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I saw The Tubes live twice in Seattle. Once in the early 80's and once in the early 90's. They were awesome. Killer vocal harmonies and theatrical stage show. Great musicians. Prairie Prince is an awesome drummer.

The show that I saw in the early 90's Fee Waybill came out at the beginning of the show and said that he had had to cancel is last performance cause of laryngitis, but had that morning gone to see a Chinese acupuncturist in Seattle's International District that cured him. Ha!

24 minutes ago, shankyboy said:

The Completion Backwards Principle is one of my all-time favorite albums. 

And this is one of my faves as well.

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I saw them a long time ago too. Great show...! Sort of a Porn Show also...!

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3 hours ago, Ting Ho Dung said:

Better get to Utubing. 

 

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I've attached a pic of my ticket stub from the Tubes concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. My memory's a little fuzzy and I got a bad tear on my ticket so I can't confirm, but I believe this was in January, 1978, not long after the above Tubes video of WPOD was recorded, and not long before I would graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A number of us piled into Beth's station wagon and made the 2.5 hour drive north for this show, and we were not disappointed. It was my first time at the legendary Aragon Ballroom (I saw Talking Heads and Patti Smith there before the end of 1980), and it was a grand spectacle. In addition to WPOD, another cool moment was when Fee rode a giant Harley onstage for a steaming rendition of Don't Touch Me There.

I would see The Tubes again a few years later in a theater in Milwaukee after the Remote Control album, and then in 1984 in Rockford, IL, touring with Utopia.

Their first three albums, The Tubes, Young and Rich, and Now are far and away my favorite albums of theirs, although I like Remote Control quite a bit. They lost me a bit after that. Their live shows were legendary, and they even managed to get banned in a few places, I believe.

They are playing here locally in early April, along with Blue Oyster Cult, another of my favorite bands. My brother's already got tickets, but I'm not sure if I can go. I wonder if Fee is still wearing those monster platforms?

I've long wanted to play WPOD. Perhaps I should force the 4321 All-Stars. hehe.

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setlist.fm has an entry for The Tubes at the Aragon Ballroom on March 10, 1978.  There is "0310" on your ticket.  There is an average setlist for 1978, too. 


    What Do You Want From Life
    God Bird Change
    Got Yourself a Deal
    Show Me a Reason
    Be Mine Tonight
    Don't Touch Me There
    Mondo Bondage
    Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
    I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles cover)
    Boy Crazy
    I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk
    Stand Up and Shout
    You're No Fun
    White Punks on Dope

 

Yes, Fee has been wearing the stacks when playing the part of Quay Lewd. 

 

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You RAWK, Steve. Thanks.

Edited to add: the 4321 All-Stars are already playing Suffragette City, so it seems only logical that we would fold WPOD into our rendition. GREAT idea, Fee!

Edited again to add: With the exception of the stacks, which I deem too dangerous, I've got the body type and all the accoutrements to pull off that look as well. Can't wait to surprise the guys next week!

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6 hours ago, BruceM said:

They are playing here locally in early April, along with Blue Oyster Cult, another of my favorite bands. My brother's already got tickets, but I'm not sure if I can go. I wonder if Fee is still wearing those monster platforms?

I've long wanted to play WPOD. Perhaps I should force the 4321 All-Stars. hehe.

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Bruce thanks for the heads up on the BOC & The Tubes show! 

Friday April 5th chance of freezing cold & snow is down to 50% here in Minnesota and a full weekend to recover what more could you ask for! I haven't been to the Medina Ballroom in years. I think the last concert I saw there was Todd Rundgren maybe 15 years ago?  

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