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And it may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering, as it did at the first Human Be-In and Monterey Pop and Woodstock. Or it may be that two generations of war and surveillance had left people craving the embodiment of their own unease in the form of a lone, unsteady man on a slide guitar. ↗

— Jennifer Egan

#history #music #sociology #music

At the concert I'm going to crown the best looking man, Mr. Tampa. Bald men definitely have an edge. ↗

— Christine Lavin

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My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#lady-gaga #music #stage #music

Raw, alive and honest to the point of disgusting it's listener, Placebo set out to inspire mystery and confusion. Admitting to relishing groups who could make their audience vomit with the sheer intensity of their musical vibrations, Brian clearly knew how to make an impact. Discussing sonic overload with unsettling enthusiasm, he claimed "Some frequencies can make you physically ill or make your bowels loose. The Swans used to do it. By the end of gigs people would vomit because the frequencies were so nasty. ↗

— Chloe Govan

#concerts #music-concerts #placebo #rock-music #inspirational

My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#bands #biggest #concerts #coolest #coolest thing

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#carnegie #carnegie hall #concert #first #hall

You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is. ↗

— Shaun Cassidy

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I wanted to get my recording and become a musician again, work; with other people, do that kind of thing because I kind of got away from that for a while once we started happening, you know, selling records, sold out concerts. ↗

— Bootsy Collins

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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. ↗

— Norman Granz

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You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert. ↗

— David Guetta

#concert #go #kids #know #me