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Saturday Night Classics: ‘Kathmandu’ by Bob Seger

Andrew Troutman
@Dotorimuk
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If you really need a change, or you just want to get out of town, Kathmandu will do. The people are friendly, they like animals, the food is great (Dal bhat power, 24 hour!), and the scenery is everywhere you look.

Bob Seger didn’t actually make it there until a lot later. I wonder what the locals thought of him and his long Bob Seger hair. And I wonder if anyone recognized him, or if he was expecting to be spotted because of that song.

I was in Kathmandu in 2018. There was so much rubble from the recent earthquake, mixed with the rubble you get in any Third World country. I didn’t hear Bob Seger while I was there. The only rock music I heard was a guy in a “Kurt Cubain” t-shirt playing a Pink Floyd cassette. But I had a great time. And I’m going back on the 30th, hence this pick for Saturday Night Classics.

From 1975.

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  • Randy Weivoda@RandyWeivoda

    One of my most frustrating concert experiences was at a Bob Seger concert. I saw him in Fargo approximately 10 years ago. The opening act was Kid Rock, whose show I enjoyed a lot more than I expected. Bob was very good. He moved like an old man, but his voice was strong. It was a fine show.

    The frustration part was due to some people in the audience. I despise people who go to concerts for purposes other than listening to the music. I kind of wish there were segregated seating at concerts. One section for music lovers, one for chatters. I can't stand being at a show and some ditzy girl is in the row behind me, yakking away on her phone. "Guess where I am? I'm at a concert! Woo hoo!"And then she has to call two more friends to tell them she is at a concert.

    I normally try to endure them and mentally tune them out. In this case, there were two girls and a guy directly behind me who just wouldn't shut up. I've been a Bob Seger fan since about 1980, I suppose, and after all these decades, I was finally able to see him in concert. He's singing one of my favorite songs (I don't remember now which one it was), and these people were loudly talking to each other. I turned around and asked them to not talk while the band is performing. The one girl was absolutely shocked at my request and declared, "It's a concert!" I said, "I know. So shut up and listen to the music." The girls quieted down after that, but the guy was going to teach me a lesson. The next song was "Roll Me Away," and the guy sang along intentionally very off-key and out of time, and as loudly as possible. Sigh. That's the advantage of going to see Roy Clark, for instance. It's all old people in the audience, who know how to behave at a concert.

  • Andrew Troutman@Dotorimuk
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    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    One of my most frustrating concert experiences was at a Bob Seger concert. I saw him in Fargo approximately 10 years ago. The opening act was Kid Rock, whose show I enjoyed a lot more than I expected. Bob was very good. He moved like an old man, but his voice was strong. It was a fine show.

    The frustration part was due to some people in the audience. I despise people who go to concerts for purposes other than listening to the music. I kind of wish there were segregated seating at concerts. One section for music lovers, one for chatters. I can’t stand being at a show and some ditzy girl is in the row behind me, yakking away on her phone. “Guess where I am? I’m at a concert! Woo hoo!”And then she has to call two more friends to tell them she is at a concert.

    I normally try to endure them and mentally tune them out. In this case, there were two girls and a guy directly behind me who just wouldn’t shut up. I’ve been a Bob Seger fan since about 1980, I suppose, and after all these decades, I was finally able to see him in concert. He’s singing one of my favorite songs (I don’t remember now which one it was), and these people were loudly talking to each other. I turned around and asked them to not talk while the band is performing. The one girl was absolutely shocked at my request and declared, “It’s a concert!” I said, “I know. So shut up and listen to the music.” The girls quieted down after that, but the guy was going to teach me a lesson. The next song was “Roll Me Away,” and the guy sang along intentionally very off-key and out of time, and as loudly as possible. Sigh. That’s the advantage of going to see Roy Clark, for instance. It’s all old people in the audience, who know how to behave at a concert.

    I’m in total agreement about those people. Why are they even there?

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