Reno’s Downtown Fireworks Show
Actually, I have only good things to say about Reno’s downtown fireworks–who doesn’t love fireworks? However, the show broadcast on one of the local television channels was, how shall I say it? Weird. It was like someone hired a 14 year old boy from 1979 to pick the music for the show with a few glaring exceptions including what I think was a Keith Urban tune and a Gwen Stefani climax. Some of the 80s not so great tunes included in the show were:
- 1978’s hit single “Hot Blooded” by Foreigner
- 1979’s “Renegade” by Styx
- A more modern song from the 80s, 1989’s “Poison” by Alice Cooper
It was like a tribute to the worst rock-n-roll of the 70s and 80s. It was like watching a car wreck in slow motion–I couldn’t turn away, much less turn the channel. I had to hear what bizarre musical choice came next. I was finally relieved in the end when the Stefani climax ended early and we were allowed to watch the rest of the fireworks show in silence until it was all over and they finally played Auld Lang Syne. And thanks for the cutaways to San Francisco and Las Vegas…..? If you need someone to set up the music for next year, I’ll do it for free just save the city from further ridicule. Hot Blooded! Yeah!
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You say “Hot Blooded” by Foreigner as if it’s a bad thing!
I was wondering who chose the music, too! It was weird.