{"id":369113,"date":"2020-10-16T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=369113"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:56:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:56:44","slug":"why-have-you-never-been-to-a-rolling-stones-concert-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/10\/16\/why-have-you-never-been-to-a-rolling-stones-concert-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Have You Never Been to a Rolling Stones Concert, Rush?"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Mark in Parker, Colorado. You\u2019re up next. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Bless you, Rush, and thank you for taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: An honor and a privilege to speak to you. Thank you for everything you do for our country. I\u2019ve got a random Open Line Friday question. We\u2019re about the same age. We both grew up in the sixties, listening to the great rock ‘n\u2019 roll bands of the sixties. And as a result we\u2019re both Rolling Stones fans. And my question to you is — and I\u2019ve had this for many, many years — why have you never been to a Rolling Stones concert? I think there\u2019s a lot of people out there that would like to know that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How do you know that I haven\u2019t?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you have mentioned — and I know you\u2019re a fan because you play their great bumper music often, and yet I heard you mention one time that you\u2019d never seen them in person.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that\u2019s true. But I\u2019ve only been to one concert in my life. And I don\u2019t even remember — no, I take it back. I\u2019ve been to two or three, had to work \u2019em. I\u2019ve been to an oldies concert in Pittsburgh. But again, that was backstage, I was working it. That one was at Three Rivers Stadium. The other one was at some soldiers and sailors hall. (interruption) Yeah, Elton John private concert at Kathryn\u2019s and my wedding. (interruption) Wait a minute. What, now? Everybody\u2019s talking to me at one time here. (interruption) Mannheim Steamroller. I\u2019ve been there.<\/p>\n

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But the answer to your question, the only concert that I recall ever having gone to was in Pittsburgh, and it was The Who. No, it was… well, Stephen Stills was in the group \u2019cause he got mad at the audience. The audience kept shouting, “Rock on, rock on,” and he got mad at \u2019em, threw his guitar in the crowd and walked offstage. The reason that I don\u2019t like concerts is because I like recorded music, and I don\u2019t like the way music sounds at a concert. Just don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

CALLER: What you\u2019ve missed is the excitement, the energy, the enthusiasm, the camaraderie and just the overall experience of being around a group of people that appreciate the music of the band, and especially The Rolling Stones. I mean, they\u2019ve been around since the mid-sixties. We\u2019ve been listening to them since then. You know, they\u2019re arguably the greatest rock ‘n\u2019 roll band and in the world. And I think you\u2019ve missed out on a great experience of not being there. It\u2019s much like watching a football game on television versus being in the stands. And that\u2019s the comparison that I make to going to a Rolling Stones concert.<\/p>\n