In the first Concerts episode, Meaghan, Kathy and Lisa shared some of their best, weirdest and wildest concert experiences. This time Carey and Andrea add their own memories to the pile.
In the first Concerts episode, Meaghan, Kathy and Lisa shared some of their best, weirdest and wildest concert experiences. This time Carey and Andrea add their own memories to the pile.
Hello ladies. How you doing tonight?
carey-concerts-2:Hello.
meags-concerts-2:Hello.
drea-concerts-2:All right, well, at my behest, you ladies just are allowing me to do the concert. the concert. I guess podcasts all over again because, Carrie and I missed out. And we both really, we both really love, love music and like going to concerts and stuff. And Kathy and I, I don't know if you, maybe y'all know this, we, we both grew up in Houston and we found some interesting, like coincidences in our, in our concert histories. So I felt like it
meags-concerts-2:Like Kathy has enough, has attended enough concerts to just do this whole podcast on her own. so I I am
kathy-concerts-2:wrote them all down.
meags-concerts-2:my goodness,
kathy-concerts-2:I was like, it was having memory flashback. I was like, oh my God. I saw them and I saw.
carey-concerts-2:Oh wow. That's impressive.
lisa-concerts-2:So my recent, concert at the Indigo Girls was like flying back in time to college. I just felt like I was sitting in Carrie's room in our apartment and
carey-concerts-2:Yeah. Whoa. I be.
lisa-concerts-2:Yelling out and listening to
carey-concerts-2:I saw them a couple of years ago play with the Pittsburgh Symphony. It was fantastic. I
lisa-concerts-2:that's what they were playing with the St. Louis Sy.
carey-concerts-2:oh yeah. Yeah. I mean, it takes, it takes some pretty talented musicians to be able to, you know, like have a symphony in the background.
lisa-concerts-2:Yeah.
carey-concerts-2:You know? You think like,
lisa-concerts-2:suddenly there's
carey-concerts-2:don't know.
lisa-concerts-2:oh, this song could be in a movie. You know? Cause they've got the whole orchestra behind
carey-concerts-2:Yeah. But you know, some of our auto-tune musicians today, I don't know. I don't know that they could do it. They have the chops,
drea-concerts-2:don't know. I don't, I don't, I don't get autotune. That's just, it's, I don't know, but maybe it just sound an old lady. That's probably, it
carey-concerts-2:I know, I, I, I do feel kind of old lady saying that, but really,
drea-concerts-2:yeah. I mean, like if you
meags-concerts-2:If you wanna, if you wanna feel like an old lady, you can listen to what I've been listening to, cuz I've been listening to the soundtrack to Wednesday, in part because it has things on it, like, a sophonic version of Metallica's Enter Sandman.
carey-concerts-2:Hey. Pretty good. I like
meags-concerts-2:is like, oh, like I really, I like, I mean, I like that song, but like,
carey-concerts-2:guess it could work.
meags-concerts-2:lot better with like a, like, played by a dramatic symphony. It's like very impressive.
carey-concerts-2:Right
drea-concerts-2:seen Yellow Jackets? The, the TV show? It's on
meags-concerts-2:I, I watched the
carey-concerts-2:a little
meags-concerts-2:seen all of it
drea-concerts-2:my God, it's so good. And so
meags-concerts-2:good. I've heard the music's fantastic.
drea-concerts-2:the yes. And so the second season started this weekend and I was watching it and a Cornflake girl came on. And I was like, that's so, I mean, and it was, you know, it's like so quintessential college, you know? Although I have to tell you, I never, like, I don't, Tori Amos, all these men loved her. I don't know if you guys ever knew that, but like I was, and I was constantly shocked. Like I wasn't shocked that Mike loved her, but like other guys too, they're like, oh, I just love her. I was like, really? It seems like such girl music,
carey-concerts-2:Wow. Yeah. I don't know that I've ever met a guy like tos.
meags-concerts-2:met a number of guys who like Tori
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah.
meags-concerts-2:Yeah. Yeah. And I'm not sure if it's like one of those like, listen, just tell'em you like Tori Amos. Like they totally vibe on that kind of things. Or if they really like Tori Amos, but I suspect they really like Tori Amos. Like my husband really likes Tori Amos.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah. Yeah.
meags-concerts-2:So two to reiterate, repeat, however we wanna say this. what we like to do sometimes is we like to pick topic and we like to ask. questions about it. And so we did concerts with Lisa and I and Kathy and you might have heard that one and was filled with excellent stories. So if you haven't heard that one, you should definitely go back and listen to it cuz there's some great Stevie Wonder stories and all sorts of interesting things. but. Two out of our, our five here, were, were absent, we're off running about doing their thing. So we're gonna, we're gonna re, re, you know, like there's, there's lots of concerts in our collective history. So we are gonna recover this ground because I think there's plenty more to talk about. So what we started out with was, the first concert you remember going to, so I'm gonna have Drea.
