I'm really glad I went to something cool for my first concert. Back in 1985-86, I spent a year living in Finland. I attended "Munki Vouren Ala-asten Peruskoulu" for 6th grade, and lived in a suburb of Helsinki (Munki Vouri - I think that translates to monk mountain or some such).
I've always been a little against the grain, so in the sea of die-hard Kiss fans that were the boys of the class, I decided that my favorite band was going to be Dire Straits. This was right around the time that Brothers in Arms, came out - also the time that the CD was first starting to come up as a format. I think they hooked my attention when I saw the crude computer generated video for Money for Nothing.
At any rate, some friends of the family managed to snag us some scalped tickets for the "Live in '85" tour (being held at the Helsinki Ice Hockey rink - sponsord by Philips, the CD kings). Our seats were close to the stage, but sadly behind a stack of amps. Still, I probably could have hit the bass player if I had thrown something at him. The sound was shit, but hey - it was a hockey rink.
When I was looking through my mp3 collection I found that the only Dire Straits album I still have is Alchemy, which was recorded onthe previous tour. Oh well, still a good album. I think the bassline for Once Upon a Time in the West may have paved the way for my later appreciation of reggae.
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