The Most Hallowed Turf in Rock

[G-Fafif]

Just before the halfway point of this clip...

http://www.vh1classic.com/view/playlist/1575088/191510/7_Ages_of_Rock_We_Are_The_Champions_Stadium_Rock/We_Are_the_Champions_Stadium_Rock_How_To_Rock_100_000_People/index.jhtml

...comes much respect for Shea.

Part of VH1 Classic's "Seven Ages of Rock" series, the Stadium Rock episode, no doubt to be repeated often on your digital cable.

[metirish]

very, very cool.

[Guest themetfairy]

Over 70,000 fans in attendance - wow!

[metirish]

All those people and the dodgy clothes the band were wearing.

[MFS62]

When I first read the thread title, I was preparing myself for a "why is this music thread in the baseball forum?" kind of post.
But now I'm fah'klempt.
Wow!
A great honor to Shea.
Never mind.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I thought it would be aobut the most hallowed turf in Rockville Centre.

Which is, of course, the Pantry Diner.

[G-Fafif]

I'm more of a Golden Reef man myself, but the Pantry's pretty hallowed.

[Guest themetfairy]

Have you guys ever been to the Candlelight Diner in Commack? That's Western Suffolk Hallowed Turf

[smg58]

G-Fafif wrote: I'm more of a Golden Reef man myself, but the Pantry's pretty hallowed.

The Golden Reef nosedived a few years ago, though. Has it gotten any better since then?

[G-Fafif]

Haven't been there in more than a year. Found it just fine in 2006. Then again, a lot of things I like were way better in 2006 than in 2007.

Dined at the Pantry a few weeks ago. It was good rockin' in Rockville Centre that night. The worst diner news in the immediate RVC-Oceanside vicinity is the recent death of the East Bay Diner on Long Beach Rd. to make way for yet another CVS. That diner was home base for many years in the sense that if someone said "let's go to the diner," it usually implied that one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Anybody up for a Crane Pool meetup at the Pantry or the Reef after Christmas next week?

[G-Fafif]

If you're in the neighborhood...

[Guest Edgy DC]

I am. Thursday and Friday would be good.

[Gwreck]

Of course, they used some 2005 or 2006-era Shea footage introducing the clip.

70,000 seems a touch generous on the audience size.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I was there. I counted 69,999 others. And I didn't count roadies and stuff like that.

VH-1 is dead wrong that it's a magic hit single that propels bands to stadium-sized audiences.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: VH-1 is dead wrong that it's a magic hit single that propels bands to stadium-sized audiences.

Yeah, I thought Mark Knopfler was kinda outta place among the Springsteens, U2s, etc.