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Although Druce Springsteen played to
a packed house la Lincoln, more than
0,000 fans saw the third stop on REO
Speed wagon's 1984 tour. Zebra and Sur
vivor opened, but the show belonged to
REO.
After the crowd sat anxiously through
the two warmup bands, REO Speedwagon
finally hit the stage. Confetti explosions
started the show and immediately the
electric atmosphere took over the Civic
Auditorium. Even those who did not have
much interest in REO had to be inter
ested in their performance.
The band played all of their classics
from previous albums and gave a good
sample of their new album, Wheels are
Turning. The band sounded rjood for
most of the show. At times, it seemed that
the band was too much for the sound
system.
The biggest problem in the shov was
the sound system. Going into the concert
hall, I expected loud music, but the music
was even louder than what I expected.
Sometimes I had trouble understanding
the lyrics, and the music was muffled by
the sound system.
The show was obviously geared toward
the younger audiences. One look at the
crowd proved that. The band worked
hard to impress the crowd and succeeded.
They did not have to search for a reaction
by the fans it was always there.
The light show was timely and effective.
At time3, it seemed to key on the lead
singer, which may have distracted atten
tion from the rest of the band.
Of course, the main attraction was the
music. It has been two years since REO
last played In Omaha, and their updated
music was excellent. Their old music was
best, with songs like "Keep Pushing,"
"Tough Guy3w and "Riding the Storm Out."
Ccr. tinned frcr.i Vzzs 8
"When I was 13, 14, 1 got inter
ested in three things. Omcftfietn
was playing pool . . . one was
playing the guitar . . . one ether
was . . . well, you know. One day
my mother took me out to Sears
and Roebuck and for $59.95 she
bought me a pool table I put in
my bedroom. I get to where I
would bring my girlfriends over,
and I 'd say, Dad, we Ye going up
to my room to play some pool
"Well, there was one problem.
My bedroom was directly over the
kitclien, where my dad would sit
and read. And if he didn't hear
the pool balls going, or thsguitar
playing, he'd have this broom
stick that he'd poke on the ceiling
with.. . but I figured it cut I just
pulled the pool table a lUtte closer
to tk$ bed, and every oszes in a
while Vd reach up and shoot a
cc-yph t:f balls around
The first half drew to a class
uith Springsteen lobbing his har
monica into the crowd after "The
Promised Land " and an appeal
for donations to the area food
banks before a stirring rendition
of "My Hometown. "
Someone did get to dance with
the man from Freehold, N.J., dur
ing "Dancing in the Dark, " the
second song of the second half.
Jill Hoffman, who stood in line
for four days for tickets and got
on the Springsteen express with
Darkness on the Edge of Town,
was the lucky recipient of the
extended dance and an extended
kiss, -
"IVe seen the video, but I never
thought he'd really do it," she
said.
She said Springsteen told her
she had "nice dimples."
The regular set ended with
-Racing in the Street," after
another long story about Adam
and Eve end the "Pink Cadillac"
they rode out of the Garden of
Eden, which Springsteen claimed
was just off the New Jersey turn
pike. For his first encore, Springsteen
turned in a soulful playing of
"Jungleland." For the second, after
thanking the crowd for its sup
port of him and the food banks,
he finally played "Born to Run"
and finished with the 20-minute
"Devil with the Blue Dress On"
medley. The house lights were
turned up for the songs as Spring
steen requested so he could see
the wave going, the crowd thrust
ing their fists in the air with him
and the youngsters trying to fig
ure out how the twists worked.
The concert ended after three
hours and fifty minutes, with
Springsteen stumbling mockingly
to the mike and shouting ur.o
mas, no mas." Well, almost Even
after that, Gammons donned his
Santa cap for "Santa Claus is
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