Well...it's official....new stops on this leg of the tour... [Archive]

GardenStateGirlie

06-11-2003, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
I know. Forgive me, but where is Lubbock again? And the Louisiana show?

Lubbock is in Texas so I can kind of understand the TX dates since it is such a HUGE state but I don't know where it is in Texas. Bossier City i've never heard of in my life. I'm just surprised with some of their city choices. I mean, it's great if you live there and you're a fan but it sucks that they aren't visiting some of the places I would think they would. There haven't been any dates in Virginia but there is a date in IDAHO???!? I'm sorry...I just can't get past that...lol. NYC...no. Idaho. Absofreakinlutely. LOL.

SlvrSprgs

06-11-2003, 11:28 PM

Are these for real? Pardon me, but it used to be that a band of Fleetwood Mac's caliber wouldn't be caught dead in some of the tiny backwater towns listed above. (No offense to residents of said backwater towns--I come from one myself.) Do you think the Stones or the Eagles would play Bossier City, LA?

What's next? The local Holiday Inn? Geez...Do they need the money THAT much?

tamaraluvsFM

06-11-2003, 11:46 PM

Well I have to say that I am thrilled that they are coming back to Ohio!! Woohoo! Cincinnati here I come! I was sad that there were not more eastern shows too though. But maybe they will add more on after these shows are officially posted.
Remember someone posted that they were playing smaller venues the secong leg..I guess this is in reflection to it.

Tamara

darklinensuit

06-11-2003, 11:53 PM

Now I KNOW they're trying to annoy me.
STILL no Houston, San Antonio, or Austin, but...Lubbock?
I think they're boycotting me because of all the Blackdress songs.

BTW, I've never been there, but if I recall, Lubbock is in the panhandle.
It's like a whole other country up there.
They get snow.:eek:

So, FM is hitting Dallas and Lubbock in north Texas, El Paso in west Texas, and nothing in central or east Texas.
I know, I know, it's like the old saying:
I once felt bad because I had to drive a long ways to see the Mac.
Then I met the poster across the sea in Europe who could drive to see no Mac.
I feel for you guys.:distress:

Congratulations to those of you who can now see the tour. I wonder how the second leg will compare to the first.

- Jake

tamaraluvsFM

06-11-2003, 11:59 PM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Now I KNOW they're trying to annoy me.
STILL no Houston, San Antonio, or Austin, but...Lubbock?

Yea I was hoping they would head to Houston too as I have family there and a free plane ticket just waiting to be used. :(
Oh well...at least the positive is they are covering Texas it seems..just the other end though.
I am hoping they add more places then what they have. Maybe this is a test run.
Tamara

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by tamaraluvsFM
Well I have to say that I am thrilled that they are coming back to Ohio!! Woohoo! Cincinnati here I come! I was sad that there were not more eastern shows too though. But maybe they will add more on after these shows are officially posted.
Remember someone posted that they were playing smaller venues the secong leg..I guess this is in reflection to it.

Tamara

Yea, when they said smaller venues, I had no idea they meant Uncle Billy Bob Jo Lee Nelson's Potato Pickin' Family Farm. I was thinking places like the PNC Arts Center in north jersey or the outdoor venue in Manassas, VA that Stevie has previously played in...smaller places....but like, cardboard boxes?!? I know it supposedly costs like a million dollars to play at MSG but it probably costs like, 10 to play at the potato farm. And how many people live in Idaho anyway?!?! And Jake, I feel for you... stuck in the last freakin' row of the pit in Philly and now they're screwin' with you by going EVERY podunk place in Texas other than where you live. I don't know about you all, but i'm waiting on the Alaskan Oil Field date.... :laugh:

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Yea, when they said smaller venues, I had no idea they meant Uncle Billy Bob Jo Lee Nelson's Potato Pickin' Family Farm. I don't know about you all, but i'm waiting on the Alaskan Oil Field date..

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
I bet that will be on the next exclusive tour dates email!!

Tamara :wavey:

DrummerDeanna

06-12-2003, 12:15 AM

:mad: I'm still bitter that I paid a crap-load of money to see them in Phoenix...when they're gonna be just half an hour away from me in El Paso!! Now I don't have the money....so yeah....just venting...I guess I get to see them..and should just be happy with that :)

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I don't know about you all, but i'm waiting on the Alaskan Oil Field date.... :laugh:

So I'm back...to the velvet iglooground.

(I'll stop before this lands me in trouble again.)

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by tamaraluvsFM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
I bet that will be on the next exclusive tour dates email!!

Tamara :wavey:

Hey there superfans! Johnathan Todd here letting you know in this EXCLUSIVE fanclub e-mail that another show has been added in the Alaskan Oil Fields. As members of this amazing fanclub, when you purchase your tickets, you'll each receive and EXCLUSIVE item---a can of oil signed by the band!! <i>Offer available on a limited basis. Limited being one can. And only one can per group of tickets purchased. Not one can per ticket. Can only signed by Mick Fleetwood.</i>

LMAO!!!! :laugh:

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
:mad: I'm still bitter that I paid a crap-load of money to see them in Phoenix...

Yea that does suck but just think. They always have a fabulous, amazing show that offers just a bit more umph to it from what I hear about Pheonix. You will definitly get to see a great show with some surprises I am sure!! Hope my two cents helps some though I am sure it still stings.

Tamara :wavey:

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Hey there superfans! Johnathan Todd here letting you know in this EXCLUSIVE fanclub e-mail that another show has been added in the Alaskan Oil Fields. As members of this amazing fanclub, when you purchase your tickets, you'll each receive and EXCLUSIVE item---a can of oil signed by the band!! <i>Offer available on a limited basis. Limited being one can. And only one can per group of tickets purchased. Not one can per ticket. Can only signed by Mick Fleetwood.</i>

LMAO!!!! :laugh:

Actually, they'll be giving every fan club member a discount on a miniature ice sculpture of an Egyptian pyramid.
Awwww, mine died on the flight home!

- Jake

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:22 AM

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:24 AM

How about the exclusive photos of Mick building an igloo.. oh wait!! As fan club members we get to see the chunks of ice...not the people!!!!! Or maybe the boxes of tool in them!!

Tamara :wavey:
god I think I am pass tired..or sillyness has hit me!

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:25 AM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Actually, they'll be giving every fan club member a discount on a miniature ice sculpture of an Egyptian pyramid.
Awwww, mine died on the flight home!

- Jake

Well, at least you'd have something to drink on the way home. Dang, the fan club is SO giving. They want to make sure you don't dehydrate on your flight. Hey, I wonder if I went to the Idaho show and carved potatos into the shape of the band if they would sign them....ain't nothin' like potato reeboks. lol

AliP

06-12-2003, 12:27 AM

No offense taken, but being from IDAHO, Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. You can bet that most of the biggest tours this summer will be stopping there.

Sorry that disappoints some of you from the toxic waste states, but the east coast has had enough shows, its time for the west coast to enjoy.

Boise and Salt Lake City here I come!! :D

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by tamaraluvsFM
How about the exclusive photos of Mick building an igloo.. oh wait!! As fan club members we get to see the chunks of ice...not the people!!!!! Or maybe the boxes of tool in them!!

Tamara :wavey:
god I think I am pass tired..or sillyness has hit me!

Now you're being silly.
The truth is, fan club members will get an exclusive FIRST PEEK at a video tour of the very dogsled that the band will take to its Alaska fan club venues!
Just send us an e-mail with your phone number, mother's maiden name, credit card number and expiration date, and suggestions for how we can rip you off again on the second leg of the tour. Only one entry per member, please!

