Topic: A WEIRD topic, more difficult than you think, NOT SPINAL TAP
So dear friends, we all share the same passion, MUSIC, ARTISTS, BANDS, WRITERS. I believe most of us have got that "ONE SPECIAL MOMENT" contact with your favorite singer, band. You stand in front of him/her with your mouth open trying to say something, but nothing happens. We can call it maybe OUR SPINAL TAP moment, but in fact it isn't a spinal tap. Just something that occurred and you'll never forget.
Here in Belgium, I finished MED SCHOOL in 1980;, and believe me I really lived for 3 people.
BOOZE, R&R, but in particular what I have classified as "A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND".
In 1980, I finished University, and yes, I was a Medical Doctor. I had an incredible time at the University. Here in BELGIUM, studies to become an MD = 7 years. A long time. Even 6 years later my name was still known in GHENT. GIRLS, BEER, GIRLS, OTHER GIRLS, SAME BEER, BARS, I lived like a vampire, searching fresh blood. Once the conquest was over, or a better expression is, I was a hunter, trying and being excited to shoot the best, once shot, the fun and the THRILL WAS GONE as BB King sings. My best friend he took 75% of what I shot, the lazy bastard. Today it's all CYBER, and isn't the mentality between boy meets girl different? I hear so often, a girl or a boy really enthusiast, I HAVE A DATE. I had DATES, it's all over now, no regrets, I had a great life. Even now, when I enter with my crouches, in a place, women make contact with me, why, the only reason I find is "pity, a kind of mother instinct, an urge to protect me? I don't know. Enough.
I had the luck to be backstage doctor on one of the biggest ROCK festivals in Europe. My best friends at that time were all musicians, CEO's of record companies, actors, 100% different from my job. But as it always is: GIRL ---> ENGAGING --> WEDDING ---> KIDS and all things change.
But about that festival I was DOC from 1981 until 1996, and that is what it's all about: the things I saw, the fun, the friendship. No journalists, every year the same people, a time I'll never forget. The WEIRDEST THINGS I SAW WERE
- I went to the toilet "trailer", suddenly noise, nobody was allowed to enter, bodyguards in front, I had to leave to, but I refused, busy doing "PIPI". Can you imagine all this show because LOU REED had to go to the toilet too. So we were indeed doing pipi together, he farted, very loud, and my response was there a CONTRA-FART, resulting in a laugh, but getting worse, and as always you always look to the person next to you. Well this is something I never forget, because it was all so stupid, bodyguards, 2 extreme silent boys, REED and me, the fart, the fun.
I learned ONE THING THERE: the artists are modest, polite, friendly, but the sharks around the artist = DISGUSTING THEY ARE THE STARS, a bunch of frustrated miserable men.
Another one, WENDY & LISA, (PRINCE protegees), I got an urgent call from the W&L trailer, they just performed, and the one who plays guitar, WENDY I think went hysterical because she was convinced that the performance was very bad. I just remember me a crying, hysterical WENDY, who pushed me in the seat, she was naked, and she was crying, tears allover, holding me, and no way to escape, trying to kiss me, asking 100 times if I liked her gig, that was one of the most and unforgettable events.
That is what I love to read here, if you have got moments like this (not a naked Wendy in my arms), I can assure you that was a WEIRD EXPERIENCE.
- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
[color=blue]Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.[/color]