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There is something to be said about SATIN JUMPSUITS! :O ...
I vividly recall my very first concert EVER!
I vividly recall my very first concert EVER!
I was a little girl, and it was April 2nd, 1978...@ the "CHECKER DOME" in St. Louis.
~~SIDE NOTE: The CHECKER DOME (owned by Ralston Purina, at that time), was this ENORMOUS indoor arena--home of St. Louis Blues Hockey-- and it's giant domed roof was painted like a huge blue and white checkerboard...hence the name.
It was later renamed the "ARENA" when Ralston sold off it's interests, and the roof was painted over. The building was later imploded in the late '90's, and sold off for scrap and souvenirs, to make way for a boring-ass office building...STILL a sore spot among St.Louisans! ;( ~~~~~
Okay...so!...My aunt Kim (the "cool" aunt...whom I hope *I* emulate NOW, in terms of relative aunt-coolness! ;)...took my sister and I to see our first concert...and it was a monumentous event in my life...O...M...G! :O
We had Floor seats...31st Row, Section C ...I still have my concert ticket-stub!
I was all ready with my new little 110-Camera which my mom had FINALLY bought for me...my first camera, too! ;)
The stadium was packed! ...SOLD OUT! ...It was amazing!
I had to stand on my metal folding chair the entire time to even be able to see over the sea of people.
My little camera was clicking-away the entire time! I had to keep stopping every once in a while to change the flash-bar out. (You remember "flash bars", right?? There WAS a time when we did not have digital cameras! I am NOT a dinosaur, dammit! ...Hrmppphhh!)
OH!...You're asking me...WHO DID I SEE??? ...WHO WAS THE PERFORMER AT THIS SUPER-FANTASTIC CONCERT EVENT???
OMG...'yer just gonna DIE!
It was none other than the first man I ever "fell" for!...Shaun-freaking-Cassidy!!!!!! LOL! ;)
Yes, yes, it was Shaun Cassidy, dammit! NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!
It WAS 1978, after all...and he was BIG!
Okay, so...I will never forget...he was wearing this blue satin jumpsuit...sooo cool! I have an entire photo album (still!) of a plethora of little 3 1/2 X 5 matte-finish photos of a bunch of people's heads in front of me, with a little blue shiny blob off in the distance on the stage! LOL!
Actually, one or two of the pix did not turn out too shabbily. The guy next to us let me sit on his shoulders for those!
There was a point in the concert where Shaun tossed out dozens of long-stemmed, red roses into the audience. I was DYING to catch one of those roses! However, being back in the 31st row, that was highly unlikely. Sooo not gonna happen! ...Drats!
After the show, when we were walking back thru the passageways to head out of the building and to my aunt's 1974 olive green Ford Maverick ... (seriously...olive green...MAVERICK...blechhh!)
Anyway...as we were leaving, we passed this young girl and her family...and she was holding one of those much-coveted roses! :O
I stopped and shyly asked her if I could have a petal from her rose.
It was apparent she did NOT want to give me ANYTHING, but finally she grudgingly pulled off one rather anemic looking green leaf, and handed it to me like she was giving me the Holy Grail!
Hrmppp...I said "PETAL"...not "LEAF"! However, beggars cannot be choosers, and I cradled that leaf in my hand like it WAS the Holy Grail!
When I got home, I pressed it securely in my scrap-book...and IT IS STILL THERE!
Hmmm...I wonder if that OTHER little girl still has HER ROSE??? :O
DOUBT IT!!!
Anyway...that brings us to the "WHY SATIN JUMPSUITS ARE SO KILLER" part of our program! ;) ...
Sure, these days the satin jumpsuit may not be all that "IN"...and any self-respecting rock star (and I am NOT saying that Shaun Cassidy was a rock star!)...would not be caught dead in one.
However, THEN it was an entirely different matter. Satin jumpsuits were all over the place! And they were definitely SUPER-FLY! ;)
Also, it took a special breed of rocker to be able to pull that look off.
Not just ANYONE had the ability to rock the coliseums in style and flash...cranking the music out, whipping the girls into a frenzy, and making the guys wish THEY were the ones on-stage all bedecked in satin, and such...wielding the mic-stand like they were flair-baton-twirlers.
I have GOT to say that probably my favorite Shaun Cassidy song of all-time would have to be: "That's Rock and Roll"! ;)
I hope you all have fond memories of the "Days of Satin"... or at the very least...have a very memorable 1st concert memory!
XOXO!!!
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