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Throwback Wednesday! Or, How I Missed the Opening of the SLS  

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8/14/2019 9:11 am

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8/14/2019 9:12 am
Throwback Wednesday! Or, How I Missed the Opening of the SLS

Well, I could have stayed back in Vegas for the opening of the SLS, or I could have been in Biloxi using my free tickets to see Smokey Robinson, which wasn't a bad consolation prize. The man came out in a red silk jacket, red leather pants, and red platform soles, greeted perhaps the most enthusiastic crowd I've ever seen, opened with "Being With You" and closed with a singalong of "Cruisin'"...in between we had a band, backup singers, two dancing girls, a medley of hits he wrote for the Temptations ("The Way You Do The Things You Do," "Get Ready," "My Girl"), a cover of "Fly Me to the Moon," Quiet Storm stuff, and more unbelievable<b> songs </font></b>any one of which would get anyone else into the Songwriting Hall of Fame. Hadn't actually known Stevie Wonder gave him the track for "Tears of a Clown," which freed Smokey to concentrate on coming up with its crazy-ass rhymes ("You see smile on my face, well it's just there to fool the public, but when it comes to loving you, darlin' 's quite another subject"); not bad for a song on the most clichéd themes in pop music, and a retread of "Tracks of My Tears" territory at . Other than not hearing his first Miracles hit "Shop Around," it was just about the perfect show.

Especially because I brought a date.

Bonus: I called the IP to see if I could get tickets to David Spade the following week, and I did. Among other bits, David talked about how at least women want to try anal sex with him, "just to get a vague idea of what it would be like with a life-sized penis." Opening act was Kevin Farley, who has to keep reminding people he's actually Chris Farley's brother so no, otherwise if it was Chris you'd be seeing a ghost right now.

Update: I see Lenny Kravitz put in a surprise appearance at the SLS opening and played a set. For a long time I've been remembering as Prince showed up to a surprise set, which obviously would have left me inconsolable if it were the case. But Smokey Robinson in exchange for Lenny Kravitz? Hells yes
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