Mr. Heartbreak

Elton John (Actually, it was last night, but I couldn't log into VC for some reason. Best seat I have ever had for ol' Reg.)

She's a really good actress, but I hope to heck her character is not as annoying as Skyler.

Wow. Damn, dude. I hope you can remember something about those shows.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/13/houston-dad-fatally-shoots-teen-inside-daughters-room-report-says/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D453674 Wow, it's amazing what kinds of things you learn when you occasionally read a Fox News story. Sad.

I think he meant to write pedaling. Damn, I love when the thread takes a turn toward grammar and spelling! My inner English major is delighted.

My first concert, technically, was a music/comedy show: Mel Torme opened for Rich Little. I was only 10 years old, so I had zero familiarity with Mel. To me it was just your typical cheeseball "older person" music, although he did sing it very well. What I didn't know was that Rich Little could sing too...and he really did, imitating Mel Torme, Anthony Newley, and probably some others. So it wasn't really that strange, but to my unprepared 10-year-old mind it sure was. They were very warm and gracious to the fans, by the way: standing and posing for pictures and signing autographs for anyone

Great topic. Let's see... Small shows: 1991-12-06 - Bruce Cockburn, The Palace Theatre, New Haven, CT - My first Bruce show, and it was unreal. He had Colin Linden playing and singing backup with him on this tour, but the whole band was excellent. I remember Bruce stomping his foot to keep time during a song, and we could hear it even as far back as we were. I thought for sure the guy had to be a six-footer, and was shocked when I met him a few years later and discovered he was a little dude like me. Incredible guitar player with great stage presence. 1993-04-28 - Warren Zevon, Toad's Pl

Yeah, I was at the Hartford show and really enjoyed it..but the Nassau one wasn't that great. Not better, anyway. I bought my copy from Amazon, so at least I was not supporting that greedy wench directly. She is a piece of work.

I really liked the way it ended. I'm glad it didn't end with the scene when they were about to be rescued, because I didn't expect Cohl to survive such a serious abdominal wound. And I don't like something ending with ambiguity about who lives or dies. I had a feeling that the Marty's daughter issue was a bit of a red herring. Maybe the whole thing just hit so close to the bone for him because he has a young daughter. I have never had kids, but I notice that middle aged men with daughters tend to think it's unacceptable for anyone to ever think about having sex with one...even though that is

Very cool, really like the sound of this one. Co-written with Neal Casal.

That is a great article headline, referencing one of the least-played songs in the Dead's entire recording history. Very clever. Kind of a bummer that everyone is interested in selling these to the vaultmeister and then having them sold back to us. Back in the day, it was all about trading freely.

I had the exact same response to Bon Iver when I saw them open for Wilco. I believe I referenced an "icepick in the forehead."

Ha! That is so not me. Thank God it's a theatre show.

Have you ever been to Florida in June?

Forgot all about Say Say Say. My old drinking buddy in college came up with the lyric, "Say say say what you want/But don't make me sing with Michael Jackson."

Here Today (made me cry like a baby when I heard it live, had never known it existed before) Maybe I'm Amazed (Live) Listen to What the Man Said Let Me Roll It Band On The Run With A Little Luck Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Venus & Mars/Rock Show/Jet medley (live) Let 'Em In Live and Let Die Close contenders: Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five Junior's Farm My Love Coming Up Another Day

"Take a step back."

Oh hell yeah. Ear plugs or not, I will be enjoying their show in June.

I'll be 50 this year, and have seen my share of loud shows. I have tinnitus, so I appreciate the heads up...especially since I don't wanna make it worse. Plenty of younger folks with it, too, and it is no laughing matter. Even standard disposable ear plugs beat having nothing at all! Thanks.

There you go. That might even be the show I have a copy of at home.

For those of you who are only familiar with live CSNY from the 1960s, you might want to check sound samples on Amazon or something before committing to plunking down whatever it will cost for a '74 box set. I have at least one of these shows, and some of the vocals do not sound like the sublime harmonies from other recordings. YMMV

I really like the direction this thread has taken.

I, too, am continually impressed by the obsessive work people have done on archiving, documenting, commenting, etc., on the Dead's performance history. But I'm not really surprised by it. I figure if someone gets even half the enjoyment out of the Dead that I do, they could easily be of a mind to do all this stuff. To me, a large % of the Dead's material is like a musical version of comfort food. Not in the way mashed potatoes or oatmeal might be boring, but more like it makes you feel good and you really enjoy it when you have it. I know I bitch a lot about bad notes, off key vocals, and so

Am I going to need ear plugs, seeing these guys in a theatre setting?

Is it wrong that I want to know what this was?