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The Art Of Buying Tickets For A Rock Concert For Your Favorite Band

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Author Screamin' Scott
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The Art Of Buying Tickets For A Rock Concert For Your Favorite Band

The rush of fans flocking to try and buy or even nab presale or regular tickets for concerts and being successful today is more like gambling and luck than actual skill and that’s including using a fast computer or phone.

Fans nowadays sadly experience a number of issues successfully getting tickets to popular concerts and can find themselves waiting online in the back of 2,000 other people and bots trying to get the same tickets. Gone are the days when I would wake up early and stand in line at Harmony House or drive to the Oakland Mall or Sears. We would go downstairs to where the ticket outlet line was light. I would get Van Halen tickets- and pretty good seats to boot. Gone are the days of standing outside the venue and getting tickets. Today, if you do this, it is a lottery or wristband before the line starts. It never fails- the scalpers always got the good seats.

To see Van Halen in 1986, it cost me $26, and even back then, I complained… In 2015, Van Halen cost me $150. Can’t imagine what the cost would be nowadays.

Fees are becoming a problem, too. I’m far from a Taylor Swift fan, but someone paid $22,000 for one ticket from Ticketmaster. Pearl Jam is trying again to fight for fair ticket prices… Kid Rock does his best to keep tickets affordable too. The only band I would shell out for to see would be bands with upcoming shows like the Foo Fighters, Aerosmith, or Metallica. That’s why I love my job so much… Every day I get to give away tickets to you for free on WCSX and help you get into the hottest rock concerts for free! Nothing makes me happier than giving tickets to someone who may not have been able to see the show otherwise. I hope something happens soon about prices or I will have to take out a second mortgage to buy tickets for a rock concert!

However, while this era of crazy ticket prices and accessibility continues, don’t forget to support your local music artists and venues! Most local places do not charge a cover and if they do it would probably equal two Frappuccinos from Starbucks at most. Plus, they usually have some good beers that won’t charge you an arm and a leg either!

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Road Rangers Bar Taylor

I, Screamin’ Scott, Hope to see all of you at the concerts coming up. Make sure you make a point to say hello. It’s always great to be able to see all of you again. To check out WCSX Concerts click Here. You could attend and enjoy great shows like Great White, Bryan Adams, Kansas, Bret Michaels’ Party Gras, and plenty more! The Art Of Buying Tickets For A Rock Concert For Your Favorite Band is to shop around, have a fast device like a phone or computer, good internet or cellular connection, maybe a friend or two trying for tickets at the same time, and most importantly: staying locked on to WCSX for all the great concert shows coming to town!

7 Great Rock Songs That Stuttered Their Way Onto The Music Charts

Canadian rock band Bachman Turner Overdrive  (B.T.O.) Randy Bachman wrote a song for the band’s 3rd album,  Not Fragile (1974).  The song in question was, You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. Song was a smash hit for the band reaching #1 on the Billboard charts in 1974. The song includes the song’s famous stutter, and says, looking at him with big brown eyes and saying, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. B-b-b-baby, you just ain’t seen na-na-nothin’ yet. Here’s somethin’ that you’re never gonna forget. B-b-b-baby, you just ain’t seen na-na-nothin’ yet.” 

The song came about from Randy Bachman making fun of his brother, their former manager. Gary Bachman had a speech impediment. The song was never intended to be for anyone but Gary. The album needed a ninth song to brighten up the album. The producer asked Randy Bachman if he had any songs in the works. Randy played a very ruff demo of You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. Randy said it was a joke song for his brother. The producer Charlie Fach of Mercury Records said: “That’s it!” The single we need, so Randy Bachman reworked the demo to a full song. Let’s just say the rest is rock and roll history.

The song made me do some research on other rock and roll songs that used close to the same formula to achieve greatness. I’m sure I will miss some classic songs.  Here are 7 Great Rock Songs That Stuttered Their Way Onto The Music Charts.

  • Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    BTO’s founding member, Randy Bachman, wrote “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” solo. In the song, he poked fun at then-manager and brother Gary Bachman’s speech impediment.

  • The Who My Generation

    People try to put us d-down (talkin’ ’bout my generation)Just because we get around (talkin’ ’bout my generation)Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin’ ’bout my generation)

  • The KNACK My Sharona

    “My Sharona” was the first single released by The Knack, and it took the band straight to the top. Released in June of 1979, “My Sharona” spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard charts and later appeared on The Knack’s debut album, Get the Knack. In the story that would be considered creepy by today’s standards, Sharona Alperin was only 17 years old when she met The Knack’s singer and guitarist Doug Fieger who was 25. He fell in love with her and soon wrote “My Sharona” about her.

  • David Bowie - Changes

    David Bowie’s album, Hunky Dory came out in 1971 The song is written about going out on your own and not listening to critics. Just be yourself. Also used in the beginning of the movie The Breakfast Club 

  • Elton John Bennie and the Jets

    Massive double album from Elton John‘s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road .  Elton wrote the song to pay tribute to glam rock movement of the early 70s. Not recorded live. Elton’s record producer at the time, Gus Dudgeon, added ‘live’ sound effects to the studio recording.

  • Bob Seger Katmandu Cobo 1975

     think I’m going to KatmanduThat’s really, really where I’m going toIf I ever get out of hereThat’s what I’m gonna do
    K-K-K-K-K-K-KatmanduI think that’s really where I’m going toIf I ever get out of hereI’m going to Katmandu.

  • The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann (1965)

    https://youtu.be/N9AJARHjhqw

    From the 1965 album The Beach Boys Party  The Song is written about a real person. Fred Fassert wrote that song in 1958, titling the song after his little sister, Barbara Ann Fassert. The song reached #13 in 1961

 

 

Born in Mt Clemens, Screamin’ Scott has been a part of the Detroit airwaves for 30-plus years. With 40 years of experience in radio. When he’s not out on the streets for WCSX, you can find him devoting time to local charities with his, “Screamin Angels”; and for 16 years with Rock 4 Tots charity. And last 10 years with his local band, "Chit!." Screamin Scott likes to write about nostalgic Detroit area memories, classic rock, and local metro Detroit topics.

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