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Music Appreciation

rubbersole

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4. My first concert ever...the '65 summer swing through Illinois.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:41 AM

8 hrs ago

The Armory in downtown Decatur, June 22. I was 12. I still have the ticket stub.
Wikipedia has a story about the Kinks attending a party after their concert in Springfield at the home of John Wayne Gacy.

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Kinks - You Really Got Me [View all] marble falls 9 hrs ago OP

And, thus my journey into the British Invasion was put into high gear. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #1

The Kinks just had that edginess I felt as a teen. marble falls 8 hrs ago #2

Yeah. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #3

My first concert ever...the '65 summer swing through Illinois. rubbersole 8 hrs ago #4

Two minutes? Now I know. You really got me. Thanks. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #5

Short and sweet. I've been surprised how many songs I liked from those times that were under two and a half minutes. marble falls 6 hrs ago #6

second verse, same as the first........why do I do these things twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #7