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I didn't attend my first real concert until an embarassingly late age
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:24 AM Author: cerebral red legend My first real concert was at 27.
I grew up in a small city, it didn't have much of a live music scene. The biggest factor though, was my strict parents. There was an all ages venue that hosted a bunch of punk shows. A lot of my high school friends regularly went there. I didn't go once.
Things didn't change in undergrad because I lived at home and went to the local TTT.
Things could have changed when I moved and went to law school. But I couldn't get buy-in from my law school friends and I was afraid of going to a concert alone. Then I had very shitty grades in 1L so I dropped out and moved back home. |
Date: May 13th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: Razzmatazz Church Building what was your first concert, what band or singer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883074) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:17 AM Author: cerebral red legend I'm not going to mention that because I've talked about that show on a different account. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883217) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: Charismatic School Liquid Oxygen Same here pretty much (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883076) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: Supple Menage Associate I don't remember going to a concert in the last 12 years or so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883078) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:12 AM Author: cerebral red legend I don't keep up with new music as much as I used to. Also, I am now sober.
Those two things are going to severely curtail my show attendance going forward. |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:09 AM Author: Bateful Dull Fanboi Staind? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883207) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:12 AM Author: cocky institution philosopher-king I haven't been to a real concert since I was 22 I think. first concert I went to was Weezer when I was 12. There was a mosh pit that I got pushed into and took an elbow to the head. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883211) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 10:54 AM Author: cerebral red legend See, that's just wild to me. I can't conceive of going to a rock concert that young. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883404) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 10:59 AM Author: Razzmatazz Church Building I went to see ZZ Top live when I was 14 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883411) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:57 PM Author: cocky institution philosopher-king It was a small local venue. I was in 6th grade but played football with mostly 8th graders. went with them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883735) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 10:58 AM Author: Canary fiercely-loyal preventive strike live music is massively overrated imho. it might be the most overrated thing on the planet. this is not a popular opinion for whatever reason (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883409) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 10:59 AM Author: Razzmatazz Church Building I agree or disagree depending on who it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883412) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 1:19 PM Author: cerebral red legend I've come around to being on a similar page. The really great shows I've been to, I don't really sit down and reminisce about them very much. Even when listening to a great song, I don't really think a whole lot about how great it was to experience it live.
I think you do have to attend a number of shows to come around to this viewpoint.
Also, things might work out a bit differently if you're young. If my first concert had been at 16 with the band that I was a superfan of from the age of 11, that might have stood out as a really singular experience. Similar to how you remember your first kiss/sex. |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 1:58 PM Author: Canary fiercely-loyal preventive strike i have strong and positive memories about seeing smashing pumpkins in large part bc i was really into them at that age but also bc they played he songs differently and much more animated, faster and stronger. was really cool. that's kind of it though believe it or not and i have been to probably 100 concerts at this point |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 1:53 PM Author: Bateful Dull Fanboi strongly disagree
I have been to 100s of concerts BTW |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 2:19 PM Author: Contagious mentally impaired lodge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883856) |
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Date: May 14th, 2026 9:56 AM Author: shaky ratface it's overrated to pay a lot of money to sit in a stadium far away from a stage to watch a jumbotron of someone lip syncing.
It's an underrated experience to see world class musicians play in a small venue for a fraction of the price of an afternoon at disneyworld. |
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Date: May 14th, 2026 10:09 AM Author: cocky institution philosopher-king much of my concert experience has been being very very bored and finding the whole thing tedious but having to pretend to think it's 180. Pearl Jam in particular was a "oh wow these guys fucking suck" shock moment. Phish too with their meandering 30 minute long bullshit after a 3 minute long actual song. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49885084) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 2:19 PM Author: Contagious mentally impaired lodge Going to concerts alone is underrated. I've even met friends that way. But even if I don't talk to anyone, it's fun to just get lost in the music in a sea of people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49883857) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:49 PM Author: cerebral red legend Yeah, going to concerts alone is absolutely 180. Wish I knew that when I was young.
Being in a crowd isn't as fun now that I'm sober though. |
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Date: May 14th, 2026 9:37 AM Author: Bateful Dull Fanboi its more fun to go with people, but I am certainly not above going to shows alone. I went to Failure last week and it was great, also I could walk around the room, look at merch, etc without having to check in with anypne (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49885020) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 9:52 PM Author: motley disrespectful laser beams I prefer watching live concerts on youtube. I don't like being near other humans. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49884546) |
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Date: May 14th, 2026 9:45 AM Author: mint hall private investor Well aren’t you just a bucket of sunshine and rainbows (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49885038) |
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Date: May 14th, 2026 10:02 AM Author: Ultramarine bat-shit-crazy theatre hominid go to a summer music festival- where u can camp and meet total strangers who become friends for life, check out https://www.flowfestival.com/en/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866272&forum_id=2...id#49885075) |