- Jake

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Well, at least you'd have something to drink on the way home. Dang, the fan club is SO giving. They want to make sure you don't dehydrate on your flight. Hey, I wonder if I went to the Idaho show and carved potatos into the shape of the band if they would sign them....ain't nothin' like potato reeboks. lol

Come to think of it, with all the fansites out there, it's surprising there isn't one showing Spuds that look like Mac members.

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by AliP
No offense taken, but being from IDAHO, Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. You can bet that most of the biggest tours this summer will be stopping there.

Sorry that disappoints some of you from the toxic waste states, but the east coast has had enough shows, its time for the west coast to enjoy.

Boise and Salt Lake City here I come!! :D

Actually, they didn't really play much in the North East....it was just Albany, Buffalo, Worchester for two shows, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. None of which are really around here except for Philadelphia. And you know we're only messin' with you ;) Oh, and I tried to get Stevie to sign my toxic waste but it was a no go... :laugh:

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:35 AM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Come to think of it, with all the fansites out there, it's surprising there isn't one showing Spuds that look like Mac members.

LOL! Now who is being silly? :D

No offense to Idaho as I had the fine pleasure of passing through on my long way home from Cali to Ohio. But its the pure instance that they are choosing places not the norm. But hey...we are used to surprises being Mac fans. Its the way of the MAC, or management at least..lol

Tamara:wavey:

Fan of Idaho Potatoes...yum!

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:44 AM

Originally posted by tamaraluvsFM
LOL! Now who is being silly? :D

No offense to Idaho as I had the fine pleasure of passing through on my long way home from Cali to Ohio. But its the pure instance that they are choosing places not the norm. But hey...we are used to surprises being Mac fans. Its the way of the MAC, or management at least..lol

Tamara:wavey:

Fan of Idaho Potatoes...yum!

Well, I suppose since Fleetwood Mac is playing random places, they'll surely be stopping at the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ since it's in the projects...lol.

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Well, I suppose since Fleetwood Mac is playing random places, they'll surely be stopping at the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ since it's in the projects...lol.

Is that place for real? The Tweeter Center? Sorry but the name sounds pretty darn kinky and makes me laugh..I could not see them in the venue headlines...."Fleetwood Mac: Live at the Tweeter Center"
heehee..

Tamara:wavey:

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 12:54 AM

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 01:07 AM

Tweeter Center is the same as the E-Center. The E-Center was bought out by Tweeter (I believe it's a stereo company that used to be called Bryn Mawr or something). FU Center is getting ready to become the WACHOVIA CENTER. I still say E-Center most of the time because Tweeter sounds dirty...lol. And I will always call the First Union Center the FU Center just because...well...it's fun. And yes, the E-Center/Tweeter Center is the dumpiest place EVER for a concert unless it's something like the Y100 Feztival or the Q102 concert (local radio stations) Those shows are all day events so you just crash on the lawn. However, those shows are mostly comprised of drunk people taking nitrous so everyone wants to be on the lawn so they can partake in illegal activity and they really don't care about being up close. They care about being high and very drunk. And yes, it is in the projects...next to the aquarium. I saw Stevie at the E-Center. My seats sucked and the sound was horrible. But it was my first Stevie concert ever so she could have been playing in a trashcan (which the E-Center essentially is..okay, so it's more like a grassy nole) and I would have still been like, YAY!

estranged4life

06-12-2003, 01:49 AM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
I know. Forgive me, but where is Lubbock again? And the Louisiana show?

Lubbock is that waste of land in the Texas panhandle...My older brother & family live there and he says it's the worse place he's ever lived in...He says it's Buddy Holly & Natlie Maines butt-kiss town, LOL!!!

I may go see 'em there because that's an easy drive from this waste of space town of Carna-HELL-gie...

Brian j.

cliffdweller

06-12-2003, 07:25 AM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
I know. Forgive me, but where is Lubbock again? And the Louisiana show?

Lubbock is in west texas, and it is the home of texas tech, which includes probably the ugliest college campus in the entire state! C'mon guys, come to Austin, the live music capitol of the world! (hee-hee)

Hook Em'!

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 08:31 AM

Bossier City, Louisiana is located in the northwest portion of Louisiana, directly across the Red River from Shreveport. The city is accessible via Interstate 20 and minutes from Interstate 49. It is 3 hours east of Dallas, Texas; 3.5 hours south of Little Rock, Arkansas; 4 hours west of Jackson, Mississippi; and 4.5 hours north of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Here is the site for what I assume will be the arena

http://www.centurytelcenter.com/directions.html

This is actually a pretty cool choice because Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Middle/Northern Mississippi are accessible. Having said that, it is in the middle of nowhere as far as I am concerned and the Texas people can clearly drive to Dallas for an easier trip. New Orleans or Lafayette (at the Cajun Dome :laugh: ) would have been a better choice. But, again, they did not ask me!!!!!!

Lisa

06-12-2003, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by AliP
Sorry that disappoints some of you from the toxic waste states, [/B]

LOL! Having lived in both places, I'll take Idaho anyday over the hot, humid, dirty and waaay overcrowded East Coast :)

But Ali, we shouldn't complain if people don't like it, 'cause that means they won't move there ;)

-Lisa

John Run

06-12-2003, 09:17 AM

For those who say the Eagles would never play cities like this....

Last year, May-July the Eagles did an entire tour of secondary markets. They did not play New York, Boston, Atlanta, LA, SFO, Chicago, etc.

Where did they play? Spokane, Fargo, Wichita, Tupelo, MS, Biloxi, MS, Bossier City, LA, Lubbock, TX. Some of those cities sound familiar?

I can not believe the band is being hammered for playing smaller markets. So many provincial people here. How about the people in these markets who usually have to drive 8 hours plus to see a show? They are getting the opportunity to have a huge band come to their city. Believe me when bands like this do that, they are treated like royalty and rewarded with packed houses and enthusiastic crowds. That is why the Eagles, Springsteen, and now Fleetwood Mac are choosing to play these markets.

For those who say they did not play the east coast. 2 dates in Worcester, Albany, Buffalo, Philly, Atlantic City, Uniondale, Meadowlands Arena, Pittsburgh, DC. I think that is a pretty good sampling of the East Coast.

They have a second leg kicking off September/October that I am sure will hit Houston, Dallas, and then some major East Coast Cities, NYC probably Boston proper, instead of Worcester, a Hartford date, etc.

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 09:30 AM

I think it is great FM is making an effort to go to all of the people in the U.S. and not just the big cities. They did this for the White Album as well as Rumors and during the period between the two.

I also, think the European leg is in the works. I have nothing to base that on other than The Dance was going to Europe and elsewhere like Austrlia before CM did not agree to participate in the second leg of the tour because she agreed only to the first leg (note: I mean no harm no foul to CM). I also think TISL was headed to Europe and perhaps Australia but 9/11 prevented that from happening. So, here is hoping I am correct and I will be able to buy all of my London Ledgie friends a pint at the London concert :D

Also, one of the reasons The Dance tour, as well as the CD, was so successful was they charged a bunch like they are doing now and played to many sold out smaller "shed" venues and some larger also sold out venues. So, I think FM is on the right track here.

