Twee sells.  It's not really a high form of art! haha.  Wouldn't most of erasure and george michael's stuff be twee?  I guess GM got less twee as he matured.  Now he writes about bathroom sex.

Hi,
 

kennywtelejazz
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I worked as an usher at Carnegie Hall for 2 1/2 years . I just didn't do a full list of every Classical Concert I saw ...
Kenny

 
On my senior year at UCSB, I took a class in DIRECTING for OPERA from Peter Mark, Emeritus from the Virginia Opera now (his wife had composed "Mary Queen of Scotts" which I have on LP), and this "seminar" was for us, 4 DIRECTOR majors, and in the end, I think that we taught Mr. Mark more about directing on the stage than he did on what opera could or could not do, and in the end I felt it was more of an "appreciation" course, but it was very nice and great.
 
For the final, we had to "direct" an act from an opera and I took TOSCA's 2nd act, and did a film version on my prompt book, which I still have and am thinking of actually putting that together with a score and publishing it. It goes all the way past the aria, and the visuals that I had designed for it, blew away Mr. Mark, and I wanted, at the time to do a version of an opera in the style of the ETC LA MAMMA group with film as the "SET", instead of having the imaginary, cardboard stuff that has been a part of opera for hundreds of years. I think it scared him, and I even asked him, please let's do it ... it will be a first and blow out all the biggies.
 
No luck!
 
I probably would have been a fairly good assistant/director for opera, if given a chance, since I (for the most part) loved the music dearly. Don't ask me to do Mozart, though, because I would have channeled Ken Russell and a lot more lysergic!
 
When I asked the guy in Portland to have guts and do a little Frank Zappa (he won't even listen to the orchestral version of 200 Motels!), he looked at me, laughed and asked me if I really knew what music was.
 
No comment!

Kind of hard not to think about it after seeing these lists and having aha flash backs of shows you've seen yourself.

Here are some I've seen. I had a few multiples but not many:

Fleetwood Mac
The Ramones
REO Speedwagon
Elton John
Greg Kihn Band
Mike and the Mechanics
Pablo Cruise
Little River Band
Dixie Dreggs
Squeeze w Paul Carrack
R.E.M.
Spyro Gyra
The Moody Blues
Gordon Lightfoot
Dire Straits
The Police (Synchronicity tour)
Thompson Twins
Re-Flex
U2
Huey Lewis and the News
The Smithereens (hung out with the singer and talked recording)
Foo Fighters (caught the drummer sticks)
Stevie Wonder
The Killers
Barenaked Ladies (played bass with them - true story)
Bruno Mars
Green Day
The Corrs

In no particlier hors d'oeuvres:
 
Judas Priest
The Stranglers
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
Status Quo
Status Quo ('Frantic Four' reunion)
Gary Moore (G-Force)
Slade
Praying Mantis
Skids
Saxon
Rezillos
UFO
Scorpions
Wolfsbane
Megadeth
Queensrÿche
Nine Below Zero
Whitesnake
The Alarm
Michael Shenker (Temple of Rock)
Gillan
 
 

lawajava
Kind of hard not to think about it after seeing these lists and having aha flash backs of shows you've seen yourself.
...

Agreed.
 
I, however, never really wanted to be with the "crowd" and the top ten folks. Too many of those audiences just weren't fun for me, watching people that have no inner life, put out their Sunday worship and go home without a voice. You would think most churches would love that kind of dedication!
 
I stayed away from the likes of The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and many of the big time names, mostly because their stuff was played so much on the radio, and I was way too near it, and I just got plain tired of hearing the same two or three songs. Pink Floyd might be an exception but I saw everything they did BEFORE anyone knew it ... and DSOTM did not hit the big time almost until 6 or more months later when someone "discovered it". 
 
The whole thing got worse, when the station my roomie was at, loved to trash a band that was doing what would be considered American stuff. He thought it was great and the album was very nice, all around. Still got trashed for being crap rhythm and blues and whatever other word could be designed for it. A month later, the band got played in LA and the week after the album went HUGE hit ... that band? Average White Band.
 
One listens to the music. I just think too many people only listen to Stairway to Heaven ... even then!

SteveStrummerUK
In no particlier hors d'oeuvres:
 
Judas Priest
The Stranglers
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
Status Quo
Status Quo ('Frantic Four' reunion)
Gary Moore (G-Force)
Slade
Praying Mantis
Skids
Saxon
Rezillos
UFO
Scorpions
Wolfsbane
Megadeth
Queensrÿche
Nine Below Zero
Whitesnake
The Alarm
Michael Shenker (Temple of Rock)
Gillan
 
 

No Stiff Little Fingers? 

craigb

SteveStrummerUK
In no particlier hors d'oeuvres:
 
Judas Priest
The Stranglers
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
Status Quo
Status Quo ('Frantic Four' reunion)
Gary Moore (G-Force)
Slade
Praying Mantis
Skids
Saxon
Rezillos
UFO
Scorpions
Wolfsbane
Megadeth
Queensrÿche
Nine Below Zero
Whitesnake
The Alarm
Michael Shenker (Temple of Rock)
Gillan
 
 

No Stiff Little Fingers? 

Not as yet mate. They still tour so they're on my to-see list.
 
 

jamesg1213
 
We might have done this before, Strummy will know  

Harrumph