Good Sunday Morning

[Simon]

Good morning world

From the last post in yesterday's morning thread, since Greenie & Mrs. Greenie were going to the show last night and we might get a report on it today:

Originally Posted by spookyx

The first time I saw the police was at the Agora Ballroom in atlanta GA. maybe 400 people there, they had a Roxanne contest where they picked a girl from the crowd. After the concert, the record store Wax n Fax had a party for them, I was there. good times..... the next year they were huge and played the omni in atlanta for 70,000 people. I didn't go to that one.

spooky is old (not as old as T pat though)

I went to almost all of the shows at the Agora Ballroom back then, but I don't remember most of them. My crew at the time were all punks and wavers and usually there was a personal altered state of consciousness which contributed to the lack of recall.

But I do remember The Police show at The Fox Theater in June of 1980. The Zenyatta Mondatta Tour. Sting's vocals so good you'd have thought it was Memorex. And there was one point during show (I forget which song they were doing) when Stu Copeland had thrown away or broken every drumstick he had, so he continued playing and finished the song using just his taped-up fingers and hands. Absolutely awesome performance that night.

(I'd seen Rush at The Fox the year (Hemispheres Tour) before and I remember thinking to myself that Copeland and Neil Peart must be the best drummers ever.)

The thing I remember most about The Police visiting Atlanta 28 years ago was Copeland being interviewed on WRAS or WREK (college stations, and yes, I can't remember which one he was on). Sting was getting all the media focus by then and at one point the interviewer asked Copeland if he was jealous of the attention Sting was getting. Copeland took a beat (no pun), and then said, "sure, I'm jealous of Sting...{small laugh}...but not for the attention he's getting." When the interviewer asked what he was jealous of then, he answered with perfect syncopated timing, "Have you heard his voice?"

I thought that was such a perfect way to answer a shitty question.

Okay, that about wraps up the history segment of today's post.

Wishing everyone a day full of pleasant memories.

[spookyx]

Originally Posted by Simon

Good morning world

From the last post in yesterday's morning thread, since Greenie & Mrs. Greenie were going to the show last night and we might get a report on it today:



I went to almost all of the shows at the Agora Ballroom back then, but I don't remember most of them. My crew at the time were all punks and wavers and usually there was a personal altered state of consciousness which contributed to the lack of recall.

good morning all


The Agora ballroom show was 1978 (or 79) That was a good time for the agora, huge oilcans of tooheys beer (woohoo) and bands like the clash, devo, public image and many more playing there. There was another place (The Roxy?) that had a few good shows like patti smith.


good times, tickets were normally less then $10's and you could stay at the Georgian terrace hotel for about $30 a day.

[bluemoney]

Good morning all!

Originally Posted by Simon

(I'd seen Rush at The Fox the year (Hemispheres Tour)

Holy Shit Balls !! I was at that one!

Loved the Agora too, especially to see more local products like; The Dixie Dregs, Sea Level, Mothers Finest, The Producers, R.E.M, Riggs (etc.)

AAhhh . . . Those were the days! Rolling into Atlanta in a Chevelle SS with a bag weed to burn and hanging out at "Peaches Records & Tapes" or "High Ol Times" head shop before the show

And the women in Atlanta are still HOT!

[RedCherry]

I wish I could reminis about concerts like you guys went to. I saw REO Speedwagon in high school, but moved to Hawaii shortly afterwards and most concerts there were really expensive.

I did see a lot of local concerts that were great C&K, The brothers Cazimero several times, Brother Noland and the Pacific Bad Boys, IZ, Peter Moon Band with lots of great singing, hula dancing, and

MadHatter is the lucky one who saw all the concerts when he was younger, will have to see if he can jump in this thread.

No concerts today just work on porn and maybe some repotting of plants. Didn't sleep well last night so I'm really groggy.