Gypsy-Rhiannon

06-12-2003, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by strandinthewind

I also, think the European leg is in the works. I have nothing to base that on other than The Dance was going to Europe and elsewhere like Australia before CM did not agree to participate in the second leg of the tour because she agreed only to the first leg (note: I mean no harm no foul to CM). I also think TISL was headed to Europe and perhaps Australia but 9/11 prevented that from happening. So, here is hoping I am correct and I will be able to buy all of my London Ledgie friends a pint at the London concert :D

I hope you are right. I still have my doubts that TISL would have come here or Australia though as Stevie had already agreed to go into the studio with Fleetwood Mac. Even without 9/11 I don't think there would have been time for an overseas tour

Pip

Jason T.

06-12-2003, 10:22 AM

THEIR GOING TO LUBBOCK!!! That's only two hours from Amarillo -- (Lubbock is a city right in between El Paso and Dallas, just to the south of where I am). I may actually get to go see my first Fleetwood Mac concert after all...if I have enough money. I don't know why they are going to Lubbock, Amarillo is just as big (if not bigger) and Lubbock's population is mainly made up of Texas Tech University.

Livia

06-12-2003, 10:55 AM

C'mon guys, come to Austin, the live music capitol of the world! (hee-hee)

WORD! Oh, and Go, Horns!
:wavey:

jeffles

06-12-2003, 11:10 AM

Secondary markets are important. There are fans in those cities who would not otherwise get the chance to see the band if they didn't come closer to they're town. It may be because people don't have the opportunity too travel far to see a show, or the desire to do so, or even have enough money. The more shows they play--in different cities, the better they can increase album sales.

Besides, I don't think that anyone from New Jersey, as the girl who started this string is, should be critical of other places.

The only thing good about Jersey is Springsteen and the fact that it is close to NYC.

Somajoseph

06-12-2003, 11:40 AM

I also agree that secondary markets are important. Back in 75 when the Mac were on the White Album tour, they sold that album, Stevie said, by "playing everywhere", we kicked that album in the ass!" I always loved that quote, I thought it was pretty funny. They played 95 dates, I believe, from Sept-Dec of 1975. "Rhiannon" wasnt even released as a single until the spring of 1976! By the end of December they had a platinum album, and that was solely on the strength of all those shows, and the single "Over My Head" which only got to #20 on the pop sinlgles chart. So playing everywhere does obviously increase sales, and I am sure those shows are much appreciated by their fans outside of the large urban centers.

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by John Run
For those who say the Eagles would never play cities like this....

Last year, May-July the Eagles did an entire tour of secondary markets. They did not play New York, Boston, Atlanta, LA, SFO, Chicago, etc.

Where did they play? Spokane, Fargo, Wichita, Tupelo, MS, Biloxi, MS, Bossier City, LA, Lubbock, TX. Some of those cities sound familiar?

I can not believe the band is being hammered for playing smaller markets. So many provincial people here. How about the people in these markets who usually have to drive 8 hours plus to see a show? They are getting the opportunity to have a huge band come to their city. Believe me when bands like this do that, they are treated like royalty and rewarded with packed houses and enthusiastic crowds. That is why the Eagles, Springsteen, and now Fleetwood Mac are choosing to play these markets.

For those who say they did not play the east coast. 2 dates in Worcester, Albany, Buffalo, Philly, Atlantic City, Uniondale, Meadowlands Arena, Pittsburgh, DC. I think that is a pretty good sampling of the East Coast.

They have a second leg kicking off September/October that I am sure will hit Houston, Dallas, and then some major East Coast Cities, NYC probably Boston proper, instead of Worcester, a Hartford date, etc.

I'm not hammering the band for playing places like this...I'm just picturing Stevie in Idaho and I think it's funny. My friend Erica was born in south Jersey, moved to Colorado when she was little, moved back to south Jersey, then moved to Idaho for 5 years and then to California for a year and then back to Jersey. She was not a fan of Idaho and she used to tell me that she lived in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing around her at all. I don't know how far away she lived from Boise. She could have seriously lived in the middle of nowhere with farm area around her. I have no idea. Perhaps that's why my view is somewhat skewed because i've never not lived with crap around me. I have 7 malls near my house..the farthest being 45 minutes away. I mean, for crying out loud I live in the most densely populated state per square mile. You can't freakin' get away from people which sucks....trust me. And I'm not saying that it's not a nice place to live. I'm just saying that it's a random state for Fleetwood Mac to be playing. That's all. Yea, it is cool that some people who would not ordinarily get to see them will. I'm happy for you guys because it means you won't have to travel 8 hours away.

However, I have a feeling that at the rate Stevie and Lindsey are going (i don't think it's a stage act, I think she's genuinely pissed off at him), and if Stevie's physical and mental health continue to decline (flame me all you want, but girlfriend is having a meltdown and I think it's a variety of things in combination with the menopause), there will be no second leg of the tour and these random ass places will be it. Is that selfish of me? Probably. But if they don't do a second leg of this tour, I'm highly doubting they'll be doing another album and tour with it. Just my opinion. I hope I'm wrong but we'll just have to wait it out and see.

saradorna

06-12-2003, 12:14 PM

Originally posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon
I hope you are right. I still have my doubts that TISL would have come here or Australia though as Stevie had already agreed to go into the studio with Fleetwood Mac. Even without 9/11 I don't think there would have been time for an overseas tour

Pip

IMO, I think there are three reasons Stevie did not go to europe.

One, was that she started to get sick and had to cancelled a few shows. Just that, I think made it imposible to go because she had to make most of those dates and there would not be time to go anywhere else.

Two, The 9/11 thing made the whole thing worse but I think is not the biggest reasong for not going overseas.

Three, after the band decided that Lindsey's song from the never released album "GOS" were going to be in the next FM Album. You can bet that when the record company found out, they were not going to let Stevie tour overseas, so she get back with guys and record her stuff.

Anyway, I hope they do go overseas and I'm glad for the fans whose going to get a chance to see them with this added shows.

Isabel

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by jeffles
Secondary markets are important. There are fans in those cities who would not otherwise get the chance to see the band if they didn't come closer to they're town. It may be because people don't have the opportunity too travel far to see a show, or the desire to do so, or even have enough money. The more shows they play--in different cities, the better they can increase album sales.

Besides, I don't think that anyone from New Jersey, as the girl who started this string is, should be critical of other places.

The only thing good about Jersey is Springsteen and the fact that it is close to NYC.

At this point in the bands career, they aren't worried about boosting album sales (okay, so I can't speak for Mick). If they were, they'd be putting a little more effort into increasing sales, wouldn't they? I haven't heard Peacekeeper on the radio in weeks and they have yet to play Say You Will and I still have not seen the video for Peacekeeper. If they're going to these places, it's because someone wants them to..whether that's management, or fans, or whatever, i don't know. I doubt the band sat down and said, "let's throw darts on a map to determine where the second part of the first leg of the tour will take us!"--thus the randomness of the places.

"Besides, I don't think that anyone from New Jersey, as the girl who started this string is, should be critical of other places."

