Rock'n Rubble~Rest In Pieces Shea Stadium

ROCK -N- RUBBLE REST IN PIECES SHEA STADIUM
Re-Post from Kingmans blog:


Shea Stadium's rock & roll heritage is well known. No other venue in existence can boast hosting The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Clash, The Police, REM, Grand Funk Railroad, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel...just to name a few.

Indeed, the stadium concert was born in Shea Stadium, August 1965. The Beatles christened the concept.

Six years later, Grand Funk Railroad came to Queens and shattered the Beatles attendance record. Humble Pie opened. The GFR show is legendary and there is little footage commercially available.

However we have been honored by the Funk following and given a chance to share some of that Shea Stadium experience.

Here is some NEW video of Grand Funk Railroad's 1971 performance at Shea! The band is performing "Gimme Shelter" and a more apt tune would be hard to find right now. The great rock and roll Shelter by Jamaica bay is itself about to be reduced to rock. Lets pay tribute to the artists who stopped by Shea in the past 44 years and rocked our worlds. More important, as you watch this footage, also pay tribute to the millions of fans who came out to Shea to get their worlds rocked!

In the words of one Shea musical alumnus: Rock is Dead. Long Live Rock!

And thanks Sue.

For the complete rock history of Shea, check out Shea rocks and prepare to have your mind blown.

by Kingman on August 8 at 3:35PM A few weeks ago, we posted some rare footage of Grand Funk Railroad's legendary Shea Stadium performance.

Loge13 readers know we take great care to get right Shea Stadium's rich rock history. Here is a clip sent to us from GFR #1 Fan Sue. It is an eyewitness account of the Grand Funk Railroad Shea gig, with some clarifications. Enjoy:

Shea Funk Railroad

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by Kingman on April 17 at 9:58PM

There is only one way to end Shea's 43'rd birthday celebration: By taking a little trip on the Grand Funk Railroad. Here's some rare footage of GFR's legendary 1971 Shea appearance, when they broke the Beatle's attendance record. Here's Mark Farner & co. doing an amazingly short version of "I'm your captain/Closer to home:"(Trivia: Who opened for the Railroad? Answer below the clip.

People sure danced funny then.

Steve Marriot's Humble Pie warmed up the Shea crowd before Grand Funk Railroad took to the stage.

TICKET LINE UP FOR GRAND FUNK RAILROAD IN 1971

MARK FARNER FOR PRESIDENTS DAY!

MARK FARNER FOR PRESIDENTS DAY!!!

"IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT... of America"



Lyrics

Health care, Welfare I'd give my people fair share
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
Put me on the telephone
I'd bring all of the soldiers home
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
People call me radical
but we've gotta change
I'd kick all of their phony asses
out on the range
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF AMERICA
Politicians their so phony
I'd stop all of this Globe Balony
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
I'd grow our food on US soil
stop importing foreign oil
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
In front of Unemployment there would be no line
Vote for me and people
we'd be doing fine
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
OH, IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF AMERICA
I'd stop the raping and the pillage
of our sacred land now!
I'd break it down
till it's something you could understand,
now!
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF AMERICA
I'd help everybody out of debt
show you love you ain't seen yet
IF I WAS YOUR PRESIDENT
Id start a peaceful revolution
reinstate the constitution
IF I WAS YOUR PRESIDENT
People say I'm crazy for the things I'd change
But, they can join the phony asses out on the range
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
IF I WAS THE PRESIDENT
IF I WAS OUR PRESIDENT
OF AMERICA!
(you know I'd clean it up!)



~Suez