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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sweetcell on March 03, 2009, 01:28:07 am
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curious: what artist/band have you seen live the most number of times?
i have a ton of bands in the 5-7 show range, but only one in the double-digits: radiohead. and you? i wonder how many people here will answer "the grateful dead"... :D
(actually, there is one band i've seen more than RH - my buddy's funk-rock bar band, back in the early 90's. they had a weekly residency at a local bar that i attended on and off for several month. between those shows and their other local appearances - included one where i played guitar with them - must have seen them over 20 times...).
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Tori Amos: I've seen an ungodly amount of times. One person shouldn't hear that many versions of "Crucify".
Double-digits:
Radiohead
Queens of the Stone Age
PJ Harvey
The New Pornographers
Sleater-Kinney
Bjork
Nine Inch Nails
CSS
LCD Soundsystem / Arcade Fire
The Juan Maclean
There's a shitload I can't think of. I'll update when I get a hold of my stubs.
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Sleater-Kinney is on top for me...19 times.
Wilco ...13
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Never seen any band in the double digits. Sonic Youth 5 times is the most for me.
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Not many, and weird:
She Wants Revenge 4 times? [only enjoyed the first]
Be Your Own PET 3 times [Jemina = <3s]
Queens of The Stone Age 3 times [fave band evar]
MSTRKRFT 4 times
Wolfmother 3 times
The Raconteurs 3 times
The Black Lips 3 times
And a bunch of others twice. Justice, Eagles of Death Metal, Muse, TV on The Radio, Regina Spektor... a shitload of others.
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The most would have to be 'The legendary pink dots'
They have been the most active touring band since I have been going to concerts.
9 times.
They used to tour about every other year in the states.
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Although I haven't seen her in years (and even missed her set so I could go drinking during Bumbershoot), it may still be Lucinda Williams. Ditto for Steve Earle.
Of bands that I still see, there's Old 97's. Drive By Truckers are getting up there.
Oh yeah, Wilco should be here too.
No idea of the counts for each of these. Perhaps all in the 7-10 range.
If your top band is 3-4 times, you're too much of a newbie or casual concertgoer to be posting on this thread. ;)
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The Bouncing Souls - about 35 times. Oddly enough, only about 3-4 in the last 8 years since Shal left the band. Talk about a relentless touring schedule back in the day.
As for big (ger) bands that would actually count - Smashing Pumpkins 8 times (only enjoyed the first one (siamese dream) and Asheville, though)
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Jeez...good question. Some bands I've seen more than I can count.
Double digits definitely include:
Bob Mould/Sugar
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth
Echo & the Bunnymen/Electrafixion
Goo Goo Dolls (yes, I hear a collective snicker...but guest list + backstage passes= lots of free fun)
The Pixies
Others that are not quite double digits, but I've seen at least 8 times:
Queens of the Stone Age
Oasis
Belle and Sebastian
Catherine Wheel (I may have seen them 10 times)
The Judybats
There are a bunch of others I've seen like 7 times (maybe more): Blur, Face to Face, Smashing Pumpkins, KMFDM, Frank Black, The Charlatans UK, Buzzcocks, Yo La Tengo, etc.
Most embarassing band I've seen? Probably Chumbawamba. Twice. One time a friend of mine got back into the country and I didn't realize what I was getting myself into because she wanted to go, the other time Lily and I got dragged by a friend of hers. Good gawd. Talk about painful.
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Okay fine, I'll be the one to admit it. My Grateful Dead count ended at around 62. Unfortunately my #2 would probably end up being Little Feat because they opened for a lot of those shows.
I saw Canyon about 10 times, all of them awesome.
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neil young and ted leo both around 8 times or so
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Grateful Dead - exactly 100 times
R.E.M. - 33
The Slickee Boys - at least two dozen times.
Ratdog - 15 or so
Bob Dylan - 13
I'm sure the various re-groupings of The Dead/The Other Ones would be double-digits, too.