Hahaha...sorry, that's great. I'm more critical of this state than anywhere else. We're the only state that puts our capital in the ghetto and our governor in a mansion in Princeton. How could you not love that???? And we don't pump our own gas! Oh wait, it gets better...our taxes are outrageous, no one wants to provide us car insurance, we have two license plates, and we're called the Garden State but, uh, I don't see many gardens! Oh, and my name is Marissa so you don't need to call me "the girl" anymore. You'll probably start calling me Jersey now. :laugh:

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 12:27 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
. . . And we don't pump our own gas! :laugh:

I totally forgot about that. I was going to the TISL concert at the PNC Bankcenter with a friend of mine who lives in Weehawken in his car. I got out to pump the gas and almost got :eek: arrested :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Does NJ still have outrageous tolls. I drove from New Oreans to NYC one time and had to pay like over $100 in tolls in Jersey!!!!!! :laugh:

chiliD

06-12-2003, 12:29 PM

Well, I think that since both Mick & Lindsey have the families along with 'em on the road, that they're using it as an excuse to see the whole country...they hit the "major markets" first leg and are using the second leg to play places they haven't played before...maybe they'll eventually hit all 50 states on this tour...I think they should at least expand to UK & Australia before they consider the tour "over".

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
I totally forgot about that. I was going to the TISL concert at the PNC Bankcenter with a friend of mine who lives in Weehawken in his car. I got out to pump the gas and almost got :eek: arrested :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Does NJ still have outrageous tolls. I drove from New Oreans to NYC one time and had to pay like over $100 in tolls in Jersey!!!!!! :laugh:

Yup! Only now we have EZPass so we can speed through the toll booths...lol. When we went to DC for the show, I went with my friend Steve. Now Steve is totally gay so he like, hardly knows where the gas tank is..lol..and I was like, you have to pump your own gas. I know how to pump it because my parents own a gas station but I wanted to watch him try and have a good laugh. It was SOOO hysterical. He's like, "I can't do it.." this guy behind us was like, "you've got to be friggin' kidding me? You're joking right?" Steve goes "WE'RE FROM NEW JERSEY!!! WE DON'T PUMP OUR OWN GAS!!!" LOL!:laugh:

WindingRoad

06-12-2003, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Yea, when they said smaller venues, I had no idea they meant Uncle Billy Bob Jo Lee Nelson's Potato Pickin' Family Farm.

Think they'll pay $125 a seat over there at Uncle Billy Bob's? :eek:

I don't thiiiiinnnnkkkk so!

susieq :wavey:

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 12:47 PM

Originally posted by WindingRoad
Think they'll pay $125 a seat over there at Uncle Billy Bob's? :eek:

I don't thiiiiinnnnkkkk so!

susieq :wavey:

Ya know, I'm actually curious to see how much tickets will go for in these smaller cities. I know Atlantic City was $150 per ticket and Philly was $125 and I think DC was $135. Do you think they'll be a difference in price??? Hell, if they're cheap, I'll fly to Idaho... I know southwest airlines is doing this $45 each way deal thingy right now. I should live it up before I spend the next portion of my adult life in debt...damn you Emerson College. Sheesh.

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 12:53 PM

I would pay twice that to see them in a smaller venue of say 2,000 seats - of course the living room idea mentioned earlier is nice as well!!!!! :laugh:

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
I would pay twice that to see them in a smaller venue of say 2,000 seats - of course the living room idea mentioned earlier is nice as well!!!!! :laugh:

Absofreakinloutely. Anyone have a living room large enough to accomedate all of us? lol

tamaraluvsFM

06-12-2003, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
And we don't pump our own gas!

I never knew that New Jersey was a non-pump state. I had my first experience with this in Oregon, as I pulled into a station I started to get out of my car and this man started running towards me. I had NO CLUE about the law, and after 10 hours of driving, I see this man running at me so I head back into my car and lock the doors. Well he knocks on my window and of course I am like...I am getting out of here. But I look and see he has a uniform on and is asking me what type do you want? So once I realize he was there to pump and after my astonishment of not having to do it myself it was quite nice. Oh and yes...I did tip him as my face did not lose the redness it acquired once I realized I ran from the gas man, but he laughed and I laughed so it was all good.
I wonder what other states has this no-pump law?

Tamara :wavey:

gypsysara

06-12-2003, 02:20 PM

:]

YEAH! More dates!!!

bigmac

06-12-2003, 02:38 PM

Man, you yanks on the first page are so spoiled. Thank you Fleetwood Mac for not forgetting the midwest and southern fans. People all over the country love Fleetwood Mac. But what happened to Little Rock, Ar.?

It would be nice if the fan club would get it's **** togather and offer up some decent seats this time around but I'm not holding my breath. Doubt I'll even go see them twice anyway and I've already got OKC tix. I think I'll see Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sammy Hagar, Aerosmith and Kiss to wrap up my summer concert fun.

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 02:58 PM

Hey, Marissa, I forgot about those Jersey pumps.

And there are worst things to be called than Jersey. My Atlantic City grandmother used to always tell me the same old joke: What did Della wear? Her new jersey.
Who knows, Stevie might even write a song called Turnpike Angel.

Don't feel bad about the pumps. The first time I went to vote in Texas, I was stunned to see paper ballots, short pencils, and a real live ballot box. I had assumed everybody used the automated booths like in Philly. Of course, this was before the 2000 election results, when we were swamped with descriptions of different voting methods around the country.

- Jake

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
. . . Who knows, Stevie might even write a song called Turnpike Angel

:laugh:

To the tune of "Garbo"

I love to drive
on a dirty
jersey turnpike road
All alone
in my Vega
with a six pack and can of skoal
Watching the acid rain
go by
turning the green counrtyside to stone
You could be in Jersey
or you could forget

Or - to the tune of Silver Springs only sung by a man (or perhaps not :laugh: )

You could be my turnpike girl
gum smackin with huge hair and bracelets flashin
I would be your only dream
my huge gut and shiny oily face will send you a crashin'

Oh - its getting late!!!!!

:blob1: :] :] :] :] :blob2:

Note: just meant in humor - no slam on NJ

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 04:51 PM

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 05:05 PM

Now there you go again
about the Gard - en State

When you live here
You get a little down

See - the factories
have polluted the air and the streams and

if you listen carefully
you hear the sound

of the rivers clogging up
and the stillness of the acid rain
and the green toxic fog

. . .

as it washES you clean -
you'll know

______________________________________________

consider the gauntlet thrown! ;)

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
:laugh:

To the tune of "Garbo"

I love to drive
on a dirty
jersey turnpike road
All alone
in my Vega
with a six pack and can of skoal
Watching the acid rain
go by
turning the green counrtyside to stone
You could be in Jersey
or you could forget

Or - to the tune of Silver Springs only sung by a man (or perhaps not :laugh: )

You could be my turnpike girl
gum smackin with huge hair and bracelets flashin
I would be your only dream
my huge gut and shiny oily face will send you a crashin'

Oh - its getting late!!!!!

