Clearwater Review

Ruth Eckerd Hall

Clearwater Fla

Sept 15th 2007

Review & picture by Caralyn Wichers

We are the 80s Tour
John Waite sounded really good and got the crowd in a good mood. Eddie Money opened with Two Tickets to Paradise and I Think I’m in Love. During his show the guitarist’s son joined in for I Wanna Go Back and his daughter really loved rockin to Take Me Home Tonight. They were so cute. His daughter Jessi Money did a great job too. They ended their set with Baby Hold on to Me and came out for an encore. Eddie convinced the crowd to “Shake it with Eddie Money” and sang Shakin. This brought the crowd to their feet.

Now for the part that all of you silly Rick fans want to hear the details of Rick’s set. Remember I know because I am one of you. He had on his white shirt with the peach flowers. Even before you heard the first note almost everyone in the auditorium was on their feet. He did a very energetic version of Who Killed Rock and Roll and went right into Affair of the Heart. He sang Alyson with lots of emotion. And the crowd really got into I’ve Done Everything For You. Of course he pointed out to a lucky select few in the crowd and went on to perform Rock Of Life. He even did a high kick. He performed the bathtub Gloria version and asked all of the women to raise their right hands. I will let you use your imagination to finish that song. I think it was one of the most fun he has had with that song in a while.

He sang Don’t Talk to Strangers and went out into the crowd. Of course he saw a few folks sitting and went right out to them and stood over there chairs. A very cute Karissa (Not Clarissa Rick) sang with him and he asked quite a few folks to sing. Before he went back on stage he made sure he found his way to another cutie McKenzie who is 8 years old and mentioned that he promised to have her sing with him since her sister had already done it once before. He went back on stage for his Bop til You Drop Medley.

Mentioned his movie Hard to Hold and went into Love Somebody. He then made his way through the crowd. This was followed by more crowd surfing and My Generation. He got a cell phone and had to ask for the phone list so he could choose who to call. He chose her husband Jack. He said hello and Jack actually said very calmly “Hi Rick” and everyone was laughing. Rick was as he put it Busted. This was hysterical, since I don’t remember anyone ever doing that to him before. He said “I didn’t even get to say this is Rick Springfield!?!?” Afterwards he went further out into the center of the auditorium and had a lot of fun with Human Touch. He started Jessie’s Girl in the crowd and moved back towards the stage. He finished it on stage.

Of course he came out and had on a bright and do I mean bright green t-shirt. Doesn’t he know his green eyes already get to us. Anyways they had fun playing his one and only party song that he ever wrote Love Is Alright Tonight. Well for those of you who couldn’t make it, I hope this makes you feel like you were there in spirit.

Set List
Who Killed Rock & Roll
Affair of the Heart
Alyson
Ive done everything for You
Rock Of Life
Gloria (bathtub/Noah version)
DTTS
Medley
Love Somebody
My Generation
Human Touch
Jessies Girl

Encore
Love is all right