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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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I saw Judas Priest at The Long Beach Arena back in '82
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Well this is going to make me feel old, my mom took my sister and I to see Cheap Trick, we had a great time though, we were all dancing and singing and having a good time!
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I do rmeber loud and the smell of smoke in the upper seats of our concert.
Bme Bme
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My brother and I went to Jones Beach to see Sting. Looking back that was a really nice time we had together without our parents! Sting was amazing.
I WENT TO A BOB HOPE CONCERT AND SAW TOMMY ROE! YEAH!
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Timothy
My memeory of my first concert was the Statler Brothers and Babara Mandrell at the Fresno Seland Arena it made me want to see more concerts of country music and I did attend more concerts just because the first one was so great.
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first concert i went to was david bowie in toronto, one of the first rows! was amazing!!!! thanks for the contest
The first concert I ever went to was when I was 40 years old but my children had been several times and I was freaked out.The concert was Garth Brooks and he was amazing but I had never seen that many people in one place.I bet there were 10,000 people at Rupp Arena.I was in heaven and then I knew why my children wanted to go to concerts.I made a memory that will never be forgotten and it was made when I was 40 years young.
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WOw, had to be late 50's . My dad took us to Steel Pier in Atlantic City and I saw Jimmy Rodgers. We were about 2/3 back, he was tiny, but the sound was great. I remember sitting on the edge of my seat.
I saw John Denver during his eco-tour. Good music!
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