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2017 Concert Meme
Dec. 29th, 2017 08:18 pmYearly Concert and Music Meme
Top 5 shows of the year?
1) King Crimson, Milwaukee
2) Patti Smith
3) King Crimson, Chicago
4) U2
5) it tapers off pretty quickly after that
Total number of shows?
8?
First show of the year?
March 9, Patti Smith
Last show of the year?
Nov. 26, King Crimson
Most surprising show?
Most disappointing?
Primus
Farthest traveled?
Soldier Field, Chicago, for U2
States attended shows in?
Here at home in Wisconsin, plus Illinois
Venue most visited?
Riverside Theater twice, if you count the John Cleese thing.
Worst injury?
I don't do that anymore!
Most expensive ticket?
U2, I'm sure.
Band seen the most?
King Crimson, twice
Best new discovery?
I saw both Clutch and Echo & the Bunnymen for the first time, and honestly didn't even know anything about them or what they even sounded like. They were OK.
Bands seen this year that also broke up this year?
I don't know, is Echo & the Bunnymen still together?
Friends made at shows?
I hardly talk to anyone.
Band members met?
Almost never, certainly none this year.
Best souvenir from a show?
King Crimson does a "Tour Box" which is a double CD with a booklet that functions as a program.
Longest time in line?
Primus - long line routed through the basement to the ballroom on the third floor. Longest walk: U2 - 1.7 miles.
Shows seen from the barricade [front row]
U2, front row, upper deck (stadium)
Most shows in one month?
3 in July - one in the park, one at Summerfest, and then the Violent Femmes. Plus shows on June 28th and on August 1st.
Most shows in one week?
July 20th and 21st
Biggest crowd?
U2 at the football stadium
Any drunk encounters?
A girl passed out at Primus, but I think it was the heat.
Top 5 worst 2017 concert moments:
Nobody would stand to dance at Patti Smith
The Femmes didn't even play for 90 minutes
The heat and crowded crowd at Primus
Top 5 best 2017 concert moments:
Third row balcony, King Crimson
Seventh row floor, King Crimson
Patti Smith does Horses
Patti Smith plays Milwaukee
12-year old kid in a three-piece suit jamming out to King Crimson
Missed shows:
The Femmes played again in October, but I just wasn't feeling it after their show in July. I'm not sure if I've ever willingly skipped one of their shows before.
I wanted to see Bob Mould and band in Chicago, but it will be New Year's Eve. It's got to be a pretty amazing show for me to go that far that night.
Top 5 shows of the year?
1) King Crimson, Milwaukee
2) Patti Smith
3) King Crimson, Chicago
4) U2
5) it tapers off pretty quickly after that
Total number of shows?
8?
First show of the year?
March 9, Patti Smith
Last show of the year?
Nov. 26, King Crimson
Most surprising show?
Most disappointing?
Primus
Farthest traveled?
Soldier Field, Chicago, for U2
States attended shows in?
Here at home in Wisconsin, plus Illinois
Venue most visited?
Riverside Theater twice, if you count the John Cleese thing.
Worst injury?
I don't do that anymore!
Most expensive ticket?
U2, I'm sure.
Band seen the most?
King Crimson, twice
Best new discovery?
I saw both Clutch and Echo & the Bunnymen for the first time, and honestly didn't even know anything about them or what they even sounded like. They were OK.
Bands seen this year that also broke up this year?
I don't know, is Echo & the Bunnymen still together?
Friends made at shows?
I hardly talk to anyone.
Band members met?
Almost never, certainly none this year.
Best souvenir from a show?
King Crimson does a "Tour Box" which is a double CD with a booklet that functions as a program.
Longest time in line?
Primus - long line routed through the basement to the ballroom on the third floor. Longest walk: U2 - 1.7 miles.
Shows seen from the barricade [front row]
U2, front row, upper deck (stadium)
Most shows in one month?
3 in July - one in the park, one at Summerfest, and then the Violent Femmes. Plus shows on June 28th and on August 1st.
Most shows in one week?
July 20th and 21st
Biggest crowd?
U2 at the football stadium
Any drunk encounters?
A girl passed out at Primus, but I think it was the heat.
Top 5 worst 2017 concert moments:
Nobody would stand to dance at Patti Smith
The Femmes didn't even play for 90 minutes
The heat and crowded crowd at Primus
Top 5 best 2017 concert moments:
Third row balcony, King Crimson
Seventh row floor, King Crimson
Patti Smith does Horses
Patti Smith plays Milwaukee
12-year old kid in a three-piece suit jamming out to King Crimson
Missed shows:
The Femmes played again in October, but I just wasn't feeling it after their show in July. I'm not sure if I've ever willingly skipped one of their shows before.
I wanted to see Bob Mould and band in Chicago, but it will be New Year's Eve. It's got to be a pretty amazing show for me to go that far that night.