drea-concerts-2:I'm gonna start, and so my first concert was also Kathy's. Concert. So when Kathy started talking, but what was so crazy is she starts talking about how she was on. So it was Cindy Lauper in Houston. I was in, I was in sixth grade and so, okay, so I think you were in seventh grade and,
kathy-concerts-2:It must have been.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah. And so, but like what was so crazy is, so I'm listening to her podcast and she starts talking about how she was on the back, like the super back row. I was there too. I was the very last row with my brother, like my older brother was with me. And and of course it was so fabulous cuz you know, like I knew every word to every song and I could sing along. And then, you know, and the first I poor Alan, I don't, I don't, he seemed to like it all right. Like But
kathy-concerts-2:What
meags-concerts-2:you think, did your,
kathy-concerts-2:a great big brother.
meags-concerts-2:make Alan take you? Or how did that happen?
drea-concerts-2:yeah, I mean, I, I, I needed someone to go with me and I don't know, I don't, I, I don't know how it ended up being Alan, but I definitely am glad he went cuz I, you know, felt safer. I think I wouldn't have felt safe if I was just with another 11 year old, you know? So, but I was telling Kathy that.
kathy-concerts-2:is that we also went to middle school together, so we. We probably were like, look at, look at that. Didn't that grow another school?
meags-concerts-2:Yeah, but how big was, how big was your middle school?
drea-concerts-2:It's big.
meags-concerts-2:I mean, I know Dre's high school was enormous, so I feel like your middle school is probably pretty big.
kathy-concerts-2:Yeah. Our high schools were enormous, which we were separate high schools, but they were both equally large. Middle school was
drea-concerts-2:Thousand.
kathy-concerts-2:in, I mean, my class of. That high school was probably 680. Some people
drea-concerts-2:Yeah. Okay. So there are are like multiple, multiple thousands of kids in our, our high schools.
kathy-concerts-2:Yeah. Yeah.
meags-concerts-2:that's a lot.
drea-concerts-2:so that was pretty cool. That was a pretty cool finding in there that we both, that was both of our first concerts, so,
meags-concerts-2:That that is pretty excellent.
drea-concerts-2:we were on the same fucking gro
kathy-concerts-2:That's really funny.
drea-concerts-2:I mean, cause like literally I remember standing on my seat and my back up against the back wall
kathy-concerts-2:You could touch the ceiling cause the ceiling was really low and you could touch the ceiling.
drea-concerts-2:Yes.
meags-concerts-2:I feel like you guys are gonna have to go hunting for your note. Your disposable camera picks so you see if you're in the background of each other's pictures.
kathy-concerts-2:That's so cute that you think disposable cameras were around back then.
drea-concerts-2:They weren't even around back then.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, that's true. No, not then.
drea-concerts-2:No, no, that was for weddings.
kathy-concerts-2:Yeah, but that was later.
meags-concerts-2:No. My father used to buy us disposable cameras for things like that.
drea-concerts-2:Oh,
meags-concerts-2:could buy, you could buy disposable cameras. In the late
carey-concerts-2:Well, we could Google it.
drea-concerts-2:well, this was the mid eighties.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
kathy-concerts-2:Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:Well, let's see. Maybe we'll do it later. I wanna hear, Carrie, what were your, what
meags-concerts-2:Yeah. What was your first concert?
carey-concerts-2:My first concert was with my parents and we went, they took us to Civic Arena to see Tina Turner.
meags-concerts-2:Oh my goodness.
drea-concerts-2:Fun.
meags-concerts-2:awesome.
carey-concerts-2:know, I mean that was like way before she was like, oh, Tina Turner, like I, I, this was in the mid eighties, so it, you know, she probably had just left Ike or wasn't, wasn't far from leaving Ike. so, yeah. Yeah. And the only reason they took us was cuz they couldn't find a babysitter. It was like a Wednesday night or something like that. So,
meags-concerts-2:Awesome.
carey-concerts-2:yeah, but I, I, I remember it being, I mean, it was really fun.
kathy-concerts-2:Why miss out?
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, yeah, exactly. and yeah, I, I remember it being really, really fun, really loud. Remember it smelling a lot like pot, but not knowing that that's what it was at the time. Like, you know, like my parents were, I mean, everybody smoked, right? So like you were smoking inside the arena, cigarettes and, and my parents smoked cigarettes. So, but I remember just being like, dad guys, it's like, is that like church incensed Dad? You know, I'm like, what? What's that funny smell but. Yeah. And then I like, as, as, the first concert, like my music that I went to was, erasure and Here in Dallas. Yeah. And my dad took us, my dad took me and a friend and it was terribly embarrassing cuz he. you know, like he just sat in the seats the whole time and everybody was up dancing and you know, he was just like a dad. But, I guess he liked Tina Turner better than a razor. What does he know? So
drea-concerts-2:I know.
meags-concerts-2:I mean, I love erasure. I'm really jealous.
kathy-concerts-2:I'm jealous.
drea-concerts-2:I
carey-concerts-2:that? Yeah. They had that like really distinct Do do like electric.
