i've had the chance to see the new york dolls twice in my life, but it's just sylvain & david johansen from the original lineup. it's such a shame about arthur kane; if you ever have a chance to watch the documentary about him, "new york doll," do it. it's really sad, but it's so, so good. anyway, so seeing sylvain do a solo show was really incredible and intimate and wonderful. and he played new york dolls songs - including my favorite, "trash," which he closed with, and he did "you can't put your arms around a memory" (substituting "you can't put your arms around a johnny" for some of the lines; cute) and he did an eddie cochran song and...what else? if i remember i'll add it. at the end of his set he came to the front of the stage and started shaking hands and signing things for people, so i thought "what the hell?" and pulled my new york dolls record out of my bag for him to sign. he saw it and said "wooooow" which was adorable. then he used my sharpie for a bunch of other things he signed because he likes to use 2 sharpies at a time and when he handed it back he said "thank you sweetheart." *swoon*
so then glen matlock came out and was all british and cheeky. he did a few of his own songs and he did sex pistols songs ("god save the queen," "pretty vacant") and he did a scott walker song!!!! he said "anyone here know scott walker?" followed by a few seconds of dead silence and then my little chipmunk voice: "yes!" and he said "oh you do? oh good..." and went into "montague terrace." so cool. AND he did rich kids! "burning sounds" and "ghosts of princes in towers" and he explained where that title came from. oh yeah and the kinks "dead end street" and the monkees "steppin' stone." it was really cool to see him perform and listen to his stories.
then at the end sylvain came back out and they did some new york dolls songs together; "showdown," "jet boy," and "personality crisis." i mean, i saw the dolls do those songs, but somehow it was just as cool seeing these two singing them.
after the show, they both hung out at the side of the stage to talk and sign and take pictures and all that. so i waited my turn and then handed glen my rich kids record, which he seemed impressed by. he asked my name so he could make it out to me and we chatted a bit, and then i asked if i could get my picture with both of them and he said sure. so i sat down between the two of them and smiled and some nice man took my picture. the first one was a bit blurry because of me moving my head and the second one...well, see for yourself:
me and sylvain are looking at each other and i'm laughing, because when he realized what was happening, he turned to me and said "hello" in this weird kind of fake sexy voice and i started cracking up. then glen turned and said "hey now, i saw her first" which is why he is blurry. it was too much. i thanked them both a bunch of times and then i had to run outside because my friend was waiting for me and then his car broke down in allentown so it was an adventure getting home. anyway, i'm here, it's 2:30 am and i'm wide awake so this is what you get. thanks for reading!
UPDATE: check out part 2!
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