Sha Na Na was an impulse event. I don't know who talked me into it anymore but it was enjoyable enough. Hell, I had my 1949 Chrysler and although I didn't look like a greaser I could talk the talk at the time ;o) I could even do a mean Big Bopper imitation.
But Black Sabbath was a blur. Couldn't tell you one song played without looking for the playlist on the rirocks site I mentioned above. We were mid stage thirteen rows back, and all I recall is Loud! Blue Oyster Cult kept congratulating themselves with being unknown and "not having our f'ing songs played 50 f'ing times a f'ing day on the f'ing radio" band... sheesh.
The Dead were promoted as a dance concert and they reserved almost the whole floor of the auditorium for that purpose. Each member of the band seemed to play his own song at his own pace and timing and to me it was a total train wreck. After listening to some live albums for the band I guess that is the way their music is supposed to come across... Still, I had just gotten into them and had purchased Working Man's Dead on cassette and vinyl (I don't think I bought an 8 track of that one).
But Black Sabbath was a blur. Couldn't tell you one song played without looking for the playlist on the rirocks site I mentioned above. We were mid stage thirteen rows back, and all I recall is Loud! Blue Oyster Cult kept congratulating themselves with being unknown and "not having our f'ing songs played 50 f'ing times a f'ing day on the f'ing radio" band... sheesh.
The Dead were promoted as a dance concert and they reserved almost the whole floor of the auditorium for that purpose. Each member of the band seemed to play his own song at his own pace and timing and to me it was a total train wreck. After listening to some live albums for the band I guess that is the way their music is supposed to come across... Still, I had just gotten into them and had purchased Working Man's Dead on cassette and vinyl (I don't think I bought an 8 track of that one).
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