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AreWeThereYet said:
Dangerous Type - live 1979

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As frequently happend with Midnight Special type shows
  • The camera was seldom in the right spot. During Elliotts final solo it is on Ric for at least ten seconds
  • There are almost no shots of David Robinson which is a shame because this was a relatively rare opportunity for him to stretch out with some nice drum fills on the fourth measure of the chorus. Most Cars songs (Shake It Up's "Maybe Baby" was an exception) have Robinson playing simple, Velvet Underground influenced backbeats.
This was all back before MTV. This was your only chance to see a band without going to the concert or buying the video. And we were so stoked to see our heroes perform back then that we didn't care about stuff like that. If you found out the Cars or Cheap Trick or AC/DC or REO Speedwagon were going to be on Midnight Special or Saturday Night Live you would call your buddies, who would call their buddies, etc.
 
AreWeThereYet said:
See Through My Eyes - Rat Club - Boston 1977


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That almost sounded like a Cap'n Swing song. They were Ric, Ben, and Elliot's pre-Cars band where Ben did almost all the singing. It sounds moodier, dirgier.

Ric dropped most of the Cap'n Swing stuff when the Cars formed, mostly because he had written new songs that were more radio friendly (but still had some edge). But early versions of "Bye Bye Love" and "Nightspots" both germinated in the Cap'n Swing days. The early "Nightspots" is a stripped down, sinister killer and can be found on the "Just What I Needed" box set that was released while Ben Orr was still alive. Another Cap'n Swing killer, "Leave or Stay" wasn't released on record until 1987's Door to Door when the Cars were on their last cylinder.

Those 1977 concerts, when the band was just about to break, had to be killer shows. Unfortunately Ric was never big into touring and playing live, and it probably led to the band's demise. By then he was well into his producing career anyway.
 
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Northside Hawk said:
As frequently happend with Midnight Special type shows
  • The camera was seldom in the right spot. During Elliotts final solo it is on Ric for at least ten seconds
  • There are almost no shots of David Robinson which is a shame because this was a relatively rare opportunity for him to stretch out with some nice drum fills on the fourth measure of the chorus. Most Cars songs (Shake It Up's "Maybe Baby" was an exception) have Robinson playing simple, Velvet Underground influenced backbeats.
This was all back before MTV. This was your only chance to see a band without going to the concert or buying the video. And we were so stoked to see our heroes perform back then that we didn't care about stuff like that. If you found out the Cars or Cheap Trick or AC/DC or REO Speedwagon were going to be on Midnight Special or Saturday Night Live you would call your buddies, who would call their buddies, etc.
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The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 71-88) was the other place to see some of the bands performing songs live. Great stuff on youtube from this show.

 
Robowe said:
The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 71-88) was the other place to see some of the bands performing songs live. Great stuff on youtube from this show.

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It's funny. For a band, or at least that band's leader, who didn't like to tour or perform live and become notorious for almost never talking to the audience between songs the Cars sure did whip up a frenzy amongst their audience. And in negative ways for opening acts.

They took Synth pop duo Suicide out with them on one tour. Ric was a big fan of Suicide. Evidently the audience wasn't. It was not unusual for the duo to have debris and garbage hurled at them during their set. The Cars, the masters of irony, would then of course come out and open their concert with "Shoo-Be-Doo", unquestionably the most Suicide influenced song in their catolog!

During the Panorama tour they played at the UNI Dome with the Motels as their opening band. Several people have told me the Motels were booed off the stage. One person has told me that a booze bottle just missed lead singer Martha Davis. I gotta believe someone out there who frequents this thread was there that night. Maybe they can verify.

I have seen disrespect perhaps twice in all my concerts. I saw Boston in 1987 at Alpine Valley. A band named Farenheit open for them. Safe to say that people weren't there to see them. The loudest response they generated was when the roadies disassembled their double bass drum with their logo on the drum head.

A more serious situation, during a concert someone out ther had to see, was Bad Company/Damn Yankees at then Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center in 1990. Bad Company reformed with Brian Howe replacing Paul Rodgers. Apparently someone would have preferred to see Paul. During "Can't Get Enough" you could see Howe using sweeping motions with his foot as he was singing, and a couple techs scrambling around. We would soon find out why. During a songbreak Howe grabbed the mic. He said, and I'm papaphrasing, "How many of you are our friends? Because someone has foolishly thrown a bottle on stage. If anyone wants to point out who it was let me know and I will come down there and break every fucking bone in his body.!!!

"The rest of you, you're still #1 with us."
 
Northside Hawk said:
It's funny. For a band, or at least that band's leader, who didn't like to tour or perform live and become notorious for almost never talking to the audience between songs the Cars sure did whip up a frenzy amongst their audience. And in negative ways for opening acts.

They took Synth pop duo Suicide out with them on one tour. Ric was a big fan of Suicide. Evidently the audience wasn't. It was not unusual for the duo to have debris and garbage hurled at them during their set. The Cars, the masters of irony, would then of course come out and open their concert with "Shoo-Be-Doo", unquestionably the most Suicide influenced song in their catolog!

During the Panorama tour they played at the UNI Dome with the Motels as their opening band. Several people have told me the Motels were booed off the stage. One person has told me that a booze bottle just missed lead singer Martha Davis. I gotta believe someone out there who frequents this thread was there that night. Maybe they can verify.

