WOULD CHICKEN FLOP LIVE HAVE BEEN BETTER IF RICK POLLITT HAD A CHIEF OF STAFF (SO HE COULD HAVE MORE FREE TIME TO PROMOTE THE SHOW)?
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I believe it was promoted fine; I saw it advertised everyday on TV and drove by the billboard everyday plus heard about it on the radio. In my opinion, nothing could have saved the Flop, bad groups, bad price, and bad weather.
Absolutely! He would have brought in the Beach Boys and we would have had a big beach party! Surf's up!!!
Joe, you are too funny.
11:19am---Beach Boys--Another dud.
I don't recall a chicken "flop" event in the area so I can't comment on this.
1119 too funny!
No, it would have still sucked. putting a bunch of has beens up on stage does not constitue a good concert. And @ 12:20, you just did comment on this. But Chicken "flop" was the horrible assembly of a few bands no one has ever heard of for a predominantly white crowd, who didnt even show up to support it because the tickets are $50 lol and I wouldnt pay $5 to see that line up.
12:36, I was commenting on the actual post, not "chicken flop" because there is no such thing.
This disaster had nothing to do with promotion or time invested. It had everthing to do with the lineup of acts and the ticket prices. 26-30 years ago, this would have been a pretty decent line-up of acts. Too bad none of the attendees grandchildren had heard of any of them.
I got the distinct impression that the organizers were saying : we don't want any children here, or any of those young people. And we don't want anyone who is not white.
Dumb, dumb line-up screwing over a worthy cause (and exploiting it too. How many times did we hear the refrain, "Who cares about the artists or the prices, this is for charity.")
Nothing good is ever coming to Salisbury in any shape or form. Chickenstock was the concert version of the entire town.
I did attend "Chickenstock Live" and had a fantastic time as did everyone sitting around me. I think the main problem was the original ticket prices were way too high. Also, I feel it was embarassing for the performers when they looked out at all the empty chairs in the infield. Everyone should have been brought down from the box seats & general admission to fill those seats. Kenny Loggins should not have had to personally invite the audience to "join the party" up front.
Slick Rick would have put his crack Public Information Officer on the job and it would have been even worse.
Those that have been around toooo much dont seem to draw on many ocassions. I remember a show in Ocean City circa 74 that featured Godfrey Cambridge, Milton Berle and several more of that ilk. I was with OCPD and walked backstage after the show and walked into Uncle Milties dressing room and talked to him for quite some time and then he invited me and my partner to dinner at the Bonfire. He was really upset due to the very very poor attendance saying that this was a group of very talented people that may not even be around much longer. But I enjoyed the dinner and the time spent with him and Godfrey.
Everyone should have been brought down from the box seats & general admission to fill those seats. Kenny Loggins should not have had to personally invite the audience to "join the party" up front.
September 27, 2011 3:39 PM
I agree with you and am shocked and disappointed that security would not let the performers request be honored and refused people to move down.
I heard they were quoted as saying' they didn't buy the seats so they are not to be allowed to use them'.
Dude, NOBODY bought those tickets.
You would rather take that ignorant stance than let the people get closer, liked THE PERFORMER ASKED?
Not only did you ruin it for some concert go-ers but you probably ticked off the singer.
Good job on leaving a bad taste in their mouth and make BOTH the singer and members of the audience have a bad experience.
I'm quite sure both of these groups will look forwarded to going to another venue there.
NOT.
Call me supersticious,but I think Chickenstock was doomed from the start.Nothing jived from the beginning to no fault of anyone involved.Regardless of how hard people worked in every phase of this event,everything went wrong.It's hard to say if any amount of promoting or band aquisitions would have made an appreciable difference.
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