INXS/Soup Dragons
Continental Airlines Arena/Meadowlands Arena/Brendan Byrne Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ
I had just reported for work at WHTG as the Production Director two days before this show, and was suddenly handed tickets to both this show and for Neil Young, both taking place the same weekend at the same arena. On top of it, the previous morning show host (Bart Cross-Tierney, who I later got along quite well with when he returned to FM 106.3 with his own specialty show) had departed on my first day on the job and I was asked to fill in on the morning show during the following week (and a week turned into eight years).
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So I decided that I really liked this job.
INXS was at the very peak of their success during this tour (The "X Factor World Tour"). The X album's second single, "Disappear," was a top ten hit just then. No small amount of the crowd was teenage girls, swoony at the drop of a beat for Michael Hutchence and his Jim Morrisonesque looks.
So I found it hilarious when Hutchence did a Cab Calloway-type call and response thing with the packed arena. "Heeeey-aaay!" he chanted. "Heeeey-aaay!" the crowd responded.
"Yeaaaa-eah!" called out Hutchence. "Yeaaaa-eah!" fed back the audience.
"Pooooh-seeee!" he gleefully sang. "Pooooh-seeee!" replied the unsuspecting fans.
"Madonna's pooooh-seeee!" he blurted. "Madonna's pooooh-seeee!" came the dutiful return chant.
The band sounded great, as did opener The Soup Dragons who were then on the ascendancy.
I went to the show with my friend Chris, who had hooked me up with a ticket to a couple of shows in 1989, including the Rolling Stones' "Steel Wheels" tour at Shea Stadium.
INXS setlist for Nassau Coliseum show on 2/18: "Suicide Blonde," "Calling all Nations," "Guns in the Sky," "Hear that Sound," "Wild Life," "Bitter Tears," "Need You Tonight," "Mediate," "Shine Like it Does," "Faith in Each Other," "Tiny Daggers," "Know the Difference," "The Loved One," "Lately," "What You Need," "New Sensation," "Disappear," "Kick," "Devil Inside," "The Stairs," "Original Sin," "Never Tear Us Apart," "Don't Change"
External links:
I had just reported for work at WHTG as the Production Director two days before this show, and was suddenly handed tickets to both this show and for Neil Young, both taking place the same weekend at the same arena. On top of it, the previous morning show host (Bart Cross-Tierney, who I later got along quite well with when he returned to FM 106.3 with his own specialty show) had departed on my first day on the job and I was asked to fill in on the morning show during the following week (and a week turned into eight years).
post continues....
So I decided that I really liked this job.
INXS was at the very peak of their success during this tour (The "X Factor World Tour"). The X album's second single, "Disappear," was a top ten hit just then. No small amount of the crowd was teenage girls, swoony at the drop of a beat for Michael Hutchence and his Jim Morrisonesque looks.
So I found it hilarious when Hutchence did a Cab Calloway-type call and response thing with the packed arena. "Heeeey-aaay!" he chanted. "Heeeey-aaay!" the crowd responded.
"Yeaaaa-eah!" called out Hutchence. "Yeaaaa-eah!" fed back the audience.
"Pooooh-seeee!" he gleefully sang. "Pooooh-seeee!" replied the unsuspecting fans.
"Madonna's pooooh-seeee!" he blurted. "Madonna's pooooh-seeee!" came the dutiful return chant.
The band sounded great, as did opener The Soup Dragons who were then on the ascendancy.
I went to the show with my friend Chris, who had hooked me up with a ticket to a couple of shows in 1989, including the Rolling Stones' "Steel Wheels" tour at Shea Stadium.
INXS setlist for Nassau Coliseum show on 2/18: "Suicide Blonde," "Calling all Nations," "Guns in the Sky," "Hear that Sound," "Wild Life," "Bitter Tears," "Need You Tonight," "Mediate," "Shine Like it Does," "Faith in Each Other," "Tiny Daggers," "Know the Difference," "The Loved One," "Lately," "What You Need," "New Sensation," "Disappear," "Kick," "Devil Inside," "The Stairs," "Original Sin," "Never Tear Us Apart," "Don't Change"
External links:
- Hear "Bitter Tears" from the Rock in Rio concert one month before this one (requires flash).
Labels: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, INXS, NJ, Soup Dragons
1 Comments:
I was at this one with you too!
Chris Regan
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