drea-concerts-2:did, are they the ones that had like upstairs at Attic at, at Eric's? Is that theirs?
meags-concerts-2:that's ya.
carey-concerts-2:Oh, that's
meags-concerts-2:Erasure has like chains of, they have like chains of
drea-concerts-2:Oh yeah. Oh, duh. Yeah.
lisa-concerts-2:Megan, I just had this flash of, I remember going to see Depe mode in college. You go with me. Yes,
meags-concerts-2:Yes, And
lisa-concerts-2:forgot about that until
meags-concerts-2:and we had another sister with us.
lisa-concerts-2:We did.
meags-concerts-2:Alex went with us and Alex, Alex, as, as was appropriate for that time in our lives, was massively, enormously intoxicated. And I spent the majority of the show walking around the outside of the actual theater with her, which was like crushing to me because like, I'm not from, I didn't even go to a lot concerts growing up. Like I never. I mean, like, I didn't, I didn't especially didn't go to like big St like stadium shows, like, so like, I remember getting in for sort of like the end of it. But I did not see as much of that show as I would've liked. And then of course I got her home, I delivered her home safely. I went to Bruno's and she pops up at Bruno's. It hurt you. You will troublemaker. Oh my God. Whoever she was dating, I remember whoever she was dating at being like, it's okay. Like it's not okay. Not tell. This is just to bed. She at the bar. but yes, I do remember going to see Debe food. I did like tope food a lot. Besh food was a lot of fun. It was, you know, I wish I'd seen more of it, is what I remember about that concert. But like I, I have a long history of that happening to me at concerts. I just know a lot of people who don't handle their liquor as well as they could
lisa-concerts-2:I remember enjoying myself, but I don't remember like details of it. That's all a
carey-concerts-2:Y'all remember those like Lollapaloozas, and you know, like those big huge all day long festival. I mean, I'm sure they still have'em today. I'm. Remember going to one in I, I mean it had to have been high school and it was so fucking hot outside and you know, like it always is in Texas when they have those and it just being like the most miserable experience cuz we were in a field and I mean we were under 21 so like nobody, you know, if we were drinking it was whatever we were drinking in the parking lot and there's huge lines to go to the bathroom and people are all sweaty and gross and nasty. Yeah. And you know, I remember like I. I guess they're doing Lollapalooza again or, or something like that. And I was like, God damn, you could not, like, even if I had v I P tickets, fuck that. I'm not going to that It was just insanity.
lisa-concerts-2:Yeah, that's my memory. It was like August and St. Louis, I think it was right before I went back to school. And yeah, I just remember being really, really hot. It was probably between freshman and sophomore year of college and yeah, but when I had this bright idea of that you could bring water in, and they would check to make sure it was sealed supposedly, but they didn't. Cause I, me and my friend, we each had a water bottle full of vodka and we brought it in then we added it to snow cones and stuff and we got in there.
carey-concerts-2:Right. Yeah. So everyone's just like pissed, drunk, and Yeah, I don't
lisa-concerts-2:that was survived it. I so freaking hot. And I do remember there being a giant, what do you call it, the me, the big pit where they're all running into
meags-concerts-2:I am mosh pit.
lisa-concerts-2:There you go. And yeah, I was glad that I was far away from that. Cause
drea-concerts-2:Megan and I went to a Lollapalooza up in Rhode Island.
meags-concerts-2:we sure did. And we took my littlest brother and it was
drea-concerts-2:He was like 11. he was pretty young,
meags-concerts-2:he was very young. and he, he was, he was talking to good game until he, we got him there and then he was kinda like, whoa, can we like stay at the back?
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, And we missed like half the concert because
meags-concerts-2:oh, cause the, the traffic was
drea-concerts-2:yeah. Traffic was insane and we were like stuck and we finally, I think got outta the car and just walked up and, but by the time we got up there, we'd missed half the, I feel like we got up there right when the Beastie Boys were starting or like in the middle of their set or something like
meags-concerts-2:you might be right.
drea-concerts-2:And, and then, and then I think the headliners were, you can tell me if I'm wrong about this. The Smashing Pumpkins and those motherfuckers, they did like three or four songs. Billy Corgan had some kind of a meltdown. okay, so you know what it was? Somebody threw a bottle up on the, on the stage. Because, you know, and, and he like freaks out and he leaves, and doesn't come back. I was like, so when, you know, when Smashing pumpkins kind of faded out, I was like, fuck you. This is your, this is cause of you, man.
meags-concerts-2:Yeah. Cause that
drea-concerts-2:hadn't been such an asshole.
meags-concerts-2:that one was at a, a decommissioned Air force base. And so we were basically like on a tarmac, like not Texas hot, but not cold.
