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Just saw Elton John
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05-04-2011, 04:58 AM
Black wrote: No, but George Costanza brought him out on stage.  oAs far as that link goes, my BIL was semi-working for the local paper. A girl who works for the paper was also semi-working and had her camera with her in the fourth row. I haven't seen them yet, but I'm sure that picture has nothing on whatever she got.
05-04-2011, 05:06 AM
So I guess the local paper had someone who was "actually" working and taking pics tonight (the arts guy had a box seat, so nothing from him). Thes are not the pics from the girl we were there with, but here you go.
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertai...569.html#0
05-04-2011, 05:11 AM
It's not like I don't go to over-the-hill concerts (at the insistence of the wife I recently attended a Johnny Mathis concert/wake), you couldn't pay me enough to attend a Sir Elton wake.
05-04-2011, 05:13 AM
BernDog wrote: Interesting pics. I'm always fascinated when teens seem to like . . ."mature" rockers. That would be like me being excited about being in the front row to see Bing Crosby or Benny Goodman as a teen. (OK, Benny Goodman would be kind of cool)
05-04-2011, 05:17 AM
Black wrote: Interesting pics. I'm always fascinated when teens seem to like . . ."mature" rockers. That would be like me being excited about being in the front row to see Bing Crosby or Benny Goodman as a teen. (OK, Benny Goodman would be kind of cool) You can keep Bing, but if someone brought Benny Goodman back? Oh, man!
05-04-2011, 05:24 AM
RgrF wrote: I've seen plenty of younger acts who don't put anywhere near as much into a performance as that man and his band did tonight. Granted, he's been doing the same stuff for decades so it's all on autopilot now, but what a great show all around, and I'm not a superfan by any means. I just like a good show. 30 minutes before he went on, I was sitting on the couch watching Clifford with my kids. Wasn't planning on going anywhere near the place for $100 a pop. Having family in the media has its perks. I've seen plenty of great acts over the years for free.
05-04-2011, 05:36 AM
BernDog wrote: Interesting pics. I'm always fascinated when teens seem to like . . ."mature" rockers. That would be like me being excited about being in the front row to see Bing Crosby or Benny Goodman as a teen. (OK, Benny Goodman would be kind of cool) You can keep Bing, but if someone brought Benny Goodman back? Oh, man! Damn this is good reading . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman I pass the high school he went to almost every day. 
05-04-2011, 06:00 AM
The man played three hours straight, no break. He even played mostly solo a couple times just to give his band a break. Great entertainer.
Amazing. Would you comment on what the tickets were going for, for those who had to pay? Is it just me, or does that seem to cheapen the value of seeing him a bit? That it's you, or the perception of anybody attending the show. We can talk trash about any venue, but really, it's generally a good gig for somebody who doesn't want to tour a lot. The real value is in the performance itself, the venue is almost irrelevant. Ask Stephanie- she's seen Duran Duran in a ton of places and still enjoys them. Isn't it almost like seeing an exhibit in a zoo? Even though it'll probably be a huge show, I think I'd rather see an act in the wild rather than in captivity. Staying in one place for any length of time increases the chances of seeing on "off" show, but exhibit? Wild show? Do you want to be at some redneck bar where the patrons throw beer bottles at the performers once they're drunk enough? Autopilot crap. If it's a really good performance, it ain't auto pilot. I will say that I prefer smaller venues, but the days of Elton or most big-time performers showing up at small clubs are pretty much history. Except maybe for jazz artists. Most of them don't get the big gigs anyway. I've seen plenty of younger acts who don't put anywhere near as much into a performance... Exactly! A lot of younger performers are weak for various reasons. But hey, they're young, they're hip, they're cool, they're in, and that's all that matters. ...as that man and his band did tonight. And that's what it boils down to, for me anyway. Did you have a good time? Are you glad you went? Aces. Idiots want to pee on the parade, but if they weren't there then they don't know crap. I'd rather see him now than in his much younger Kiki Dee/Crocodile Rock days. If you get a chance, could you list the songs he did? I'd be interested the repertoire. 
05-04-2011, 06:38 AM
RAMd®d wrote: Do you want to be at some redneck bar where the patrons throw beer bottles at the performers once they're drunk enough? Depends. Are we talking about the Good Ole uh, Blues Brother Boys?  Rawhide! |
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