Latest concert experience

So, Father's Day was yesterday..not much to celebrate at my place now, so what to do with the boyz...Ahh, found cheap tickets to a Phil Collins concert at the Electric Factory--Brett has been listening to Genesis and likes that, so maybe give him a chance to see Phil Collins in person. Okay, so the concert isn't Genesis, but Collins doing stuff from the 60s and Motown--things Nils & I would listen to, and by being in the same vehicle, the boyz too...

Well, we go, Brett and I. I had warned him that it is a standing venue--no seats, so he was somewhat prepared for that. HOWEVER, as we were exiting afterwards, I aksed him what he thought--he said "Never again" "I can't hear out of my left ear" then twenty minutes later "I still can't hear out of my left ear" Now mind you, I have had worse concert experiences with sound that this one...

So something that used to be an enjoyable experience for me, and then Nils and myself, goes back to being just me--my boyz don't want any part of it!!!

I really missed Nils last night though. I know that years ago, he would have enjoyed this concert (although maybe not, since he also liked Phil Collins' music with Genesis and on his own--he may have had an issue with Collins 'redoing' some of the classic hits). More recently, he would NOT have opted for a standing venue--even had problems sitting through movies at the theatres occasionally. It would hae been nice to have someone to share the experience with that would have enjoyed it as much as I did. Nils' knowledge of music was outstanding--he could match artist and song; would search for a CD with a certain song; before a road trip, he would have me create CDs of sppropriate songs. We both loved oldies; he really liked Jethro Tull, which I had never really heard of before; he allowed me my Barry Manilow fixes--we even went to one last concert hen I was expecting Brett. Nils' singing is notorius amongst his friends--his first car, an ex-police car, didn't have a radio, so he would sing--until we started to bring a boom-box along for the car..How I would love to hear Nils' 'The Gambler' again now...

Ah, well, time marches on. So any concert I would like to attend in the future will be solo--as Brett so lovingly pointed out last night on the way to the truck--'it'll save money!'

I may have to hold off on the concerts--it almost too much torture to be there without Nils to enjoy it with....