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ZZTOP
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:51 am
by bassjones
Anybody go to this last night? I didn't. Love the 70's stuff, hate the "Legs" era stuff. Not paying $100 to see them play 75% 80's stuff, even if I could afford it.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:06 am
by The_Dude
Negative.
And I'm with you...I wouldn't pay that kind of money to see them...unless midgets were included in the performance somehow.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:21 am
by Oliver's Army
November of 1979.
Saw ZZ TOP with Loverboy. ZZ nearly put me to sleep.
Got my $8.00 worth then.
Yes... $8.00. I think I paid $8 for a beer at the last concert I was at.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:29 am
by bassjones
[quote="Oliver's Army"]November of 1979.
Saw ZZ TOP with Loverboy. ZZ nearly put me to sleep.
quote]
Sure it wasn't the weed that nearly put you to sleep?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:39 am
by Silencio
Oliver's Army wrote:November of 1979.
Saw ZZ TOP with Loverboy. ZZ nearly put me to sleep.
But Loverboy was exciting? Whoah.
I saw ZZ Top at the National Guard Armory in... what, ''73?... when they grabbed a pickup gig filing in for no-show Captain Beyond. I was real bummed that The Cap'n wasn't playing, til that Little Ol' Band from Texas came out and tore the roof off the sucker.
8 bucks. I remember going to see Kiss at the coliseum for 7 bucks. But they got snowed in at Cleveland, so the promoter came out and made us an awesome deal:
* Leave now and get ALL our money back....
* Stay and see the two openers - Ted Nugent and Mott (not even Mott The Hoople, boys, just
Mott) - and get a dollar back.
Me and Spider Webb deliberated about 4 seconds, beat feet to the box office, got our cash and headed to The Lyre Coffeehouse, where we played checkers and were treated to a rare appearance by Arvil Bird.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:16 pm
by dofus hipster
%90 old stuff. They are getting old.....
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:57 pm
by =^-..-^=
Oliver's Army wrote:November of 1979.
Saw ZZ TOP with Loverboy. ZZ nearly put me to sleep.
Got my $8.00 worth then.
Yes... $8.00. I think I paid $8 for a beer at the last concert I was at.
Hey! I was at that show! You're right, ZZ was kinda' boring, but Loverboy was great (Remember: to us high skoolers, they were the 'next big thing' back then!)
Saw ZZ about a year earlier at the Coliseum. ROADMASTER opened! Anybody remember them? The keyboardist had a plexiglass synth that he strapped on and played while walking around the stage.
ZZ had a custom stage with fibre optic lights imbedded in it. That was kinda' cool. but they were kind of dull then, also.
Confession: Actually DROVE with a friend to Indy to see Loverboy at Market Square. They came to FW later that tour (with Huey Lewis opening.)