The first time was in the spring of 1997 at the Pima County Fair. It was right after Ben Folds Five's second album had been released. It was a totally fun show, we stood in the front right under his nose and sang along to every word of every song at the top of our lungs.
Tonight, I felt like one of the oldest people in the room. We had first row balcony seats in a beautiful old auditorium with a great view of the stage. We watched and laughed at a few of the people standing in the first row, right under his nose, singing at the top of their lungs. Except they didn't know every song- specifically the ones that were released when they were probably in kindergarten.
I told Jon that in order to not be the oldest people in the room, next time we need to go to a Cure concert.
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Way to rock guys! I hate to nitpick since I have pretty much stopped blogging, but your last link doesn't work like you planed.
Thanks Mat, I fixed it.
that's so cool. i would have loved to see him live again. i remember at he fair, he was jumping and slamming all over his piano, and i cringed every time!
i felt a similar way when we went to the dashboard/weezer concert. i was sitting in the grass with all these high school babies. they would sing along with all the songs from their new album, from which i knew none, and stood there silently when i busted out the old school songs. that was the first time i felt like the old guy at a concert.
Our friends Jerry and Kathy Figuiera here in Tucson went to a "Twist and Shout" (Beatles tribute band) concert at the Diamond Center and they said it was a sea of grey hair, as fas as the eye could see!
Mike and I would join you guys in being the oldest ANYTIME to go see Ben Folds :)
hooray for ben folds. remember, no matter how old you are, ben folds is EVEN OLDER! :)
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