drea-concerts-2:Its not cool. But it was not hot. Not,
meags-concerts-2:I mean, it was re No, it was hot. It wasn't as hot as Texas is, but it was hot and like no shade noth no shade to be had,
kathy-concerts-2:Well see in Texas what happens is it's hot at those things and you're sitting in the grass and
meags-concerts-2:Yeah, see,
kathy-concerts-2:It'll, it'll sprinkle, it'll sprinkle rain for about 15, 20 minutes, just enough to make everything kind of steamy.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
kathy-concerts-2:You're steamy and kind of damp and sticky for the rest of it, and then the mosquitoes come out. So that's what it's happens when you're
carey-concerts-2:Those are concerts in summer in Texas.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah.
kathy-concerts-2:in the field. Huh?
drea-concerts-2:All right. What's the next question?
meags-concerts-2:the next question is, what's your favorite concert that you've attended? I say everyone's looking deeply thoughtful.
lisa-concerts-2:I, I said it last time, but Carrie was there. It was seeing the Indigo girls at, jazz Fest in, college.
drea-concerts-2:was with y'all. I was with
lisa-concerts-2:You were there. I couldn't remember.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah. That was a good, that was
lisa-concerts-2:That was just a great. day. I've had its bumps the beginning, but it was a
drea-concerts-2:Do you remember that song they sang The Indigo Girls That, it was a fucking suicide song, like she said, like suicide, like a hundred times. I was like, and I mean, talk about bringing the, the show down, you know, they're like, we.
lisa-concerts-2:I do remember that I, now that you say that, I do remember them trying stuff out and it being like, eh, can you just play the stuff I know.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, but that one in particular, like really, I was like, oh my God, But I feel like it also, it wasn't just them, it was like, the runaround people, they only had that one hit. Yeah, they play too, right?
carey-concerts-2:Yeah. Well, you know, I mean that's a great thing about Jazz Fest is there was just so many like great concerts. yeah, it's so hard to say cuz there's like, there, there's been a lot of, and I think the most memorable one I ever, I, I have is, Liz and I went to, a pretty small, or we had really good seats to a Stevie Nick's concert, and it was acoustic, and it was, man, it was amazing. Like, I mean, she's, this wasn't that many years ago, maybe, you know, less than five years ago. And she's, I think she's like our parents' age. You just, I mean, and she's sang for oh, I mean, at least two hours. And, and it wa it was just, it was so good.
meags-concerts-2:that would be pretty cool.
carey-concerts-2:yeah. Yeah. And, I mean, it. So I think that was, yeah, I think that was probably the best, the best concert I I've been to. But just hearing like somebody like, just like, no, there's no other backup. Right. It's just her singing in her guitar. It was, it was fantastic.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah,
meags-concerts-2:Nowhere to hide.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:I have a, I have like a before and after actually. So when I was in high school, I saw guns and roses at the summit, which I think,
lisa-concerts-2:That was probably right before or after they came to St. Louis and started a riot. I was in high school when that
drea-concerts-2:well, that motherfucker acted just like Barry Bill, Billy Corgan, like actually, so Sound Garden opened for them. Nobody knew who Sound Garden was. I was, I feel like I was a senior in high school. And and so then, you know, then Guns and Rosen comes out and. Axl Rose, like you can tell he's completely fucked up and he's got the screen down on the floor that he's trying to read that's got the words on it. So and and then he, again, he like had a fit too, and he left and after like three or four songs and he was just gone. And I was, and so it was very disappointing. And then like, hm.
carey-concerts-2:man, diva.
drea-concerts-2:Yes, total Diva. but again, like, it was kind of like Billy Corgan. It's like, so, you know, 30 years later and after he, the Guns N Roses was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Axl Rose had not gone, he didn't go like they had some other guy singing. Yeah. Like he was, cuz you know, he's, he's a diva and he was, you know, an asshole and whatever. And then I think someone told me that he realized, you know, this was his legacy, like, and he was just let, like letting it go down the drain because he was refusing to. Participate. like his ego is in the way. And so then when they did a reunion, and I mean this is like what, 30 years later, I, Adam and I went and it was so fun to see them having so much fun. You've got these old fat guys now who can, like, they, you know, and they hadn't killed themselves yet. You know, they hadn't destroyed the, you know, like they weren't dead yet. They weren't, they managed to survive it and. And they could just, they're just having fun and like relaxed. And it was just, it was like, it was great. And even like November Rain, they were doing an I didn't know this, but like Axl Rose, he can play the, he can play the piano, but he's not great. And so he had like a backup piano player, And one of his keys, one of his keys broke and he was like, oh, he broke And I, you know, like I, I, of course, like I can recall like in high school, he probably would've just flipped out and left. And this time he just was like, kind of laughing at laughing it off and like, oh, it's not, not working. So, I don't know. So that was really, that was fun to have this kind of before and after, like having, having them re him recognize, you know, what a them ass he was and then come back and enjoy.
