Generation Xtreme
Aberdeen, SD
Set One:
| Back in the U.S.S.R. [The Beatles] | It | Underneath the Sweet Love | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Casanova | Cake | The Date | Damn the Man | Poet Who Didn't Know It |
Set Two:
| (portion of) Cocaine [Eric Clapton] | Vacation to Oblivion | Jumpstart My Rocket | Happy Birthday | Found My Boogie | Theme from Inspector Gadget [Mike Piccirillo] / In the Hall of the Mountain King [Edvard Grieg] / To the Next Episode | Like a Spy | Little Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs] | Spring Fever | Place | Chosen Ones | Clone You |
Let me start by saying that tonight was as great as last night was horrible. Did that make sense? As much as last night wasn't good, tonight WAS good. Part of the greatness was the massive amount of positive energy radiating from the general direction of Anthony's mother and aunt who were present and dancing tonight. Not only them, but our long lost friend and show recordist PJ Pearson was here as well, having driven six hours specifically for this show, with recording gear. NICE.
We started out with a high octane powerhouse consisting of "Back in the U.S.S.R." and our straight up funk tunes all jammed together. The audience that was there when V-Twin ended stuck around for our show and the crowd grew as the night went on. There was dancing and it really seemed that the folks enjoyed the rawk we were bringin'. Though there were a couple nearly missed train wrecks, both sets were very solid.
Before the second set began tonight, the bar was still playing the radio from our break. Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" came on and we played along with it. When the bartender turned the radio off, we kept going. How fun.
So to start the second set, we decided to pull out all the stops, as they say, and hit them in the face with "Jumpstart" right off the bat. It worked. The crowd was immediately re-pumped. Yes.
For "Next Episode" tonight, we whipped out an intro that we used recently at the Yapatorium; the "Inspector Gadget" theme song mixed in with some Grieg. It was a totally different crowd so the recycling was excusable.
During "Like a Spy" our video camera caught an extremely intoxicated and creepy old dude trying to hug and kiss a table full of young ladies just as Anthony sang the line "Maybe I'm not the stalker you've been looking for." Life imitates art. It was amusing.
Oh, man. The energy level continued, even grew until the night ended. From "Found My Boogie" on until closing time, the dance floor was taken up by younger and older alike. EVERYONE found their own boogie tonight. It was BEE-YOU-TEE-FULL. We played up until roughly 1:45 a.m. and after our last tune, "Clone You," the crowd was chanting "One more, one more!" Unfortunately, we couldn't play on since Generation Xtreme was closing. So Tony said, "You know how they say 'leave them wanting more'? That's what we're doing."
Great show. Great music. Great people. Rawk.
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