Once in 2005 I stayed up all night trying to fish a bootlegged copy of a 1988 MTV concert special from this peer-to-peer download network of Bjork nerds.
You’re welcome.
For the story + the parts 2-5, go here.
Auburn's Daily Meta-Memoir
Once in 2005 I stayed up all night trying to fish a bootlegged copy of a 1988 MTV concert special from this peer-to-peer download network of Bjork nerds.
You’re welcome.
For the story + the parts 2-5, go here.
How is it that when y’all are in school you get an MTV concert and when I am there I get the likes of Sugar Ray in the amphitheater. Thanks 2001 – 2005 UPC.
Seeing this is too dang funny….
I was at that show in 1988. A friend literally dragged me there. She kept going on and on about this great band from Iceland called the Sugercubes…. I wasn’t much into the alternative music scene (even though I had hung out and worked at WEGL as a freshman) at the time but what the heck a free concert and MTV and all.
The Godfathers opened up and they were solid, BIRTH, SCHOOL, WORK, DEATH and all… but then a band I’d never even heard of came out.
Living Colour was introduced and their lead singer is wearing this neon green body suit and has braids down to his butt. I was like huh? and then they started to play….. HOLY SH*$ these guys are melting our faces off with some kick butt rock! I was expecting more college alternative but not these guys. The bassist (Muzz Skillings) was just AUsome. These guys were damn fine musicians. That was the first time I heard their single Cult of Personality and they just rocked the house. In fact I’ve heard that the black and white footage from their MTV video was taken from that show in Auburn…. could be wrong.
After their performance, I couldn’t wait to see the headliners… The Sugarcubes… So they come out and start to play. After hearing Living Colour these guys sounded like a highschool garage band. Yeah Bjork was kinda cute and all but dang…. no comparison. Funniest part of their performance was this song where they were trying to get the crowd involved. Not sure of the name but the chorus was “CAT CAT CAT” and they wanted us all to make little cat ears with our hands, (kinda like air quotes). Needless to say that didn’t go over so well. Bjork did well by going solo.
All and all a great night and a great memory. Thanks for taken me back Jeremy.
If we defined our time by the musical acts I’d have to point out that before the turn of the century we had George Clinton and Wilie Nelson, among others.
Of course they also booked Carrot Top twice.
FWIW – I’ve seen Willie Nelson about a half million times and that Auburn concert in ’99 (I think) was the best I’ve seen bar none. If you were there, you know what I’m talking about. Dude played for 3 straight hours, pulled out some nuggets he never plays, and looked to be having an absolute blast. Chicks throwing bras onstage and flashing him at freaking Beard Eaves for crying out loud. It was like stepping back in time to one of the Picnics in the 70’s.