J.P.T.O.T.D. (Im Not JPF, but I thought this deserved mention, after all, he needs to rest once in a while.)<br><br>1-May 1988, Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden<br>158 min, Aud, A-<br><br>Guest appearances by Mats Öberg & Morgan Ågren (*) and Dweezil (**).<br><br>Heavy Duty Judy<br>Packard Goose Medley<br>Any Kind Of Pain<br>More Trouble Every Day<br>Penguin In Bondage<br>Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel<br>Cosmik Debris<br>Inca Roads<br>Advance Romance<br>Bobby Brown<br>Keep It Greasey<br>Torture Never Stops Medley<br>Big Swifty* (incl T'Mershi Duween*)<br>Joe's Garage<br>Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?<br>Peaches En Regalia<br>Stairway To Heaven<br>Whippin' Post** (q: Handsome Cabin Boy)<br>I Am The Walrus<br>Jam**<br>Sofa<br><br>May 1, 1988 Stockholm<br><br>If I had to pick one word to describe this show, it would be "Dragonmaster". More than just a Secret Word, Dragonmaster is the all-pervasive Secret Theme of the night, terrorizing the show much like the winged lizards of ancient folklore terrorized those helpless medieval villages. Referring to a heavy metal parody the band sound checked earlier in the evening, Dragonmaster becomes the evening's lyrical point of departure, resulting in the standard dragon substitutions, plus references to medieval villages, huts, fire, dragonfood, heavy metal, and a curious "Yoikes!".<br><br>It all starts off innocently enough, with the second word out of Frank's mouth being "Dragonmaster." During the band introductions, it is obvious what kind of night it is going to be as each band member is introduced as a Dragonmaster- Ike "Dragonmaster" Willis, Bruce "Dragonmaster" Fowler, etc. For the first 90 minutes of the show, not a single song escapes the wrath of this lyrical beast. In "Any Kind of Pain", our heroine "dines with actors and those Dragonmasters". During "More Trouble Every Day", we discover that "there is no way to stop that Dragon every day", which is unfortunate, because during "Dragon in Bondage", he has our singer "trembling like a medieval villager". Things start to get even worse for "Bobby Brown", because thanks to Freddy, "he's a medieval spastic", so "watch him now, he's Dragon down."<br><br>Of course, geing in Sweden, no show would be complete without several Volvo, Fernando, and ABBA references, and sure enough, once the Dragon well appears to run dry, these start to pop up. Finally, as the early culmination to all this madness, "The Torture Never Stops" gets outright ridiculous. The Secret Word now becomes "butt-ugly," as in "Tom Petty is the butt-ugliest human being ever to be involved in Rock 'n' Roll." All decency is now gone, but the laughs keep coming. "If you sit on my face I might burn you", warns Lonesome Cowboy Jim, before declaring "Opal, You Crispy Little Bitch!"
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