There's something about being in the presence of live music that provides such a gift. As audience members, we allow ourselves to get lost within the melody, riding the waves of each instrument, feeling the energy as it seeps into our blood. With every drum beat, guitar riff, base line and lyric - we soak it all in. What's theirs is suddenly ours, wrapping around our hearts, moving our bodies to the beat of extraordinary creation. Live music is so raw and real, never duplicated in the exact way you experience it, which is what makes living in the moment, and sharing performances of your favorite musicians priceless.
It doesn't matter if the venue is small (my favorite), or the size of a football field, the energy among audience members is palpable - even before anyone steps foot on stage. And when they do - when the space is illuminated and that very first sound fills the air, we all feel it - the collective first musical kiss. Our knees get weak and butterflies turn to thunderous
applause and cheers.
On the heels of a Billy Idol reference regarding last week's post (with those crazy 80s photos), I thought this would be a fun question to answer.
Who was the first person (band) you saw in concert?
I'll go first.
The first (supervised, with my mom) performance I saw was Stevie Wonder, at age 13 in 1982. He rocked that piano out like no one's business; so much so, at one point, he actually fell off his piano chair. He quickly recovered, and finished the show with the most insane rendition of "Boogie On Reggae Woman" I ever heard. To this day, I can't keep still when hearing that tune.
My first (unsupervised) concert was a triple threat of musical goodness: Cheap Trick, who opened for The Police, who opened for Aerosmith. Consequently, I enjoyed my first joint, and watered down concert beer in a plastic cup on the same night. Fond, fond, memories of standing up, hands in the air belting out "...put on the red liiiiiight!....Roooooxanne!..."
Now it's your turn.
Please share a concert (your first?) with us in the comments below.
Anonymous comments welcome.
"Music is what feelings sound like"
