My dad’s first big rock concert was Lou Reed and he tells of the show exactly as you have. Funnily enough he also was very disappointed by the Stones, and how

My dad’s first big rock concert was Lou Reed and he tells of the show exactly as you have. Funnily enough he also was very disappointed by the Stones, and how they seemed so cocky on stage and that they didn’t care to sing half the lyrics aloud. Of course this was back in the late 70s/early 80s. I’m under 40 but while we’re on the subject of rock “legends” on stage, no performance I’ve seen has matched Elvis Costello I saw in 2011 or so. He played acoustic guitar without a band backing him nor any kind of stage lighting to speak of, and it was mesmerizing.