The Tubes
Richfield Coliseum
Cleveland OH
1981-07-18
Pre-FM Soundboard @320
01. Black Overture
02. Matter Of Pride
03. TV Is King
04. Think About Me
05. Sports Fans
06. Amnesia
07. Mr. Hate
08. Attack Of The 50ft Woman
09. Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
10. Mondo Bondage
11. I Don't Want To Wait Anymore
12. Sushi Girl
13. Intro
14. The Business Men
15. Talk To Ya Later
16. Let's Make Some Noise
17. White Punks On Dope
Fee Waybill - Vocals
Roger Steen - Guitar, Vocals
Bill Spooner - Guitar, Vocals
Vince Welnick - Keyboards
Michael Cotten - Keyboards, Synthesizer
Rick Anderson - Bass
Prairie Prince - Drums
Great post. Too bad Re-Styles isn't credited
ReplyDeletei don't believe re did any shows in 81. i saw them twice that year with the tubettes. they gave me one of the autographed (only by tubettes!) completion backwards LPs. great great stage show that year. the band was very accessible and welcomed fans backstage. got my autographs then...
Deletethanks for this - sounds great!
mikeL
Back in '75, '76...the Tubes were playing clubs, junior colleges, small venues, etc. here in the Bay Area. My buddies and I saw them regularly. We're scattered to teh wind, now...but this October, I'm heading east from the Bay Area to see the Tubes play in Reno (where one of the gang has settled), and another friend is flying in From Portland...first time the three of us will be a Tubes show together since 1976.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
ReplyDeleteEver see Cher, Dolly Parton, and the Tubes doing a supersized medley together? Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGs41Mik1E
ReplyDeleteWoah. That was astounding. A true religious experience: I can not fear death because I know I have damn well seen it all!
DeleteHi, Diana, yeah...it's a "revelation" to me....one thing I'm working on is getting over my own musical snobbery; I'm sure I missed this back when it originally aired because I was convinced that Cher wasn't any good, plus I had yet to figure out that Country had anyone I liked (besides Johnny Cash, I at least had the sense to know that Cash was great). So I missed it. It's a weird mashup of pop, country, rock, gospel, and Cher gets to play the role normally held down by the fabulous Re Styles.
DeleteI watched the vid draftervoi and just one question. How did you manage to slip me hallucinogenics remotely? . . . . . . . . .not quite recovered yet!
DeleteHi, Swappers...yeah....pretty great and weird, at the same time. Dolly Parton with the Tubes? I thought this was from Cher's solo show but research reveals it's from "Cher...Special," (from WiKi: "a television special starring American singer/actress Cher that was broadcast on ABC on April 3, 1978, at 9:00 pm ET/PT and was recorded at ABC Studios in Burbank, California. Cher ... Special was a ratings success for ABC and it was ranked among the Top 10 most watched programs of the week. In the fall of 1978, it was honored with a technical Emmy Award for "Best Achievement in Lighting Direction". It also received an Emmy nomination for "Best Art Direction for a Comedy-Variety or Musical Special" and Dolly Parton was also nominated for an Emmy in the category of "Best Supporting Actress in a Variety or Musical Special"."
DeleteWhat do I want from life? I want the Tubes.
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