What Was The First Concert You Ever Went To?
Me?
Carman.
And do you think he spelled it Car”man” so people wouldn’t think he was a lady?
How about you?
Los
Me?
Carman.
And do you think he spelled it Car”man” so people wouldn’t think he was a lady?
How about you?
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
Plus One, Rachel Lampa, Stacia Orrico.
Wow, I’m looking at the other comments and realizing how young I am, lol!
you are – and some of these folks would call me a youngun for being in highschool when plus one came out…
but given my love of 80s CCM – I think I count as honorarily older than my age – plus I got started on CCM quite early – I’m constantly bringing up early 90s stuff that no one my age or a little younger seems to remember – but that all my friends a bit older remember…
Switchfoot!
“Satan bite the dust” ohh my gotta love Carman or Car”man”
Stone temple pilots w/ red hot chili peppers. Amazing.
New Kids On The Block! (As in, back in the day when they were young– not like, last year when they tried to make a comeback.) And I’m pretty sure Carman was the second one I went to.
2nd Chapter of Acts. I bet most people don’t even know who that is! LOL!
Jeremy, That was my first concert too! Although, I remember nothing about it except wondering when it would be over.
Ken, same here. I remember thinking it was the loudest thing I had ever heard. Imagine that. LOL!
Michael W. Smith–the Go West Young Man tour…wow was that a long time ago!
oh lucky you! I unfortunately became a Smitty fan right before the Change Your World tour came through (and it was already sold out) so I had to wait until I’ll Lead You Home for my first Smitty concert (6th or 7th grade – but hey I had front row seats about 8 feet away from his keyboard… I was literally jumping up and down in my seat going – “that’s Smitty’s keyboard…oh my goodness that’s Smitty’s keyboard!”)
Seals & Croft, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Souther, Hillman and Furay, and Maria Muldaur. Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ in 1974…
Metallica on the Black Album tour. I got paid to go, free tickets and press passes – and I was only 16 years old! A perk to being the teen music reviewer for the local newspaper!
Carman was mine too. I think David meece may have been the second, followed by Dallas holm. Wow, we old.
Wow! David Meece… I actually got to chauffeur him around DC in an RV when he was participating in a Luis Palau(?) event.
First one with parents – Franki Vali & The 4 Seasons
First one sans parents – 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane, 3rd Bass, Digital underground show at the Omni
I think I like the show without the parents! LOL
The first concert I wanted to go to…Carmen
My parents drug me to several Southern Gospel concerts, I don’t really remember those, but I do remember Carmen.
My first concert was Hank Williams, Jr. My parents took me. I was 6. Ruptured ear drum. Welcome to North Carolina.
Newsboys, The Shine Tour, when Peter Furler was the drummer and the singer… and it was wicked awesome….
Bryan Adams! when he pulled a girl up on stage with him, my girlfriend and I almost died, we were just teenagers.
Garth Brooks. Twice in one weekend. But I WANTED to see Amy Grant. And now I will – in just a few weeks. But your Carman picture inspired me. Youtubing videos. Lazarus! Come forth!
Mylon & Broken Heart, Wichita, KS
Petra!
Degarmo and Keys I think…closely followed by Toto…I enjoyed Toto better LOL
Amy Grant. Micheal W. Smith. Oh yes. those were the days when you actually understood the words.
Carman was the first person I wanted to see that was featured in a big arena! We had a lot of random folks that came thru our ministry (ex: Phil & Brenda Nicholas….please youtube them. Blessed folks, but slightly stuck in the 1980s). First concert where I paid for a ticket? Fred Hammond.
Boyz II Men, Babyface, & Brandy.. all in one concert. ohhhyeah!
Stryper, (Strength Through Redemption Yielding Power and Eternal Righteousness). I remember the video.
The Yellow and Black tour in Portland, OR. I also remember the yellow and black Paisley shirt and peg legged jeans that I wore as well.
Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart, June 13, 1984. Also the day of my first kiss. I’m not sure if there’s a correlation.
the cathedris were my first consert ( went with my mom) the seconed wasa local heavy metil band called grevence honer, third was Dalles holmes & forth was carmen at the ball park for christion family days
Phil Collins. I was in the third grade, I went with my parents, and it was awesome.
Michael Jackson. 4 years old. No lie. I was in love.
ok, maybe i lie. i might have been 8. but i had a silver glove and an airbrush shirt that said “i love michael”
Carman and then Newsong before it changed. My youngest was about 5 at our first Carman concert and he was busy singing and flirting with the pretty girls several rows up. Of course with them being at the least 18 they thought that it was so cute.
Yo, no lie this list of comments has some serious 80′s monsters…that were huge back in the day, gotta give em their props. For me it was The Imperials dude, my first legit concert, no lie. I got to see Michael English too right before his first solo album, this is waaaaaaaay back. wow.
