RECORDED LIVE (sorta) from the Daly family basement, this special episode of Fire and Water Records features Neil Daly and Ryan Daly ranking and recounting some of their most memorable experiences at concerts and music festivals. And in honor of the subject matter, the brothers recorded the episode together, in the same room, although still over Zoom because of other technical issues. Not that any of this matters, because it’s a podcast; it’s not like this is broadcast live to the listeners. But whatever, enjoy!
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Great discussion as always gents. Ryan, I’m sorry no one every plays your favorite songs, or you don’t get to stay and hear them. Cindy, Dani and I saw Cyndi Lauper last week, and I was amazed at the number of folks who left during the intermission before her encore. She hadn’t sung Girls Just Wanna Have Fun OR True Colors yet!
I need to hear more about Neil’s New Kids on the Block “tribute band”. I think this deserves a whole episode.
Just a quick rundown of concert experiences (Not nearly as many as either of you):
First concert: 80s country act Sawyer Brown at my alma mater Morehead State University in 1994. Wasn’t really into country, but knew their hits, and it was free. Good show.
Acts I’ve seen the most times. I’ve seen Bob Seger and Bryan Adams 3 times each. Bob was super-consistent with each show, top-notch every time. Bryan’s first show wasn’t as good as I anticpated, but we caught him at a small venue, all-acoustic a decade later and he was fantastic. Saw him two years ago with the full show again, and it was amazing. Joan Jett opened up, and she was also great.
Best show: The Eagles on their Hell Freezes Over Tour. Full band was still there. Can’t beat it.
Worst show: Cheap Trick opening for Heart last year. Cheap Trick sounded TERRIBLE. I think it was their sound mix, but I could barely recognize when they were playing their hits. Heart was good, but Ann Wilson’s health problems kept her seated for most of the show, and she couldn’t belt out the songs as expected.
Biggest regret: In 2017 we were going to take the whole family to see Tom Petty’s 40th anniversary tour. But we also wanted to go to Heroes Con and meet up with our FW brethern. We could only afford one, so we went with Heroes Con. And then Tom Petty died a few months later. Sigh.
Two thoughts came to mind after reading your comments… 1) I’ve seen Cheap Trick live twice and and a tribute band of Cheap Trick once. The tribute band was way better. Plus at both of the real Cheap Trick shows, Robin wore a Cheap Trick t-shirt, which I found useful on the off chance that anyone there forgot who we paid to see that night! And 2) you killed Tom Petty?
1) So maybe it WASN’T the sound mix?
2) I blame your brother.
Addendum: I completely forgot about the worst show ever… Guns n Roses when it was just Axl Rose and his own backup band. No one else from the original lineup. Axl sounded awful, show started 3 hours late, and each of the 3 guitarists got their own 15 minute solo. No wonder I forgot to mention it, I probably blocked it from memory!
Great show, guys! Like Ryan, I saw Fiona Apple and it was a great show.
My favorite concerts have been Tori Amos (just her and a piano), Garth Brooks, Metallica, and Phil Collins.
My friend worked in the liquor industry, so we got free tickets to shows whenever we wanted. He called me one night and asked me if I wanted to go to Phil Collins. I didn’t expect much, but it was an amazing show with really surprising and effective theatrical elements. I’m shocked at how great the show was. Sometimes a show you are not super excited about turns out to be truly great.
Wonderful show as always Daly Bros., brought back a lot of memories from my concert going day, long ago and far away. My first concert was, amusingly, The Monkees, along with The Grass Roots and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, all during halftime of a Temple Owls college football game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in 1986! I cannot, unfortunately, remember any details. As for legends, I have seen a Beatle (Paul McCartney) and the Rolling Stones, both at the Vet during the 90’s, along with Bob Dylan at the Spectrum in the early 2000’s. I too was disappointed when I saw Dylan, as his music did not translate into the larger venue and I was frequently unaware what song he was playing. McCartney put on a great show but I saw the Stones, in the rain and sitting in the last seats of the upper level of the Vet. Not a great experience.
As for favorite show, the Black Crowes at the Tower Theater, during the Amorica tour, was unbelievable, and not just because someone dressed as a giant crow came out and danced on stage during the encore! I saw Alanis Morrisette during her Jagged Little Pill tour, and an unknown band named Radiohead opened for her. And the Breeders at the TLA on South Street in Philadelphia was a great experience, being in such a small room, right on top of the band when they played. There are WAY to many more to mention, famous names and never were’s, but your episode brought me back to a time of less responsibility and more fun, and for that I thank you both!
