I saw REM in Portland, ME the summer of 1985. Good show - Fables/Reconstruction tour.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2005 3:22:08 am PST #7227 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
lisah - Feb 03, 2005 5:14:54 am PST #7228 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
So according to my friend who I saw REM with in Philly in Oct. '84, she doesn't remember them doing Lionel Ritchie with the dBs but, she said:
REM did one additional encore--Suspicious Minds. REM and the dBs took the stage together, and Bill Berry introduced it by dedicating it to his mom.
The only time I saw U2 was in 1985 (or possibly 86) and Lone Justice opened.
DavidS - Feb 03, 2005 2:22:45 pm PST #7229 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jilli! And anybody else who likes pictures of pretty boys in eye makeup ::glances around for ita, jen, juliana, Trudy...:
There's a new issue out in the NME series reprinting pictures and articles from the past. The new one is 80s The New Romantics. Adam Ant on the cover. Duran Duran, Bowie, Japan, Eurythmics etc.
Atropa - Feb 03, 2005 2:23:22 pm PST #7230 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
There's a new issue out in the NME series reprinting pictures and articles from the past. The new one is 80s The New Romantics. Adam Ant on the cover. Duran Duran, Bowie, Japan, Eurythmics etc.
Squeeeeeee! Well, guess I need to go to the good magazine store this weekend ...
Jesse - Feb 03, 2005 3:34:53 pm PST #7231 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heather! Did anyone mention Beck's Sea Change for weepies? It's a breakup album. Lost Cause always makes me cry.
Angus G - Feb 03, 2005 4:24:16 pm PST #7232 of 10003
Roguish Laird
I saw U2 around the Joshua Tree era (back when I was a fan!) and to be honest it was rubbish, it put me off going to big stadium shows forever. My rule of thumb now is that unless I could (hypothetically) hit the performers with a tomato from where I'm standing/sitting, I'm not interested in live shows.
Michele T. - Feb 03, 2005 4:32:32 pm PST #7233 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
You'd be surprised how far a tomato can go if you put your arm into it, Angus.
tina f. - Feb 03, 2005 5:04:02 pm PST #7234 of 10003
My first REM show:
4 March 1989 - Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO
support: Robyn Hitchcock
set: Pop Song 89 / Exhuming McCarthy / Welcome To The Occupation / The One I Love / Turn You Inside-Out / Orange Crush / Sitting Still / Feeling Gravitys Pull / Time After Time (Annelise) / Cuyahoga / Being The Begin / Driver 8 / Pretty Persuasion / These Days / Get Up / Life And How To Live It / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
encore 1: Stand / Tired Of Singing Trouble / I Believe / Crazy / You Are The Everything
encore 2: Finest Worksong / King Of Birds / Academy Fight Song
encore 3: Summertime / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Perfect Circle / After Hours
I was in 8th grade as well and it was my first concert evah. I bought a bootleg of it that summer at Recycled Sounds in Westport (KC) and that was my first bootleg ever. When I used to make tape mixes I put the version of "Acadamy Fight Song" from this show on just about every mix I made.
So I moved to Chicago this week and my new roommate, actually my old (college) and once again new roommate, has a music collection to kill and/or die for which I have been listening to while unpacking. It's like I got 500 new CDs without paying a dime!
My update on the mix swap: I haven't had any buffista mixes to send on in a few months and I never did send a new copy of mine on to Angus because I had no CD burner.
DavidS - Feb 03, 2005 5:06:06 pm PST #7235 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey tina! You should hook up with some Chicagoistas. I saw a bunch in December and had a blast.
tina f. - Feb 03, 2005 5:13:37 pm PST #7236 of 10003
You should hook up with some Chicagoistas.
I am hoping to. I had a crazed move. I got here Sunday and started freelancing full time on Tuesday. Yay money. Boo hectic moving/working at the same time. Is there some kind of wacky mailing list I can join for Chicago folk, perhaps?