I think that's it for double-digits. Next would probably be the Jerry Garcia Band (7), David Bowie (7) and The Ramones (6).
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I will get laughed at for this I know, but I have seen Staind probably 40 times. This is primarily because I worked merch for them in 98-99 and travelled most of their east coast/midwest tour with them for a summer/fall.
As far as shows i've paid to see......
Our Lady Peace - i think 18
Tragically Hip - 15
Radiohead at 9
Dinosaur Jr. will be 9 in May
5-8 are Jesus and mary chain, sonic youth, metallica, beastie boys, secret machines, lemonheads, white stripes, flaming lips, helmet, cypress hill and chemical brothers. but there may be a couple more in that range, too.
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Add to my list:
Spoon (20-ish times)
Depeche Mode (maybe an even 10 times)
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I'm not sure if I've seen any band in the double digits other than Thievery Corporation.
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I'm pretty sure I've see Exit Clov close to 200 times, though I'm proud to say I think I only saw them once or twice last year.
For other locals, I've seen WSC, the Drunken Sufis, Jukebox the Ghost and The Beanstalk Library at least 5 times a piece. Maybe Q and not U as well...
I think I've seen Mates of State and Live 5 times, Ted Leo about as many.
My problem is, i am super passionate about bands that don't tour here often. I've seen Sigur Ros and Idlewild 3 times a piece, but would be a lot higher if they lived and toured more in the states. But then, their music would prolly suck...
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Catherine Wheel 12 times, Evan Dando/Lemonheads 9 times. Nobody else even close.
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Wilco - 8 times
The Decemberists - 8 times (11 if you include Colin Meloy's solo shows)
Man, I really envy Bombay Chutney for seeing R.E.M. 33 times. I wish I could even come close to that, but I've only seen them 4 times. By the way, Bombay Chutney, when do you plan to change your handle to Mumbai Chutney? ;)
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Man, I really envy Bombay Chutney for seeing R.E.M. 33 times. I wish I could even come close to that, but I've only seen them 4 times.
Ditto! There are still so many R.E.M. songs I want to hear live that I haven't heard yet (E-Bow the Letter), but I'm expecting to hear it at the tribute show next week.
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Without a doubt:
Government Issue
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The Dandy Warhols - double digits
Morrissey - Double digits
White Lies - getting very close to double digits considering theyve not been on the scene long
Of Montreal - no clue, but friends keep informing me of shows I saw them playing at
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Probably saw Fugazi at least a dozen times as well....
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David Bowie (7)
wow. just wow.
<insert jealousy>
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Man, I really envy Bombay Chutney for seeing R.E.M. 33 times. I wish I could even come close to that, but I've only seen them 4 times.
Ditto! There are still so many R.E.M. songs I want to hear live that I haven't heard yet (E-Bow the Letter), but I'm expecting to hear it at the tribute show next week.
I've seen them do E-Bow with Patti Smith. :)
Any word on them showing up for the tribute show? I'll be there no matter what, but it would be nice if they made an appearance.
And I forgot about WSC - 19 times for them.
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U2 by a country mile. Probably nearing 30 times, in 5 different countries, 6 different states and probably 18 different cities.
Social D would be a distant second around 15-20 times, maybe more if I counted festivals and Ness solo tours.
I saw REM for the 11th time last year.
More recently, I seem to be catching a lot of Band of Horses shows.
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i cant believe Interpol isnt on anyones list, i mean, they have played DC 20 times in the last 5 years!
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Aerosmith - 7 times
British Sea Power - 5?6?
Other than that most other bands I've only seen once, though there's a large handful that I've seen twice or 3 times.
If your top band is 3-4 times, you're too much of a newbie or casual concertgoer to be posting on this thread. ;)
Some of us are too young and broke to have seen many bands multiple times. My very first concert was Aerosmith on their Nine Lives tour in '98. Didn't start going to concerts seriously until 2001.
