Congrats to Idaho for getting the 1000th show!
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I just noticed: 1,000 for 1,000!
09/08/07 Idaho Falls, ID Civic Auditorium
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Just got back from Idaho Falls.
I bet you're all just dyin' to know what went down during Al's 1000th show! Dont'cha just wanna know? Huh? Huh? Do you really reeeaaally wanna know?
Well, I'll tell ya...
In the next post!
Hehe, you can tell I'm having WAY too much fun with this. But this was the first time I got to go to a "special" Weird Al show. Well, okay, ALL of Al's shows are special, but you know what I mean.
Don't worry, I'll get to the Idaho Falls concert review. Just need time to type it all out first. I'll post it shortly. Heck, some of you probably already found out the details of the concert through other means, but for the rest of you, patience...details are forthcoming, I promise!
I bet you're all just dyin' to know what went down during Al's 1000th show! Dont'cha just wanna know? Huh? Huh? Do you really reeeaaally wanna know?
Well, I'll tell ya...
In the next post!
Hehe, you can tell I'm having WAY too much fun with this. But this was the first time I got to go to a "special" Weird Al show. Well, okay, ALL of Al's shows are special, but you know what I mean.
Don't worry, I'll get to the Idaho Falls concert review. Just need time to type it all out first. I'll post it shortly. Heck, some of you probably already found out the details of the concert through other means, but for the rest of you, patience...details are forthcoming, I promise!
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I do! I do!lc27 Posted on Sep 9 2007, 10:08 PM
Just got back from Idaho Falls.
I bet you're all just dyin' to know what went down during Al's 1000th show! Dont'cha just wanna know? Huh? Huh? Do you really reeeaaally wanna know?
Well, I'll tell ya...
In the next post!
*nods head* (I was at the halloween show)Hehe, you can tell I'm having WAY too much fun with this. But this was the first time I got to go to a "special" Weird Al show. Well, okay, ALL of Al's shows are special, but you know what I mean.
So does that mean Al really did do something different? (well, I mean, in addition to maybe a song consisting entirely of palindromes, of course)Don't worry, I'll get to the Idaho Falls concert review. Just need time to type it all out first. I'll post it shortly.
Heck, some of you probably already found out the details of the concert through other means, but for the rest of you, patience...details are forthcoming, I promise!
Take your time; since I wasn't there, I'm happy there was someone who attended to tell us about it
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First, I want to congratulate and thank Al for 1000 spectacular shows! Here's to another several thousand!
It was a sellout crowd in Idaho Falls. It seemed like the audience consisted of a fairly significant proportion of Al concert virgins or other people who haven't had the pleasure of seeing Al very many times. To me, it just seemed that people were genuinely surprised (in a good way, of course) at some of the routine things that happen at Al concerts. Plus, they were very slow to give Al & the band the standing ovation they deserved after "Fat," probably because they didn't realize it was the "end" of the show. In fact, a lady from the Idaho Falls Arts Council, who went up on stage to introduce the show, mentioned how they had tried, unsuccessfully until now, to book the show for the past 7-8 years. So it was certainly a deprived audience, but probably all the more better for it, because they did seem to thoroughly enjoy themselves. They were loud and there was a lot of clapping along with the songs. Not a lot of singing along or bopping around, but I thought it was a great audience, nonetheless.
Technical issues: the left projector was stuck for a while on a frame from one of the "educational videos," but they eventually fixed it. There was also a little bit of feedback from the mike early on in the show. Also, things didn't always sound very clear. I don't know if it's just the acoustics of the building or because I was way in the back, but I noticed the Salt Lake show the previous night sounded better. During "White and Nerdy," you could barely hear Jim's and Steve's vocals.
Al didn't botch any lyrics like the previous night - well, okay - he *did* ask for "jelly donuts" before "glazed donuts" in Albuquerque, but I guess that doesn't really matter since they were outta both kinds of donuts anyway!
So what special thing did they do for Al's 1000th live performance, you ask? Well, here it is:
Bermuda did the Monkey Dance in lieu of the usual drum solo.
Al started off by explaining to the crowd that some of his fans decided to figure out how many live shows he's ever done, and they figured out that this particular show was the 1000th. Then he told us how he met Berm and how, since the first time they worked together, with Al playing "Another One Rides the Bus" on Dr. Demento and Berm banging on the accordion case, Al decided Bermuda would be his drummer for life. So in honor of the 1000th show, Bermuda would do the Monkey Dance. I don't know if this ever appeared in any other live shows, but it basically consisted of Berm prancing around the stage, waving his arms all around and just runnin' runnin' runnin' like a constipated wiener dog. Well, sort of.
