Top Bananas!
9/6/97

Colorado Rapids vs Kansas City Wizards @ Mile High Stadium
and
The Monkees!

This is absolutely the best I have ever seen the Monkees minus Mike.

A musically tight, well produced show that touched all the hits, some
from "Then and Now" and "Justus", and "Lucille" thrown in to showcase
Peter's slide guitar work.

As a musician, with 10x binoculars, I can verify that Peter WAS playing
that 5 string bass.

While I've grown to expect the Davy Jones - heavy metal 
"Steppin' Stone," the straight ahead version they did tonight
with Mickey singing and playing drums was killer.

Except for the comp intro to "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Does anyone
know what song this is?) and the fact that the lead guitar player
couldn't play the "Valleri" solo, everything was musically true, 
high energy, Monkeemania!

Even songs like "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow" and "Words" were
alive with high energy rock and roll. No lounge act, these boys.

Oh, my wife says that Davy looked great, with his Monkee logoed
silky oversized shirt that he left open down the middle. 

And he still has it, as the early teen cheerleaders screamed when he
said he was going to take them on tour with him.

>From "Last Train to Clarksville" to "Daydream Believer" this was one
fantastic show. When the show was over, with Peter in the lead, the
boys circled the stadium giving "five" to everyone at the fence.

Well, except for Mickey, who crapped out about half way around and
just started waving. I guess drums are harder to play, as his shirt 
was soaked with sweat. (Now all you perverted women are going to bid
on his dirty shirt!)

Bottom Line? Do what you gotta do, go where you gotta go, just to 
see the best Monkee show ever.

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