As mentioned earlier this week, sometimes one encounters a musical act in a venue or circumstance other than a concert. Shows that aren't, as it were (or weren't?).
The one that sticks out in my mind is Aerosmith, Britney Spears, and Aretha Franklin, at an NFL kickoff show. And another time I kind of stumbled across Live playing at some event blocked out near the U.S. Capitol, and checked that out for a few songs.
Who are some of those artists for you? When and where? Also lists of 10 songs, if you want to drop 'em.
01. "Dark Light" – Florist – The Birds Outside Sang
02. "Crowded Table" – The Highwomen – The Highwomen
03. "If You Love Me" – Altyrone Deno Brown – Eccentric Soul Vol. 2: The Bandit Label
04. "Suck And Let Go" – Peaches – The Teaches Of Peaches
05. "Follow The Lights" – Pom Poko – Birthday
06. "Something I Can Never Have" – Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
07. "Big Kid Table" – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – We Brave Bee Stings And All
08. "With Him" – Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
09. "When The Truth Is…" – Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
10. "Hallway Homicide" – The Orwells – Remember When
I went to the 9/11 show in DC at RFK and saw a song or two each from (among others):
James Brown
Michael Jackson
Al Green
Aerosmith
Carole King
NSYNC
Usher
P. Diddy
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Destiny's Child
Rod Stewart
Huey Lewis and the News
Oh, and it was emceed by John Stamos. I guess it was a series of concerts, but it was quite bizarre.
I guess the only thing in my experience that qualifies is when our family was at Disney World in the 90s and Yellowjackets were performing at Main Street Stage in Downtown Disney. I stole away in the evening to wander over there and mill in the light crowd and caught a handful of their songs.
Once when I worked at the UMN, I came across Billy Bragg playing union songs on the steps of Northrop.
Summer of ‘82 I saw a very young Red Hot Chili Peppers take over Northern Lights record store on Hennepin Avenue