Rick Springfield live in town tonight, to go or not |
Loading ...This morning I learned Rick Springfield turned 58 years old on August 23 of this year and has returned to playing Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital. When he last appeared regularly on General Hospital in the eighties he also had some success on the guitar and singing. And then he went off radar until 2005.
What do you know about soap operas? I know a little bit and have a secret to tell.
(drumroll)
In the ninth grade in Wisconsin I used to ride my bike home for lunch, microwave a burrito and watch Days of our Lives. There was this Roman is a slasher plotline that hooked me. That’s my only time watching or following any soap operas. How about you, have you ever watched any soaps? Be honest now or the blog demons will get you!
A honey-do on the schedule tonight with the arrival of Rick Springfield in concert? My wife told me yesterday, “You better take me somewhere this weekend,” — and then added that she would like to see Rick Springfield.
Marriage involves sacrifices and concessions and it’s not like going to a Springfield concert is akin to bathing in sulfuric acid. Also, the opposite sex scenery — IE. the other women lusting after Springfield in attendance — probably won’t hurt my aging eyes either.
Hope I don’t lose my rocker edge by admitting I kind of liked Springfield’s hit song, Jessie’s Girl. Beyond Jessie’s Girl, I barely recognize any of his other greatest hits. We saw Air Supply live when the Emerald Queen had acts on the boat and both enjoy seeing live acts, so maybe Springfield will surprise me. That’s if we get tickets, as we don’t have any yet and the Ticketmaster ticketing system is down as of this writing. We’ll probably just stop by the casino later today and buy them. $35-55 each, about the going rate for a concert these days.
There is something scarier than the prospect of seeing Rick Springfield live in concert: answering this nightmarish question:
(shudder)
Smile, it’s Saturday.
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As you are probably already learning (if you’re reading this after the show), Springfield puts on a monster of a show. A show that makes you realize how many hits he has had, and he’s a great live performer. Odds are, you’ll have fun, as they say!!
He’s got a live DVD out from a couple of years back, but the real winners to track down are both from the 80s - Live and Kickin (out of print, but I still see it at Best Buy locations on occasion) is the best of the 3 live DVDs that are commercially available, but Beat Of The Live Drum is solid too. Live and Kickin is a must have though, if you can find it. Absolutely great.
Comment by Matt Wardlaw — November 3, 2007 @ 1:08 pm PST
Marriage does involve sacrifices ! I took my husband to see Metallica when
the corporation I worked for had a corporate box. *grin* I do hope you
write your postscript after having attended the show.
Rick did and still does rock with over 17 top 40 hits. His live shows are the only ones I’ve been to were one does not sit. Check out
his last few albums, especially “Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance”.
Current CD is a cover of tradtional Christmas songs nicely done for this
baby baby boomer. “Christmas With You”. The title song is an orignal
written with his keyboard player…just check it out at
www.rickspringfield.com
Comment by Mufi — November 4, 2007 @ 5:37 am PST
Thanks for stopping by, Mufi and Matt - postscript with our concert experience and review here:
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20071104/4917/
Comment by TDavid — November 4, 2007 @ 10:07 am PST