Originally Posted by
supremester
Hey Steph! Well, I'll tell you about that show. It wasn't really poorly promoted, Portland is a weird town [[Barry Manilow was recently cancelled for ticket sales, Brittany gave away 5000 seats but Karen Carpenter and Justin Beiber would sell out in 30 seconds) I went to see Mary and Rick Nelson [[who made me gay: I used to drool at him on TV when I was 5) I don't know why no one went - I recall the tix being cheap. This was right after Central Park and "Women From Mars" [[Ross 83 LP) came out. The show opened with Mary Wilson & The Supremes which was not their finest hour - the arrangements were fast and weird, Mary had her red dress but the other two looked like Target models and, quite frankly, their disorganized set.....well, audience did not like them. A man in the second row actually stood up and plugged his ears during their finale: Someday We'll Be Together. I was really surprised Mary would be doing the leads - this was only 13 years after Ross split and no one expected a lounge act from The Supremes. Ricky Nelson, the love of my life, came out on stage 50 pounds overweight and sweating like a piece of rancid pork. I immediately filed for separation. The 5th Dimension were even worse than MW&TS, but did get the audience going finally on Aquarius. The Grassroots were boring and the harmony of Midnight Confession wasn't there, plus they did an extended River Is Wide that was a bore. No one was going over well and I began to wonder just who these 2500 people came to see......then JR came out and the place went ape shit and paved the way for The Turtles, who closed a pretty good set with their hits sounding like the originals. JR's Motown covers? I can say something positive: I'd much rather hear JR's tracks of My Tears that James Taylors' How Sweet It Is...... Po' Side Of Town had to hurt my ears as this was the best ever summer for music for me. You Can't Hurry Love [[My fave Motown record ever) Beauty is Only Skin Deep [[fave Tempts 45 at the time) Black Is Black, Bus Stop, Summer In The City, Workin In A Coal Mine, 96 Tears, Carla thomas, Jimy Ruffin, reach Out, Wild Thing, Hanky Panky, Wipeout, Sunshine Superman .....it was an awesome time for top 40 - except for Cherish & Windy, I really loved the radio that summer. I didn't know your Rivers came from Johnny, if I had been a few years older, my last name would definitely be Nelson, although I'm currently dating Kris Humphries and we are taking it slow to see where it's going. My 20 year old likes Kris also, but she's used to us liking the same guys. I've told her that Hump is too old for her!
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