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from memory i count 7 gbv shows, but none in the same venue
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Aerosmith > 100
Sevendust > 50
Others in double digits:
Old Crow Medicine Show
Robert Randolph
Puddle of Mudd
Citizen Cope
Cheap Trick
Henry Rollins
Lou Reed
The Hives
Other I can't recall as of now.
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Its over a hundred Grateful Dead shows for me, between Uncle Tupelo, Wilco and Son Volt about 30 shows, approx. 12-15 REM shows, Bonnie Raitt about 10 times, 10k maniacs/n. merchant-6-8 times,Dark Star orchestra 15-18 times, a bunch of artists at a handful a piece and at only two shows but they were huge-Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Had not heard about this REM thing. Amazing! I may just decide to go, cheap tickets are still available. Seems hard to imagine the band not showing up for this...
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double digits for me:
explosions in the sky - 28
mogwai - 14
radiohead - 12
close to double digits for me:
godspeed you! black emperor (little chance this will hit it)
smashing pumpkins (absolutley zero chance this will even increase again)
the flaming lips
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Grateful Dead - exactly 100 times
if you remember exactly how many times you've seen the Grateful Dead......have you really ever seen them at all???? ;D
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Wilco is my winner at 16 with Dando/Lemonheads next at 10.
Others pushing double digits include Spoon, Decemberists, Malkmus.
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my top two would be luna and guided by voices. . .i would imagine that they are both somewhere in the teens.
after that? i'd probably have low around 8 and american analog set around 6 or 7....then i have sarah mclachlan at 6....yes, i'm admitting it. spiritualized is somewhere around 6 as well. then there's gonna be a slew of bands in the 3-5 territory.
i also had the great luck to see weezer twice as the opener.
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then i have sarah mclachlan at 6....yes, i'm admitting it.
were you dating a canadian chick at the time?
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Were those 6 times pre/during/post-Lilith Fair?
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ixk: for reals? You've seen PJ Harvey in double digits? What, did you see her in every US tour stop each time she comes here....ya know, every 3-4 years? ;)
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gawd, I *miss* seeing godspeed you! black emperor in concert...
double digits for me:
explosions in the sky - 28
mogwai - 14
radiohead - 12
close to double digits for me:
godspeed you! black emperor (little chance this will hit it)
smashing pumpkins (absolutley zero chance this will even increase again)
the flaming lips
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then i have sarah mclachlan at 6....yes, i'm admitting it.
were you dating a canadian chick at the time?
Better yet, tell us the furthest you've traveled to see Sarah and the guy to girl ratio of that trip?
This never gets old...
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Were those 6 times pre/during/post-Lilith Fair?
For the record, he "claims" to have never attended the Lilith Fair and I have put a sizable bounty out to anyone who will provide proof otherwise because it will be soooo worth it to me!
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does it matter?
;D
Were those 6 times pre/during/post-Lilith Fair?
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ixk: for reals? You've seen PJ Harvey in double digits? What, did you see her in every US tour stop each time she comes here....ya know, every 3-4 years? ;)
10/10/2007 - New York, NY
10/7/2006 - New York, NY
10/6/2004 - New York, NY
10/7/2004 - New York, NY
10/10/2004 - Philadelphia, PA
10/13/2004 - Washington, DC
6/2/2004 - New York, NY
7/13/2004 - London, UK
7/14/2004 - London, UK
7/15/2004 - London, UK
6/17/2001 - New York, NY
I'm so sure I'm missing one, I can't remember dates. Oxegen Festival, maybe?
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then i have sarah mclachlan at 6....yes, i'm admitting it.
were you dating a canadian chick at the time?
Better yet, tell us the furthest you've traveled to see Sarah and the guy to girl ratio of that trip?
This never gets old...
ha ha. . .have your fun. twice in austin, once each in dallas, houston, new orleans and the patriot center. . .well, i was dating a jewish girl from minnesota for the patriot center show.
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a lot of my favorites are in the 3 to 4 range. (voxtrot, DCFC, Modest Mouse...)
