Singers/bands in bad moods @ concerts ???? - Page 2

PenguinHead · #16 06-18-2010, 11:29 PM

I saw Jethro Tull in Worcester, MA sometime in the early eighties. It was big arena show. I still have no idea what happened, but just about an hour into the show, it just abrubtly ended. Lights come up. No announcements were made, no goodbyes. Everyone in the audience were stunned and confused. 'What? It's over?? It can't be! What the ****?" I always wonder what kind of drama percipitated it. It was a huge slap in the face to fans.

BTFLCHLD · #17 06-19-2010, 06:31 AM

axl rose...enuf said.

gldstwmn · #18 06-19-2010, 12:40 PM

Lenny Kravitz. Drama queen.

vivfox · #19 06-19-2010, 01:02 PM

Lindsey Buckingham, 1993 Phoenix, Arizona

So angry at the audience for talking throughout his show he gave them the finger(those jerks up in the balcony).

MissLadyLoki · #20 06-19-2010, 01:55 PM

Just a few weeks ago, Jethro Tull, Jones Beach.

Procal Harum was the opening act, and most people (including myself) only know 2 songs from them, namely Conquistador and A Whiter Shade of Pale. Some people on whatever-they-call-the-floor there (it was once open water, but it got boarded up) and myself (I was in the last tier of seating, way up in the nosebleeds) were yelling at them to do those 2 songs, but they seemed to purposely wait till the end of their set to even do those 2 songs.

LukeA · #21 06-19-2010, 02:25 PM

Most acts (especially ones with only one or two hits) backload their set like that.

vivfox · #22 06-19-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

Just a few weeks ago, Jethro Tull, Jones Beach.

Procal Harum was the opening act, and most people (including myself) only know 2 songs from them, namely Conquistador and A Whiter Shade of Pale. Some people on whatever-they-call-the-floor there (it was once open water, but it got boarded up) and myself (I was in the last tier of seating, way up in the nosebleeds) were yelling at them to do those 2 songs, but they seemed to purposely wait till the end of their set to even do those 2 songs.

Because if they played them sooner most people would leave and go get a beer. This way they force you to sift through the mud to get to the prize. However, I bet the die hard PH fans were in their 7th Heaven.

LukeA · #23 06-19-2010, 02:33 PM

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Because if they played them sooner most people would leave and go get a beer. This way they force you to sift through the mud to get to the prize. However, I bet the die hard PH fans were in their 7th Heaven.

Yes.

There's a reason why Lindsey doesn't play "Go Your Own Way" to start off his solo show (he made humorous reference to this during his '93 shows)

nailatixela · #24 06-19-2010, 02:46 PM

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Yes.

There's a reason why Lindsey doesn't play "Go Your Own Way" to start off his solo show (he made humorous reference to this during his '93 shows)

Ha, I love that. "As long as nobody shouts out 'Go Your Own Way' too early, I think we'll all get along great."

goldustsongbird · #25 06-19-2010, 03:03 PM

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Ha, I love that. "As long as nobody shouts out 'Go Your Own Way' too early, I think we'll all get along great."

He's much more tactful: Cyndi Lauper told someone to **** off when they repeatedly shouted for Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

MissLadyLoki · #26 06-19-2010, 04:52 PM

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He's much more tactful: Cyndi Lauper told someone to **** off when they repeatedly shouted for Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

I could picture her doing that.

I recall when I saw Tull I shouted at them to do Bungle in the Jungle, but they never did it. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was in the nosebleeds of a stadium-seating ampitheater.

goldustsongbird · #27 07-01-2010, 07:16 PM

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I could picture her doing that.

I recall when I saw Tull I shouted at them to do Bungle in the Jungle, but they never did it. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was in the nosebleeds of a stadium-seating ampitheater.

She also threw a chair and walked off stage once! But to be fair, she was being heckled by Joan Jett's fans, when they decided to -- for some ridic reason -- tour together.

Next time, bring a megaphone and vuvuzula. You'll get your song.

Nikolaj · #28 07-02-2010, 01:28 PM

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Lenny Kravitz. Drama queen.

I've heard before that Kravitz got kranky on tour, some years back he got some bad press for complaining about the heat during his summer tour, cancelling shows, and really, he doesn't perform a lot, does he? Guess he doesn't like it or need to.
In my youth, I liked his 'Let Love Rule' cd quite well, so rebought it not long ago (it got left behind in LA) and got the deluxe 20th Anniversary edition, and it left me cold. Don't know if it was the mastering or what, but the title song just sounds so drawn out and dull, when back in the 80s, it sounded great to me. And the bonus cd that came with it, 'Let Love Rule Live' doesn't sound so hot, either. The bonus tracks on Disc One- ehhh...
But back in '89, I thought he was good, though I also felt, quite derivative, but didn't let that stop me from thinking he could be an enduring rock star. Maybe he accomplished that, but it seems more like he just stopped his career.
Now I just don't hear much to like in a lot of his music, and think perhaps that he just had the right image at the right time to 'make it' in the industry. Could be he lacked focus make a statement of his own, beyond his influences, who seem to me to be part Lennon, part Jagger, part Hendrix (with maybe a little Al Green and Tina Turner thrown in, too).
Great, now I'm feeling guilty and will have to replay that entire 2cd set in case I'm wrong.

chiliD · #29 07-02-2010, 03:08 PM

Back in '74 I saw the Eric Burdon Band open for Blue Oyster Cult. It wasn't The Animals, but Eric played some dramatically rearranged (heavy rock) versions of a couple of Animals tunes to open his set..."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" & "It's My Life" (oh, by the way, Alvin Taylor, Bob Welch's drummer on French Kiss was Eric's drummer). The crowd seemed to really dig it (the first four or five rows gave him standing O's both numbers), but for some weird reason, he just curtly said, "Ok, if you don't like my singing, maybe you like his, instead" and then introduced blues legend Jimmy Witherspoon who came out from the wings and as he was walking toward center stage, Eric just literally THREW the microphone at Jimmy from about 10 feet away. Witherspoon sang blues standards the rest of the set (about 45 minutes). Eric didn't even come out to acknowledge the audience when the rest of his band & Witherspoon took their bows.

Half hour later, Blue Oyster Cult hit the stage...they were great....at the time, they were the LOUDEST band I'd ever heard in concert. (later to be overshadowed by Quiet Riot, then even later by Cheap Trick)...this was a couple of years BEFORE "Don't Fear The Reaper".

MissLadyLoki · #30 07-02-2010, 03:26 PM

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She also threw a chair and walked off stage once! But to be fair, she was being heckled by Joan Jett's fans, when they decided to -- for some ridic reason -- tour together.

Next time, bring a megaphone and vuvuzula. You'll get your song.

You know, i gotta agree with you on that one. Only bad part was that I was in the nosebleeds outside freezing my tuchus off, but I should try the vuvuzela at least.