:blob1: :] :] :] :] :blob2:

Note: just meant in humor - no slam on NJ

To the tune of LANDSLIDE

Wore my sweatpants--wore them into town--
grabbed my Coach handbag--it was brown--
Then I climed into my Benz and I picked up my friends
And the state troopers lights flashed 'round--

Oh, MAC cosmetics are SO fly--
they're what I love--
did I mention BEBE is a clothing store
sent from up above
And I took daddy's credit card and I maxed it out--
the bill made him scream and shout--

Well I been 'fraid of leavin
cuz I built my wardrobe--around you--
but time makes us older--
that's when we'll have to be bolder
and get lots of surgery too

And there you have it...lol :laugh:

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 07:40 PM

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LOL! I knew you'd love it!!! :laugh:

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 08:17 PM

I hear there's trouble on Jersey shore
I run through the sand
I run over the needles
Down to dead fish
Show me the way back to clean air

You can consume all the ozone in the room, baby
Big hair you spray, mallchicks must do it
And it spikes up your bangs
And it totally coats "you's" like layers of foundation

But the gas pump has been broken
Attendant preys in the shadow of casino
You want to walk the boards
But you are stuck on bridge
You say, another toll, make it stop!
Before the dawn of more pollution
Stinks up the wind
Totally chokes you
I hear there's trouble on Jersey shore

(Gauntlet thrown back)

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I hear there's trouble on Jersey shore
I run through the sand
I run over the needles
Down to dead fish
Show me the way back to clean air

You can consume all the ozone in the room, baby
Big hair you spray, mallchicks must do it
And it spikes up your bangs
And it totally coats "you's" like layers of foundation

But the gas pump has been broken
Attendant preys in the shadow of casino
You want to walk the boards
But you are stuck on bridge
You say, another toll, make it stop!
Before the dawn of more pollution
Stinks up the wind
Totally chokes you
I hear there's trouble on Jersey shore

(Gauntlet thrown back)

- Jake

LMAO!!!! We've unleashed a can-o-worms boys!! Jake, that was hysterical. I CANNOT STAND WHEN PEOPLE SAY "YOUS" or "ALLS"...it's like a dagger in my ear...lol!!!! You know what's amusing...lol...most of the pollution that's here isn't our own...it comes from out west via the jet stream...lol :laugh:

She was a Jersey girl....
the site of her would make you hurl
She was a messed up girl
and she looked like it
She would have preferred
to get off at the last exit...
but that's alright
she'll find her way

I think Jake can varify i don't wear bangle bracelets or have big hair LMAO!!!

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 08:42 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie

She would have preferred
to get off at the last exit...
but that's alright
she'll find her way

:laugh: :laugh:

I think Jake can varify i don't wear bangle bracelets or have big hair LMAO!!!

I figured you had just cleaned up your look in preparation for Emerson.
You don't want to be like Reese Witherspoon in "Jerseyly Blond".

- Jake

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 08:54 PM

Newark
is the airport that I use
the vibrations
all the way to my home's back room

Oh Newark
my city
I breath your air
and cough, gasp, and gag
all the way to my doom

I'm alone now
with my thoughts
how could I live here
how can I get out
Oh what I've been though
all of the drama
smell of the dumpster
shadow of my hairdo

I'd trade you in a minute
for diamonds
hell for tin foil
for ANYTHING
just remember
I want to get the hell out of here

Oh Newark . . .

La La La La LALALALALA

gldstwmn

06-12-2003, 08:54 PM

The things you learn when posting on The Ledge. What do you mean you don't have to pump your gas? I'd fall over if anyone in this town pumped my gas.
Idaho Ledgie- I meant no disrespect to you or the land of potatoes, I'm low carb, that's all. I thought it was an odd place for FM to play, not as odd as Bossier LA though. Either they're broadening they're audience by playing to the college market or these are fill in dates while they travel around.
bigmac, I hope they do come to Little Rock for you but please do not be too hard on us (former) Yankees.
And thanks to the poster who enlightened me about Lubbock being in Texas. YES, I KNEW THAT. What I meant was where in Texas.
Okay, go back to singing your songs.:wavey:

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
. . . Bossier LA

another interesting tidbit - you pronounce it like you would say Beau Zsure - in case anyone might interested - although I have no idea why they would be - I've been there :eek: :cool:

gldstwmn

06-12-2003, 09:03 PM

I like the sound of it. I bet Stevie would like the sound of it too. Wonder if we'll get a Beauzsure song.

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
I like the sound of it. I bet Stevie would like the sound of it too. Wonder if we'll get a Beauzsure song.

No one looked
we just drove by
to live in Bossier city
would be like dying

Said no to the thought
again and again
but I lost my job
and then I had to move in

so no one knows
how I feel
or what the hell I am going through
unless they drop on by

one life walked away from me
Now I lost my sanity and live with my parents again :eek:

Move out
Move out
In the middle of my room
I said what the hell am I doing
Bossier City
Its alright
(yeah right)
Its not alright

to be living with my parents
(living with my parents)
in Bossier City
WELL I COULD CRY
I need a little sympathy
for losing my sanity
I need a little sympathy - baby
Oh - I'm in Bossier City
Stand Back
Oh - I'm in Bossier City
Stand Back
Well why don't you kill me now
kill me now
(Stand Back)

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
The things you learn when posting on The Ledge. What do you mean you don't have to pump your gas? I'd fall over if anyone in this town pumped my gas.
Idaho Ledgie- I meant no disrespect to you or the land of potatoes, I'm low carb, that's all. I thought it was an odd place for FM to play, not as odd as Bossier LA though. Either they're broadening they're audience by playing to the college market or these are fill in dates while they travel around.
bigmac, I hope they do come to Little Rock for you but please do not be too hard on us (former) Yankees.
And thanks to the poster who enlightened me about Lubbock being in Texas. YES, I KNEW THAT. What I meant was where in Texas.
Okay, go back to singing your songs.:wavey:

LOL...that was me saying it was in Texas...
Nope, we don't pump our own gas...we have gas station attendants. Of course, there are some gas stations that offer both self-serve and full serve. But, yea, generally you sit in your car and tell them how much you want. I can just see all of you getting out of your cars to pump your own gas and having some guy that doesn't speak English run up to you and start yelling...lol...:laugh: Fleetwood Mac does indeed have a LARGE spectrum of fans from all corners of the globe, don't they?? I suppose I never really realized the spectre of the Mac ;)

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 09:17 PM

You never promised me tomato garden
You never said we'd buy organic
You never promised we'd buy our veggies roadside
You only offered water ice lick

Well, I never took the time to find clean skies
How much I needed Christine Todd Whitman in order to survive
I was so fake, a princess in my time
And walk to gas pump was so far
And my tank so hard to find

You never promised me cheap bangles for suntanned arm
Boardwalk pinwheel you said was all you could buy
You never said we'd win cool prize at skee-ball
And oh my darling ate Dipstix fried

And now you're gone and I'm alone and still so phoney
My new nose still looks the same
One day I turned off the pike and I was out of hairspray
In my height there's been a big change

Now I've a beach house
With sea gulls falling dead all around
Yeah, and I've got a garden
And it's got tomatoes rotting black on the ground
Yes, and I've got casino bus trips
A & P coupons, and state trooper boyfriend
Well I've got all these things
All these things but a full spray can
For my frizzed hair
In my head band
No no, you never promised
Me Jersey tomatoes

- Jake

strandinthewind

06-12-2003, 09:22 PM

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I fell out of my chair!!!!!!!!

esp. the Whiman line! :cool:

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 09:29 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Newark
is the airport that I use
the vibrations
all the way to my home's back room

Oh Newark
my city
I breath your air
and cough, gasp, and gag
all the way to my doom

I'm alone now
with my thoughts
how could I live here
how can I get out
Oh what I've been though
all of the drama
smell of the dumpster
shadow of my hairdo

I'd trade you in a minute
for diamonds
hell for tin foil
for ANYTHING
just remember
I want to get the hell out of here

Oh Newark . . .

La La La La LALALALALA

Newark: The WORST airport anywhere.
I'd sooner land at sea than go back there.

