at yesterday's pre-shift meeting, we did our usual run-down of what to expect from the day and night. blah-blah-blah, but part of the info was the concert nearby that would start at 7:00. the bigger shows there trend toward a certain demographic which shoe-horns nicely with that of our regular dining base: over 35, with money to burn. shows there this summer include the doobie brothers, donna summer, a styx/journey double bill. get the drift?
last night's show was squeeze and cheap trick. in a meeting with 8 people, several of whom are over 30, not one had heard of squeeze. not one. a few knew the name of cheap trick, but couldn't drag a song from their memory bank.
"live at budokan" went triple platinum. that's 3 million albums and you could not turn on the radio and NOT hear "surrender" or "i want you to want to me". they were partying anthems and the band sold out arenas all over the world.
squeeze? for god's sake, some of the most infectious pop tunes that rode over on the 80's new wave. early albums were produced by john cale and then elvis costello -- neither of whom can be considered an industry slacker. songs like "black coffee in bed" and "pulling mussels from the shell" are ear worms of the best sort. that catchy hook gets in your head and won't let go. i saw them a bunch of times live, including in jamaica, and they were kick-ass fun. the jamaicans LOVED them too.
"argybargy" was released in england in 1980. we had some very progressive radio stations where i grew up and i could not get my hands on it fast enough. i had the lp and the tape, so i could play the latter in my car. the summer between high school and college, i wore out the tape. my friends had no end of fun that "tempted" was my theme song, since i spent most of those firefly months dashing from party to party and juggling 3 boyfriends, lol.
music i loved as a young woman, that played part of the soundtrack of my life, brought a roomful of blank stares.
i am an old.
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