He was my first real concert. I still feel a little thrill, he was so hot.
He really has the moves.
And that sparkle in his eye, I feel a scream coming up, he is so.CUTE!
So, the story behind the concert: Like many young girls in the '70s, I was such a fan of The Partridge Family and Bobby Sherman. I loved him so.MUCH!. Imagine how thrilling it was when he was to be a guest on the Partridge Family show! I mean! Bobby and David Cassidy in the same place! At the same time! Imagine Justin Bieber and Taylor Lautner on the same show in prime time, that is what is was like! The anticipation for that Friday night was great, the advertisements for the show kept the thrill going and I couldn't wait for the end of the week. Friday came and for some reason that I cannot remember (probably not eating my grits or a report card or something) I was grounded from television. WHAT?! I was in a deep funk. Everyone else in my family was watching that show and we had a small apartment, so I could hear it. I could hear Bobby's voice and my family all gathered around watching it, but not me. I'm not exaggerating when I say I was devastated.
Whomp, whomp.
The next day dawned and I was still sad and still grounded from television and you know what that meant. No Saturday morning cartoons! At some point my mom told my sister Mary and me to get dressed, she was taking us to a doll show. I was still really ticked about missing Bobby, but she told me that I'd probably see him soon, you never know, and off we went to the doll show. Well, when we got there, seriously, the NEXT DAY! it was a Bobby Sherman concert! Seriously! My first concert was Bobby Sherman! Better than the Partridge Family appearance by far! My mom was so fun. Sometime I'll tell you how she snuck us into a Carpenter's concert. Right by the security guard and into the concert! Okay, I guess I just told that story, not much to tell after that. I loved the Carpenters as well.
2011. Forty. $3.75. Watching these videos has me grinning ear to ear. Embedding was not enabled on this video, but the man, he aged well.
ha! that's such an awesome story!! wasn't friday night tv the best?
Posted by: maryse | November 20, 2011 at 07:29 AM
OH YEAH, Bobby Sherman. Remember the photo on his album, that big white chair that was like a hand? He was so amazing-looking. I had such a thing for him and David Cassidy, both. Sigh. When I see videos of either of them, I feel it in my body, the way it used to feel.
Posted by: Lori | November 20, 2011 at 07:44 AM
I remember getting a 45 of Easy Come, Easy Go from the back of a cereal box one summer in the US and played the thing into ribbons (well not literally) on my record player in Greece cuz I loved it so much!
Posted by: Manise | November 20, 2011 at 08:37 AM
Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah... Wait, that's The Beatles! Your story reminded me of them, though, and SUNDAY night TV. The Beatles were going to be on Ed Sullivan. We were visiting relatives a few hours away that weekend and I was getting more and more tense as time approached. As you can probably guess, my prayers weren't working and we left for home just after the show started.
Bobby Sherman -- he was the only pin-up for me. ; )
Posted by: Vicki | November 20, 2011 at 09:50 AM
My sister loved Bobby Sherman. I didn't even know about concerts then; you were SO lucky!
Posted by: CyndiG | November 20, 2011 at 08:48 PM
OMG. Not only does he look great, he is a human being! I detect a possibility of some plastic work. Maybe.
Posted by: Laurie | November 29, 2011 at 04:44 PM