So that was it, really. Y'all didn't miss *too* much. Well, Al did also later mention that he had earlier told his booking agent how he'd like to celebrate this particular milestone by playing in a "high-school auditorium in Idaho Falls" (the Civic Auditorium is probably one of the bigger venues in town and I'm guessing it's probably used for a lot of events in the city, but it is situated on a high-school campus). Also, later on in the show, Al mentioned that this was also Ruben's "667th show," and to celebrate that, he would also do the Monkey Dance. So basically, we got to see both Bermuda and Ruben do Monkey Dances during the show.
After the show, I managed to get myself a Yankobuck, yay! I guess most of them fell back onto the stage, so one of the crew had a big pile that he was handing out to people, and I got one. I was too far back to catch any, and the previous night, it was an outdoor show and the usual evening south winds blew everything back onto the stage.
A crowd gathered outside for Al, and a couple of the band members came by. Ruben signed a few autographs. I didn't get one from him because he didn't hang around long enough. The people in front didn't budge after they got his autograph, and I couldn't make myself push away a bunch of kids, 'cause that's just not very nice. Then Jim also came by briefly and signed a few autographs, and when I mentioned to some people next to me that I'd like to get Jim's autograph, they just shoved me forward, and a nice gentleman up front gave my liner notes to Jim to get signed. The one thing that annoyed me was that most of the people there didn't know any of the band members. They didn't even seem to recognize Ruben, not even when he approached the crowd - and they definitely didn't know his name. He had to introduce himself as the "Monkey Dance guy." Then, in trying to get Jim's attention, a group of teenagers called him Steve - and even then they had to look it up in the liner notes. Maybe it's just me, but if you're trying to get someone's autograph, shouldn't you at least know who they are? It's as if you're saying, "um, I don't know who you are and I'm not sure I really care, but I guess you're kinda famous, so can I have your autograph?" They were all just looking for Al, and nobody seemed to care much for the band members, which was both embarrassing and disheartening, I thought. I mean, these are talented individuals who have been with Al for a long time and have made important contributions to the whole Weird Al experience!
Well anyway.....
I didn't see Steve at all, and I think I scared Jon. I saw Jon walking towards the bus at a brisk pace with a tray full of what looked like dinner, and I shouted loudly "hey, Jon!" (He was only like 12 feet away). He gave me a quick startled look before he disappeared behind the bus. I hope he didn't, like, drop his dinner or something. Sorry Jon! I just wanted to say "hi," that's all.
Al did do a meet and greet afterwards, woo hoo! One autograph, no pictures. I babbled incoherently as usual, but thanks to Al for taking the time to meet with us (I haven't had this pleasure since July 2000).
So that was it, Idaho Falls 2007. This is probably my last show of this particular tour, unless they decide to continue it into next year. It was a lot of fun, two days of back-to-back Al. Now I'll just sob uncontrollably until the next concert, whenever that may be.
It was a sellout crowd in Idaho Falls. It seemed like the audience consisted of a fairly significant proportion of Al concert virgins or other people who haven't had the pleasure of seeing Al very many times. To me, it just seemed that people were genuinely surprised (in a good way, of course) at some of the routine things that happen at Al concerts. Plus, they were very slow to give Al & the band the standing ovation they deserved after "Fat," probably because they didn't realize it was the "end" of the show. In fact, a lady from the Idaho Falls Arts Council, who went up on stage to introduce the show, mentioned how they had tried, unsuccessfully until now, to book the show for the past 7-8 years. So it was certainly a deprived audience, but probably all the more better for it, because they did seem to thoroughly enjoy themselves. They were loud and there was a lot of clapping along with the songs. Not a lot of singing along or bopping around, but I thought it was a great audience, nonetheless.
Technical issues: the left projector was stuck for a while on a frame from one of the "educational videos," but they eventually fixed it. There was also a little bit of feedback from the mike early on in the show. Also, things didn't always sound very clear. I don't know if it's just the acoustics of the building or because I was way in the back, but I noticed the Salt Lake show the previous night sounded better. During "White and Nerdy," you could barely hear Jim's and Steve's vocals.
Al didn't botch any lyrics like the previous night - well, okay - he *did* ask for "jelly donuts" before "glazed donuts" in Albuquerque, but I guess that doesn't really matter since they were outta both kinds of donuts anyway!
So what special thing did they do for Al's 1000th live performance, you ask? Well, here it is:
Bermuda did the Monkey Dance in lieu of the usual drum solo.