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-12-2003, 09:34 PM

Jake,
You're killin' me over here...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Yea, now instead of Whitman who was FABULOUS *snicker* we have another FABULOUS governor...he spent a bunch of our money to take trip to Ireland...lol...oh New Jersey, how you are the 8th ring of hell to me

Go on save yourself
leave your Buick Regal here
You belong in Boston--
you'll be free there

I have come to know that New Jersey is dumpy
Quit your job at Leslie's Swimming pool supplies--
you won't be so grumpy
So be true to you--
flee away from here--
Head up to Boston--
and have a pint of beer
AHAAAAAAAA...AHAAAAAAAAA

LOL

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 09:52 PM

Until she herself
Became a gambling felon
As she grew older
Oooh, until she herself became just as cheap-spread
As casino buffet

So you swim towards
What you smell is dead
There are too many jellyfish
To clean up!
For the tax that I pay to this state
For the tax that I pay to this state
Back on the pike!
Never did I mean to
Live by the pike exit
Here in my Garden State
Like I am in prison
For the tax that I pay for good roads
For the tax that I pay for good roads
Pay the toll!

Until she herself
Took risks in Garden State
Avoided bankruptcy
No losses on slots

Until she herself
Got laid under boardwalk
Using protection
These tourists pay lots

Driving through the Garden State
I'm driving through countless toll booths
I'm driving straight towards
Straight towards
What you know is one more speed trap
Too many state troopers
For me to race down
For the love that I have for my life
Pay the fine!

- Jake

darklinensuit

06-12-2003, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Jake,
You're killin' me over here...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Yea, now instead of Whitman who was FABULOUS *snicker* we have another FABULOUS governor...he spent a bunch of our money to take trip to Ireland...lol...oh New Jersey, how you are the 8th ring of hell to me

Reminds me of when Philly's Wilson Goode used city money to buy himself speech lessons to help get reelected. Of course, in Philly, it worked.

Linda Ellerbee's hilarious book "And So It Goes" talks about when Goode assembled a committee to select an outstanding Philadelphian who would win a cash prize.
They picked...him!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

- Jake

gldstwmn

06-13-2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
LOL...that was me saying it was in Texas...
Fleetwood Mac does indeed have a LARGE spectrum of fans from all corners of the globe, don't they?? I suppose I never really realized the spectre of the Mac ;)

Hey Marissa, as long as it was you that's okay.:laugh: Fleetwood Mac does have a varied audience. And Boston's very nice. I grew up 30 miles south of there. They made a movie about it. It's called Outside Providence. Don't think Alec Baldwin has made a movie since.:eek: ;)

DownOnRodeo

06-13-2003, 12:32 AM

Hey you guys are a riot - thanks for the laugh :laugh:

darklinensuit

06-13-2003, 04:54 AM

So I'm back
To chemical waste left on the sand
Back to sea gulls
Crap on my head
To green beach chair
Fluorescent towel
Back to Jerseygirl that I was
To Jerseygirl that I was
You's you's you's you's you's you's you's you's

And my food you'll see me chew
Well I've not had my fill and
Harsh accent screams
Not just once, always twice
And it rips through Ventnor Beach
And you hear Jerseygirl
Can't not hear Jerseygirl

Near dead horseshoe crab
That remains
Call for frozen custard
Gulp down my fudge
I leave all my trash
As if this trash were just too much
Too much for me to clean up
For me to clean up

She is taking a pee in the sea
She was just a skank, she was just
A skank
And her trash is all that is left for you now
Tide swept pee away
See you's another day
La la la
I still see your twist ties

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-13-2003, 07:38 AM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
Hey Marissa, as long as it was you that's okay.:laugh: Fleetwood Mac does have a varied audience. And Boston's very nice. I grew up 30 miles south of there. They made a movie about it. It's called Outside Providence. Don't think Alec Baldwin has made a movie since.:eek: ;)

:laugh: Yea...can't say I know of another movie (at least one that was released in a movie theater) that Alec Baldwin starred in...lol. Joe, glad we all could provide you with much humor. Jake, you're nuts...lol...and that's all I have to say about that :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You crack me up!!

Livia

06-13-2003, 09:55 AM

:D :D :D :D :D

LMAO! Great job, everyone!

strandinthewind

06-13-2003, 01:06 PM

Jake - you are the master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

darklinensuit

06-13-2003, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Jake - you are the master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Thanks, but YOU started this.
Don't tell me you're throwing in the towel already.:confused:

- Jake

strandinthewind

06-13-2003, 01:25 PM

Hardly and you'd be so lucky!!!!! :cool:

Meet me down by
the subway station
I've been a waiting
Well I'm through waiting for you
the polluted ground has melted though my shoes!

Well, I think I now know
why I always wheeze
Sometimes I think
that I must have
I must have been crazy
Crazy to breathe in this air, baby

Well, my skin is brown
and its cancerous, baby
Now I decided to gasp for air
while I waited on you
But now, I'm alright...

Please, the state's been taken on a ride
You know, all of this has been on our dime
Now, I hope I can buy a lung
a new fine lung
So, I'll be alright...
That's right

I believe, I believe
that I know you Mr Welch
cause you been polluting our earth and I
Well, I never did believe in you lies
Yoiu know, you sure as hell have been telling lies (Mr. Welch)

Now, I can't breathe
like I should breathe
But that's alright,
at least Mr. Welch you and your billions are alright

Please, Mr. Welch - don't waste any more time
You know what the Hudson has become on your dime
I hope you spend it with a good conscious
and that tou make it anyway to your own designs of heaven
That's alright, yes you suck for what you did to us
That's right

For those who do not know - Jack Welch was the head of General Electric (GE) for years and, consequently, is a very, very wealthy man. It has been widely alleged that GE during Mr. Welch's reign made the Hudson river very very polluted to the point that it has become a campaign to get GE to stop polluting it and clean it up. The Hudson, of course, separates Manhattan with New Jersey.

gldstwmn

06-13-2003, 01:35 PM

All these posts about New Jersey and not one mention of the Sopranos. You guys are slippin'.:D

Livia

06-13-2003, 01:36 PM

All these posts about New Jersey and not one mention of
the Sopranos. You guys are slippin'

Exactly what I was thinking!;)

darklinensuit

06-13-2003, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
All these posts about New Jersey and not one mention of the Sopranos. You guys are slippin'.:D

Sorry, never seen the show, no cable here.

Strand, that's a great song choice. With the new lyrics, it's sort of the Stevie version of Billy Joel's Allentown.

- Jake

darklinensuit

06-13-2003, 02:40 PM

(2nd time doing this one- Got bumped off.:rolleyes: )

Oooh, and on it runs
Your made-up face, and you hate sweating
You say, "I hate this!"
Well, it's just a look that's messed
'Cause there are two shades of skin
I parade around my beach the best
Wildwood masterpiece

What in the mirror can I think that I am seeing?
My face and neck are different colors, need squeejeeing.
Well, the two of them
Well they must be
Mismatched foundation separated at my jawline
Well don't you see, as I strut on by
Light blue eyeshadow look will never really die.

Well, I talked to alls my peeps last night
My hair sprayed up, I'd added Sun-In highlighting
Chicks say, "I don't know howjoo do whatchoo do
Howjoo line your eyes black?"
Well, I say, "Word, cosmetic samples!"
Then I just outline my lips.
Well, the two of us, orange face and white neck

Oooh, the two of us
Could use Nocxema for their very survival
Contrast with each other
Look fake as any set of plastic Colorforms
My face could peel apart.

