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Concerts trounce summer blues
I can remember thinking how boring it was
going to be to be stuck in Eugene for the summer.
Ugh, I thought. How am I ever going to bear this?
Most of my friends will be gone, I won't have
much money...Oh well, getting Oregon state
residency will be worth it in the long run... at
least dollar and cents-wise. right?
Reporter’s Notebook
by Carolyn I.amberson
But looking back. I realize it wasn't all that
bad. Granted, I'm flat broke, and I did have my
share of boring times, but all in all there were two
major events that helped me see it through Bob
Dylan and the Grateful Dead in Aut/.en Stadium
on July IB and David Bowie with Duran Duran in
Portland Civic Stadium on Aug. 14.
Now. some of you may be wondering just
what the hell I'm doing putting two completely
different shows into one concert story. The
answer is simple. A concert is a concert. And
while the musical styles, stage shows and au
diences of the two may have been completely dif
ferent, there were certain areas of similarity.
First of all, each show evoked its own par
ticular style or fashion. My initial thought at
walking into Autzen that gorgeous July day was
"My God. I've never seen so much tie-dye in one
place in my entire life." The floor of Autzen was a
sea of movement and blending color. If one was
on any kind of mind-altering drugs, seeing the
Deadheads writhe around in technicolor was an
experience in itself.
What was perhaps most amusing about the
show was various types of fans and the methods
one could use to distinguish between them The
true Deadheads were obvious. Some were in
honest-to-goodness "Dead" garb — old. hand
made tie dies, long hair, beards, beads. . . the list
could go on. Then there were those who weren't
necessarily into the Dead lifestyle, but came for
the musical aspect.
The most hilarious were the psuedo
Deadheads: former 60s hippies trying to get back
into the "summer of love.” Seeing these people
with their families in the family station wagon
wearing tennis shorts. Keeboks and $20 tie dyes
purchased from the Eugene Saturday Market was
something that gave me an idea for an episode of
"Family Ties.” You know, Michael and Eliso
Keaton take Alex. Mallory. Jennifer and little An
drew to a Grateful Deed show • What?” exclaims
Mallory. "Make your own tie dyes? Absurd That
would only mess up the tub in the laundry room
Here, let's take my Nordstrom's card Tie-dyes for
everyone."
Oh well. I guess that’s why the United States
is still a capitalist country
Now of course. Bowie for years has been con
sidered a fashion chameleon, a trend setter. And
even though he's been recording since the late
tiOs, his concert evoked none of the 60s nostalgia
that the DylanDead show did Nevertheless,
then* were echoes of Bowie's various trends visi
ble throughout the stadium There was everyting
from Ziggy Stardust to Aladain Sane to the Thin
White Duke to the more recent Euro-dance lounge
li/.ard of his "Let's Dance" album anti “Serious
Moonlight" tour. And of course. 1 can't forget to
mention what I'll call weekend punk Those arc
the folks who wore every black article of clothing
they owned just for the concert Just to look cool
And I've never seen so much hairspray in one
place in my entire life
As exported, the styles of the performers
themselves were quite different. Dylan and the
Dead gave the audience what it wanted a long,
laid-back show that proved to many that neither
were close to leaving the business As the after
noon sun beat down on the fans of ail ages, these
two not-so-oldies-but-certainly-goodies gave a
straight ahead rock and roll show. No frills, no
extraneous effects, with the exception of the
skywriters writing "Impeach Reagan" across the
sky.
Bowie, as one could imagine, was like
something from another planet With a huge
spider dangling above the stage and five dancers
who looked liku they had just escaped an episode
of "Solid Gold featuring your host Mat) Max in
side the Thunderdome" flanking him, Bowie pro
ved to lie not just a musician but a showman. A
little burlesque at times. Bowie nevertheless did
not fail to please those who had trekked from
Portland and throughout the state of Oregon to
witness the media event.
I suppose that gets to the point of it. pleasing
the audience. Both shows left legions of spec
tators exhausted, happy and really wanting more,
but knowing they'd gotten their money's worth
So as the smell of marijuana wafted across the at
mosphere of both Eugene and Portland, two of the
hottest road acts of the summer packed up and
moved on. But not without leaving an impression
that will t>e hard to forget
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