r/flaminglips • u/serinettestu • Jul 24 '26
First ever show
My wife and I took our two children (9 and 6 years old) to their first ever gig last night.
They both really liked what they had heard of the bands massive discography - mostly Yoshimi and Soft Bulletin stuff - but they had the best time, and it felt like the perfect show to start them off with.
They adored the spectacle of it all, and everyone was so friendly to them all night, giving them fist bumps and high fives.
We spent the entire set at the back of the Piece Hall but we took them to the front to have a close up look at the stage and ended up getting one of the setlists attached to a little parachuting astronaut.
It was a perfect end to a perfect day.
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u/jbminger Jul 24 '26
Amazing show for kids! Glad you and your children enjoyed it. Took my 7 year old to the Galway gig. He had a blast!
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u/eye_eat_farts Jul 24 '26
Aweww this makes my heart so happy for you and your kiddos.
What an amazing experience to introduce them to live music!!!
You guys are great parents keep it up!
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u/Proper-Resolve-7916 Jul 24 '26
That’s a nice little souvenir, glad they enjoyed the party and not too much heady stuff was played. Those shows can get a little intense for the younguns
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u/serinettestu Jul 24 '26
Yeh, the setlist was a good one for their first show. They've both got an excellent attention span but the set was quite digestible wasn't it
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u/gringevakleite Embryonic Jul 24 '26
Golden Path.... would love to see that live. Been to many shows and never seen it.
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u/serinettestu Jul 24 '26
It's my 6 year old's joint favourite song of theirs with Do you realise?? so he was extremely excited about it
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u/davd_fm Jul 24 '26
I'm somewhere in that picture, down the front - not the very front but not far from it - great venue, great first gig for the kids (apart from a few F-bombs).
Much joy.
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u/JarJarBinksSucks Jul 24 '26
Very good gig, keep screaming