However, I have seen mc chris at least 12 times in the last 4 years, though it might be as high as 14, as I have lost count/quit counting.
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twice in austin, once each in dallas, houston, new orleans and the patriot center. . .well, i was dating a jewish girl from minnesota for the patriot center show.
Let the record show that venerable drove from Waco to:
Austin (twice): 200 miles (r/t)
Dallas: 200 miles
Houston: 400 miles
New Orleans: 1100 miles
And only the one time he saw Sarah locally did he ever take a girl with him.
Your honor, I rest my case.
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What YEARS though!? What era of Sarah was this?
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does it matter?
;D
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venerable gets the "good sports of the week" award.
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What YEARS though!? What era of Sarah was this?
the patriot center show was. . .1998? the other shows were between 1994 and 1995.
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venerable gets the "good sports of the week" award.
He's generally a pretty good sport about it.
Most times this conversation will start after a couples bottles of wine with me and my Mrs and him and his Mrs when he walks over the iPod and picks a Sarah song. It usually centers around a number of heterosexual life partners he's gone through for the different "phases" of his life. None gets more laughs and jokes than his "chick rock" phase in college though.
It's probably grossly unfair because we all have our embarrassing moments, but he did type "yeah, I admit it" and I couldn't let go of how proud he is of his "chick rock" phase. If he would just admit that he went to the Lilith Fair, I'd probably let it go...
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Shit, then that's awesome. I wish I'd have seen a '94/'95 show of hers.
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Brrruuuuuuuuucccccccceeeee over 50 times since The River tour in 1980....yeah I'm old. Last one I saw at Hershey Park was probably in the top 10 of Bruce shows I've seen. So he is still going strong for an old man.
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Clutch is the only double digits for me. And that's over a span of about 18 years or so. Followed by Reverend Horton Heat and Ween, both of which would come in at 7-9 times.
Damn, some of you have seen a lot of concerts. How in the hell do you see an artist 100 times? Holy Christ.
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Yes it's true:
1. Grateful Dead - 18 times
2. Cheap Trick - 16 times
3. Peter Gabriel - 10
4. Rolling Stones - 9
The Who - 9
Bruce Springsteen - 9
Pretenders - 9
5. David Bowie - 8
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 8
Neil Young - 8
U2 - 8
6. Wynton Marsalis - 7
Jane's Addiction - 7
Royal Crescent Mob - 7
Prince - 7
Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music - 7
Pearl Jam - 7
Smashing Pumpkins - 7
Gipsy Kings - 7
etc. etc. Many many $$ spent. But good times all ...
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Shit, then that's awesome. I wish I'd have seen a '94/'95 show of hers.
Me too. If I was positive I was getting sex...
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It's probably grossly unfair because we all have our embarrassing moments, but he did type "yeah, I admit it" and I couldn't let go of how proud he is of his "chick rock" phase.
i'm assuming you and venerable are about my age and the lengths to which i would have gone in 94/95 to get some quality tail was a lot farther than a sarah show. hell, even for some non-quality tail...
and i asked if she was canadian, because during my college years (which included 94/95), there was no way you were going to enjoy the good graces of a canuckistani female without ms mclachlan being in the mix. i took a GF to see sarah at massey hall in T.O. for her b-day in '94, if i remember correctly. boy was i rewarded once we got home.
Peter Gabriel - 10
David Bowie - 8
U2 - 8
Prince - 7
i have a new source of jealousy.
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I've seen Sarah McLachlan a few times. The first time was in the summer of '94 in Pittsburgh, the second and third times were in the summers of '95 and '96 at Merriweather. The last time I saw her in concert was in 2003. None of them were Lilith Fairs. They were all excellent concerts, and I'd go see her again under the right circumstances (an album with some new material would be nice). I don't think Venerable has anything to be embarrassed about.
