The age gap
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Elvis's first record was released in 1977. Does that make you 41?SweetPear wrote:Let me put it this way Laughingcrow.....I was 15 in 1978 when EC came out with his first record.
(Wow, that makes me sound older than if I just would have said I was 40!)
A very young 40, I might add. People are pretty surprised when they find out that I have a 19 yr old.
I turned 18 shortly after I went to my first Elvis Costello concert, in 1981, at the Palladium in NYC. A little quick math shows that I'm 40 now.
BTW, if you think you see a lot of old fart-dom at EC concerts, you should try a Bruce Springsteen concert. At 40 I was one of the younger people at the Meadowlands shows, except for the kids brought by their parents.
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30. I'll be 31 in November. I don't feel very old, but I feel older than I did a couple of years ago. My back and knees don't let me do everything I used to be able to do. I teach high school, and I often get confused for a student by new teachers and cafeteria workers.
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Wow, cheers folks. I wasn't worried about being the youngest here (it's a tie between me and you Blue...Im July 4th, whos the youngest?), I think it's pretty cool in fact...it's funny, I was thinking the other day that I don't feel much different from a few years back, but Im now 'sposed to be this hyper-responsible adult type figure.
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Re: age ratios in concerts --
A few years back I went to a Ben Folds 5 show and felt very old in my thirties.
A month or two later, I went to see Nick Lowe at the El Rey ("Dig My Mood" tour). My and my friend (a few years younger), felt very, very young! It was surprisingly older than I expected. I thought it would be more like a typical EC crowd, which has been kind of a mix of 20s to early 40s for a long time now, but there were lots of people in their sixties -- fans from before the Brinsley Schwarz days?
Re: Gender ratios. If you think EC shows are rather male dominatined, try going to revival movie sometime. At the Egyptian/American Cinematheque down the street, there is regularly a line in the MEN's room between shows.
This never changes, regardless of movie genre. Even if they're showing, say, musicals or "women's pictures" from the thirties, it's STILL mostly men (though more of them are gay).
Don't know why more women don't go to see old movies, but it makes me very sad.
A few years back I went to a Ben Folds 5 show and felt very old in my thirties.
A month or two later, I went to see Nick Lowe at the El Rey ("Dig My Mood" tour). My and my friend (a few years younger), felt very, very young! It was surprisingly older than I expected. I thought it would be more like a typical EC crowd, which has been kind of a mix of 20s to early 40s for a long time now, but there were lots of people in their sixties -- fans from before the Brinsley Schwarz days?
Re: Gender ratios. If you think EC shows are rather male dominatined, try going to revival movie sometime. At the Egyptian/American Cinematheque down the street, there is regularly a line in the MEN's room between shows.
This never changes, regardless of movie genre. Even if they're showing, say, musicals or "women's pictures" from the thirties, it's STILL mostly men (though more of them are gay).
Don't know why more women don't go to see old movies, but it makes me very sad.
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I'm 40, feel about 20 and have the sense of humor of a 10-year-old. I got ID'd in a bar about 3 years ago. I admit that it was before my son was born--I have aged apace in the ensuing 2 years!
When I saw EC in concert in July 2002 there was a crowd of gray-haired grannies, and not your youthful-type grannies. Canes and walkers were in evidence. My sister and I figured they thought they were at an Elvis PRESLEY concert. They were not there by show's end....
When I saw EC in concert in July 2002 there was a crowd of gray-haired grannies, and not your youthful-type grannies. Canes and walkers were in evidence. My sister and I figured they thought they were at an Elvis PRESLEY concert. They were not there by show's end....
It's a radiation vibe I'm groovin' on
I'm beginning to feel old at gigs. I remember being 14 when I went to my first EC gig, last year at the gig I didn't feel that young at all. Myself and my pal, fjp, now muse when we're pressed against some nasty crash barrier if it'll be the last time we bother, and maybe we should just sit down the back.
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