theJEDMAN NATION-A New Wave ManifestoDocumenting the JED Experience Thursday, December 05, 2002I was breezing my way through the Triangle the other day when the 3 at 3 came on the 99.7 KY. The theme today was MAGIC. First they played EVERYTHING LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC. Then, they played MGIC MAN. Then, they played the MAGIC POWER, the quintessential song from TRIUMPH off their best album 1981's ALLIED FORCES.. TRIUMPH was probably the worse of the Canadian power trios of the 80s. At the time, I thought they were awsome. Now, I don't know why I like them so much. It reminded me of 1985. In May of that year, Bon Chappell, Dave the GEEK, a guy named Mike and I went to the TRIUMPH concert at Kemper Arena with forty three hundred rabid TRIUMPH fans. I remember being in the parking lot pre-show and hearing every beat up camero enter the lot with the MAGIC power blaring out of their rolled down or missing windows aided by a graphic equalizer that was more expensive than the rest of the car. I remember a long haired guy with bandana that sat behind us so wasted that he couldn't open his eyes. I remember the rock and roll kicks ass speach that the drummer gave in the middle of the show. Back then, I hated the drummer. He sang on their worse songs. Today, I probably would still hate them. This concert was past the prime of TRIUMPH. They only did a couple of more albums after this with guitarist Rik(no C) Emment. He later left the band went solo. The only reason I know this is because I saw one of his records in the dollar bin at the record store. I bet when TRIUMPH broke up it sent shock waves from Toronto to Vancouver. 1985 was a pivitol year in the life of theJEDMAN. theJEDMAN .: posted by Jed 6:41 PM |
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