From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   So last night I went to the Rick Springfield concert and have to say   
   that it was sheer pandamonium.  I have been to many, many concerts and   
   it was so crammed I was nearing panic attacks. I couldn't see or   
   breathe and had to actually get physical with a couple ladies who came   
   rushing down (I actually laid into one big time with my elbow and   
   threatened her that if she tried it again she was gonna get it).  She   
   told her friend "I don't think it's gonna happen" meaning she and her   
   friend weren't getting any closer (Rick had been pulled off the stage   
   and was in the audience and at one point came up close to where I was   
   and everyone started rushing).  I have heard of concerts where people   
   go mad, and of all the people, this was it!  Girls were NUTS.  They   
   were all trying to touch his butt, grab and pull at him... what the   
   ?????  No offense to him but he's in his 50's and I don't get the big   
   deal.   
      
   I'm not like Barefoot or AutographPros where I meet celebs every day,   
   but I've met quite a few over of the past few years (actors, rock   
   stars, authors, sports  and others) and never in my life have I seen   
   people near tears and all that.  Amazing.   
      
   And here I am with my photo and a sharpie.  I wait after the concert   
   and I've been to this venue before and you're lucky if 4 people are   
   waiting at the rope where you can see the buses.  This time, like more   
   than a hundred screaming, whistling etc.  Yelling "I love you!".  Holy   
   crap.  I waited though, figuring the later it got and the more they   
   said he's not coming out, they'd leave and eventually it got down to   
   about 25 people, but they then did shoe us away and the park was   
   closing.   
      
   So is Rick a non-mail signer?  I will say that I am not that huge a   
   fan.  Especially after last night.  He's not a great guitar player   
   (and frankly thinks he is) and he's got showmanship but he's not   
   seasoned and to me, his voice is passable to average but he's not a   
   stellar talent.  He once had fantastic looks and sex appeal and for   
   his age looks quite nice now, but I didn't think he was GORGEOUS to   
   make my heart start pounding... so what the hell is it with him that   
   made that happen?!  Must be either because they did ONE concert   
   instead of two this year in a day or because he's on TV or because he   
   USED to be hot.  It's the only thing I can think of.  Anyway, I am   
   without a graph.  Oh well.   
      
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