Society & Culture
Long time listeners know that GamerDude has loved music all of his life. This week, he talks about how that love for music led him to his first live concert when he was kid, when he and his dad went to see Maynard Ferguson perform. GamerDude talks about the live jazz band concerts he went to in high school, including Stan Getz and Bill Watross. GamerDude also talks about some of the other performers he's seen in concert, and the venues that he's been to. He talks about seeing everyone from John Denver and Barry Manilow to Bruce Springsteen and Keith Urban. He talks about the energy, and the excitement, and the shared sense of community he used to get when he attended a concert, and how there's nothing like the anticipation and enthusiasm of the crowd at a live concert. He also discusses how the concert-going experience has changed over the years. He talks about how he used to able to sit (for the most part) and listen to a concert, and now people are standing, dancing, and singing throughout the show. He also talks about how concerts have gone from simply listening to an artist perform his or her music live, to a live, choreographed dance show with a music track. And, he recognizes that he's channeling the old man in himself when he longs for the days when an artist would play their hits, everyone would listen, and that would be that.