lisa-concerts-2:Well, they're coming back for the first time this summer for a concert since they started that riot back in, God, what year was that? Like 1989 or 90. When they came here and did that, they had just opened up the new, like outdoor theater. It's called Riverport now. It's, I don't know. What bank owns it now, you know, has some new name to it. But, yeah, and he was like charged with something like he, he had to go to court and when he was done with that, he swore he'd never come back to St. Louis, but I guess he's turned a new leaf and decided he can come back to St. Louis. So
drea-concerts-2:And make a
lisa-concerts-2:that
meags-concerts-2:money Money talks.
carey-concerts-2:Touring this summer, depe mode, the Cure. In fact, I looked at getting Cure tickets and they're sold out in Houston, Austin, and in Dallas.
drea-concerts-2:Oh wow.
carey-concerts-2:Cure. I love the Cure. Still love the cure. I mean, I wonder if they're gonna be any good any longer, but, yeah, I, I, it was Depeche Mode in the Cure and then somebody else of that genre. It was
kathy-concerts-2:New order. I think new order is coming
carey-concerts-2:new order. Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:Oh, we should go. No order. We'll find out. Yeah, we could do that. I did go see Depeche Mode a few years ago, probably about like 10 years ago. Can we answer that question? Did we both?
meags-concerts-2:you did both answer. Answer.
drea-concerts-2:Okay.
meags-concerts-2:so the next question is, you know, And this one you can interpret as you will, what's the weirdest concert you went to? It might be the weirdest cuz of who you saw. It might be the weirdest cuz of what happened. It might be the weirdest because of the audience in general, or your seats, but however you would like to define weirdest, your weirdest concert, please and thank you.
drea-concerts-2:I will, I, I, I'll go now. I'm gonna, I'll get to go because this was another one of those things where I started listening and I started thinking about, so I don't know for, for you listeners. I, I edit all the podcasts. I was in the middle of editing these, and I had heard the question and I immediately started thinking of this time where I went to this place called the gall Night with some friends. And it was this old, like worn down old house, like where a bunch of funk bands played and that kind of stuff. and Ike Turner got on stage and.
lisa-concerts-2:Really?
drea-concerts-2:And I, and, and I, I turned around on stage and, and it was like really weird. It was like everybody kind of, at first there was a lot of cheering and then I felt like there was like a murmur around the crowd because like he was a wife beater, you know? And then, and so like he, he did like one song and then it was kinda like,
lisa-concerts-2:The
drea-concerts-2:so, but what was so crazy is Kathy's telling this story too. Like I was thinking, what is my weirdest experience? And I was with Kathy, she said this story too.
meags-concerts-2:oh my God.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah.
kathy-concerts-2:We had done something completely different. Like we'd all were doing something and then someone was like, Hey, let's go to the gala night. I don't remember who was playing and, but they just called, they were friends with Ike Turner, whoever they were called the stage and we were all like looking around like, what? Like it's another place you could touch the ceiling. We did a lot of concerts together where it's like a really low ceiling.
drea-concerts-2:If it's a short ceiling, we're there
kathy-concerts-2:We're there. That's our.
drea-concerts-2:So that's why I kinda wanted to come back and redo this show. Cause I was like,
carey-concerts-2:That's such a great story. I mean, I don't have any, I have no weird experiences like that. Nothing like that. Uhuh, all I can think of is, going to, but it was a rave. It wasn't a, it wasn't a concert. It was in that majestic theater in New Orleans. I think that's what it was called. Some kind of theater, and it was a
kathy-concerts-2:The singer.
carey-concerts-2:Sanger. Yes. And it was a messed, it was a rave and it was like, the whole night was just kinda all messed up. But I, I'm pretty sure we, whoever I had gone with, we had taken acid and so, which, you know, just kind of leaves all my memory of this whole thing is just all being really messed up. so yeah, I don't think I have any unusual, weird, like really weird concert.
drea-concerts-2:I don't have a, I don't have like a, I have another story. It's not necessarily weird, but it's, it's a drama. so I was, so I, had, let's see, so Astroworld had, A movie like had a theater at, at that point it was called Southern Star Theater or something like that, and this guy had asked me to go with him to see. Richard Marks and like, I didn't really know this guy very well, and but right before that I went and got my braces on. And for those of you who had braces, it, it hurts like a motherfucker
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:like the first day.
lisa-concerts-2:yeah.
drea-concerts-2:So, so I go to as roll. So usually you would go to Astroworld first, and then you would go to the concert. So I go to Astro with this guy and we're like wandering around and stuff, and I'm trying to find something I can eat. I finally get this, like all I remember is that I got rice, and of course rice is just even like, I was like, ooh, got all stuck up in my braces. But I didn't know that was gonna happen. But I can, you know what
kathy-concerts-2:Cute rice and as
drea-concerts-2:I dunno, I dunno. I don't know what I was doing or anything,
carey-concerts-2:It's
drea-concerts-2:but I was with this guy, right? And so we were, we're like wandering around and then we run into his ex-girlfriend and then I find out that we were, he had brought me there and he was trying to find his ex girlfriend and make her jealous.