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Spiritualized-14 times
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I've seen Sarah McLachlan a few times. The first time was in the summer of '94 in Pittsburgh, the second and third times were in the summers of '95 and '96 at Merriweather. The last time I saw her in concert was in 2003. None of them were Lilith Fairs. They were all excellent concerts, and I'd go see her again under the right circumstances (an album with some new material would be nice). I don't think Venerable has anything to be embarrassed about.
thanks for your support. . .120 Minutes used to show the video for "into the fire" a lot when solace was out, which was my introduction to her. i don't think my college had a very substantial number of canadians. . .and the sorority girls didn't get into sarah until much later....
last night it occurred to me that i forgot another band. . .i've seen some combination of red house painters/mark kozelek/sun kil moon at least 7 times.
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i saw a band called the pilfers about 6 or 7 times and the pietasters around as many during my embarrasing 'ska' phase
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Your guys' love is better than ice cream.
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i saw a band called the pilfers about 6 or 7 times and the pietasters around as many during my embarrasing 'ska' phase
wait. . .ska is supposed to be a phase? damn. . .am i not supposed to still be listening to skankin' pickle and the specials?
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Girls Against Boys - 30 times
Henry Rollins (with or without band) - around 15+
Firewater - 12+
Tuscadero - 12+
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Super Furry Animals - I've lost count
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i saw a band called the pilfers about 6 or 7 times and the pietasters around as many during my embarrasing 'ska' phase
wait. . .ska is supposed to be a phase? damn. . .am i not supposed to still be listening to skankin' pickle and the specials?
i'll allow it
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I don't think Venerable has anything to be embarrassed about.
in truth it isn't, but we want it to be :D
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Wrong Wrong Wrong.
3-4 straight dudes in their prime, attending a sexually repressive college, traveling thousands of miles to see Sarah MacLachlan on multiple occasions in a very short period of time with virtually no prospect of getting laid is indicative of something much greater than a love of music. It's like the anti-"what makes a girl become a stripper theory" (which we all know is a simple balance of hugs from daddy), and I'm telling you, I'm going to drink as many bottles of wine as it takes to get to the bottom of this.
This is less about Sarah (I could replace her with a number of female 90's artists) than it is about the unusually high amount of success these female artists enjoyed because of men in college inexplicably becoming uber:fans. The initial success of the Lilith Fair was less about feminism, lesbianism or any other female based pride theory than it was about a strange phenomenon centered around college aged men that happened in the 90's.
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I have a friend that followed Sarah around everywhere when we were in college. I actually never really realized it until we were at the Ventura Theater (if thats the correct name) and after the show we were all hanging out by her bus, and he was in the front. I stared in disbelief for awhile, wondering if he really was there by himself to meet her, and that he was.
These days hes following around the Pity Party - so I guess he got out of his Sarah phase.
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hmm...i remember going to akron to see beck and the roots, countless hours debating who the best member of wu tang was (for the record, its ghostface) and partying with murph from dinosaur jr but this phenomenon must not have made it to backwoods, pennsylvania. then again there was a lot of....beer in college
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I think my Black Rebel Motorcycle Club count is at 35 (not bad for only being 22 ;) I fit a fair amount into my 7 years of concert-going). Second would probably be the Duke Spirit, for all the times they opened for BRMC. The Warlocks are either right behind them or equivalent, I really have no idea how many shows of theirs I've been to, that was a long time ago...
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Wrong Wrong Wrong.
3-4 straight dudes in their prime, attending a sexually repressive college, traveling thousands of miles to see Sarah MacLachlan on multiple occasions in a very short period of time with virtually no prospect of getting laid is indicative of something much greater than a love of music. It's like the anti-"what makes a girl become a stripper theory" (which we all know is a simple balance of hugs from daddy), and I'm telling you, I'm going to drink as many bottles of wine as it takes to get to the bottom of this.