Two shades of skin
One is my painted mug
One is the neck that's me
Obvious foundation

GardenStateGirlie

06-13-2003, 07:25 PM

I love coming back after having worked a 10 hour day to much amusement on the ledge...those songs made me crack up!! :laugh:

To the tune of the lovely mirage era demo.....

I've been livin' here--
a little too long---
I think I should stop it now--
I've grown tired---
and I wanna break free..yeaaa...
You tell me I look like Jamie Lynn from The Soprano's
but my names Marissa Lee...
I've been livin' here--
a little too long--
think I should stop it now...

How many more days til' Boston??? LOL :laugh:

gldstwmn

06-13-2003, 09:23 PM

There you go Marissa. Now, in order to move to Boston you need to incorporate the word "wicked" into your speech pattern. Example: I have a wicked headache from squinting at that Lindsey video on the fan club site.

Go ahead, give it a try.:laugh:

GardenStateGirlie

06-13-2003, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
There you go Marissa. Now, in order to move to Boston you need to incorporate the word "wicked" into your speech pattern. Example: I have a wicked headache from squinting at that Lindsey video on the fan club site.

Go ahead, give it a try.:laugh:

Lindsey looked wicked hot with his shirt partially unbuttoned with the beads of sweat glistening on his chest. ;) LOL! :laugh:

darklinensuit

06-13-2003, 10:59 PM

Marissa, this one is for you.....to the tune of another great demo, Lady from the Mountain

Some call her trapped, Girlie from Garden State
And then still others say she's really posting here
Oh like her Lindsey plays hard
And wants to play harder
Then maybe then Mr. Buckingham really hears her
Really feels

Girlie from Garden State
She lives there
But she vents on the Ledge as well
But do you know the road
Or the tollbooths there...
And if you exit
You'll be gaining the chance to breathe fresh air
Emerson College beckons once
Then the turnpike turns...turns

Girlie from Garden State
Oh go from there
You know that you want out
Then you could pump your own gas
Somewhere on your car's side
Then maybe Jersey colloquialisms could make you crazy
Did she call out
Did she say, "Yo! You's alls!
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye!"

Girlie from Garden State
Getting out...getting out
Then breathe without it
Factory burning...burning
But you're hopefully learning (at Emerson)

- Jake

nae

06-13-2003, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Hardly and you'd be so lucky!!!!! :cool:

Meet me down by
the subway station
I've been a waiting
Well I'm through waiting for you
the polluted ground has melted though my shoes!

Well, I think I now know
why I always wheeze
Sometimes I think
that I must have
I must have been crazy
Crazy to breathe in this air, baby

Well, my skin is brown
and its cancerous, baby
Now I decided to gasp for air
while I waited on you
But now, I'm alright...

Please, the state's been taken on a ride
You know, all of this has been on our dime
Now, I hope I can buy a lung
a new fine lung
So, I'll be alright...
That's right

I believe, I believe
that I know you Mr Welch
cause you been polluting our earth and I
Well, I never did believe in you lies
Yoiu know, you sure as hell have been telling lies (Mr. Welch)

Now, I can't breathe
like I should breathe
But that's alright,
at least Mr. Welch you and your billions are alright

Please, Mr. Welch - don't waste any more time
You know what the Hudson has become on your dime
I hope you spend it with a good conscious
and that tou make it anyway to your own designs of heaven
That's alright, yes you suck for what you did to us
That's right

For those who do not know - Jack Welch was the head of General Electric (GE) for years and, consequently, is a very, very wealthy man. It has been widely alleged that GE during Mr. Welch's reign made the Hudson river very very polluted to the point that it has become a campaign to get GE to stop polluting it and clean it up. The Hudson, of course, separates Manhattan with New Jersey.

OMG!!! Just stepped in on this post & I'm LMAO. :D

Nae

DownOnRodeo

06-13-2003, 11:09 PM

Meet me down by
the subway station
I've been a waiting
Well I'm through waiting for you
the polluted ground has melted though my shoes!

I made a mistake getting my lunch then sitting down to eat it while reading this! What a laugh :laugh:

I guess I should cancel my plans to move to NJ then? ;)

gldstwmn

06-13-2003, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Lindsey looked wicked hot with his shirt partially unbuttoned with the beads of sweat glistening on his chest. ;) LOL! :laugh:

Slap me a high five, that's my girl!:laugh:

GardenStateGirlie

06-13-2003, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Marissa, this one is for you.....to the tune of another great demo, Lady from the Mountain

Some call her trapped, Girlie from Garden State
And then still others say she's really posting here
Oh like her Lindsey plays hard
And wants to play harder
Then maybe then Mr. Buckingham really hears her
Really feels

Girlie from Garden State
She lives there
But she vents on the Ledge as well
But do you know the road
Or the tollbooths there...
And if you exit
You'll be gaining the chance to breathe fresh air
Emerson College beckons once
Then the turnpike turns...turns

Girlie from Garden State
Oh go from there
You know that you want out
Then you could pump your own gas
Somewhere on your car's side
Then maybe Jersey colloquialisms could make you crazy
Did she call out
Did she say, "Yo! You's alls!
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye!"

Girlie from Garden State
Getting out...getting out
Then breathe without it
Factory burning...burning
But you're hopefully learning (at Emerson)

- Jake

LMAO!!! GOOD LAWD!! I'm seriously dying over here....this is too funny. Ya know, come to think of it i've NEVER driven the turnpike on my own...I don't live anywhere near it actually but it's funny to think tht when people think of NJ, they're like TURNPIKE!!! LMAO!

HIGH FIVE!!!! :nod: :D Oh, and let's try to use wicked again....
I think it's wicked cool that Lindsey allows people to grab his guitar...and his @ss during the concerts...lol :laugh: And it was wicked smart of Stevie to trade in the platforms for some reeboks. I mean, can you imagine how wicked her arches are after all these year? Krikey. :laugh:

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:02 AM

I'll be in Boston for a conference next month. I'll have to practice using the word wicked as much as possible before I go.

Sorry for all the turnpike references, but when I lived back east, whenever we met somebody from Jersey, you'd always ask "Which exit?" to find out just where in Jersey.

- WickedJake
(You used to call me wicked/I used to call you friend")

gldstwmn

06-14-2003, 12:06 AM

Have fun in MA, the humidity is wicked bad this time of year. Don't forget to have some clamcakes and chowda while you're tha. Say hello to the Red Sox for me.:laugh:

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:11 AM

Two years in Houston, I can't say I'm too intimidated by the humidity up there.
But I look forward to the chowda.

- Jake

GardenStateGirlie

06-14-2003, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I'll be in Boston for a conference next month. I'll have to practice using the word wicked as much as possible before I go.

Sorry for all the turnpike references, but when I lived back east, whenever we met somebody from Jersey, you'd always ask "Which exit?" to find out just where in Jersey.

- WickedJake
(You used to call me wicked/I used to call you friend")

Oh, I *SO* have an exit...it's off of 295 and not the turnpike...lol :laugh: Oh, and you'll all be excited to know, i'm watching Jimmy Kimmel Live right now and they were busting on NJ a few minutes ago...it was hysterical!!! They redid our travel and tourism commerical for "NJ and You...Perfect Together" Ha!

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Oh, I *SO* have an exit...it's off of 295 and not the turnpike...lol :laugh: Oh, and you'll all be excited to know, i'm watching Jimmy Kimmel Live right now and they were busting on NJ a few minutes ago...it was hysterical!!! They redid our travel and tourism commerical for "NJ and You...Perfect Together" Ha!

