Portland, ME 7/16... extra-long show?!

Tanaquil · Post by **Tanaquil** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:03 pm

I was unfortunately not at this concert, but several family members and friends went. Apparently, the opening act didn't show up, so Al performed 3 or 4 extra songs! Supposedly, they went out there, performed a little bit, and then started the normal concert. Unfortunately, my family members are having severe memory lapses, so I haven't found out exactly what songs they were... Dad said "the one that sounds like Bob Dylan" was played, and my brother said that there 2 medleys instead of just the normal 1. I'm still working on finding out what the rest was.

Apparently Al was on the radio quite a bit too. The pop radio station sponsoring the show had a phone interview with him, and played some songs on the air. My brother (a different one) said that Al was very funny on the spot.

And he was mentioned a few days after the show - apparently on his day off between Portland and Hampton Beach, Al checked out a local band's concert, and the dj from the rock station was there and saw him. He commented that Al had on sunglasses, as if no one would recognize his hair.

He also said that he thought Al was a cool guy.

~Tanaquil

sarah_yzma · Post by **sarah_yzma** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:28 am

:nervous: Your family members are so lucky!!!!!

*hopes the opening act doesn't up at her concert*

I guess they have a plan for stuff like that

Post by **weird_el** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:39 am

I think the best way to get confirmation is to just email Bermuda, or if he's lurking here, he could let us know what happened. This sounds like one of those "you had to be there" moments.

Post by **scottidog** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 3:56 am

There was no opening act at SLO and no extra songs. Not even Take Me Down.

Oh wait! I just figured it out! When Al had the fight with the stool, it was his literal interpretation of Take Me Down. Cool! Performance Art.

I just hope he didn't bruise anything important.

Post by **JDTurnbull272** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:05 am

*hopes the opening act doesn't up at her concert*

Well, :lookround: just sneak backstage a few hours before the performance and kidnap the openers and put them in a nearby dumpster until after the show! :biggrin:

Mon Jul 21, 2003 9:06 am

Oh wait! I just figured it out! When Al had the fight with the stool, it was his literal interpretation of Take Me Down. Cool! Performance Art.

I just hope he didn't bruise anything important.

If he did bruise anything, I'm fairly sure it would fall within your definition of "important," considering the appreciation you've expressed before for Al's silver-clad... assets.

I guess that would make them appreciated assets.

sarah_yzma · Post by **sarah_yzma** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:25 am

Well, :lookround: just sneak backstage a few hours before the performance and kidnap the openers and put them in a nearby dumpster until after the show! :biggrin:

now if something like that happens, they are going to suspect me! :lookround:

Post by **scottidog** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:37 am

I guess that would make them appreciated assets.

Indeed.

:lookround:

minnick27 · Post by **minnick27** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:05 pm

HEY HEY HEY! Lets keep this sort of thing to the Drooling Over Al topic

Mike

2cool127 · Post by **2cool127** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 6:03 pm

i was there and the 3 songs were angry white boy polka, horoscope, and party at the leper colony!!