9222wl@hou2a.UUCP (W.LEE) (04/12/85)
I don't get on the net very often anymore so please forgive me for combining
all of these thoughts, and especially for mentioning U2 and Wham! in the
same sentence (no less the same article).b
1. U2 at Madison Square Garden: It's been a week now, and I am now coherent
enough to talk about it. THEY ARE GRRRRREAT!!!! I first saw them
in late '81/early '82 at the Ripley in Philly ($7, stand where you want
to). The dressing room there was next to the bar upstairs, so after the
show we went up. My friends are musicians, so when the band came out
for awhile, we were able to talk to them. Who knew? Now they're
selling out megastadiums.
At the Garden, they sounded as good as ever. At one point, Bono started
singing "Ruby Tuesday" and wanted the crowd to join in. About half
the crowd know the words. The group behind me wanted to know if it
was a new song! Everything was excellent.
BTW, the opening act (lone Justice) was terrible. GO SEE U2!!!
2. Wham! as the ambassadors of rock (????) in China. That is a frightening
concept.
3. I heard a rumor that Talking Heads may play Philly in June. Anyone
know anything about this, or any other date? I refuse to miss them
again.
4. Anyone have any advance word on the new ABC release? I heard one
of the songs this morning (sorry, i can't remember the name), and
wasn't too impressed (no flames from those who have never liked
ABC in the first place).
Well, I'm off to buy the new Tears for Fears. Oh, I almost forgot,
Frankie (GTH) is coming back in May (Philly on 5/21, other dates in
NJ and NY that same week; send flames on this to /dev/null).
Please send replies to the net or to me at ..!hobcms!hopd4!dvw, NOT TO
THIS ACCOUNT PLEASE!
'Bye!
Diane Wilkerson
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