Al started off by explaining to the crowd that some of his fans decided to figure out how many live shows he's ever done, and they figured out that this particular show was the 1000th. Then he told us how he met Berm and how, since the first time they worked together, with Al playing "Another One Rides the Bus" on Dr. Demento and Berm banging on the accordion case, Al decided Bermuda would be his drummer for life. So in honor of the 1000th show, Bermuda would do the Monkey Dance. I don't know if this ever appeared in any other live shows, but it basically consisted of Berm prancing around the stage, waving his arms all around and just runnin' runnin' runnin' like a constipated wiener dog. Well, sort of.
So that was it, really. Y'all didn't miss *too* much. Well, Al did also later mention that he had earlier told his booking agent how he'd like to celebrate this particular milestone by playing in a "high-school auditorium in Idaho Falls" (the Civic Auditorium is probably one of the bigger venues in town and I'm guessing it's probably used for a lot of events in the city, but it is situated on a high-school campus). Also, later on in the show, Al mentioned that this was also Ruben's "667th show," and to celebrate that, he would also do the Monkey Dance. So basically, we got to see both Bermuda and Ruben do Monkey Dances during the show.
After the show, I managed to get myself a Yankobuck, yay! I guess most of them fell back onto the stage, so one of the crew had a big pile that he was handing out to people, and I got one. I was too far back to catch any, and the previous night, it was an outdoor show and the usual evening south winds blew everything back onto the stage.
A crowd gathered outside for Al, and a couple of the band members came by. Ruben signed a few autographs. I didn't get one from him because he didn't hang around long enough. The people in front didn't budge after they got his autograph, and I couldn't make myself push away a bunch of kids, 'cause that's just not very nice. Then Jim also came by briefly and signed a few autographs, and when I mentioned to some people next to me that I'd like to get Jim's autograph, they just shoved me forward, and a nice gentleman up front gave my liner notes to Jim to get signed. The one thing that annoyed me was that most of the people there didn't know any of the band members. They didn't even seem to recognize Ruben, not even when he approached the crowd - and they definitely didn't know his name. He had to introduce himself as the "Monkey Dance guy." Then, in trying to get Jim's attention, a group of teenagers called him Steve - and even then they had to look it up in the liner notes. Maybe it's just me, but if you're trying to get someone's autograph, shouldn't you at least know who they are? It's as if you're saying, "um, I don't know who you are and I'm not sure I really care, but I guess you're kinda famous, so can I have your autograph?" They were all just looking for Al, and nobody seemed to care much for the band members, which was both embarrassing and disheartening, I thought. I mean, these are talented individuals who have been with Al for a long time and have made important contributions to the whole Weird Al experience!
Well anyway.....
I didn't see Steve at all, and I think I scared Jon. I saw Jon walking towards the bus at a brisk pace with a tray full of what looked like dinner, and I shouted loudly "hey, Jon!" (He was only like 12 feet away). He gave me a quick startled look before he disappeared behind the bus. I hope he didn't, like, drop his dinner or something. Sorry Jon! I just wanted to say "hi," that's all.
Al did do a meet and greet afterwards, woo hoo! One autograph, no pictures. I babbled incoherently as usual, but thanks to Al for taking the time to meet with us (I haven't had this pleasure since July 2000).So that was it, Idaho Falls 2007. This is probably my last show of this particular tour, unless they decide to continue it into next year. It was a lot of fun, two days of back-to-back Al. Now I'll just sob uncontrollably until the next concert, whenever that may be.
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I'll bet Ruben can hardly wait until he's done another 667 shows so he can do another monkey dance.
Did Al get those figures from Elvis's computations on WOWAY, d'you think?
That's a bummer that the band went under-recognized, but, if as you say, it was full of Al concert first-timers, it's understandable. Thanks for the review!
Did Al get those figures from Elvis's computations on WOWAY, d'you think?
That's a bummer that the band went under-recognized, but, if as you say, it was full of Al concert first-timers, it's understandable. Thanks for the review!
"Weird Al" has a charisma that's all his own. The awkward, the misshapen, the socially inept flock to his banner.
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I forgot to mention that Al said that, for every 1000 shows, Bermuda would do the Monkey Dance. So yes, I suppose Ruben could do the Monkey Dance after every 667 shows as well!Orthography Enthusiast @ Sep 10 2007, 03:44 AM wrote: I'll bet Ruben can hardly wait until he's done another 667 shows so he can do another monkey dance.
Did Al get those figures from Elvis's computations on WOWAY, d'you think?
That's a bummer that the band went under-recognized, but, if as you say, it was full of Al concert first-timers, it's understandable. Thanks for the review!
Yes, I'm sure that Al got the 1000 number from Elvis' computations. Even if Al doesn't read the forum, I'm sure Bermuda still has time to hang out here every once in a while. Also, I understand he got a 1000th show book from some of the fans here, so yeah, I think those were his sources.