Just got back from The Stooges show.
My first concert ever was Black Sabbath at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida. I went with my best friend Alex.
Emmett's first concert ever was The Stooges, and he also went to his first show with Alex.
Emmett's review: "Iggy's amazing! He's almost a senior citizen and he's got more energy than...than...anything on the planet."
It was Iggy's sixtieth birthday. We got special pins, and of course, we sang Happy Birthday to him.
Seeing the show reminded me that in a lot of ways the Stooge were always more of a groove band than a riff band. They've certainly got some immortal riffs, but when they locked into "Funhouse" they just rode that groove like a big porny pony.
OK, I'm now watching
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(the '78 flick with Peter Frampton The Bee Gees.) Why am I watching this? It's hard to explain. I wanted to see it when it came out but never did. I saw a little bit of it when a salesperson was demonstrating a laserdisc player to my dad. It looked so cool, but that might have just been the novelty of the laserdisc player. (Plus the six-wheeled Olds Toronado limo was cool.) I wanted my dad to buy the laserdisc player and the movie, but he was concerned about buying some new technology that might be a failure in the marketplace or somesuch nonsense. So, I've wanted to see it all these years.
Anyway, I'm 15 minutes into it. Does it ever start to, um, suck less?
Oh well. Gotta follow my childhood dream/obsession/whatever anyway...
Aerosmith does a good version of "Come Together."
Earth, Wind and Fire do a good version of "Got To Get You Back In My Life."
Steve Martin does a truly awful version of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer."
The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton look utterly risible.
Jon! Your White Castle ads are fucking genius! Who knew you could play the blues on a "theramin"!
Psychedelic blues at that.
Also, who knew you could sing?
Heh. I just showed them to my visiting Mom who commented, "You're so different from how I'm used to seeing you." To which I replied, "That's why they call it Acting!
And thanks!
"Sometimes I get friiiiiiiiiiies!" killed me.
Those are awesome, Jon! Are they on the air yet?
Jon, heeeee!! What amusing commercials. Good stuff. Congrats on your...television debut? I never know; Buffistas are all so goddamn famous, you may have been on TV before.
