ImaginaryEngr76
Shared on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 10:22A couple days ago, on a whim I picked up what I thought would be last minute tickets for the Def Leppard show here in Greenville, SC. The show is this coming Tuesday, April 4th, so I purchased the tickets less than a week before show time. That being said, according to the seating chart, I'll be on the front floor section in front of the stage, Row C. How the hell did I get tickets three rows from the stage on such little notice? Maybe only about 200 people will show up to see the show in this giant stadium. There's some folks on the TicketsExchange (a place that's like eBay for concert tickets) trying to sell seats in the vicinity of where I'm sitting for 5X what I paid. Oh well, I stumbled into some great seats and I'm not going to complain.
The "special guests" are Styx and Reo Speedwagon, so all in all it should be a pretty good show. I have a soft spot for all that cheesy arena rock from the 70s and 80s, so this should fit the bill nicely. Looking forward to hopefully hearing some Styx classics like "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade" along with Speedwagon's "Ridin' The Storm Out". I think Def Leppard have a new album coming out in a couple months, so they may be touring to support that, but I hope to hear some good stuff from Pyromania and earlier like "Mirror Mirror" and "Foolin'". They also do a pretty good cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What".
Just for kicks, in preparation for the show, I was watching some old videos by these bands from the 80s. I think my favorite of the bunch has to be Reo Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You", simply because it is somehow simultaneously predictable and complete nonsense. Even though you know how it's going to end from the opening notes, I don't really get why all the band members are hanging out on the couch with that chick sipping champagne? Why does the performance have to be on videotape, wouldn't it have been more effective to serenade her live? Are we to believe that the lead singer really is that big of an idiot? As a bonus, it has acting on par with your favorite spanish soap opera. Watch and see for yourself...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBCzFKvg84[/youtube]
The "special guests" are Styx and Reo Speedwagon, so all in all it should be a pretty good show. I have a soft spot for all that cheesy arena rock from the 70s and 80s, so this should fit the bill nicely. Looking forward to hopefully hearing some Styx classics like "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade" along with Speedwagon's "Ridin' The Storm Out". I think Def Leppard have a new album coming out in a couple months, so they may be touring to support that, but I hope to hear some good stuff from Pyromania and earlier like "Mirror Mirror" and "Foolin'". They also do a pretty good cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What".
Just for kicks, in preparation for the show, I was watching some old videos by these bands from the 80s. I think my favorite of the bunch has to be Reo Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You", simply because it is somehow simultaneously predictable and complete nonsense. Even though you know how it's going to end from the opening notes, I don't really get why all the band members are hanging out on the couch with that chick sipping champagne? Why does the performance have to be on videotape, wouldn't it have been more effective to serenade her live? Are we to believe that the lead singer really is that big of an idiot? As a bonus, it has acting on par with your favorite spanish soap opera. Watch and see for yourself...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBCzFKvg84[/youtube]
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