Mom took me to see Elvis in Springfield, MO. I think this was his last tour before he left Graceland for Grace Land. All I remember is a large, sweaty, sideburned man in shades, polyester, and rhinestones.
YES! 90125 album tour. I was twelve in 1983. I thought I had the coolest dad on the planet. Crazy awesome light show.
Carmen! A2J tour. Missouri state fair. Epic.
Mark Lowry – at a “dinner concert” at a church that was supposedly his first “sell out” – where all these little old ladies who didn’t know who he was yet (he hadn’t been with the Gaither Vocal Band yet long enough at the time to be known to the blue hair crowd apparently) all walked out in the middle of the concert (not cool). I got to meet him and give him the drawings I made him illustrating my two favorite stories of his at the time (what can I say – I was in third grade!) The picture I have is hilarious as much for it capturing Mark’s late 80s/Early 90s mullet as it is for capturing my oh so lovely and of the era permed bangs…
D-Mode at the Great Western Forum. I had the seat along the aisle. My friend was clownin’ me cuz some lady (who was large and in charge) danced right beside me in the aisle most of the night.
Crystal Lewis
hehe
Michael Damian. He picked me out of the crowd & I got to go backstage. Must’ve been the white & orange polka dotted outfit I made. It was hard to NOT notice.
I saw New Kids On The Block in 1987 when I was 7 years old. I just remember my older sister (11) going crazy the entire concert and me tryin to dance to “you got it (the right stuff)”
The Cure. My mom took me when I was 6 because she thought it would be a cool story for em to tell one day.
First concert ever was Servant. Their big hit was “We Are The Light.” They had a ‘laser show’ that consisted of one green laser. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
Until I saw Whiteheart on the Hotline tour and Rick Florian, who had just joined, came out covered up on a stretcher singing “Vital Signs” then stood on the gurney and jumped off. That was the coolest thing ever.
Until I went to D&K and got to meet Eddie and Dana (RIP brother, can’t wait to meet you again someday) backstage. That was pretty cool too.
As were Petra, Amy G., The Winan Bros., David Meece, Whitecross, Phil Keaggy, Rez Band, and Mylon & Broken Heart. They were all passionate for Jesus and cool as a cucumber.
But not Carman. He was never as cool as he thought he was. Well maybe a little.
A soldout stadium concert for the Who
wow…I think it may have been the DCTalk Free at Last concert. I was maaaaaybe 11 years old
BAHAHAHA! Bro that was the same first concert for me! I went to “Night Of Joy” at Walt Disney World in the ’90s – I saw him and Jars of Clay and Out of Eden…
eric clapton – journeyman tour – 1987.
my dad took me. he raised me on good music
a guy in the row ahead of us was smoking a joint. i smelled it and said “dad, that smells like barbecue”. dad said “yep, he’s barbecuing his brain” haha.. will never forget it. good memories with dad
if you count while I was in my mom’s belly, it would be carman (apparently I kicked along with the beat…explains my love of music huh?)
if not….Garth Brooks
This explains so much. If I remember correctly you had that same hairdo back in college.
It’s all coming together now.
Oh yeah and mine was Aerosmith in Chicago with a terrible opener in Jackyl.
Can’t remember if it was Petra first or the Journey/Bryan Adams concert. Thanks for these memories! Loved Mylon and Carman at Atlanta Fest when it was at the race track. Carman sang as the storms cleared and a rainbow appeared. Amazing!
The James Gang featuring Joe Walsh..
Alabama, yep, the country group back in their prime in the early 80s. First Christian Concert was multiple concerts when I attended Creation Festival in 1991! Petra closed out that week and that was AWESOME. There were over 30,000 people there that night and NOW the festival brings in about 100,000! It’s amazing to have that many people worshipping God at one time! Out in the middle God’s creation.
I’m excited to be going there in just a few more short days!
4Him baby.
Anne Murray
at Harding College
Searcy, AR
I’m pretty sure mine was Ray Boltz. My mom and older sister were going and I thought “I wanna go to a concert! I hear thety are a lot of fun!”.
I had heard maybe 2 Boltz songs and didn’t realize until I was there that this would not be a “fun” concert…
First concert I purchased the ticket for: Steven Curtis Chapman. Yes, it was “fun”.
NKOTB circa 1988 for sure. Followed closely by Petra!
DC Talk, Patriot Center GMU
Bob, when was this? I saw them there too! And Smitty… and Steven Curtis Chapman… and Amy Grant…… and a few others over the years.
Lee Greenwood at the Missouri State Fair. I wish I was kidding. I was 6.
