Nothin' but a Good Time
I will admit that I was more than a little embarassed about my whereabouts on Friday night. Who really wants to admit that they were at a Poison concert? At the Clearfield County Fair, no less. If Webster was going to put a picture beside the definition of "hair band" they would have to put a picture of Poison up. They had the biggest hair, the best (or worst, depending on your point of view) make-up, the tightest spandex....Definitely not a CD you want to be blasting when the girls pull up beside you at 17th St...
I must also admit though, that I was really excited about this. The '80s are my favorite genre of rock music as it was when the music was just starting to get heavy, but there was a lot of great guitar soloes.
So here's a rundown of the night:
Got home, chugged a couple beers, and took off for the show with Aaron, Kim and David. Upon arriving and paying an extra $5 for parking and admittance, ate some Fair food. Quickly lost my buzz. Took our seats around 7:40 and watch the people come in. Realized that half of my graduating class is in attendance...sad. Collectively, we decided that we have really good seats: 30 rows back, just to the right of the stage.
Poison started at about 8:20, and put on a pretty damn good show. Bret Michaels was the Bret Michaels of old, plus about 20lbs. He sounded like his old self though. Bobby Dall looked creepy. Rikki Rocket, who I'm not totally convinced is straight, twirled his sticks, threw them around, and did all the other cool/cheesy stuff that '80s drummers did. CC stole the show, though. He had his hair spiked about 6-inches high and ran around like a maniac doing all the crazy stuff that guitarists don't do anymore: tapping, vibrato-bar dives, harmonics, etc. His solo was pretty good: "Cat Scratch Fever" with some "Eruption" and maybe a little Hendrix in there. He's really an underrated guitarist. (Apparently though, he must be told when to solo. Bret introduced his solo on every song, and CC actually introduced himself on one.)
All in all, it was a really good show. They played all their classics (you'd be surprised at how many you know) and very few other songs for a pretty tight hour and a half show. One of the few shows that I've ever seen that builds do a crecendo. They closed with their 4 most popular songs: "Every Rose...", "Unskinny Bop", "Nothin' But a Good Time", and "Talk Dirty to Me", and like a teenage girl, I sang all the words.
I must also admit though, that I was really excited about this. The '80s are my favorite genre of rock music as it was when the music was just starting to get heavy, but there was a lot of great guitar soloes.
So here's a rundown of the night:
Got home, chugged a couple beers, and took off for the show with Aaron, Kim and David. Upon arriving and paying an extra $5 for parking and admittance, ate some Fair food. Quickly lost my buzz. Took our seats around 7:40 and watch the people come in. Realized that half of my graduating class is in attendance...sad. Collectively, we decided that we have really good seats: 30 rows back, just to the right of the stage.
Poison started at about 8:20, and put on a pretty damn good show. Bret Michaels was the Bret Michaels of old, plus about 20lbs. He sounded like his old self though. Bobby Dall looked creepy. Rikki Rocket, who I'm not totally convinced is straight, twirled his sticks, threw them around, and did all the other cool/cheesy stuff that '80s drummers did. CC stole the show, though. He had his hair spiked about 6-inches high and ran around like a maniac doing all the crazy stuff that guitarists don't do anymore: tapping, vibrato-bar dives, harmonics, etc. His solo was pretty good: "Cat Scratch Fever" with some "Eruption" and maybe a little Hendrix in there. He's really an underrated guitarist. (Apparently though, he must be told when to solo. Bret introduced his solo on every song, and CC actually introduced himself on one.)
All in all, it was a really good show. They played all their classics (you'd be surprised at how many you know) and very few other songs for a pretty tight hour and a half show. One of the few shows that I've ever seen that builds do a crecendo. They closed with their 4 most popular songs: "Every Rose...", "Unskinny Bop", "Nothin' But a Good Time", and "Talk Dirty to Me", and like a teenage girl, I sang all the words.
posted by Michael at 11:25 AM
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