Your last concert was to see who and when?

Last that anyone heard of was King Crimson at Anthem in DC back in September. This is rumored to have been their last ever US performance. It was off the charts. No words to describe fully. We were right in the sweet spot. CD of the performance being issued in a couple weeks. Can preorder on Amazon. Check it out.

 

 

 

Masks and proof of vaccination was required.

 

 

" it was like 90 minutes of driving through a Kansas wheatfield"

That's funny! Mahler can be that way at times no doubt.

Justin Hayward a couple weeks back. Devo next week.

Steve Hackett is top of my list of artists I want to see live and never have. Does not come around Baltimore/DC metro area very often though. WOuld love to catch the Genesis REvisted Live tour. Hackett is the man. I don't blame him for leaving Genesis when he did. Genesis was overcrowded with talent and he has written and performed so much great music since then. His situation with Genesis was much like George Harrison's with the Beatles.

+1 Los Lobos

Devo last night.

Did not know what to expect going in. Could this particular band possible age well?

Definitely an interesting band to watch and hear. The guy on keyboards is mostly what made them unique I would say.

They really stood out from the pack back in the early days of New Wave. Their robotic version of "Satisfaction" is what I recall first catching my ear back then in college.

No encore though. No "Whip It" or "What We do". Oh well...

A fun 90 minutes. Now I know.

Mahler 3rd is a lot of things but drug fueled noise isn't one of them. Its perhaps the greatest singular work in the classical repertoire. That's a common assessment, not just mine. It's a grand journey from start to finish and has it all, perhaps more than many can handle in one big serving.

Ego is a common ingredient in a lot of great work. Some may just manage it better than others.

IMHO of course.

Last one I heard was a local country music band in the local park's outdoor amphitheater during the local fall festival. It was free. Nice!

Live concert experience opportunities are all around for music lovers at all price points. You just gotta take the time to seek them out.

I paid a few hundred a couple years back to see Paul McCartney at FedEx Field in DC. IT was wonderful. But its the last time I plan to pay megabucks for any concert. I did it in that I am a huge BEatles fan and had never seen any perform live. Now I've been there and done that one.

Mahler has some lovely moments, but no doubt it takes a commitment to have a chance of being able to soak it all in.

Even that Kansas wheatfield, like nature in general, has a lot of interesting things going on in places, but you gotta slow down or even get out of the car to have a chance of seeing it.

Mahler #3 is mostly about nature I believe, so the Kansas wheatfield comparison is probably a reasonable one.

I first heard Mahler #3 on NPR years ago. THere was a nice intro explaining what it was about beforehand (see wikipedia entry for it for more). I was totally taken by it from the outset. Then it was a lengthy rollercoaster ride from there, lots of ups and downs, and I felt accordingly along the way. At teh end, I felt transformed in some way, somehow more in tune with the world around me, and I was ready for some Bach at that point. I think the explanation provided up front prior to listening was a big part of that. It all made sense in the end.

I see Uriah Heep is touring smaller venues these days. That could be fun.

Queen and Adam Lambert last July. 

Took the whole family to see Queen and Adam Lambert  in Philly last Sunday.   It was a blast!

"age 70+"

SO weird but true.

We're all "getting older too...".

I'm looking forward to upcoming BSO performing Mahler 3rd Symphony. It's a draining piece but one of my favorites in that there is so much that goes on. Mahler 2nd....OK but not the same.

Almost went to recent BW PS show in Baltimore.  My loss.   From a video I saw posted must have been a lovely evening.