I have it on but I'm not paying attention at all.

I'd forgotten about those commercials. Who was that governor from the '80s who used to do the commercials, the one who looked like Joe Piscopo imitating David Hartman from Good Morning America? His accent was so thick. (If you don't know, make something up. Just don't tell me it was before your time.:distress: )

- Jake

gldstwmn

06-14-2003, 12:24 AM

Well, I hate to bring this up...but okay, I will. Isn't Martha Stewart from New Jersey? FM could do a benefit for the Free Martha Defense Fund.

GardenStateGirlie

06-14-2003, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I have it on but I'm not paying attention at all.

I'd forgotten about those commercials. Who was that governor from the '80s who used to do the commercials, the one who looked like Joe Piscopo imitating David Hartman from Good Morning America? His accent was so thick. (If you don't know, make something up. Just don't tell me it was before your time.:distress: )

- Jake

Hmm...I think it may have been Florio...another great governor...lol...gosh, you'd think we'd try and break the trend but nooo...lol :laugh: The commericals are SO lame...the commercial they show now has the governor and his wife and their baby with a unibrow walking on the beach saying the slogan...lol... if a baby with a unibrow and the Jersey shore don't getcha here, i dunno what will....lol :laugh:

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
Well, I hate to bring this up...but okay, I will. Isn't Martha Stewart from New Jersey? FM could do a benefit for the Free Martha Defense Fund.

I don't know, I mean, yeah, Martha & Stevie are both girlie-girls in their tastes, but Stevie calls herself a hippie. I just don't see her sympathizing a whole lot with Martha, but perhaps I'm wrong. As for Mick, he'd want a cut of the gate for any benefit. Heart of gold, that guy. (Stolen gold)

- Jake

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:33 AM

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Hmm...I think it may have been Florio...another great governor...lol...gosh, you'd think we'd try and break the trend but nooo...lol :laugh: The commericals are SO lame...the commercial they show now has the governor and his wife and their baby with a unibrow walking on the beach saying the slogan...lol... if a baby with a unibrow and the Jersey shore don't getcha here, i dunno what will....lol :laugh:

Baby with a unibrow in Jersey? I keep thinking of Laraine Newman as Connie Conehead. Wasn't she a teen with a unibrow?

And hey, living here in Texas, our governors take the cake. Molly Ivins has made a career out of their stupidity.

- Jake

gldstwmn

06-14-2003, 12:34 AM

The only thing Martha and Stevie have in common is their hair color. Now Mick on the other hand...:laugh:

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 12:38 AM

Originally posted by gldstwmn
The only thing Martha and Stevie have in common is their hair color. Now Mick on the other hand...:laugh:

Martha wears less makeup than Mick, and she wouldn't be caught dead dressed like a cheerleader on a magazine cover. And while she might condescend to sell at K-Mart, she'd never market schlock like cheap Egyptian-themed jewelry. She would have Jonathan Todd's ass nailed to the floor for damaging her reputation with her public.

- Jake

gldstwmn

06-14-2003, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Martha wears less makeup than Mick, and she wouldn't be caught dead dressed like a cheerleader on a magazine cover. And while she might condescend to sell at K-Mart, she'd never market schlock like cheap Egyptian-themed jewelry. She would have Jonathan Todd's ass nailed to the floor for damaging her reputation with her public.

- Jake

Damn straight.

strandinthewind

06-14-2003, 01:58 PM

Jake - this is in honor of your screen name :cool:

I love to waltz with a man in a pin stripped suit
He's all alone - got spats on for shoes
Looks like he's from a time gone by -- turned to Jersey
He could be Guido or even Tony Soprano
You could be paying him protection money ...
Or you could be dead

You pay the part, what the Man says - you must do
And they just may do it so well as they do it to you!
In this town full of Guidos
Hey - those guys ain't no fools

The guns seem to glitter when they are fired at you
When we are waltzing through a job
We always remind them we are the mob

Lose yourself in a cement dress
For you thought you could get away with paying off one but not the rest
And now you can't breath because you are on your way the riverbed

Either you pay off Guido or even Tony SSAAAPPRRAAAAAANNNOOOO...
Or you could you could be dead

:eek:

darklinensuit

06-14-2003, 02:44 PM

And in honor of your screen name...

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

And the chicks bounce by
Like a strand of butt floss
In beach chair that is hotel's
I wear white nose balm
Said to my bro
What's with our back hair?
We were no more
Than brillo pads
Well we wore gold medallions
Over our man-boobs
From the moment that I first got Home Shoppers Network
Called on my cell phone
Near old run-down pier

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

Well I swam today
Maybe I will swim again tomorrow
Well the ocean feel
It was whale-ingly familiar
And I smell pollution
The pollution gets on me
With another beach closing
One more warning from EPA
and an infection
Nothing will cure me

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

The crowds never expect it
When I wax
But my skin changes textures
But my appeal does not change
So with hefty cheeks wedged in Speedo
I squirm forth with hormonal desire to woo
By the old run-down pier

Aaaaaaalllllllsssssss.....

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

Well then suddenly there was noone else coming to the beach
Yeah yeah
In a flash of belly
That noone would want to emerge at all
Oh I went searching for a hoagie
Up the stairs and down the boards
Not to find a hoagie
Just to hear the cry of little kids, calling
"Go away! Go away!"

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

Well, I'm at pool hall in the morning
And I'm at casino at nightfall
Sometimes to be macho
Is to be unable to score
At all
I'm a few inches wider
Than my clothes

Just like the Wildwood dune
Stings your eyes feels like they're stinging
You's you's you's

- Jake

strandinthewind

06-14-2003, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by darklinensuit
. . . Well we wore gold medallions
Over our man-boobs

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sarah

06-14-2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Either you pay off Guido or even Tony SSAAAPPRRAAAAAANNNOOOO...
Or you could you could be dead

omg. that's the funniest thing. is guido not the best word.. ever?

Sarah

Mick Vee

06-16-2003, 03:07 AM

Anybody know anything about the Louisville, KY date that was floated around in the other thread about upcoming dates? Louisville is much closer to me than Cincy, and I'd hate to plunk down cash for Cincy tickets and then later find out the Louisville date was confirmed. Anyone have any insight?

(And, oh yeah, this is my first post after much lurking, so please be gentle :angel: )

Thanks!

highpriestess53

06-16-2003, 05:42 AM

Originally posted by SlvrSprgs
Are these for real? Pardon me, but it used to be that a band of Fleetwood Mac's caliber wouldn't be caught dead in some of the tiny backwater towns listed above. (No offense to residents of said backwater towns--I come from one myself.) Do you think the Stones or the Eagles would play Bossier City, LA?

What's next? The local Holiday Inn? Geez...Do they need the money THAT much?

Well I don't know if Stevie needs to tour that much...she doesn't have to bring up babies......after all her tour made around $20,000,000 in the four months that she was on the road, BUT Mick and Lindsey do, to bolster the retirement fund... Mick and Lynn want to bring up their babies in Hawaii and you can't do that on a state pension......not only that Lynn apparently has a fettish for remodelling......as for Lindsey and Kristin well hell knows but whatever they do.......it all costs MONEY, and there will come a time when the royalties will dry up. Tours can make you a ****load of money and well lets go to wherever there is a crowd that are willing to pay.......should they tour Britain, LMAO!!perhaps they will play a couple of WI gatherings, and have refreshments of fresh scones with jam and cream.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: