An 8 year old young man I know was taken to his first concert, Imagine Dragons. This would not have been my first choice. No surprises that there were many Instagram posts of him rocking out, or whatever one does at an Imagine Dragons Concert. The caption was, “You never forget your first concert.” It was mentioned in the comments a few times too.
The funny thing is I forgot my first concert.
It was either, Rush, Black Sabbath, or Johnny Winter, all admirable choices for a first concert. I think it was Rush. They all took place around the same time.
We could go even deeper in my concert past. My parents took us to classical music concerts as far back as I can remember. No way I can remember which was the first one.
But even counting only Rock or Pop concerts, I don’t remember which was first.
The difference between this kid and I is that nobody was documenting anything in the 70s. We just did things. Maybe there were 12 or 24 shots on the Kodak Instamatic after a family vacation, but we weren’t taking flash photos at Alice Tully hall.
The funniest thing is, while I don’t remember my first concert, I’ll always remember his.
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