The Palladium, NYC—October 29, 1977—Show 1
1. 10-29-77 Show 1 Start/Introductions
Bob. Phil. Dick.
- Rob Leacock, Phil Parmet, and Dick Pearce, photographers of the film Baby Snakes (1979).
7. Bobby Brown Goes Down
Why, it's almost like Alvin Lee's watermelon, only perverted.
Alvin Lee, interviewed by Shawn Perry, Vintage Rock, 2012
I was watching the Blu-ray last night and relived your Woodstock performance. And when you're done, you pick up a watermelon. Where on earth did that watermelon come from?
It just sort of rolled on. I didn't see where it came from. It just rolled onto the stage. I don't know why or what was going through my mind. I just casually threw my guitar into the drum kit and picked up this watermelon (laughs). At all the gigs after the movie came out—we were playing big festivals and stuff like that—and (during) the last number, about 200 watermelons were all bobbing away in the audience. And by the end of the last number, the whole stage is covered in watermelon (laughs).
- Alvin Lee is mentioned in "Peaches III" on Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981); "Bobby Brown Goes Down" on Halloween 77 (2017); Scene 78 of the original 200 Motels Shooting Script.
17. Audience Participation #3
Just pretend it was a Slade concert
- Some trivia: Slade covered "Ain't Got No Heart" on their first album (still as Ambrose Slade), Beginnings (Fontana, 1969).
20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
- See notes for "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" on Baby Snakes (The Movie) (1979).