Saw George @ the L.A. Coliseum in '81, part of a Rolling Stones show. J. Geils Band was there also with about 102,000 peeps. We were down on the grass in front of the stage, the women were so hot (pun intended) they decided to air it out. What a show. If I remember correctly that dude who sings "Party like it's 1999" and also sang "Purple Rain" was there, lasted up on stage for a whole 15 mins. Think it had something to do with his outfit, no shirt, fishnet stocking with a thong over that w/pumps draped with a large trench jacket. Security at the gate must have been lack because I never saw so many bottles being thrown in my life. The band ran for their life. The producer of the show came running out and cursed us out (I did not thrown anything, of course) this is the same famous producer of shows who died maybe 10-15 years ago in a helicopter accident hit some electrical wires, anyway everyone starting threatening him so he left quickly and moments later George came out and asked us if we wanted to rock.
You know the rest.
REM is very cool. Tribute bands, saw one it felt weird. I'll leave it at that.
BTW, listening to Joss Stone.
