"My first concert was Deep Purple. Perfect Stranger's Tour. 85' or 86" I believe."

Gerald is telling us all about his first concert.

"Loudest show I've EVER been to. They played "Highway Star" for, like...40 minutes. Me and my friend walked into the arena and got an instant contact high. The air was so thick, man." Gerald is making a pot smoking gesture as he re-tells his concert experience.

"Well...I think the BEST concert I ever saw was Sonic Youth at The Trocadero in Philly back in 90' or 91'. Nothing else I've seen has topped that since." I light a cigarette and think back a little more before I add. "Maybe The John Spencer Blues Explosion show I saw was almost as good. They played their ***** off for, like...20 people or something."

As I'm saying this...in walks Wayne. He's wearing golf shoes with no socks, green camoflage shorts, and an ancient T-Shirt from The Hog's Breath Saloon that accentuates his protruding beer belly.

"What ya'll talkin' about?" he asks as he steps to the bar.

"Concerts we've seen." I answer. "You know...the ones you'll never forget."

"Oh...I've got a few of those" he says as he gestures to the bartender for a beer. "Skynyrd a few years back. That was hot."

"Yea...but, like...that wasn't REALLY Skynyrd, man. It's just the surviving members and a bunch of hired dudes"

"That doesn't matter when they bust into "Freebird" though, boy. That song is, like...my theme song. It's like the National Anthem or something...."

"I look at Wayne with a puzzled expression but don't say anything cuz' I know he's totally serious about this. So...being sick of hearing about the Return Of The Living Lynyrd Skynyrd I decide to ask Wayne what his first concert was.

"My first concert?" He takes a sip of beer and thinks for a second. "Billy Ocean. I saw him at Great Adventure sometime in the mid-80's when I was like 13 or 14 or something..."

Everybody is laughing...but Wayne looks puzzled.

"What? What's wrong with Billy Ocean? He was the jam. He dressed all Miami Vice...had that jheri curl thing goin'. Hot chicks in bikini's in his video's. Yea...he was hype. Remember that song "Carribean Queen?" Wayne immediately busts out a painfully high falsetto version of the chorus to "Carribean Queen". The bartender cringes visibly. " That song was the JAM!"

I stare at Wayne completely incredulous as I take a sip of beer. I set down my mug and then say "You have absolutely NO substance, do ya'?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOYvtxb6QQ

Well apparently this vid contains SME and isn't available in my Country..

That was painful.....

Billy Ocean was actually my first concert. I was at Hershey Park and he happened to be playing that day...... Then.....my first REAL concert was Deep Purple. I actually saw every band mentioned in this story.......

You know all I got through this is "don't judge a book by its cover"..Meh I don't know...

My first ever concert was Donny Osmond when I was 11, (don't tell anyone though)then Fleetwood Mac when 13, then George Benson, and the list goes on as I age and age and age...

Hey, that song and a polyester shirt made some memories.

What's an SME?

Hey Ainjel..

SME? I have no idea what yr talking about.......

Found this on the net...I believe SME stands for Sony Music Entertainment. Certain YouTube videos that have copyrighted music by Sony are non-playable when embedded on other websites...

Hey back at ya Ted..

Your secret is safe with us... :cough:

Geogie Boy rocked... I got pictures.
I wish I had pictures with Chissy "Perfect" McVie... haha.

Sony has the world by the balls........

I'm still lost on the Golf Metaphor

Is that another metaphor...
They're chattering reminds me of golf... but that's all I got.

This story has NOTHING to do with golf....at all.......

But Golf is in the title... so by default... golf is in it?
(don't argue w/autism, )

I couldn't come up with a title....so this one popped in my head, see? In Pt.1, which I haven't posted yet...., Wayne is wearing golf shoes.......

Poor, Wayne... I fear he's being abused.

I'll post Pt.1.....

Wait for it.....wait for it.......

I'm not much into waiting... cross the bridge or I'm gonna burn it. HA

This is the one. He's wearing camo and golf shoes, man........