the abbreviated reign of “neon” leon spinks

UNDERSTAND THE MARKET 137
baby-boom generation still had its naïveté and illusions. In the mid-1990s,
three of the former Monkees went on a 30th-anniversary reunion tour,
and proved as zany and lovable as ever.
OTHER UNFORTUNATE PAIRINGS
• Bruce Springsteen and Anne Murray, 1974. Lightweight folksinger
Murray, who had a few Top 40 radio hits, made the mistake
of hiring a then largely unknown Springsteen to open a New
York concert, not realizing how badly she would be upstaged by
the high-energy rocker. It was the last show that the Boss didn’t
headline.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Concert Fiasco Flambé
Ingredients
1 masterfully marketed, minimally musical pop
group
1 provocative, R-rated opening act
10,000 or so teenyboppers with short attention
spans
Alcohol and controlled substances to taste
Marinate opening act in generous quantities of
alcohol and drugs. Mix with impatient teenyboppers
and let simmer on open flame until the pot boils over.
Serve pop group separately.