meags-concerts-2:Oh,
drea-concerts-2:Oh, but it gets better So, so we're there. And I'm not like really thrilled about it, but, you know, I met her and I was like, ah, this guy's kind of an asshole. And she's like, yeah, that's why he is Mike's boyfriend. I'm like, ah. So anyway, we split off from her and then we go to the Richard Marks concert, and he just had to have the t-shirt. Like he just had to have it.
carey-concerts-2:God, I can barely remember who Richard Marks is. I have to look him up.
kathy-concerts-2:Not T-shirt worthy. That's who he
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, he's definitely not t-shirt worthy. He was like a one headed wonder kinda guy. So, anyhow, so we're there and this guy's like dying to have this shirt, and so I ha I gave him, I gave him like all of my money. He was like, just go get your shirt. Just go get your shirt. It was like, I ha I had like$15 or whatever. And it's like, just, just go do it. And then, and then I couldn't find him cuz it was like one of those big open kind of. Areas and I just, and he, it was up on a hill and there were no seats or anything, and then I couldn't find him. And then I was like, oh, fuck it. My feet, my, you know, like my teeth hurt. This guy brought me here to be like, with, and then he has all, he's taking all my money. So I called my dad and I was like, Hey dad, come and get me. And so dad, my dad came and got me. And then, and so this guy, you know, like, cuz this guy was, his father was supposed to some, some, he was supposed to be responsible for getting me home. but I just, I was, I had, I was, had I was done with it. And so then, my dad came and got me and then finally that guy was like, called me later. He was like, I looked all over for you. I couldn't find you. I was like, yeah, I can't find you either. And then, and then, And then he kept calling me and he was like, I can pay you back for your shirt. I was like, you know how you can pay me back? Never call me again. That's how you can pay me back. So,
meags-concerts-2:I forgot how dramatic high school and college DRE was, but there it is. Right there. Never call me. Oh my God. Oh my God.
drea-concerts-2:But I really didn't wanna ever hear from him again.
carey-concerts-2:Your parents were way cooler than mine. Mine would've never let me have gone to a concert in middle school. No
kathy-concerts-2:But it's Astra World. It's like it's the field in, in the field, in the back of Asher world, like we used to go to Asheville. Everyone would get a season pass. You get someone to
carey-concerts-2:I guess that's true. You go like ride the rides and then
kathy-concerts-2:Yeah. So's parent would drop you off in the morning. And then I went to see Howard Jones back there and God knows who else.
drea-concerts-2:I saw Howard
lisa-concerts-2:never forget, we have six Flags here and they had a concert area and new kids came and I remember I was there that day, not, I didn't wanna see new kids, but I happened to be there that day and the line was like around Six Flags. Like, I mean, it just, They were, I don't think they realized like how popular they were gonna be by
meags-concerts-2:the
carey-concerts-2:is old, new kids or new? New
lisa-concerts-2:This is old, new kids. This is like when we were kids and I thought I was too. I, I was too cool for new kids. cause like my little sister really liked,
meags-concerts-2:All right. So I have a really good new kid story that's actually like tangential. This is does not happen to me, but it makes me laugh every time somebody mention has new kids on the block. I had a friend after I transferred to Humane, and she had transferred to Humane from Northeastern, which is in, a rather unsavory part of Boston, shall we say. and her roommate was from, They were from somewhere suburban and ritzy in New Jersey and had come to school in Dorchester, which is like good expressly because they loved new kids. They had picked their college based on the fact that that is like, Where the new kids are from. And she had the whole thing, like the sheets, the comforter. And like, this isn't like, like Amy's a year younger than we are. So that would've been like fall of 93.
drea-concerts-2:What?
lisa-concerts-2:wow.
meags-concerts-2:And I was like, whoa. And she was like, yeah. She was like, that was exactly what I said. I was like, I cannot even imagine. But she, and like I, like, I can't imagine liking any band that much, let alone new kids
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
lisa-concerts-2:Right
carey-concerts-2:right? I mean, maybe if it was the dead, but I, you know,
meags-concerts-2:Even then, like, I mean, I went to a lot of dead shows. I never would've bought a comforter. Like I, I was just like, wow, like, like that, that whole concept of like, this band is my personality, like, I'm gonna put it on the back of my jacket. I'm gonna do everything. Like, I feel like that's a very eighties, early nineties concept. I just don't, I don't see the same way anymore,
kathy-concerts-2:So I went to see like, what, like two or three days after the recording, the original recording of this episode, I happened to see
meags-concerts-2:Oh, that's right. That's right.
kathy-concerts-2:and I realized, That I only knew one song and I felt when they started crawling around on the stage, which is really weird. I was said to my coworker who I went with, I was like, I've never, this was at the Houston Livestock on Rodeo. They, they, they wheel out. A big stage that rotates around during the concert, and this one is when it's like a shell and it kind of opens up. It makes a star, and so the performers can go out and they can raise up the little star branches. It's kind of a cool new stage that they have. But I've never, ever, ever, and all my years of going to concerts, sometimes more than one time a year at the radio, I've never seen the stage. Like of a band, like there was no band. It was just these five old guys in their fifties and they're like crawling around the band. I was like, oh my God, I'm so embarrassed to be here, and I didn't know any of the
lisa-concerts-2:group was this? I missed it.