This is less about Sarah (I could replace her with a number of female 90's artists) than it is about the unusually high amount of success these female artists enjoyed because of men in college inexplicably becoming uber:fans. The initial success of the Lilith Fair was less about feminism, lesbianism or any other female based pride theory than it was about a strange phenomenon centered around college aged men that happened in the 90's.
you should talk more to my friend bagwell. . .he had a rather unhealthy obsession with lisa loeb and tori amos. . .course, he's getting a doctorate in philosophy primarily writing about bataille and foucault and the philosophy of lust and sexuality....his wife is writing her disseration on german linguistics. . .have at it.
i think what was more apparent, at least to me, is that my friend and i each have an obsessive compulsive issue- finding something we like, trying to find out everything about it, and becoming a completist (you are the beneficiary of my wine obsession). . .my wife is frustrated at my inability to give away my old stereo system that i've had since i was 17. it's obsolete, but it's more than just an object- in saving private ryan, matt damon tells tom hanks that he's unable to remember the sound of his brothers' voices and tom hanks tells him to find a context or situation.....my old, crappy, run-down stereo functions as my context to my past. it also partly explains why i have such a hard time selling off my cds. . .i have them ripped to my itunes, other than a paranoia that my external drive might crash, i have no real reason to hold to them, yet i do. i liked "into the fire," so i went out and bought solace. my freshman year in college, "fumbling towards ectasy" came out, and i bought it. . .i really liked it....at that point, a part of my oc disorder kicks in. . .it's fandom. . .i would travel to philadelphia, state college and new york city to see luna.....you've listed your fandom for social distortion and u2. . .it's just easier to point out the seemingly funny situation of the college guy going to see a female artist without an ulterior motive. of course, that's just me- i really can't otherwise explain your main point....
it used to be about the music, man.
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I'm not letting you off that easy...you're not enough of a follower to blame your friend's obsession as the root cause (though I can't wait to have this discussion with bagwell, among many others in his research). There are also plenty of bands that you own the first 2-3 albums they made and didn't become obsessed with. Only once that I know of did you (and many men like you) go to such lengths to "appease your OCD." They could have chosen many bands/acts/outlets, but something caused this phenomenon in the 90's and I'm determined to find out the cause. This is cutting edge stuff here, folks. Start bringing in up in bar conversations and you'll see what I'm talking about.
I'm glad you brought up U2 and Social D though, it is actually a very big reason why I'm so interested in this period of your life. I have never denied being an uber fan of U2, probably 10 times the fan you are or ever were of Sarah, but only once in the 25 years that I've been a fan did I ever travel out of my way with the sole purpose being to see U2 (Dec '87 I traveled to Sun Devil Stadium with my cousin and his girlfriend to see the last show of the Joshua Tree tour, famous from the color shots in the R&H (that's right U2 fans, I saw Mothers of the Disappeared, Trip through your Wires and the Christmas song live, so suck it!). Every other time I saw them where I was more than 30 miles from home, I was already living overseas or had a trip planned and worked them into it. But my uber fandom also makes sense as I was raised Irish Catholic, much to your jealousy, and was the perfect impressionable age when they came up to be an uber fan (ie, not in college). I'm also still an uber:fan, and the last I checked you didn't pick up the 15th Anniversary Edition of Fumbling when it came out (or am I wrong here?), as to where I have the Anniversary/Extended releases of nearly all U2 albums (on a sidenote: I'm also to the point where I would swear on my life The Director was raised Irish Catholic as well).
Social D is the same thing. Though tempted to travel great lengths to catch a Social D show with Bearman or Thatguy, the only time I traveled to see Social D was a Vegas trip, which also happened to coincide with my sisters 30th birthday. Otherwise, I'll catch them when they come near me.
While this will undoubtedly come off as sounding sexist, the rest of you Sarah fans don't take offense because some of these terms could very well describe me: But you're not Canadian, you're not a feminist (couldn't be further, actually), you're not particularly sensitive to the needs of women or overly romantic, you're not obsessed with porn, you have great taste in music with an extensive collection, yet of all the musical acts of the 90's you claim your OCD took over to this extent, it's Sarah.
If this were an isolated incident, I'd bust your balls locker room style and it would be overwith. But there were many guys who did the same thing and there has to be a reason and that has always fascinated me. You're not alone in this, you're just the only guy who's willing to talk to me about it without getting all offended as I were insulting their manhood.
