Lovingkindness - MacArthur Park

1990 at Kelbo's Coco Bowl room. Here is one reporter view of what happened during this filming: One of my pals, who goes by Monté Vista, has been known to drink a little. Well, a lot. He and his band, Lovingkindness were pioneers in the lounge scene... starting out around 85 or '86 doing your basic lounge band from hell routine... Girl from Ipanema, Scotch and Soda, and The Quest (Impossible Dream) were some of their big faves. They did a million shows, usually on punk, sometimes on shockrock bills. (A guy in a white suit with a red carnation and an M16 carbine can really scare the hell out of your typ death rocker.) Anyhow, one night they were playing a wedding reception in a trendy tiki bar in West LA/Santa Monica. Monté had just broken up with his stormy Irish-Latina girlfriend for the 59th time and was drinkin' big. They were doing a long version of MacArthur Park (there's no other kind unless you skip some verses) and the rave-up in the middle was the money shot for the song. Monté bolted off stage as soon as the verse before the break was done and flew out the back door. The rave up took hold and built to its regular climax... at the last possible instant Monté flew in through the front door and leapt on stage, looking pale, his tie askew and his shirt unbuttoned at the neck. But he had the mic out of the stand and hit his cue by the skin of a hemi-demi-semi-quaver. Later, I found out he'd had a huge slug of Wild Turkey just before the song started and was fighting the vomit reflex through the whole 6 or 7 minute first part. He managed to get out the backdoor, puke his guts up in the parking lot and get around the building to the front (after the back door slammed closed or something) and back inside in something around a minute.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 25, 2007 at 12:18 am
Author: LovingkindnessMusic

Length: 09:09
Rating: 5.00
Views: 3974

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