Can’t remember whether it was Petra or Mylon & Broken Heart.
First that I really remember was also Carman. I seem to vaguely recall what I believe was a Dallas Holm concert before that though.
Yes and Ten Years After. I went with friends in high school. So excited, even though I had no idea who the bands were. It was miserable. I didn’t care for the music, and people were crazy.
1977 – I was 7 years old.
Donnie & Marie at the State Fair!
Oh yeah…
Ok, I know I am going to win the “You saw WHO??” or “NO Way!” award for today, (or “Man, how old ARE you?”), but I saw the group Sha Na Na at the Hollywood Bowl. Does ANYONE remember them? They were like a do wop 50′s version of the Village People. They even had their own show on TV for a little bit.
Anyone??
Bowzer was the man!
Ted Nugent/Scorpions/Def Leppard. Reunion Arena August 1979. I’ll never forget my dad with cigarette butts stuck in his ears to muffle the sound, while reading the newspaper to the light of a bic..wearing a suit! Classic. Sweaty Teddy came singing out on a rope in a loin cloth! HAHA!
Commissioned, with Fred doing his thing back in the early 90′s.
Steven Curtis Chapman when I was 8 I believe. I absolutely loved him…still do
Whitney Houston
Fresno, CA
1986
Neil Diamond. At the old Met Center in Minneapolis. 1986. Rock out.
STEVE GREEN, kids sing-a-long tour. Like 16 years ago.
Does a Christian festival count? I went to Fishnet and can only remember DeGarmo & Key and the opening act for them, before they even released their first cassette, DC Talk!
Otherwise, it was Mylon & Broken Heart.
The God father Himself, Michael W. Smith… WOW.
Amy Grant with Leon Patillo opening.
You just opened old wounds, my friend.
Leon Patillo! I remember that guy!
Michael W. Smith w/ DC Talk. . .
First show was a Carman concert. First one that I actually chose to go to – Supertones, Bleach, and Squad Five-Oh
Warped Tour!
Technically the first band I saw was Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Jars of Clay. I was probably 12 and was so excited a Christian band made it in the secular market. haha
being from Indiana, my mom tells me it was john mellencamp. back in the johnny cougar days.
Suppertones at a highschool in OC promoting their little man album.
big stage concert was DC Talk during their Jesus Freak tour. Now that was something to remember!
Bryan Duncan or Roby Duke. I don’t remember which was first.
U2 Joshua Tree. Tampa Fl . If you could imagine it was many years before any other concert came close. It is still one of my favorite memories as far as concerts go. It was one of those moments when you know you are seeing and feeling something very special.
NSYNC! 2002, senior year of high school.
Al Denson!
Hey, Will you be the one?
I loved that song! Saw him in college!
Howard Jones with my two aunts. I remember going to the concert in a community building of some sort (?) Lots of great music. I didn’t know who he was until after I heard a few of his songs and then I was all like “oh! this guy! I love these songs!”
The next ones were Tiffany at the York FAir and also New Kids on the Block at the YOrk Fair (the day before they became a huge hit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiba80YVyM
Petra at the Selland Arena at the ripe old age of 13.
Amy Grant 1989
Hall and Oats. I fell asleep during the show
Grand Funk Railroad
Reading all the comments, I’m like, wow. I guess it pays to have heathen parents who really weren’t concerned if the concert was inappropriate or not.
I was 13. I saw Madonna. It was on her Like a Virgin Tour. Beastie Boys opened. I’m so gonna blog about this!
Peter Frampton followed by the Village People with Gloria Gaynor, talk about dating yourself!
1st concert – Milli Vanilli
1st Christian concert – Petra
I am pretty sure it was an early Carmen tour as well…
Vanilla Ice
Black Flag opening for Janes Addiction.
2nd concert
A nobody bar band from Seattle called Pearl Jam, who was opening for Smashing Pumpkins who was opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny Cash. I was 5. My dad took me. Yeah, my dad is awesome!
I can’t remember for sure if it was Boston or Kiss. It was a long time ago.
About “70 or “71 stationed in Germany saw “Uriah Heep”
Hmmm… I think I saw Travis Tritt when I was a lil kid (I was a HUGE fan…). But the first one I can remember is either Third Day or the Newsboys, both around 2001/2.
Public Enemy the it takes a nation of millions tour in Amsterdam I think it was in ’88 or ’89.
Used to think that was the best thing ever even though it finished in a battlefield after 2 rival gangs got mixed.
Know better now!!
Thank the Lord everyday for showing me the truth.
The first concert I ever attended was a MC Hammer concert! I think I was 10 and I remember it being really loud!
Carman was my first concert too! I was just a little tike back then. I think it cost a whopping $3 a ticket.
3 dog night 1972