# Rock Concert Time-Travel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157 "2007-02-07T00:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/41 "2007-02-07T19:37:13Z")
slightly off topic- I read somewhere the Beatles last official concert 08/29/66 in SFO lasted around thirty minutes. Was that standard for concerts back then, or was there a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/42 "2007-02-07T21:09:50Z")
Police on the Synchronicity Tour. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/43 "2007-02-07T21:18:47Z")
March 8, 1981, The Paradise in Boston: U2 opening for Mission of Burma. U2 at Red Rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/44 "2007-02-07T21:20:46Z")
U2 opened for Mission of Burma? I wondered how they came to name one of their albums\*\* Vs.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/45 "2007-02-07T23:14:43Z")
That’s what some of my crazy U2 friends tell me… I actually saw MoB at the Paradise a couple of weeks ago–great time. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/46 "2007-02-08T00:51:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] It was a great show, and it was one of the last ones they played, I think. It was at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, and what was kind of funny is that Kurt thought it sucked, because the acoustics there are really pretty bad. He was pissed at the end and said we should all get our money back, then smashed his guitar and stage-dived out into the crowd. It was very, very cool. [/QUOTE] Oh, man, I bet. What did they close with? Just because I want some other detail of it. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/47 "2007-02-08T01:04:31Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] slightly off topic- I read somewhere the Beatles last official concert 08/29/66 in SFO lasted around thirty minutes. Was that standard for concerts back then, or was there a problem? [/QUOTE] That was pretty standard for a Beatles show, and other shows of the day. This was before the now-common rock concert experience, the longish, pot-smoke-enshrouded tribute to a group’s body of work, maybe with an opening act, always with a couple of encores. We all know the routine. In the Beatles’ day (when they were still touring), it was more of the traveling ensemble show, several acts, all of whom played shortish sets (kind of like the bill Buddy Holly was on the night he died). At Candlestick, the Cyrkle, the Remains and the Ronettes all opened for the Beatles. _Three_ acts before the headliners. They were an hour and a half into the show before the Beatles took the stage. Low-end tickets cost $3.80, by the way. So, no, no problem. That’s just how it was then. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/48 "2007-02-08T01:16:04Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Right before Frampton and Co. came on, I tossed a “glow stick” from my seat on the balcony. It bounced of someone’s head (sorry!) and ended up in front of the drumkit. Sadly, a roady came out and picked it up before Peter walked onstage. Only a few other times have I witnessed an audience _ **erupt** _ in such applause and, I have to say it, _love_, for a performer. [/QUOTE] I always wondered about that. Frampton was not the mega-star that album made him, but the record always felt different, like the audience knew something special was happening. Sounds like that’s the way it felt from someone there. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/49 "2007-02-08T01:31:05Z")
The Beatles and The Clash, any time (though I don’t count the post-Mick Jones band as the “real” Clash). Husker Du any time between '85-'87. Gang Of Four, '79. XTC, '82 (before they quit touring). Television, CBGB, '77 or so. Maybe throw The Smiths in there somewhere. Other than those, I think I’ve seen pretty much everybody I wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/50 "2007-02-08T02:12:08Z")
[QUOTE=Stratocaster] Oh, man, I bet. What did they close with? Just because I want some other detail of it. [/QUOTE] Funny, I have no recollection! One thing I do remember is that they did NOT play _Smells Like Teen Spirit_. In thinking about it, I started wondering if I could possibly remember that correctly, so I Googled around and found a site that lists their song sets from their concerts. Turns out, I was right…it says on the website that it was not played at that show. But then, they also claim that the crowd booed the band, and I don’t remember that at all. According to the site, _Endless, Nameless_ was the last song. I was completely sober during the show, I swear! It was just so long ago that my memory is hazy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/51 "2007-02-08T21:30:37Z")
Endless, Nameless, you mean that song with all the screaming and distorted guitars? ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/52 "2007-02-09T02:29:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] It was a great show, and it was one of the last ones they played, I think. It was at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, and what was kind of funny is that Kurt thought it sucked, because the acoustics there are really pretty bad. He was pissed at the end and said we should all get our money back, then smashed his guitar and stage-dived out into the crowd. It was very, very cool. [/QUOTE] I had some pals that were at that Chicago show and told me that exact story. I had seen Nirvana the night before in Davenport, IA. They were fabulous. Since no one has mentioned them…I’ll take my time machine back to 1969 and catch the Velvets at Max’s Kansas City. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157/53 "2007-02-09T02:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ass For A Hat] I had some pals that were at that Chicago show and told me that exact story. I had seen Nirvana the night before in Davenport, IA. They were fabulous. [/QUOTE] That is so funny…I guess I can remember SOME stuff from back in the day! It was really a great show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-concert-time-travel/391157.md?page=2)