Okay, I'll play (late, as usual)

[carbonel]

What was the very first music (album, CD) you ever bought for yourself?

The first "Up With People" album. We'd been taught a couple of the songs in school, and there was something cool about seeing the actual album. I think I was 10.

Still have the album, too. I don't really agree with all of the focus of the UWP movement, but some of those songs are awfully catchy.

What music/artist/band that you once enjoyed/had a crush on is the most embarassing to admit to, nowadays?

I guess Neil Diamond would be the canonical example, but I'm not actually all that embarrassed. That's "enjoyed" -- I can't think of any musician that I've had a crush on.

What was the first big concert (held in a stadium size concert) you ever went to?

Does Ravinia count? If so, Peter, Paul, and Mary. I didn't have tickets for the pavilion, just sat on the grass and listened. If not, the first one was probably the "Charles Ives and his followers" 6-hour marathon in San Francisco that my father took our family to.

If you don't count either of those, I guess the next one was my first Grateful Dead concert at Alpine Valley, sometime in the 1980s.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Ravinia counts. It's big; it's not a club or a small auditorium.

B

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been a Neil Diamond fan too -- and I still like listening to some of his music. However, I must say that I usually have a crush on whatever musician is standing in front of me performing at the time. I find it terribly sexy to watch a man do something he loves and does well -- and you get to see that a lot with musicians and not so much with other callings.

MKK

[asimovberlioz.livejournal.com]

That Charles Ives concert sounds interesting. Do you remember anything about it, or at least when it was?