carey-concerts-2:So like, they were like the age, so they're the, the new kids, but they're, they're the old new kids
kathy-concerts-2:they're old, I mean,
drea-concerts-2:they're the geriatric kids.
kathy-concerts-2:like 54, 50. I mean, they're, they're fifties. Like we, I mean, they're our age and then, or some of us who are about to be 50 anyway. And then, it was like, oh my God. And then I was like, I knew, I knew like one song and the girl that was with who's, you know, like eight or nine years younger than me, she apparently had the sheets and shit
meags-concerts-2:Oh my goodness.
kathy-concerts-2:And I was like, whoa. And then, I don't know, we stayed for, I don't know, maybe five or six songs. And we were like, well, let's go. Let's beat the traffic We left.
meags-concerts-2:that's never a good sign when you're like, let's speed the
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, I know. Yeah, exactly.
kathy-concerts-2:like as soon as they started I was like, oh my God, what are I doing here?
meags-concerts-2:Like, that's what I miss about dead shows. It was always like, all right, well let's just go hang out in the parking lot now. Like, who cares about traffic?
carey-concerts-2:Right, right,
meags-concerts-2:let's just keep the party going. Like, why? Why would we get in the car? Like, ah,
kathy-concerts-2:It was, it was like a Tuesday night. It was a work night.
meags-concerts-2:yeah, trust me.
drea-concerts-2:All right. What's the next question?
meags-concerts-2:All right. So, the next question is like, what would be your dream concert? Like, if you could go see anybody, who would you wanna go
carey-concerts-2:Oh, can they be dead?
drea-concerts-2:Yes.
carey-concerts-2:Okay. Queen David Bowie, those two. Prince. I never saw
lisa-concerts-2:Oh yeah,
meags-concerts-2:Yeah, I'd like, like, I would like to see Prince. That would be pretty cool.
lisa-concerts-2:Prince would be.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, I was thinking about this, I was thinking about this. I thought Prince would be pretty cool. I don't know. it's
carey-concerts-2:Queen was really underappreciated at the time. Queen.
drea-concerts-2:Oh yeah, Queen would've been badass.
lisa-concerts-2:yeah. I've seen, well, like I saw that movie, but like, I've seen like all the videos of like their different con like what was it? The, After he got sick when he did that live aid or whatever,
carey-concerts-2:yeah,
meags-concerts-2:yeah, like I was just gonna say like I feel like, I feel like I would like to go back and go to some of like those huge multi artist stadium shows, like Live aid and
lisa-concerts-2:looks pretty
carey-concerts-2:yeah. That was wild.
meags-concerts-2:yeah.
carey-concerts-2:Was that for aid or was
meags-concerts-2:Was for
kathy-concerts-2:Africa,
carey-concerts-2:Africa okay? Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:think I would like to see Nirvana.
carey-concerts-2:Oh, that would've been nice.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah. But like early on.
carey-concerts-2:Kathy, you don't like Nirvana?
kathy-concerts-2:No.
carey-concerts-2:Nope.
meags-concerts-2:Okay.
drea-concerts-2:look.
kathy-concerts-2:That will be one that Andrea and I don't go to see together. Even in his,
lisa-concerts-2:You won't just happen to be there at the same time.
meags-concerts-2:That's right. You can take, you can take me to Niana. I'll go Niana.
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, I was thinking that like, but it would be fun. Like I think the best time to go would've been before they got like really big, you know, like either, either that or to go see them when they were playing. the M T V unplugged, like I li I listened to that and I'm like, God, that's so good. So,
carey-concerts-2:I thought a weird, I thought a weird concert experience, but there's not really concerts. Like when I used to go hear Irene in the mics, I mean, weird shit
lisa-concerts-2:I was thinking about that actually. Those were some weird nights, Gary. I was like, yeah, I thought about that, but I'm like that
carey-concerts-2:I mean, I dunno if you really counter as concerts, but Yeah. Yeah. Weird shit happened all the time. So, you know, we'd hand out like end up on the balcony with. The guy, the lady who was in love with the drummer, you're so talented.
meags-concerts-2:You should probably explain who Irene and the mics
carey-concerts-2:Irene and Mikes were a, nineties band in, in New Orleans that I was obsessed with. and
meags-concerts-2:would call them a bar band. Would you call them a
carey-concerts-2:they were absolutely, yeah, they were a bar band. I mean, it was pretty, pretty good. New Orleans. Tight rock, I guess. you know, they weren't like, they weren't fantastic obviously, but, I sure spent a lot of money.
lisa-concerts-2:What was the name of that place? Yeah. I don't even think I went with
carey-concerts-2:was it, it wasn't Checkpoint Charlie's, It was,
drea-concerts-2:Den.
