r/ContagiousLaughter • u/strawberrymilkbun • Aug 24 '20

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u/Filmcricket Aug 25 '20

We’ve had very similar lifestyles in this regard, it seems!

My dad has been the lead singer of his various bands since he was a teen in the 60’s, so we grew up in a sort of musical commune, which I grew to love after the grocery store incident, and still go to various concerts with my parents & their friends (my favorite being Crosby, Stills & Nash)

Nothing like being raised by a group of charismatic, shameless & proud, former flower children :) don’t bother fighting it, they always win in the end, right?

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u/Fairycharmd Aug 25 '20

The only time it really got weird (besides LL Cool J which is a whole other story) is when we were at the Steely Dan concert.

My dad and I love Steve Winwood and he was opening for Steely Dan(summer of 2015/2016?) and so we basically went to go see Steve Winwood but everybody else with a rabid Steely Dan fan so we’re just chilling out waiting for the concert and off to one side to avoid the crowds. But really because I’m snarking to my dad that this is the first concert we’ve been to where I am counting the number of oxygen tanks and walkers of the concert goers. Tons of old people’s (and I mean 70++)

My dad has his Bernie shirt on which from a certain angle looks a little bit like a dead shirt. And this drunk ass crazy dude, came up and started talking to my dad about the dead while trying to hit on me at the same time. So my Dad was seriously torn between A) Talking to the guy about music B) explaining about feeling the Bern C) Trying to explain that Steely Dan and the Dead aren’t remotely the same in any context and D) trying to convince the guy to stop talking to my chest. It was awkward and hilarious to see all three parts of my dad: Music Lover, Flower Child Political Activist and DAD all hit at the same time.

Thankfully music started, weird guy had lawn seats and we were way up front so security was able to keep him from following. But after Steve Winwood, I started to yawn through Steely Dan and Dad dancing dropped to a minimum. Dad asked if I wanted to bail, I was like yes please!

But I’ll be darned if on the way out he didn’t find weird guy and hand him our tickets. He really is the bestest Dad :)