I have seen disrespect perhaps twice in all my concerts. I saw Boston in 1987 at Alpine Valley. A band named Farenheit open for them. Safe to say that people weren't there to see them. The loudest response they generated was when the roadies disassembled their double bass drum with their logo on the drum head.

A more serious situation, during a concert someone out ther had to see, was Bad Company/Damn Yankees at then Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center in 1990. Bad Company reformed with Brian Howe replacing Paul Rodgers. Apparently someone would have preferred to see Paul. During "Can't Get Enough" you could see Howe using sweeping motions with his foot as he was singing, and a couple techs scrambling around. We would soon find out why. During a songbreak Howe grabbed the mic. He said, and I'm papaphrasing, "How many of you are our friends? Because someone has foolishly thrown a bottle on stage. If anyone wants to point out who it was let me know and I will come down there and break every fucking bone in his body.!!!

"The rest of you, you're still #1 with us."
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I was at UNI Dome for Panorama tour. It was not a bottle thrown at Martha Davis. It was a towel or T-shirt. That night told me Elliot Easton was a very underrated guitarist years before he did "Wearing Down Like a Wheel".

 
Northside Hawk said:
I hit like and reply before I even knew who it was.

I knew Eddie had been sick for a long time.

I've truly kicked myself for having never seen him.

He was kind of an east coast Huey Lewis, but he was better than Huey.

And anyone who can slip Ronnie Spector into a video is good with me.
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I saw him open for Santana at the old Univ of Colorado field house in the spring of 78. After Santana played, the rowdy crowd wanted an encore....not from Santana but from EM. Great show.

Fast forward to a 2017 concert I saw EM put on at the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport. No so good. He had aged terribly and now I know why.

I still have all his stuff. Sad news to have lost him.
 
Northside Hawk said:
It's funny. For a band, or at least that band's leader, who didn't like to tour or perform live and become notorious for almost never talking to the audience between songs the Cars sure did whip up a frenzy amongst their audience. And in negative ways for opening acts.

They took Synth pop duo Suicide out with them on one tour. Ric was a big fan of Suicide. Evidently the audience wasn't. It was not unusual for the duo to have debris and garbage hurled at them during their set. The Cars, the masters of irony, would then of course come out and open their concert with "Shoo-Be-Doo", unquestionably the most Suicide influenced song in their catolog!

During the Panorama tour they played at the UNI Dome with the Motels as their opening band. Several people have told me the Motels were booed off the stage. One person has told me that a booze bottle just missed lead singer Martha Davis. I gotta believe someone out there who frequents this thread was there that night. Maybe they can verify.

I have seen disrespect perhaps twice in all my concerts. I saw Boston in 1987 at Alpine Valley. A band named Farenheit open for them. Safe to say that people weren't there to see them. The loudest response they generated was when the roadies disassembled their double bass drum with their logo on the drum head.

A more serious situation, during a concert someone out ther had to see, was Bad Company/Damn Yankees at then Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center in 1990. Bad Company reformed with Brian Howe replacing Paul Rodgers. Apparently someone would have preferred to see Paul. During "Can't Get Enough" you could see Howe using sweeping motions with his foot as he was singing, and a couple techs scrambling around. We would soon find out why. During a songbreak Howe grabbed the mic. He said, and I'm papaphrasing, "How many of you are our friends? Because someone has foolishly thrown a bottle on stage. If anyone wants to point out who it was let me know and I will come down there and break every fucking bone in his body.!!!

"The rest of you, you're still #1 with us."
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Alan Vega had a reputation for provoking audiences, although the crowd probably didn't need much in the way of provocation.
 
AreWeThereYet said:
Alan Vega had a reputation for provoking audiences, although the crowd probably didn't need much in the way of provocation.
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Legendary recording engineer and Big Black frontman Steve Albini was also knowing for agitating audiences. He is an abrasive person to start with. His press wars with the Urge Overkill guys, Billy Corgan and Courtney Love are legendary. Anyway he tells a story of an art project he did while attending Northwestern. He wanted to take a piece of plexiglass out in public, shield his face, and yell insults at people in order to get them to spit or hurl or throw paint at the glass. Whatever they could get their hands on or project with their own bodies. Anyway he went out on a lawn one afternoon down where people spray paint on the sidewalk, etc., and the first person he encountered was a person juggling bowling pins.

The man promptly whipped a bowling pin at Albini's plexiglass and shattered it!
 
The Weight turns 50 I believe

Some folk got together to commemorate the occasion

Charlie P told me about this one

From his article today

Speaking of music, this should make your heart go all melty and gooey. An American masterpiece and a remarkable performance by all concerned. The guy from the D.R. of the Congo. The two ladies from Trenchtown. Willie's kid. And Ringo!


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thedukeofearl said:
The Weight turns 50 I believe

Some folk got together to commemorate the occasion

Charlie P told me about this one

From his article today

Speaking of music, this should make your heart go all melty and gooey. An American masterpiece and a remarkable performance by all concerned. The guy from the D.R. of the Congo. The two ladies from Trenchtown. Willie's kid. And Ringo!


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Someone commented recently on all the icons and milestones that turned fifty this year.

Woodstock
The first moon landing
Joe Namath's super bowl win
The Cubs September collapse
Hurricane Camille
The Broadway musical Hair
The fateful Altamont concert
The debut of Sesame Street
The debut of Scooby Doo
Too many great songs and albums to mention.

Can you or anyone else come up with others? I was four at the time.
 
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