carey-concerts-2:Dragons then. Yeah.
lisa-concerts-2:That
meags-concerts-2:Yeah. cause like I, I came down to visit and I think that I was probably, I might have been there for 10 days or two weeks, but not any long. And I think that I went with you to see them like two or three times
carey-concerts-2:Easily
meags-concerts-2:and like I had Jason, I had my friend Jason with me, and Jason was all like you.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah.
drea-concerts-2:You were a little obsessive about
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, that was pretty much, yeah, they, because they, they did, they played on Wednesday night, and I think I had that, that computer class with Andrea on Thursday morning that I never went to.
drea-concerts-2:That's right.
carey-concerts-2:Yes,
drea-concerts-2:and Lisa. Y'all are horrible, horrible.
carey-concerts-2:Honor.
drea-concerts-2:So, but yes, that was fun.
meags-concerts-2:all right. Be before we, we, we go with our last question. Do you and Kathy have any more weird coincidences you need to tell us about?
drea-concerts-2:We not, we didn't uncover anyone's, but that does not mean they're, they don't exist.
kathy-concerts-2:That's, that's right. They could exist.
meags-concerts-2:I would just, I'm just worried that it's gonna turn out that you like, you know, there's like a quantum leap thing. There's like something crazy, like something otherworldly going on here.
kathy-concerts-2:Trey, did you, did you go see NS at the summit right before he died?
drea-concerts-2:Oh no, but I would've loved to. That was an, I was also, that was another one I was thinking about. It would be fun to see.
meags-concerts-2:yeah.
drea-concerts-2:that would've been fun. I saw Peter Gabriels coming around.
kathy-concerts-2:Yes.
meags-concerts-2:there's lots of people coming around,
kathy-concerts-2:Oh,
meags-concerts-2:like they're all, they're all realizing they gotta, they gotta get that last gasp.
carey-concerts-2:Did you say Peter Gabriel?
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, Peter Gabriel, and I'm going to see violent femes in May.
lisa-concerts-2:Really
drea-concerts-2:I'm super excited about that.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, they, yeah, that'd be, that'd be a good concert. But I would love to see, but Peter Gabriel. Wow.
kathy-concerts-2:He's coming like September or October. Carrie.
carey-concerts-2:I bet that's a good, yeah, it's
drea-concerts-2:Yeah, we can, we can plan that out.
carey-concerts-2:We could do that.
drea-concerts-2:We could do that. I, I think, maybe everybody could come, maybe, I don't know. We'll try to figure it out.
kathy-concerts-2:Well often invite Lior. She loves Peter Gabriel.
meags-concerts-2:All right, so this dovetails nicely with our final question, which is what's the next concert you're planning on going to?
carey-concerts-2:Ah.
meags-concerts-2:So it sound, it's, I was gonna say, you've got violent film sounds. It sounds like maybe Peter Gabriel's gonna be on the docket for some of us.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah, I'm actually going to see, in New York when I go with my niece in a couple of weeks, we're going to see somebody at a jazz club that, obviously I, it's not,
kathy-concerts-2:Obviously you're a big fan.
carey-concerts-2:yeah, right. It's some lady that we've all heard of, Diane Crawl.
kathy-concerts-2:Oh,
lisa-concerts-2:Oh, I like her. she
drea-concerts-2:what is she sing? What is she sing? I don't.
carey-concerts-2:He's like, you know, just kind of like soft jazz, ni like nice stuff.
meags-concerts-2:She's like, she's like, she's like one of those nineties solo female artists like
carey-concerts-2:the singer songwriter.
meags-concerts-2:and Natalie and Lia. You know, like they just get up
drea-concerts-2:Oh, okay. Little affair kind of lady.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah. Yeah. So said some jazz club in New York. So that should be, I mean, that'll be cool.
kathy-concerts-2:That'd be cool.
carey-concerts-2:Yeah,
meags-concerts-2:yeah,
drea-concerts-2:Cool.
meags-concerts-2:For sure.
drea-concerts-2:Well, thanks for letting us rehash this and, and do it again,
meags-concerts-2:you're so welcome. I, I, I, was just like, this will be an okay one to leave them out of and evidently I was really wrong, so I apologize and I'm glad that we could rectify my error.
drea-concerts-2:That's all right. No, it
lisa-concerts-2:Well, it's nice that we could all be here this week.
meags-concerts-2:It is nice. So we could all be here. Agreed.
drea-concerts-2:has been a while since we've all been here, but yeah, I, I, I think it was the perfect thing to do tonight,
meags-concerts-2:There. I mean, there's never a bad time to walk down memory reeling.
drea-concerts-2:No, especially when you're, these memories are, a lot of'em are with you guys.
meags-concerts-2:Yeah. Accurate. Very, very true. Very, very true.
carey-concerts-2:All right guys. Good talking to you.
meags-concerts-2:you too. Love you. Take
drea-concerts-2:Love you. Talk to
lisa-concerts-2:it easy. Relax. Bye.