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I can vouch for there being LOTS of crazy straight guys that would be on the Tori Amos bandwagon. It's jarring at first, but completely welcome.
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I can vouch for there being LOTS of crazy straight guys that would be on the Tori Amos bandwagon. It's jarring at first, but completely welcome.
She is another great example...
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here's the context for the driving distances post you made for 4 of the shows- they were over spring break my sophomore year.....i would not have made the trip to houston or new orleans otherwise.....from waco to either dallas or austin were pretty easy drives. houston was longer, but we got to stay with friends, and we were then able to drive from houston to new orleans. . .and really, who wouldn't go to new orleans? plus, i love driving, i love seeing this country. . .got to stop at the state capitols in baton rouge (dork alert- we staged a re-enactment of huey long supposedly being shot by carl weiss; personally, i think huey got caught in the cross-fire and the fatal shot was from his body guards) and jackson. and did a whirlwind drive through of the vicksburg battlefield.....stopping at the church's fried chicken across from the entrance for dinner. . .it was a fun college road trip....
course, i realize that that doesn't answer your underlying question about what drove us to follow her for 4 shows. . .it was simply something to do over spring break for some people who love music.....also, remember. . .i was in waco; i had to drive to see music- steven curtis chapman and michael w smith didn't count. driving wasn't a problem to us at school- i mean, if a band played in dallas and austin, we could go to both. i did the same thing with luna and gbv- if they played in d.c. and philly, i went to both. i did plan one new years around the GBV farewell show in chicago.... and i even drove to state college, pa once just to see luna play a 40 minute set.
oh, my music OCD started before sarah with a little band called REM. . .if you look at my cds, you'll notice that i have two copies of their output whilst signed to IRS- one is their original issue and the other is the original import re-issues with extra tracks that IRS did in the 90s. i have no reason why i have both, but i do. when they toured during monster, they played 3 shows at shoreline- i went to all 3. i got three different setlists from them (i also got three different sets from sonic youth, who were opening). . .i also have the pavement re-issues and the original issues. i realized i had to stop once ryko started putting out re-issues of the re-issues for elvis costello....
i still avow that i've never been to a lilith fair. . although i think my friend mark went once to see liz phair. . .
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it used to be about the music, man.
Well, I've seen Sarah about 4 times. Although I haven't seen her in a few years, her vocals are solid live, that's why I enjoyed her shows. I heard her music in college, liked it, as did most of my friends. It helped that she was endearing. When Lilith Fair came along, for us it was about the music, and to party, basically.
(I didn't hear about all the hidden meanings or stereotypes about her and the festival until after...)
I saw many things at LF that were similar to any festival in the 90s ;)..it was just a post-grunge-college thing to do...We were pretty used to festivals w/ Earth Day, Lolla, hfstival and what not.
I haven't been to a Sarah show since Patriot Center a couple years back. I respect her voice, but I probably wouldn't go to another show. (A little too large of a production edging toward a musical / theater (too many props;P)
Back to this thread, many shows I've been to are 4 times avg. Mostly b/c of my schedule and money constraints. I have seen a few other bands numerous times, but I've helped on the tours, so they don't really count.
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need to add the Mountain Goats....seen them at least 10 times... :)
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although i think my friend mark went once to see liz phair. . .
there is NOTHING wrong with seeing Liz Phair.....unless it was post-2003.
Also, I have seen Sarah McLachlan twice. But I am Canadian, so that's my excuse (once in 1994, once in 1997)
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Lucinda Williams
Blues Traveler
Dada
Jewel
Robert Cray
Patty Griffin
Eric Clapton
Van Halen
Stanley Jordan
Steve Poltz
All double digits - except Dada, but they're close... I know I'm leaving some acts out - but that's representative of it...
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I was raised Irish Catholic
i use that as an excuse for beer. when it is pointed out that i am also half italian, i switch to wine