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Old 09-09-2020, 08:59 AM   #5469 (permalink)
Frownland
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RIP, it's insane how ahead of his time he was.

I saw him doing a solo Silver Apples tour when he was promoting Clinging to a Dream. He had a stage full of electronics and a laptop (see below), he put a lot more energy into his performance than I expected.



As he was performing You & I for the closer, he started stuttering, took a step back and fainted. It looked like he fell right on his head. The room slowed and after a minute, they turned down the speakers (the equipment was still rolling) and turned on the lights. Staff came onstage to help him and people started leaving. Some of us were shocked as **** and stayed. After a couple of minutes of coming to and drinking some water, he got up as the staff and his wife (I think) led him offstage. He refused and went back up to finish the show like a boss.

A couple of faves:



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