I was 17 years old and a friend wanted to go to see Queen. Wow, Queen, yes I would go with you. The tickets were only $5.00. Can you imagine? It was 1977. And the band was great. We had awful seats. And the people around us wree smoking pot and drinking alot of wine. The colisum they played in is gone and of Course Freddy Mercury is died too. But what a experience. Seeing them live in Concert.
07.23.2008 Report

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to say i went & saw duran duran when I was 14 in 1984 @ the oakland coliseum, my friends said they never saw someone cry so hard!!!!!!!!!! lol I had great time!! Also going to the premiere of A VIEW TO A KILL & seeing john & andy taylor up close I also cried very hard & seeing grace jones, tanya roberts & rager moore was cool too I think that was in 1985
07.23.2008 Report
I was 13 it was 1966 and it was the MONKEYS!,right here in St.Louis,at the Kiel Auditorium,my dad drove us there and we thought we were really special,the three of us on occasion still get together,it was fun it was great!
07.23.2008 Report
It was the Cranberries. I loved the crowd!
07.01.2008 Report
My first concert was the rock band KISS. They blew me away along with about 6000 other fans. It was a very intense and mind blowing concert. KISS rocks
07.01.2008 Report
My first concert was with a girlfriend when I was 13, her father took us to see the band Heatwave. It was very thrilling to experience a live band that I would normally only hear on the radio. Even though we were with my friend's father, we still felt very grown up and hip, at 13.
06.27.2008 Report
My most memorable concert was by Queen. Their songs still touch me to this day and bring back memories of my younger days!
06.27.2008 Report
My first show was a BB King concert when I was VERY young. I don't remember much of it, but the first concert I went to with a car full of teenage friends was a Damien Marley show. Now, I'm embarrassed at my 'hippie' days, but it was a definite experience.
06.27.2008 Report
I saw Queen and Billy Squire for my first concert. They were amazing and at the time the stage show was amazing. I feel lucky to have seen Freddie before he died.
06.27.2008 Report
Night Ranger w/ Black and Blue was my first concert!
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