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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 11:40 AM
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we lost to Kansas that night as I recall. ;
Seriously Knopfler is great. I saw them on the Calling Elvis tour.
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A lot of people dont realize that Frank Howard built Littlejohn...
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Jan 26, 2024, 11:40 AM
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as an arts and culture venue. Glad you experienced it as it was intended.
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Most of us realize that it wasn't because he loved basketball.***
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He knew wimminz gymnastics would be coming in 2024...
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:29 PM
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and would draw bigger crowds than the hoops teams. A real forward thinker he was.
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 11:47 AM
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Hard to get any better than Knopfler on a guitar! Dire straits was an extraordinary band! Their work along with Men at Work shined a bright light on Australian musicians!
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 12:50 PM
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Best concert ever for me was The Eagles! Bob Seger was dang good also!
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:58 PM
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Best concert I ever saw: 1980 Bob Seger, 2nd best, 2007: Bob Seger.
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Those were all excellent bands but the one that impressed me the most was The Moody Blues in the 70's
at the Columbia Coliseum acoustics were the bestever and their music transcended time. We were right up front about 5 rows back and when the concert was over as we exitied the venue our hearing was just as normal as before we enter the coliseum. The "Best" indoor concert we ever attended and the "Best" outdoor concert was in the early 70's at Red Rocks in Colorado listening to Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull with his infamous Flute at night under starlit skies.......just thrilling musical times to witness.
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:09 PM
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I am not sure I understand why Dire Straits shed a light on Australian Musicians. I believe they were all from England or the US.
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:13 PM
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Lol that dude still high on that grass he was smoking back then.
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Yea, hard to believe they were relegated to
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Jan 26, 2024, 11:56 AM
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backing up a band as bad as Kansas. They were just starting out though.
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Re: Yea, hard to believe they were relegated to
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I don't know, Kansas was pretty dang good! Saw them twice and it was money well spent!
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Cmon now you people are off of your games
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Jan 26, 2024, 12:38 PM
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None of the Brownell haters wanna pipe up that dire straights is a weekly occurrence now in Littleton? Viz where you at?
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 12:54 PM
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Don’t have all the braincells that I had my freshman year, but almost positive Dire Straits didn’t open for Kansas in 79. Pretty sure it was Sniff ‘n’ the Tears. Doesn’t everyone remember Driving Seat?
What was also memorable from that concert was the a’holes who decided it would be a great idea to blow up a bunch of toilets. No more concerts in Littlejohn for the rest of my freshman and most of sophomore year.
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blow up toilets?
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Jan 26, 2024, 3:11 PM
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that's gonna happen when you eat in Harcombe Dining Hall...
In the bathrooms in Fike was scrolled on the wall "Flush twice, it's a long way to Harcombe" back in the 80's.
And, never forget that Jimi Hendrix used to open for the Monkees. talk about weird...
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So to really connect the dots and make this post football relevant
Jan 26, 2024, 12:55 PM
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Most people don’t know that Dire Straits wrote a song that Clemson football used to describe the job function of its transfer portal director staff position. Of cours I’m talking about “Money for Nothing”.
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whats your favorite song?
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Jan 26, 2024, 12:59 PM
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i like skateaway and tunnel of love and sultans of swing
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:01 PM
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Knopfler is a hech of a talent but he's often so melancholy I have to step away for awhile.
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Mark has made some great music since the end of Dire Straits.
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:09 PM
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like A Song for Sonny Liston. I like his smooth guitar style, like JJ Cale, without trying to impress with his speed for speed's sake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMLnoyk6R0&t=27s
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
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Jan 26, 2024, 1:17 PM
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My first and last concert in LJ was Def Leppard and Tesla in January of '88. Excellent show, but I thought Tesla was better tbh.
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I've seen a handful of concerts in Littlejohn over the years...
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Jan 26, 2024, 2:03 PM
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including Huey Lewis & The News, Bob Seger, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Barry Manilow, and John Cougar (among others).
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Re: Saw Dire Straits open for
Jan 26, 2024, 3:40 PM
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I forgot all about that concert. Thanks for the post.
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