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Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:58 pm
by Luchino
are there other performances where Gene uses the "you're a freshman, I'm a senior" line?
great version by the way, that song always goes better with a piano

EDIT: Love the excitement of the piano guy


Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:15 pm
by caligari
Song BEGINS with JUST the BASS. :gene:

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:17 pm
by caligari
3/4 of the DYNASTY/UNMASKED recording Band
... & “friends”.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:24 pm
by Man of a Thousand Aces
If they were doing this on the Konvention Tour, then there probably are.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:35 pm
by Mr. Speedo
Luchino wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:58 pm are there other performances where Gene uses the "you're a freshman, I'm a senior" line?
great version by the way, that song always goes better with a piano

EDIT: Love the excitement of the piano guy

That’s the great Paul Schaffer, he’s always like that.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:53 pm
by scottbassist
Pretty cool video. But no disrespect to Shaffer, Anton, etc., but I always thought it was corny for Letterman’s band to always play alongside the featured guest band. Letterman’s band are/were great players, sure, but the 2-for-1 Band-at-the-Same-Time thing was overkill. You have Shaffer’s group playing almost on an opposite side of the room as the guest band. Just ... weird.

That said, Gin Blossoms were fantastic at the Tulsa Hard Rock a few years back. They absolutely crushed headliner Smash Mouth to utter pieces.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 pm
by Elderguy
What did you expect, it was Smash Mouth.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:41 pm
by scottbassist
Elderguy wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 pm What did you expect, it was Smash Mouth.
I went for Gin Blossoms and my wife went for Sugar Ray (they played between GB and SM.) GB and Sugar Ray wiped the floor with Smash Mouth. All I expected from Smash Mouth was for the singer to be sorta in key with his band for some of their set. Nope. When Smash Mouth played in the key of A, the singer sang in the key of B. He sang a whole step sharp or flat all night long, with the occasional 3 1/2 steps-sharp note. Lol! 😎

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:49 pm
by spaceace1977
The one and only public performance by Gene, Paul and Anton Fig.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:26 pm
by Elderguy
Was Anton in the lineup when they did Deuce with Frehley’s Comet?

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:34 am
by Ratmir
Gene and Paul look like giants compared to these guys. And that’s without costumes and platform boots

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:58 am
by Mackemkiss
Is it just me or is that version 1000 times better than the one on KISS my @ss??
I love New Miserable Experience...a perfect little album.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:16 am
by Tito
Fun version. Seriously awful lead guitarist though.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:39 am
by rnrnightmare
Ratmir wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:34 am Gene and Paul look like giants compared to these guys. And that’s without costumes and platform boots
Great performance! But, this is the thing that stands out the most to me about this clip. Gene and Paul are HUGE!

Also, noteworthy (to my knowledge) that Gene's primary stage position was stage left.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:30 am
by AphelionAxeMan
caligari wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:15 pm Song BEGINS with JUST the BASS. :gene:
On this occasion, yes.

How about all those others I pointed out that you never responded to?

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:35 am
by Revenge 92
Luchino wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:58 pm are there other performances where Gene uses the "you're a freshman, I'm a senior" line?
great version by the way, that song always goes better with a piano

EDIT: Love the excitement of the piano guy

Very nice performance. They were so young (and cool) here.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:47 am
by Spiritual_Chaos
This last fake jumping on a bandwagon style for KISS before their return to spandex and makeup was really working for Gene.

Should have gone with this style in 1983 instead of the purple cardigans and grandma-makeup.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:41 am
by lord71
Alternate spoken part = self sensorship for national TV.

Re: Christine Sixteen w/ Gin Blossoms 1994 - bridge spoken lyrics

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:53 am
by John Connor
The KMA era is a neat little time capsule. Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago!