He saw the New Kids on the Block and got hooked. Since then he s seen Phish the Allman Brothers, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. Concerts separate the fans from the music lovers. Stephanie Drahan, another senior who also is a Dave Matthews fan, agrees. Dave has great jam sessions and his songs are always changing.
Live music s better.
But Drahan also believes there is more to the appeal of concerts than great music. She saw her first concert as a kind of rite of passage and thinks that concerts are, in a sense, part of growing up. Few teenagers enjoy going to a concert with their parents and few parents are thrilled to see their children drive themselves to a concert. As Drahan says, It s about being passionate about something your parents can t really relate to. Undoubtedly, music is not a concert s only attention, whether or not concert going is an act of rebellion.