Topic: ~music that means something to you~

Every now and then someone ask me what’s the best gig I’ve ever been to and I just say that’s a stupid question. There is one gig I like to nostalgically remember though, it was seeing Prodigy at Wembley. It wasn’t the first or last time I saw them but they were coming off the red hot Invaders album and there was a group of 5 of us going but with Prodigy attracting the liveliest of crowds we all separated instantly when they started. I’m in the pit sweating, moshing and dancing away and then Firestarter plays and the 100% energy output of the crowd increases to 120%, a girl jumps at me and asks to block some of eruption coming towards her and puts her sunglasses on me only to disappears into the crowd without taking them back. The gig finishes and I find my group again, rather than rushing home we sit around outside the venue chatting and drinking, the same girl comes up to me. I give the sunglasses back in exchange for her number, we met up a few times afterwards and had a bit of fun but it wasn’t meant to be.

Throughout junior high and high school I was involved with choir. Having performed at the Ordway a number of times as a part of Honors Choir is a personal highlight of my life that I will cherish until I die. As a child of the 80's I grew up listening mostly to hip-hop, pop, and classic rock. I'll listen to just about anything, but I usually gravitate towards highly produced or sampled stuff.

Although I consider myself fortunate to have seen Foo Fighters live before Taylor Hawkins died.

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@Magician Taylor Hawkins was an interesting death that hit me in a different way than I would have thought. With Keith Flint, Mark Lanegan, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Lemmy I was a big fan of them so I had an “OH FUDGE” reaction. Then there are people like Chester Bennington, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen etc who I was kinda in between sad and indifferent towards. Taylor was different as it made me realise I didn’t appreciate Foo Fighters enough, they are so heavy on the festival circuit I’ve seen them multiple times without seeking them out, I enjoyed their music without ever anticipating their new albums etc so it made me appreciate them and Taylor more.

Ever since David Bowie’s death I ask myself “when they die would I say I wish I had seen them?” so I’ve seen a few people now I can’t say I was a big fan of but do appreciate. There’s even been a few cases of me becoming a massive fan ever since seeing them from only a mild interest like Alice Cooper.