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Wonderful show as always Daly Bros., brought back a lot of memories from my concert going days, long ago and far away. My first concert was, amusingly, The Monkees, along with The Grass Roots and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, all during halftime of a Temple Owls college football game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in 1986! I cannot, unfortunately, remember any details. As for legends, I have seen a Beatle (Paul McCartney) and the Rolling Stones, both at the Vet during the 90’s, along with Bob Dylan at the Spectrum in the early 2000’s. I too was disappointed when I saw Dylan, as his music did not translate into the larger venue and I was frequently unaware what song he was playing. McCartney put on a great show but I saw the Stones, in the rain and sitting in the last seats of the upper level of the Vet. Not a great experience.
As for favorite shows, the Black Crowes at the Tower Theater, during the Amorica tour, was unbelievable, and not just because someone dressed as a giant crow came out and danced on stage during the encore! I saw Alanis Morrisette during her Jagged Little Pill tour, and an unknown band named Radiohead opened for her. And the Breeders at the TLA on South Street in Philadelphia was a great experience, being in such a small room, right on top of the band when they played. There are WAY to many more to mention, famous names and never were’s, but your episode brought me back to a time of less responsibility and more fun, and for that I thank you both!
Pop Culture Basement podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822
My brothers! Another great episode!
So, since everyone is playing, my concert experiences:
Mostly seen: It would have to be Mike Viola. I must have seen him at least a dozen times now. Runner-up is Fastball (big surprise). I think I’m close to a dozen times with them.
Worst show: probably Journey a year or so ago. Their new singer Arnel Pineda wasn’t sounding great. Also, he was a little off with his timing. It might have been his earpiece/monitor. Who knows, Highlander? Who knows?
Best show: Okay, it’s tie for U2. First time I saw them I was in high school. Sugar Cubes opened, followed by Public Enemy, then one of my top 10 bands, the U2. They kicked some serious ass. The second time I saw them was at the Las Vegas sphere. Show was incredible, except the Gutiérrez Luck held out, and it was the one night they cut Angel of Harlem from their set! Holds a special place in my heart as we all went as a family and it was my kid’s first show.
Favorite show: Probably the Monkees with Dolenz, Tork, and NESMITH! it was his final show as a Monkee! and it was glorious! I may have cried a time or two.
Addendum: Saw Paul McCartney maybe 3 or 4 times! this was in the early 90s and early 2000s. Such an amazing experience. Loved every minute of it. Except when he sang C-Moon. That was a bathroom break for me.
I loved the episode, and I’d share some of my own in each category, but it would just draw blank stares because it’s a lot of Canadian acts that didn’t cross over, and even more French-language shows. No one would know what I was talking about.
I’m just gonna assume you saw The Tragically Hip and Bare Naked Ladies a lot.
Nope.
So, RUSH?
That would have been INSANE!
Like, I’ve seen Weird Al, live, but it wouldn’t be in any of my live show stories. My version of the episode would have names like the Rheostatics, Mass Hysteria, Kermess, Noir Désir, Groovy Aardvark, Les Trois Accords, Dumas, Les Païens… I think people might recognize Moist and Sloan.
Rheostatics! SLOAN! seen the Sloan like 3 times! great live band!
I’ver never heard of Groovy Aardvark but I can tell you definitely that’s my new favorite band (sight unseen)! Best band name EVER!
Alternative band from Quebec. Their biggest hit is probably Dérangeant (Disturbing — but in the sense of Bothersome).
Here you go, Neil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWE_5YLCbc
Random music question since the music show
Is there any bay city rollers fans in Fire and Water universe? I ask because we’ve that’s what I’m watching as I’m doing my work out and I just wondered
I haven’t listened to the full show yet, but I will chime in because I just can’t wait.
1. Legends/Icons: I have seen Paul McCartney on his “post-COVID” tour and it was phenomenal. I saw Dylan 30 years before and about 200 yards away from where I saw McCartney.
2. First concert: A family vacation to the Grand Ole Opry. It was the year that Elvis died because I remember hearing the news on the car radio. My first concert that I chose was REM/Pylon during my first year of college. You can catch that on the live Tourfilm that REM put out back in the day.
3. I’ve only been to one festival-type show–99x’s Big Day Out when I was living in Atlanta in 1997. The lineup: Ziggy Marley, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cowboy Mouth, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Offspring, and Foo Fighters.
4. I have seen three bands twice: the aforementioned REM (Luscious Jackson was the opening act at the second show), Gin Blossoms, and Toad the Wet Sprocket. The latter two were both seen on two double bills 30 years apart.
5. My favorite shows are probably also from my freshman year in college. I saw The Connells on campus and The Smithereens/Richard Barone in another college gym. I don’t think that I could hear anything until the next morning after that Smithereens show. Both The Connells and The Smithereens should have been way bigger than they were IMHO.
6. My two best friends and I made plans to see U2 when we were in college. They had just released Achtung Baby. But I found out that I had a band concert myself scheduled for that night and couldn’t go. Still haven’t seen them.
7. Other shows of note: Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks and Boz Scaggs, Jars of Clay, and The Chieftains.
And I almost forgot, Drivin’ n’ Cryin in Atlanta also.