Hands down, my first concert Queen ~1977 at the Chicago International Ampitheatre for 4 reasons:
1) Anybody remember the YMCA Indian Guides? Older kids group was Trailblazers. Our group had some older High School guys, who were pretty cool & had amazing musical taste. So, one of my 8th Grade (?) or Freshman yr (?) outings was a Queen concert.
2) Indian Guides was Father & Son. My Dad thought the BeeGees were too wild for his taste. But, he sat thru that concert & had fun because he was there with his son & other Father’s & Sons.
3) I hadn’t been exposed to much more than top 40’s. It exposed me to a whole new world & my musical interests exploded.
4) It was the most amazing, “kick ass rock tour de force”. Freddie’s vocals “lifted you to heaven & then slammed you in the face & melted your spine”. Those were a couple of the descriptions of Queen that I remember. Then, Brian May’s guitar playing alternated between searing, melodic, soft and raw. But for an 8th Grader... indescribable.
So, 2 reasons were the story, 1 was how if effected my musical world & 1 reason was power & grace of that music. Actually, I do have to say that Freddie put on an amazing show with only a microphone stand & tights. Who needs explosions, lasers & flying stages when you have Freddie.
1) Anybody remember the YMCA Indian Guides? Older kids group was Trailblazers. Our group had some older High School guys, who were pretty cool & had amazing musical taste. So, one of my 8th Grade (?) or Freshman yr (?) outings was a Queen concert.
2) Indian Guides was Father & Son. My Dad thought the BeeGees were too wild for his taste. But, he sat thru that concert & had fun because he was there with his son & other Father’s & Sons.
3) I hadn’t been exposed to much more than top 40’s. It exposed me to a whole new world & my musical interests exploded.
4) It was the most amazing, “kick ass rock tour de force”. Freddie’s vocals “lifted you to heaven & then slammed you in the face & melted your spine”. Those were a couple of the descriptions of Queen that I remember. Then, Brian May’s guitar playing alternated between searing, melodic, soft and raw. But for an 8th Grader... indescribable.
So, 2 reasons were the story, 1 was how if effected my musical world & 1 reason was power & grace of that music. Actually, I do have to say that Freddie put on an amazing show with only a microphone stand & tights. Who needs explosions, lasers & flying stages when you have Freddie.