TAE
All you have is now
As time ticks by more and more of our rock legend heroes are riding off into the sunset to that great gig in the sky. That said, there are still quite a few living legends hanging round..For me to name a few Elton, Neil Young, James Taylor, David Gilmore etc...
So I happen to go to James Taylor's site and it shows he has concerts scheduled in May...yeah right...OK so lets just say that some how some way they are actually able to put on these shows...So I search and see that He will be playing in San Diego at a local Indian Casino the day before the wife's birthday...Eureka! Oh that would be a cool surprise! So I click in and see what the tickets are going to be ...all the main center seats are gone but to the left there are a few..the ones up close $750 WTF! I'm old and cantankerous and picky...If I am not within 50 feet or so of the artist performing what's the use other than being able to say I saw XYZ from a football field away..It was awesome!...not ...I mean back when I was a kid chasing tail and able to sneak around it didn't matter. I'd buy cheap seats and work my way up front...too old for that shit these days..
So anyway I said hell no clicked out ... I went and saw Crosby Still's and Young about 10 years ago and spent $350 and thought it was absurd but it was a small venue and I was about 75 feet from the stage... I sucked it up but swore I'd never spend that much to see anyone ever again...
So to see a living legend up close and personal perform...What is the most you'd be willing to pay? To me $750 is absolutely bullshit but I live in a don't get out much, living in my own private Idaho bubble.
So I happen to go to James Taylor's site and it shows he has concerts scheduled in May...yeah right...OK so lets just say that some how some way they are actually able to put on these shows...So I search and see that He will be playing in San Diego at a local Indian Casino the day before the wife's birthday...Eureka! Oh that would be a cool surprise! So I click in and see what the tickets are going to be ...all the main center seats are gone but to the left there are a few..the ones up close $750 WTF! I'm old and cantankerous and picky...If I am not within 50 feet or so of the artist performing what's the use other than being able to say I saw XYZ from a football field away..It was awesome!...not ...I mean back when I was a kid chasing tail and able to sneak around it didn't matter. I'd buy cheap seats and work my way up front...too old for that shit these days..
So anyway I said hell no clicked out ... I went and saw Crosby Still's and Young about 10 years ago and spent $350 and thought it was absurd but it was a small venue and I was about 75 feet from the stage... I sucked it up but swore I'd never spend that much to see anyone ever again...
So to see a living legend up close and personal perform...What is the most you'd be willing to pay? To me $750 is absolutely bullshit but I live in a don't get out much, living in my own private Idaho bubble.